#1342 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story

Basically a Faces album with Rod Stewart's name on it, this 1971 album's perfectly passable, rollicking Americana, with highlights including the romping opening and the beautiful, twinkling Mandolin Wind. Covers of Dylan, Elvis, and Amazing Grace fare less well, putting too much emphasis on Stewart's underwhelming rasp. Totally competent, but whether you like this ultimately falls to your ability to get behind Rod Stewart - he's a lot better than you'd think if you'd only heard his soppy modern stuff, but I can't say I'd pick him to front my band 3/5