- A Spanner in the Works
Infobox Album |
Name = A Spanner in the Works
Type = Studio
Artist =Rod Stewart
Released = May 29, 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, pop
Length = 57:15
Label =Warner Bros. Records
Producer =Trevor Horn , Rod Stewart, et al.
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fexqwhld6e link]
Last album =Unplugged...and Seated
(1993)
This album = A Spanner in the Works
(1995)
Next album = If We Fall in Love Tonight
(1995)" A Spanner in the Works " is a
studio album released byRod Stewart on May 26, 1995 (see1995 in music ). It is Rod’s seventeenth studio album and ended a four year gap since his last studio album. At the time this was the longest span between studio albums that Rod had experienced. The album was released onWarner Bros. Records (WEA 9362 45867-1/2) in The United States, The United Kingdom, and Japan. It produced five singles: “You’re The Star”, “Leave Virginia Alone”, “This”, “Lady Luck”, and “Purple Heather”.The Album
"A Spanner in the Works" is regarded as Rod’s most traditional sounding album since
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down if not ever. It includes a cover ofBob Dylan ’s “Sweetheart Like You ”. The song “Muddy, Sam, And Otis”, is his tribute toMuddy Waters ,Sam Cooke , andOtis Redding . Track 12, later released as a single featuring the Scottish Euro ’96 Football Squad, “Purple Heather” is a folk song that normally goes by the name "Wild Mountain Thyme". It is often credited as traditional, but was written by The McPeakes.Charts
The album would attain a gold certification in both the US and UK. In those countries it would peak at #35 and #4 respectively.
Track listing
#"Windy Town" (
Chris Rea ) – 5:12
#"The Downtown Lights" (Paul Buchanan ) – 6:33
#"Leave Virginia Alone" (Tom Petty ) – 4:07
#"Sweetheart Like You" (Bob Dylan ) – 4:54
#"This" (John Capek,Marc Jordan ) – 5:19
#"Lady Luck" (Carmine Rojas,Jeff Golub , Kevin Savigar, Rod Stewart) – 4:25
#"You’re The Star" (Billy Livsey ,Frankie Miller ,Graham Lyle ) – 4:39
#"Muddy, Sam and Otis" (Stewart, Savigar) – 4:42
#"Hang on St. Christopher" (Tom Waits ) – 4:04
#"Delicious" (Stewart, Andy Taylor, Robin LeMesurier) – 4:43
#"Soothe Me" (Sam Cooke ) – 3:33
#"Purple Heather" (Traditional, arranged Stewart) – 4:58
*Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 produced byTrevor Horn
*Tracks 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12 produced by Rod Stewart
*Tracks 7, 10, and 11 produced byBernard Edwards
*Track 3 produced byJames Newton-Howard , Michael Ostin, andLenny Waronker
*Track 10 produced by Andy TaylorPersonnel
*Rod Stewart –
lead vocals , backing vocals
*Jeff Golub –guitar
*Tim Pierce – guitar
*Robin LeMesurier – guitar
*Davey Johnstone – guitar,mandolin
*Steve Lipson – guitar,bass guitar
*Andy Taylor – guitar
*Jim Cregan – guitar
*Michael Landau – guitar
*Lol Crème – guitar
*Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
*Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
*Guy Pratt – bass guitar
*Mike Higham – bass guitar, keyboards
*Kevin Savigar – bass guitar, keyboards,squeezebox
*Trevor Horn – bass guitar
*Leland Sklar – bass guitar
*Dave Palmer – drums
*Paul Robinson – drums
*Kenny Aronoff – drums
*Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards, percussion,piano
*Billy Preston – organ
*Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
*Martin O’Conner –accordion
*Anne Dudley – piano, strings arrangement
*Don Teschner – mandolin, American fiddle
*Dónal Lunny –bouzouki
*Leslie Butler –harmonica
*Rick Braun – horns
*Nick Lane – horns
*David Woodford – horns
*The Kick Horns – horns
*John McSherry –bagpipes
*Máire Ní Chathasaigh –Irish fiddle
*Fred White, Lamont Van Hook, Joey Diggs, Joe Turano, Aleisha Irving, Oren Waters, Jossef Powell, Terry Young – backing vocals
*Glasgow Gaelic Music Association –choir
*Gavin Wright –orchestra leaderReferences
*cite book| title = A Spanner in the Works album liner notes | publisher = Warner Bros. Records
External links
*http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=2
*“A Spanner in the Works” atWiktionary : [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/throw_a_spanner_in_the_works]
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