The Best of Rod Stewart (1976 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Best of Rod Stewart
Type = Compilation
Artist = Rod Stewart


Released = 1976
Recorded = 1969-1974
Genre = Rock, Pop
Length = 76:56
Label = Mercury Records
Producer = Rod Stewart & Ron Wood
Reviews =
Last album = "Atlantic Crossing"
(1975)
This album = "The Best of Rod Stewart"
(1976)
Next album = "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.

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.

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

Personnel

*Produced by Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and Lou Reizner
*Mastering by Suha Gur
*Artwork by Joe Kotleba
*Photography by Aaron Sixx
*Illustrations by John Youssi
*See original releases for more personnel