An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
| An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | November 1969 (US) February 1970 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | June–August 1969 | |||
| Studio | Lansdowne and Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | British folk rock[1] | |||
| Length | 32:47 | |||
| Label | Vertigo, Mercury, Fontana | |||
| Producer | Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner | |||
| Rod Stewart chronology | ||||
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| U.S. release title / cover | ||||
 The Rod Stewart Album (Mercury) | ||||
| Singles from An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down | ||||
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the debut solo studio album by Rod Stewart. First released in the United States in November 1969 as The Rod Stewart Album, the album peaked at No. 139 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. It was later released in the United Kingdom with the modified title in February 1970.[4] Stewart's Faces bandmates Ronnie Wood and Ian McLagan also appear on the album, along with 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).
Reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [5] |
| Rolling Stone | (favorable)[6] |
| Robert Christgau | A-[7] |
The album received positive reviews from Fusion, Rolling Stone, and Robert Christgau.[8] Christgau felt the album was "superb",[8] the same wording as used by Greil Marcus in his Rolling Stone review.[9]
In a retrospective summary for Rolling Stone, a staff writer felt that Stewart's solo debut showed him as a "highly original interpreter" of other people's songs, and that his own compositions indicated he was "capable of startlingly bare emotion and compassion".[10]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Rod Stewart, except where indicated
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Street Fighting Man" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 5:05 |
| 2. | "Man of Constant Sorrow" | traditional; arranged by Stewart | 2:30 [11] |
| 3. | "Blind Prayer" | 4:36 | |
| 4. | "Handbags and Gladrags" | Mike d'Abo | 4:24 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down" | 3:30 | |
| 2. | "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing" | 4:44 | |
| 3. | "Cindy's Lament" | 4:26 | |
| 4. | "Dirty Old Town" | Ewan MacColl | 3:42 |
| Total length: | 32:47 | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Rod Stewart – vocals, guitars on "Man of Constant Sorrow"
- Ronnie Wood – guitars, bass, harmonica on "Dirty Old Town"
- Martin Pugh – guitars
- Martin Quittenton – acoustic guitar
- Ian McLagan – piano, organ
- Micky Waller – drums
- Mike d'Abo – piano on "Handbags and Gladrags"
- Lou Reizner – vocals on "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing"
- Keith Emerson – organ on "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing"
Technical
[edit]- Keith "Marcus Keef" MacMillan – design, photography
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (1969-1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[12] | 31 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 139 |
References
[edit]- ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1970". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 247. ISBN 9781493064601.
- ^ "Rod Stewart singles".
- ^ "Rod Stewart singles".
- ^ Franco Brizi, Vertigo 1969-1976 Discografia completa, Iacobelli, Roma, 2022, pag. 28
- ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Overview The Rod Stewart Album". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
- ^ Greil Marcus (7 February 1970). "Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album review". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG - Rod Stewart". Robertchristagu.com. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Robert Christgau: CG: rod stewart". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ Griel Marcus (7 February 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 51. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. p. 42. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Rod Stewart". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/release/1795443-Rod-Stewart-An-Old-Raincoat-Wont-Ever-Let-You-Down%7C
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 295. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
