SMILER Rod Stewart fanclub

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• TWO FACES ALBUMS IN DISGUISEJanuary 19, 2025

  Being a lifelong Faces enthusiast (those who know me would say fanatic) I have often thought (and wished), that the two Ronnie Wood solo releases while he was still a member of the group, 1974’s I’VE GOT MY OWN ALBUM TO DO and 1975’s NOW LOOK, two very solid efforts, should have been recorded with…

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  TONIGHT I’M YOURS OR CRUEL BUT FAIR?October 13, 2024

  1981s RELEASE WITH A NEW TITLE, COVER, AND RUNNING ORDER. TONIGHT I’M YOURS, Rod’s second studio album from the 80s, and arguably his best of the decade, almost hit a bull’s-eye creatively if it wasn’t for two disposable cuts, “Tora, Tora, Tora (Out With The Boys)” and the regrettably titled “Sonny”. Critically and commercially it…

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  ROD’S THIRTY-SECOND STUDIO ALBUM FROM 2021… ANY GOOD?May 26, 2024

  As a long-standing enthusiastic Rod Stewart devotee, I deeply look forward to any new Rod material, but I seem to be more and more in the minority. It appears that most Rod fans nowadays only want to see him live, and they are more than happy just to be fed nothing but the big hits…

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  RECORD STORE DAY (FALL 2023)April 27, 2024

  It was a bitingly cold early November morning, the 24th to be exact – Record Store Day on Black Friday! With my third cup of coffee in hand (I can quit at any time, but I choose not to!), and a mission to accomplish, I stood outside in line behind 32 (yes, I counted) other…