Gasoline Alley (album)

Gasoline Alley
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	June 1970
Recorded	Morgan Studios, London, February–April 1970
Genre	Rock and roll, roots rock, white soul, folk rock
Length	42:30
Label	Mercury, Vertigo
Producer	Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner
Rod Stewart chronology
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969)An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down1969 Gasoline Alley (1970) Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)Every Picture Tells a Story1971

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A–[2]
Rolling Stone	(Favorable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Gasoline Alley is the second solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released in June 1970. It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Originally released in the UK on the Vertigo label, it was re-mastered and re-issued in 2008 by a Russian ^[5] reissue label, Lilith Records Ltd. It is a collection of covers combined with Stewart's own compositions.^[1] Like many of Stewart's solo albums from the period, it featured significant musical contributions from the other members of his band Faces.

Reception

The album was well received, with Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone feeling that Stewart had "a rare sensitivity for the delicate moments in a person's existence",^[3] and that this, Stewart's second solo album, was the work "of a supremely fine artist".^[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – main performer, producer, vocals, guitar on "Jo's Lament"
• Martin Quittenton – classical guitar
• Ronnie Wood – guitar, bottleneck guitar, acoustic guitar, bass
• Ronnie Lane – bass on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl", vocals on "My Way Of Giving"
• Ian McLagan – piano, organ (the credit list notes: "Mac not available due to bus strike". However, the US release credits him, suggesting he was dubbed later)^[6]
• William Gaff – whistle
• Dennis O'Flynn – violin bass
• Dick Powell – violin
• Stanley Matthews – mandolin
• Mick Waller – drums
• Kenney Jones – drums on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl"
• Pete Sears – piano on "Country Comfort"
• Jack Reynolds – backing vocals on "Country Comfort"

Charts

Album

Singles

Notable covers by other artists

• Elkie Brooks later achieved a hit with a version of the title track in 1983.
• Long John Baldry (With whom Stewart had previously worked in the bands Hoochie Coochie Men and Steampacket) covered the title song for his 1973 album Good To Be Alive.

References

External links

• Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company