The Very Best of Rod Stewart

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The Very Best of Rod Stewart
The Very Best of Rod Stewart cover
Greatest hits by Rod Stewart
Released November 13, 2001
Recorded 1971–1998
Genre Rock
Length 74:13
Label Warner Bros./Rhino Records
Producer(s) Rod Stewart, Patrick Leonard, Trevor Horn, Bernard Edwards, Michael Omartian, Tom Dowd, Andy Taylor
Professional reviews
Rod Stewart chronology
Human
(2001)		 The Very Best of Rod Stewart
(2001)		 It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook
(2002)
Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2
Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2


The Very Best of Rod Stewart is a 2001 Rod Stewart compilation album, which features 16 tracks. This single CD version was issued only in the US.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Rhythm of My Heart" (Marc Jordan, John Capek) – 4:14
  2. "Maggie May" (Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton – 5:46
  3. "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" (Live) (Van Morrison) – 4:04
  4. "This Old Heart of Mine" (with Ronald Isley) (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy) – 4:11
  5. "Young Turks" (Stewart, Carmine Appice, Kevin Savigar, Duane Hitchings) – 5:04
  6. "Downtown Train" (Tom Waits) – 4:40
  7. "You Wear It Well" (Stewart, Quittenton) – 5:00
  8. "Reason to Believe" (Live with Ronnie Wood) (Tim Hardin) – 3:52
  9. "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (Jeff Fortang) – 4:34
  10. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Stewart) – 3:56
  11. "Hot Legs" (Stewart) – 5:15
  12. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Stewart, Appice) – 5:30
  13. "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan) – 5:16
  14. "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (Stewart) – 4:30
  15. "Ooh La La" (Ron Wood, Ronnie Lane) – 4:16
  16. "Forever Young" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Savigar) – 4:05

[edit] Encore

On August 26, 2003, Warner/Rhino released Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2 with the following tracks:

  1. "Your Song" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 4:47
  2. "Having a Party" (Live) (with Ron Wood) (Sam Cooke) – 4:15
  3. "Don't Come Around Here" (with Helicopter Girl a/k/a Jackie Joyce) (Paul Berry, Jackie Joyce, Mark Taylor, Kenny Thomas) – 3:50
  4. "So Far Away" (Carole King) – 4:24
  5. "The Motown Song" (with The Temptations) (Larry McNally) – 4:16
  6. "Broken Arrow" (Robbie Robertson) – 4:23
  7. "Crazy About Her" (Cregan, Hitchings, Stewart) – 4:29
  8. "Lost in You" (Stewart, Andy Taylor) – 4:26
  9. "Love Touch" (Gene Black, Michael Chapman, Holly Knight) – 4:03
  10. "People Get Ready" (Live) (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:46
  11. "Infatuation" (Hitchings, Rowland Robinson, Stewart) – 4:05
  12. "Baby Jane" (Jay Davis, Stewart) – 4:45
  13. "Tonight I'm Yours" (Cregan, Savigar, Stewart) – 4:13
  14. "That's What Friends Are For" (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) – 3:54
  15. "Passion" (Phil Chen, Cregan, Gary Grainger, Savigar, Stewart) – 5:30
  16. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten) – 4:14
  17. "I Was Only Joking" (Grainger, Stewart) – 4:49
  18. "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (Cat Stevens) – 3:21

[edit] The Story So Far

In the UK, WEA International released on November 12, 2001 a two-CD set entitled The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart with the following track listing. Tracks not on either of the two US discs have songwriting credits and track time.

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Maggie May"
  2. "Baby Jane"
  3. "Some Guys Have All the Luck"
  4. "Young Turks"
  5. "Da Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
  6. "What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love With You) (Tony Brock, Davis, Stewart) – 4:19
  7. "Hot Legs"
  8. "You Wear It Well"
  9. "Rhythm of My Heart"
  10. "Downtown Train"
  11. "The Motown Song"
  12. "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)"
  13. "Tonight I'm Yours"
  14. "Ooh La La"
  15. "I Can't Deny It" (Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels) – 3:44
  16. "It Takes Two" (Moy, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – 4:12
  17. "Stay with Me" (Stewart, Wood) – 4:37

[edit] Disc two

  1. "Sailing" (Gavin Sutherland) – 4:38
  2. "I Don't Want to Talk About It"
  3. "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" (Live)
  4. "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
  5. "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
  6. "All for Love" (Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 4:42
  7. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
  8. "Every Beat of My Heart" (Savigar, Stewart) – 5:21
  9. "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" (Waits) – 6:12
  10. "Don't Come Around Here"
  11. "The Killing of Georgie, Pts. 1 & 2" (Stewart) – 6:29
  12. "Love Touch"
  13. "I Was Only Joking"
  14. "Ruby Tuesday" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:05
  15. "In a Broken Dream" (with Python Lee Jackson) (David Bentley) – 3:40
  16. "Reason to Believe" (Live)
  17. "In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 1:58

[edit] Charts

Album

Album Year Chart Position
The Very Best of 2001 The Billboard 200 40
The Very Best of 2001 Billboard Top Internet Albums 3
Encore 2003 The Billboard 200 66

[edit] Certifications

Album Organization Level Date
The Story So Far BPI – UK Gold November 9, 2001
The Story So Far BPI – UK Platinum November 9, 2001
The Very Best of RIAA – USA Gold March 5, 2002
The Story So Far BPI – UK Double Platinum April 17, 2003
The Very Best of RIAA – USA Platinum May 3, 2004
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