Best of Rod Stewart [German Bonus Tracks] (1999)

About this title: With his Sam Cooke phrasing and rough as sandpaper voice, Rod Stewart has been both brilliant ("Maggie May") and shameless ("Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?") during his four-decade career, and if he now seems well past his sell-by date, there's no denying that his distinctive voice is a pop culture wonder. This uneven best-of collection has both of the hits listed above as well as late-period gems like Stewart's version of Tom Waits' magnificent "Downtown Train" (Stewart's take doesn't even come close to Waits' original, however), but it lacks key early tracks like the epic "Every Picture Tells a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Maggie May [Stewart/Quittenton]
2. You Wear It Well [Stewart/Quittenton]
3. Baby Jane [Davis/Stewart]
4. Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? [Stewart/Appice]
5. I Was Only Joking [Stewart/Grainger]
6. This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) [Dozier/Holland/Holl]
7. Sailing [Sutherland]
8. I Don't Want to Talk About It [Whitten]
9. You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) [Stewart]
10. Young Turks [Stewart/Appice/Savi]
11. What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love with You) [Brock/Davis/Stewart]
12. The First Cut Is the Deepest [Stevens]
13. The Killing of Georgie, Pts. 1 & 2 [Stewart]
14. Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright) [Stewart]
15. Every Beat of My Heart [Stewart/Savigar]
16. Downtown Train [Waits]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.