Rod Stewart - Time Album Review

Rod Stewart has spent four decades being a rock star, three being a parent, and has a new album's worth of rollicking stories to tell. Time is his first album of new material in almost 20 years (and his hairstyle hasn't changed one bit!) Before I begin, I want to let everyone know that I was sent a copy of this CD from One2One Network to give my review of it. All opinions here are still my own and not influenced by my campaign participation in any way. With that being said, let's talk about the CD! :)



Time, released on May 7th 2013, marks Stewart's long-awaited return to his songwriting roots and features 12 tracks, 11 of which he wrote and produced. The album was born from a burst of inspiration that came while Rod was reviewing his life for his recent memoir. Rod rediscovered his voice as a songwriter and rekindled his gift for writing the honest, nerve-touching narratives that have been the cornerstone to the first three decades of his career. Since 1991, Stewart the lyricist and melodist behind such staples as "Tonight's the Night", "You Wear It Well", "You're in My Heart", "The Killing of Georgie" and the indelible "Maggie May", had simply lost his songwriting muse. But, beginning in 2011, during the period he began working on what would become his internationally best-selling autobiography, Rod, it returned.

"Suddenly ideas for lyrics were piling up in my head," he says. "Next thing I knew, I had a song called 'It's Over' about divorce and separation. And now I was getting up in the middle of the night and scrambling for a pen to write things down, which has never happened to me. I finished seven or eight songs very quickly and I still wasn't done, and it became apparent that I would eventually have a whole album of material to record."

Here is the full track listing for this album:

1. She Makes Me Happy
2. Can’t Stop Me Now
3. It’s Over
4. Brighton Beach
5. Beautiful Morning
6. Live The Life
7. Finest Woman
8. Time
9. Picture In A Frame
10. Sexual Religion
11. Make Love To Me Tonight
12. Pure Love

You can pick up his album now; I would recommend either iTunes or Amazon. Direct links are provided below. :)

Amazon
iTunes

Along with the release of Time, Stewart is set to embark on the European leg of his Live the Life tour on June 1st, while American dates with Steve Winwood will kick off October 17th.

I actually thought that this was a really great album. I have listened to Rod Stewart's music for several years, on and off, and I was quite surprised and impressed with this album. There weren't ANY songs that I disliked. My favorite songs were probably "Pure Love" and "Can't Stop Me Now" because they were so incredibly real and heartfelt. If you are a fan of Rod Stewart's and had been disappointed that he had given up on songwriting, CHECK OUT THIS ALBUM! You won't be disappointed. I think it is one of his best albums YET and feel that he is back, maybe even better than before!