An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down

An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released 13 February 1970 (UK)
November 1969 (US)
Recorded June-August 1969 at Lansdowne and Olympic Studios, London
Genre Rock and roll, R&B, white soul, folk rock
Length 32:47
Label Vertigo (UK)/Mercury (US)
Producer Rod Stewart
Lou Reizner
Rod Stewart chronology

An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
(1969)		 Gasoline Alley
(1970)
U.S. release title / cover
The Rod Stewart Album (Mercury)
Singles from An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
  1. "Street Fighting Man"
  2. "Dirty Old Town"
  3. "Handbags and Gladrags"
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Robert Christgau A− link
Rolling Stone (highly positive) link
The Rolling Stone Album Guide link

An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the British title of the debut album by Rod Stewart released in the United Kingdom in February 1970. In the United States, the album was released in November 1969 as The Rod Stewart Album and peaked at #139 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. Several other members of Faces also appear on the album, as well as Keith Emerson, Jeff Beck Group drummer Micky Waller and guitarists Martin Pugh (of Steamhammer, and later Armageddon and 7th Order) and Martin Quittenton (also from Steamhammer).[1]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Street Fighting Man" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:05
  2. "Man of Constant Sorrow" (Traditional, arranged by Rod Stewart) – 2:31
  3. "Blind Prayer" (Stewart) – 4:36
  4. "Handbags & Gladrags" (Mike D'Abo) – 4:24

Side two

  1. "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" (Stewart) – 3:04
  2. "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing" (Stewart) – 4:44
  3. "Cindy's Lament" (Stewart) – 4:26
  4. "Dirty Old Town" (Ewan MacColl) – 3:42

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rod-stewart-album-rod-stewart/73413?ean=731455805826