20th Century Masters: The Best Of Rod Stewart (Millennium Collection) [Original recording remastered]

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Before he threw his talent away in the mid-1970s, Rod Stewart was a rock star to be reckoned with. His sandpaper and whiskey throated vocals were the perfect vehicle for the blues-rock sound he pursued in the '60s with various bands, including the Jeff Beck Group. On his own, Stewart came up with something even more potent, mixing electric instruments with mandolins, acoustic guitars, and fiddles on songs such as "Maggie May," "You Wear It Well," and his gorgeous reading of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe." This collection is limited to Stewart's brief time at Mercury Records in the early '70s, but that's fine, since that period saw the release of his best albums overall: The Rod Stewart Album, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, and Never a Dull Moment. His biggest smashes from that time are here along with lower-charting but equally fine fare such as "Twistin' the Night Away," "Country Comforts," and "It's All Over Now." --Daniel Durchholz

Tracks:

Maggie May
You Wear It Well
(I Know) I'm Losing You
Country Comforts
Every Picture Tells A Story
Angel
Gasoline Alley
It's All Over Now
Find A Reason To Believe
True Blue
Twistin' The Night Away
Handbags & Gladrags

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Before he threw his talent away in the mid-1970s, Rod Stewart was a rock star to be reckoned with. His sandpaper and whiskey throated vocals were the perfect vehicle for the blues-rock sound he pursued in the '60s with various bands, including the Jeff Beck Group. On his own, Stewart came up with something even more potent, mixing electric instruments with mandolins, acoustic guitars, and fiddles on songs such as "Maggie May," "You Wear It Well," and his gorgeous reading of Tim Hardin's "Reason to Believe." This collection is limited to Stewart's brief time at Mercury Records in the early '70s, but that's fine, since that period saw the release of his best albums overall: The Rod Stewart Album, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells a Story, and Never a Dull Moment. His biggest smashes from that time are here along with lower-charting but equally fine fare such as "Twistin' the Night Away," "Country Comforts," and "It's All Over Now." --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

CD was just ordinary. Arrived in perfect Condition........2007-02-02

Wish their was more information about the music on this cd as I already have a large Rod Stewart Collection. This was a repeat in music for me. Would recommend to others. Good vendor.

NOT ESSENTIAL, BUT GOOD ENOUGH.......2005-05-23

If you're a die-hard Rod fan, you'll want to purchase his box sets, or even better, every single album he put out. If you're just the casual listener interested in hearing Rod before he changed his musical style, this CD is definitely a great purchase. Every well-known (or noteworthy) song he did during the Mercury-era is here, and they are all pure listening enjoyment. Rod's husky vocals, the awesome electric guitars, and the gorgeous fiddles and mandolins make each song--fast or slow--classics in their own unique right.

An Adequate Comp. From His Good Years........2005-02-02

There are no Faces tracks on this CD because the Faces were on a different label. There is nothing after Rod's Mercury years because MCA does not own the rights to any of the other stuff. Given that, this is an okay selection of music from when Rod was ripping off Ronnie Lane, one of his band-mates in The Faces. Surely this is some of the only Rod Stewart music that doesn't make me want to throw my stereo at his face. There are better collections of Rod's "Stuff that doesn't make J. want to throw his stereo at my face" era tho'.

The best cuts from the best era.......2005-01-18

This music is Stewart's classic material from the early and mid 70's...when rock and blues were mixed with his terrific voice. I would also recommend Atlantic Crossing, although none of it's music is included in this collection. Later collections (through the late-70's and 80's) are really inferior to what we have on this CD.

Great artist, typical 20th Century Masters crap compilation.......2004-11-29

Twentieth Century Masters Millennium Collection: The Best Of Rod Stewart (1999.)

In the late twentieth/early twenty-first century, a number of artists had compilations released in the mid-priced Twentieth Century Masters collection. This series spanned a variety of genres and artists, giving many of them one more hits compilations. Among the artists highlighted in the set is the legendary Rod Stewart. Read on for my review of his Millennium Collection CD.

PROS:
-COVERS THE BIG HITS FROM THE MERCURY DAYS. This is when Rod began to peak as a solo artist, and it really shows. It's not surprising these songs got so popular - they rule!
-PLENTY OF UNDERRATED TUNES. Some of Rod's best stuff is the stuff you don't hear very often. Many of those underrated tunes found their way onto this compilation, and rightfully so.
-LOW PRICE. Like other CDs in this collection, this one is usually priced very low, making it a good buy if you're on a budget, or you're just too cheap to buy a better collection.

CONS:
-DOESN'T FILL THE EIGHTY MINUTES YOU CAN FIT ON A CD. This is inexcusable, and every other CD in this collection has the same flaw. There's reason enough to get an authentic compilation rather than this piece of garbage.
-NO (SMALL) FACES SONGS!? WTF!? The (Small) Faces era was the best era of Rod's career, and yet they didn't put a single track on here? Kind of boggles the mind. The omission of the smash hit Stay With Me (from the Faces days) is one of this compilation's ruining factors.
-FOCUSES ON THE MERCURY ALBUMS AND NOT MUCH ELSE. The time period covered here is way too limited. Because of this, the set lacks anything from the (Small) Faces, and anything beyond the Mercury years, so you don't get the huge hit You're In My Heart, nor do you get any songs from Rod's new Great American Songbook CD series.

OVERALL:
Rod Stewart is a GREAT musician. But this whole collection of CDs is pure garbage. Get a REAL Rod Stewart collection, because the compilations in the Twentieth Century Masters Collection aren't worth the price of the CDs they're burned onto.

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rod Stewart (Eco-Friendly Packaging)

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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rod Stewart (Eco-Friendly Packaging)
Rod Stewart
Manufacturer: Island / Mercury
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Maggie May
You Wear It Well
(I Know) I'm Losing You
Country Comfort
Every Picture Tells a Story
Angel
Gasoline Alley
It's All Over Now
Find a Reason to Believe
True Blue
Twistin' the Night Away
Handbags and Gladrags

Album Description

The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."

To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.

UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam®, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam®.

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