Never a Dull Moment (Rod Stewart album)

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Never a Dull Moment
Rod Stewart-Never a Dull Moment (album cover).jpg
Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released21 July 1972 (1972-07-21)
RecordedMarch–May 1972
Studio Morgan and Olympic, London
Genre
Length32:55
Label Mercury
Producer Rod Stewart
Rod Stewart chronology
Every Picture Tells a Story
(1971)		Never a Dull Moment
(1972)		 Sing It Again Rod
(1973)
Singles from Never a Dull Moment
  1. "You Wear It Well"
    Released: August 1972 [1]
  2. "Angel" / "What's Made Milwaukee Famous"
    Released: November 1972 [2]
  3. "Twistin' the Night Away"
    Released: May 1973 (EU) [3]

Never a Dull Moment is the fourth solo album by rock musician Rod Stewart. It was released on 21 July 1972; that year it became a UK number-one album (for two weeks) and reached number two on the US Album chart. [4] [5] The track "You Wear It Well", co-written by Stewart and classical guitarist Martin Quittenton, was a smash hit (another UK No. 1; in US No. 13), as well as "Twisting the Night Away", a song originally recorded (and written) by Sam Cooke.

Contents

Recording

The album was recorded at Morgan and Olympic, London between March and May 1972.

Like many of Stewart's albums from the era, Never a Dull Moment features significant musical contributions from the members of the band Faces. Other guest musicians included Ray Jackson of the band Lindisfarne on mandolin, Spike Heatley on upright bass, Gordon Huntley on steel guitar, Dick Powell on violin and Pete Sears on piano and bass.

"Mama You Been on My Mind" is a cover version of a Bob Dylan song. Stewart's version is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs .

"Angel" was written by Jimi Hendrix as a tribute to his mother. Hendrix and Ronnie Wood had shared a flat in the late 1960s, and were both at a Soho club on the night he died.

Release

Never a Dull Moment was released on vinyl by Mercury Records on 21 July 1972.

On the 8-track tape and Cassette releases of the album the song "What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" was on program 2 following "Twistin' the Night Away", but it was not mentioned in the song listing.[ citation needed ]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [6]
Christgau's Record Guide A− [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."True Blue" Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood 3:32
2."Lost Paraguayos"Stewart, Wood3:57
3."Mama, You Been on My Mind" Bob Dylan 4:29
4."Italian Girls"Stewart, Wood4:54
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Angel" Jimi Hendrix 4:04
2."Interludings" Art Wood 0:40
3."You Wear It Well"Stewart, Martin Quittenton 4:22
4."I'd Rather Go Blind"Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan 3:53
5."Twistin' the Night Away" Sam Cooke 3:13
Total length:32:55

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [19] 2× Gold15,000^
United Kingdom—1,000,000 [20]
United States (RIAA) [21] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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