Rod StewartBest Rod Stewart Albums Ranked
7.1
Avg Score
19
Opinions
33
Albums
5
Reviewers
Summary from 19 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Rod Stewart's catalog across 33 albums from 19 opinions, with an overall average of 7.1/10. The top-rated Rod Stewart album is Every Picture Tells a Story (1970) with a 8.1/10 average from 3 ratings, followed by Foolish Behaviour and Tonight I'm Yours. The discography on Wavelength spans 1970 to 2015. Maggie May ranks as the highest-rated Rod Stewart song on Wavelength with a 9.7/10 average.
Every Picture Tells a Story
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the album that made Rod Stewart a star, a rollicking and surprisingly grounded document of early ’70s folk-rock.”
Vagabond Heart
“On Vagabond Heart, rodeo drive intersects Gasoline Alley. Though the album’s production shows typical signs of conspicuous consumption, the strength of the songs and the depth of Stewart’s conviction make this his most compelling work since the early Seventies. Rather than attempting to bring his career full circle — inevitably an exercise in return-to-form nostalgia […]”
Tonight I'm Yours
“Like most rags-to-riches stories, this one’s both predictable and messy. From 1974’s Smiler through 1980’s Foolish Behaviour, Rod Stewart has too often played a singularly buffoonish Falstaff to his own backward Prince Hal, dragging himself down artistically while consolidating a strong commercial fortress comfortably isolated from such initial masterpieces as Gasoline Alley and Every Picture […]”
Time
“Sometimes in life we all overswag. Two months ago, Justin Bieber shocked the world with his excellent Swag, his first album in four years. It was the artistic comeback he needed — sweet validation after all his celebrity meltdowns, troubling headlines, paparazzi battles, and social-media disasters. So there’s something perfect about Swag II — after catching everyone off-guard before, he’s immediat”
Human
“The last time Rod Stewart put his balls on the line was for "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?," a ridiculous, superb disco classic. That was twenty-three years ago. So if you’re not salivating at the thought of a new offering from a craggy vet who’s coasted throughout much of the last two decades, you can […]”
When We Were the New Boys
“Nobody stays forever young, so it’s heartening to hear signs of life on When We Were the New Boys, Rod Stewart’s strongest studio recording in years. Once reduced to cooing trifles like "Love Touch (Love Theme From Legal Eagles)," he sounds here like a man who ordered the credibility combo platter. Stewart heads back to […]”
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