Soulbook - Rod Stewart

Product Description

Genre: Rock Price: $10.99 Release Date: October 27, 2009

Rod Stewart has been blessed with one of pop music’s most natural voices. In his youth, he sang hard. Middle age found him softening up. His later days find him looking back through songbooks for tunes where he can easily add his golden throat without too much wear and tear. It isn’t quite the force of nature it once was; Stewart occasionally sounds tentative. “It’s the Same Old Song” kicks uptempo, but Stewart takes it cautiously, blending into the mix of backing vocalists just when it’s his turn to take things higher. The always tough “Higher and Higher” from Jackie Wilson simply can’t be met but is infused with Stewart’s warm deliver anyhow. Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour” adds Wonder on harmonica while Stewart coasts. Anyone expecting Stewart to issue a musical challenge will be disappointed, but for those who enjoy hearing a familiar friend put his touch to old favorites, Stewart’s takes on Smokey Robinson’s “Tracks of My Tears” and “You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me” are like a letter home.

Tracks:

It's the Same Old Song / My Cherie Amour (feat. Stevie Wonder) / You Make Me Feel Brand New (with Mary J. Blige) / (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher / Tracks of My Tears / Let It Be Me (with Jennifer Hudson) / Rainy Night In Georgia / What Becomes of the Broken Hearted / Love Train / You've Really Got a Hold On Me / Wonderful World / If You Don't Know Me By Now / Just My Imagination / BookletDigital Booklet - Soulbook