SMILER members have been asking when Pat’s review was being posted , well here it is in the SMILER Blog section now …
Longtime members will know I generally rustle up my new album reviews review pretty close to release date. This time around, I just couldn’t. Honestly, I couldn’t make my mind up on this one. There were times when I felt that this could be, Songbook IV aside, the worst album Rod Stewart has ever released and a sad way to finish his song-writing career. It is all over the place; even more so than Blood Red Roses. The likes of Gabriella and Kookooaramabama would not have made it past the guard of the vault in times gone by. They’d have been buried with Sugar Lips or banished to b’ side like Doo Wah Diddy. Now they are core album tracks. How things have changed. However, after far too much time pondering, I finally rationalised it all to my satisfaction. You don’t have to agree of course.
Go to the SMILER blog section to read the full review