Every Beat of My Heart

Infobox Album |
Name = Every Beat of My Heart
Type = Studio
Artist = Rod Stewart


Released = 23 June 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, pop
Length =
Label = Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Bob Ezrin, (except "Love Touch" - Michael Chapman)
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gbfqxqukldfe link]
* "Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rodstewart/albums/album/224984/review/5940582/rod_stewart link]
Last album = Camouflage (1984)
This album = Every Beat of My Heart
(1986)
Next album = Out of Order (1988)

"Every Beat of My Heart" is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on June 1986 (see 1986 in music). The album cover features the artist’s name quite prominently and thus the album is simply known in the United States as "Rod Stewart". It is Rod’s 14th studio album and was released on Warner Bros. Records (WX 53 / 925 446-1). The tracks were recorded at One on One Studios, Can Am Recorders, The Village Recorder, The Record Plant, and Artisan Sound Recorders. It produced four singles, “Love Touch”, “Another Heartache”, “In My Life”, and the title track, “Every Beat of My Heart”.

The Album

Included on this album is the song “Love Touch” which gained popularity as the theme to the Robert Redford film Legal Eagles. The album also includes a cover of Lennon/McCartney’s “In My Life”, one of several times Rod covered them. It was released as a single which failed to chart. According to the liner notes, this album is dedicated to Rod’s parents, Bob and Elsie Stewart. Also there are a few special thank yous:

"Barry Tyerman, Esq. My Own “legal eagle”"
"Frank Stiefel, for his consistently perfect eye"
"Carol Bodman, for her endless cups of sympathetic tea"
"And The Right Honorable Ewan Dawson"

Charts

"Every Beat of My Heart" peaked at #5 in the UK and at #28 in the US. It received gold certification from the BPI, but failed to be certified by the RIAA.

Track listing

#"Here To Eternity" (Rod Stewart, Kevin Savigar) –
#"Another Heartache" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Stewart, Randy Wayne) –
#"A Night Like This" (Stewart) –
#"Who’s Gonna Take Me Home" (Stewart, Savigar, Jay Davis) –
#"Red Hot In Black" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar) –
#"Love Touch" (Michael Chapman, Gene Black, Holly Knight) – 4:03
#"In My Own Crazy Way" (Stewart, Frankie Miller, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) –
#"Every Beat of My Heart" (Stewart, Kevin Savigar) – 5:19
#"Ten Days of Rain" (Stewart, Savigar, Tony Brock) –
#"In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) –

Personnel

*Rod Stewart – lead vocals
*Jim Cregan – guitar, backing vocals
*Robin LeMesurier – guitar
*Robert Athis - guitar
*John Corey – guitar, electric sitar
*Gene Black – guitar
*Steve Cropper – guitar
*Nils Lofgren – guitar
*David Williams – guitar
*Jay Davis – bass guitar
*Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
*Scott Edwards – bass guitar
*Tony Brock – drums, backing vocals
*Kevin Savigar – keyboards
*Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
*Bob Ezrin – keyboards, backing vocals
*Randy Wayne – keyboards
*Paul Fox – keyboards
*Tom Scott – brass/reeds
*Larry Williams and Co. – brass/reeds
*Devon Dickinson – bagpipes
*Harry Farrar – bagpipes
*Kevin Weed – bagpipes
*Tray Galaway, Phil Perry, Kevin Dorsey, Daryl Phinnesse, Oren Waters – The Singers
*Albert Hammond, Joe Turano, Holly Knight, Michael Chapman, Darlene Koldenhoven, Clydene Edwards, Carmen Twillie, Jennifer Repo, Jeoffrey Repo, John Batdorf – backing vocals
*Malcolm Cullimore – production coordinator
*Engineered and remixed by George Tutko
*Remixed by David Tickle, Bob Ezrin, Bob Loftus, Craig Engle, David Ahlert, Stan Katayama, Jim Dineen

References

*cite book| title = Every Beat of My Heart liner notes | publisher = Warner Bros. Records

External links

*http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=9