It seems around that time Stewart returned to more of the classic rock sound that made him a superstar in the first place. Thankfully, in the early 1990s, that sound fell out of favor. Then, went new wave became the big thing in the early 1980s, he latched onto that, slathering his recordings with synthesizers and big drums and all the other 1980s overproduction techniques that are often derided today. In my opinion, a key problem with his music from the mid-1970s onwards was that he was a follower of musical trends that haven't aged well. Had he actually released this version of the album, I think the reputation of his early 1990s material would be much improved. What I'd like to do here is present an alternate version of one of them that removes the weakest songs and replaces them with some better stray tracks. But he also put out a couple of decent albums around that time. I've already posted a complete version of that here. This can best be seen by the critically successful 'Unplugged' album he released in 1993. I think he had a mini-career revival in the early 1990s. Stewart's career since about 1976 has been a disappointment, even though he's put out many worthy hit songs. Since then, his reputation has only gotten worse, with a series of 'Great American Songbook' albums in the 2000s that sold like hotcakes but were critically derided. The disco hit 'Do Ya Think I'm Sexy' is scoffed at to show how drastically he'd changed. The common perception is that he did great with the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces, and his solo albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but as the 1970s went on, he sold out, becoming the poster boy for the excessive rock star lifestyle, with drugs, sex, and material goods overwhelming his love of the music. As recently as 2012, he had an album that went double platinum in the US.īut despite all that success, most serious rock fans think that he lost his musical mojo a long time ago. He's sold over 250 millions albums worldwide, making him one of the most commercially successful musicians in history.

Rod Stewart has had a checkered musical history.

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