The album received positive reviews from Fusion, Rolling Stone, and Robert Christgau.[8] Christgau felt the album was "superb",[8] the same wording as used by Greil Marcus in his Rolling Stone review.[9]
In a retrospective summary for Rolling Stone, a staff writer felt that Stewart's solo debut showed him as a "highly original interpreter" of other people's songs, and that his own compositions indicated he was "capable of startlingly bare emotion and compassion".[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Rod Stewart, except where indicated
Lou Reizner – vocals on "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing"
Keith Emerson – organ on "I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing"
Technical
Keith "Marcus Keef" MacMillan – design, photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (1969-1970)
Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11]
31
United States (Billboard 200)
139
References
^Segretto, Mike (2022). "1970". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 247. ISBN9781493064601.
^Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Overview The Rod Stewart Album". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
^Greil Marcus (7 February 1970). "Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album review". Rollingstone.com. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^"Robert Christgau: CG - Rod Stewart". Robertchristagu.com. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
^ a b"Robert Christgau: CG: rod stewart". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^Griel Marcus (7 February 1970). "Records". Rolling Stone (51). San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc.: 42. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
^"Rod Stewart". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p. 295. ISBN0-646-11917-6.