Author: Dan Perreira

By 1975, Rod Stewart’s recording career was at a crossroads; his last album, SMILER, was not as successful as his previous efforts had been, especially on the artistic side – he wasn’t musically moving forward. Later, Rod would admit or confess that SMILER was a “shitty” album, and put some of the blame on the…

Rod Stewart’s first solo outing after breaking up the Faces (and yes, he did!) was 1976’s A NIGHT ON THE TOWN. Recorded at Cherokee Recording Studios in Hollywood, California, from December 1975 – April 1976 (except for one cut), A NIGHT ON THE TOWN, as expected, hit big in both the UK at #1 and…

Being a lifelong Faces enthusiast (those who know me would say fanatic) I have often thought (and wished), that the two Ronnie Wood solo releases while he was still a member of the group, 1974’s I’VE GOT MY OWN ALBUM TO DO and 1975’s NOW LOOK, two very solid efforts, should have been recorded with…

1981s RELEASE WITH A NEW TITLE, COVER, AND RUNNING ORDER. TONIGHT I’M YOURS, Rod’s second studio album from the 80s, and arguably his best of the decade, almost hit a bull’s-eye creatively if it wasn’t for two disposable cuts, “Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)” and the regrettably titled “Sonny”. Critically and commercially it…

As a long-standing enthusiastic Rod Stewart devotee, I deeply look forward to any new Rod material, but I seem to be more and more in the minority. It appears that most Rod fans nowadays only want to see him live, and they are more than happy just to be fed nothing but the big hits…

It was a bitingly cold early November morning, the 24th to be exact – Record Store Day on Black Friday! With my third cup of coffee in hand (I can quit at any time, but I choose not to!), and a mission to accomplish, I stood outside in line behind 32 (yes, I counted) other…

The corporate-sanctioned Faces font over one that works…

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