The Best of Rod Stewart (1976 album)

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The Best of Rod Stewart

Compilation album by Rod Stewart

Released

1976

Recorded

1969-1974

Genre

Rock, Pop

Length

76:56

Label

Mercury Records

Producer

Rod Stewart & Ron Wood

Rod Stewart chronology

Atlantic Crossing
(1975)

The Best of Rod Stewart
(1976)

A Night on the Town
(1976)

The Best of Rod Stewart is a compilation album released by Rod Stewart in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It was released by Mercury Records to complete Rod’s contract before switching labels to Warner Bros. and moving to The United States. It includes tracks from all his Mercury albums and some non-album singles from the same time period.

[edit] Album Information

The Best of Rod Stewart was originally released as a double-album. It was re-released on Compact Disc in 1998 which includes all 18 tracks on a single disc. Among them are “Oh! No Not My Baby” and “Jodie” which were released on a single credited to Rod Stewart and Faces. All other tracks are from previously released Rod Stewart solo albums. The original compilation reached #18 in the UK, but only #19 on the US charts.

[edit] Track listing

“Maggie May” (previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story) – 5:14
“Cut Across Shorty” (previously released on Gasoline Alley) – 6:30
“An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down” (previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) – 3:04
“(I Know) I'm Losing You” (previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story) – 5:21
“Handbags and Gladrags” (previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) – 4:24
“It's All Over Now” (previously released on Gasoline Alley) – 3:35
“Street Fighting Man” (previously released on An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down) – 5:05
“Gasoline Alley” (previously released on Gasoline Alley) – 4:02
“Every Picture Tells a Story” (previously released on Every Picture Tells a Story) – 5:57
“What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)” (previously released as the UK B-side of “Angel”) – 2:51
“Oh! No Not My Baby” (previously released as a Rod Stewart and Faces single) – 3:38
“Jodie” (previously released as the B-side of “Oh! No Not My Baby” by Rod Stewart and Faces) – 3:09
“You Wear It Well” (previously released on Never a Dull Moment) – 4:22
“Let Me Be Your Car” (previously released on Smiler) – 4:57
“Pinball Wizard” (previously released on Sing It Again Rod) – 3:10
“Sailor” (previously released on Smiler) – 3:34
“Angel” (previously released on Never a Dull Moment) – 4:03
“Mine for Me” (previously released on Smiler) – 4:00