Gasoline Alley (album)

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Gasoline Alley
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Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released12 June 1970
RecordedFebruary–April 1970
Studio Morgan Studios, London
Length42:30
Label Mercury, Vertigo
Producer Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner
Rod Stewart chronology
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
(1969)		Gasoline Alley
(1970)		 Every Picture Tells a Story
(1971)

Gasoline Alley is the second solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released on 12 June 1970 by Vertigo Records. It is a collection of covers combined with Stewart's own compositions. [1] Like many of Stewart's solo albums from the period, it featured significant musical contributions from the other members of his band Faces.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide A− [2]
Rolling Stone (favourable) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
The Village Voice B+ [5]

The album was well received, with Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone feeling that Stewart had "a rare sensitivity for the delicate moments in a person's existence", [3] and that this, Stewart's second solo album, was the work "of a supremely fine artist". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gasoline Alley"Stewart, Ronnie Wood 4:02
2."It's All Over Now" Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack6:22
3."Only a Hobo" Bob Dylan 4:13
4."My Way of Giving" Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott 3:55
5."Country Comfort" Elton John, Bernie Taupin 4:42
6."Cut Across Shorty"Wayne P. Walker, Marijohn Wilkin 6:28
7."Lady Day"Stewart3:57
8."Jo's Lament"Stewart3:24
9."You're My Girl (I Don't Want to Discuss It)"Dick Cooper, Beth Beatty, Ernie Shelby4:27
CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."It's All Over Now" (single version)Bobby Womack, Shirley Jean Womack3:35

Personnel

Production

Notable covers by other artists

Chart (1983)Peak positionRef.
UK Top 100 Airplay12 [8]
UK Singles Charts 52 [9]
Irish Singles Charts 15 [10]

Charts

Chart (1970-71)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [11] 24
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [12] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 62
US Billboard 200 [14] 27

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 13 March 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. 1 2 3 Winner, Langdon (3 September 1970). "Gasoline Alley | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rod Stewart: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (30 July 1970). "Consumer Guide (12)". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley (1970, Gatefold, Vinyl)". Discogs . June 1970.
  7. ↑ "Musical Maps".
  8. ↑ "Record Business" (PDF). Airplay Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Elkie Brooks Chart History: Top 75". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Elkie Brooks Chart". Ireland Archive Charts. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  11. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 295. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  12. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5199". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
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