Never a Dull Moment [Limited Edition] [Remastered]

by Rod Stewart

Overview

Essentially a harder-rocking reprise of Every Picture Tells a Story, Never a Dull Moment never quite reaches the heights of its predecessor, but it's a wonderful, multi-faceted record in its own right. Opening with the touching, autobiographical rocker "True Blue," which finds Rod Stewart trying to come to grips with his newfound stardom but concluding that he'd "rather be back home," the record is the last of Stewart's series of epic fusions of hard rock and folk. It's possible to hear Stewart go for superstardom with the hard-rocking kick and fat electric guitars of the album, but the songs still cut to the core. "You Wear It Well" is a "Maggie May" rewrite on the surface, but it develops into a touching song about being emotionally inarticulate. Similarly, "Lost Paraguayos" is funny, driving folk-rock, and it's hard not to be swept away when the Stonesy hard rocker "Italian Girls" soars into a mandolin-driven coda. The covers -- whether a soulful reading of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel," an empathetic version of Dylan's "Mama, You Been on My Mind," or a stunning interpretation of Etta James' "I'd Rather Go Blind" -- are equally effective, making Never a Dull Moment a masterful record. He never got quite this good ever again. [A limited-edition remastered CD was released in 2014.]

Product Details

Release Date:	10/21/2014
Label:	Lmlr
UPC:	3700477821159
catalogNumber:	782115
Rank:	37907

Tracks

1. True Blue
2. Lost Paraguayos
3. Mama You've Been On My Mind
4. Italian Girls
5. Angel
6. Interludings
7. You Wear It Well
8. I'd Rather Go Blind
9. Twistin' the Night Away
10. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Rod Stewart   Primary Artist
Ronnie Wood   Acoustic Guitar,Bass,Electric Guitar
Pete Sears   Bass,Piano
Ian McLagan   Organ,Piano
Dick Powell   Violin
Spike Heatley   Bass
Gordon Huntley   Steel Guitar
Ronnie Lane   Bass
Martin Quittenton   Acoustic Guitar
Speedy   Conga
Mickey Waller   Drums
Kenney Jones   Drums

Technical Credits

Sam Cooke   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Rod Stewart   Composer,Producer
Ronnie Wood   Composer
Mike Bobak   Engineer
Ed Caraeff   Cover Photo
Glyn Johns   Engineer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Martin Quittenton   Composer
Glenn Sutton   Composer
Art Wood   Composer
Ellington Jordan   Composer
Billy Foster   Composer
Jim The Easwig   Graphic Supervision
Strobel   Art Direction
John Craig   Cover Design