| A Spanner in the Works | |||||
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| Studio album by Rod Stewart | |||||
| Released | May 26, 1995 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, pop | ||||
| Length | 57:15 | ||||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | ||||
| Producer | Trevor Horn, Rod Stewart, et al. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English Pop music Record producer, songwriter and musician | ||||
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A Spanner in the Works is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on May 26, 1995 (see 1995 in music). allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently Unpluggedand Seated is a Live album released by Rod Stewart on May 24 1993 (see 1993 in music) If We Fall in Love Tonight is a ballad album released by Rod Stewart on November 1 1996 (see 1996 in music) A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Roderick "Rod" David Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945 is a Singer and Songwriter born and raised in London England and currently See also 1995 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1995 Record It is Rod’s seventeenth studio album and ended a four year gap since his last studio album. At the time this was the longest span between studio albums that Rod had experienced. The album was released on Warner Bros. Records (WEA 9362 45867-1/2) in The United States, The United Kingdom, and Japan. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It produced five singles: “You’re The Star”, “Leave Virginia Alone”, “This”, “Lady Luck”, and “Purple Heather”.
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The Album
A Spanner in the Works is regarded as Rod’s most traditional sounding album since An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down if not ever. An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down was the debut album by Rod Stewart, released in February 1970 on Vertigo Records (catalogue No It includes a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Sweetheart Like You”. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major The song “Muddy, Sam, And Otis”, is his tribute to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding. For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. Sam Cooke ( January 22, 1931 &ndash December 11, 1964) was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and Otis Ray Redding Jr ( September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer Track 12, later released as a single featuring the Scottish Euro ’96 Football Squad, “Purple Heather” is a folk song that normally goes by the name "Wild Mountain Thyme". It is often credited as traditional, but was written by The McPeakes.
Charts
The album would attain a gold certification in both the US and UK. In those countries it would peak at #35 and #4 respectively.
| Year | Song | Rank |
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| 1995 | "Leave Virginia Alone" | 52 (US) |
| 1995 | "You’re The Star" | 19(UK) 53(GER) |
| 1995 | "This" | DID NOT CHART |
| 1995 | "Lady Luck" | 39 (JP) 56(UK) 65(GER) |
| 1996 | "Purple Heather" (with the Scottish Euro ’96 Football Squad) | 16 (UK) |
Track listing
- "Windy Town" (Chris Rea) – 5:12
- "The Downtown Lights" (Paul Buchanan) – 6:33
- "Leave Virginia Alone" (Tom Petty) – 4:07
- "Sweetheart Like You" (Bob Dylan) – 4:54
- "This" (John Capek, Marc Jordan) – 5:19
- "Lady Luck" (Carmine Rojas, Jeff Golub, Kevin Savigar, Rod Stewart) – 4:25
- "You’re The Star" (Billy Livsey, Frankie Miller, Graham Lyle) – 4:39
- "Muddy, Sam and Otis" (Stewart, Savigar) – 4:42
- "Hang on St. A Spanner in the Works is a Studio album released by Rod Stewart on May 26 1995 (see 1995 in music) Wild Mountain Thyme. also known as "Will You Go Lassie Go" is based on a traditional Scottish Folk song. Christopher Anton Rea (born 4 March 1951) is a Singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough England, instantly recognisable for his distinctive Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20 1950 is an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marc Jordan (born 1947 is a multi- genre Canadian musician known both as a Songwriter and Session musician for other artists and as a Billy Livsey is an American songwriter Keyboardist, and producer from Nashville Tennessee. Frankie Miller (born Francis John Miller 2 November 1949) is a Scottish rock Singer-songwriter, who had success in the 1970s Gallagher and Lyle, the Scottish pairing of Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle joined forces in 1959 initially as members of local Largs Band The Bluefrets. Christopher" (Tom Waits) – 4:04
- "Delicious" (Stewart, Andy Taylor, Robin LeMesurier) – 4:43
- "Soothe Me" (Sam Cooke) – 3:33
- "Purple Heather" (traditional arr. Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Stewart) – 4:58
- Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 produced by Trevor Horn
- Tracks 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12 produced by Rod Stewart
- Tracks 7, 10, and 11 produced by Bernard Edwards
- Track 3 produced by James Newton-Howard, Michael Ostin, and Lenny Waronker
- Track 10 produced by Andy Taylor
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Jeff Golub – guitar
- Tim Pierce – guitar
- Robin LeMesurier – guitar
- Davey Johnstone – guitar, mandolin
- Steve Lipson – guitar, bass guitar
- Andy Taylor – guitar
- Jim Cregan – guitar
- Michael Landau – guitar
- Lol Crème – guitar
- Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
- Bernard Edwards – bass guitar
- Guy Pratt – bass guitar
- Mike Higham – bass guitar, keyboards
- Kevin Savigar – bass guitar, keyboards, squeezebox
- Trevor Horn – bass guitar
- Leland Sklar – bass guitar
- Dave Palmer – drums
- Paul Robinson – drums
- Kenny Aronoff – drums
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards, percussion, piano
- Billy Preston – organ
- Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
- Martin O’Conner – accordion
- Anne Dudley – piano, strings arrangement
- Don Teschner – mandolin, American fiddle
- Dónal Lunny – bouzouki
- Leslie Butler – harmonica
- Rick Braun – horns
- Nick Lane – horns
- David Woodford – horns
- The Kick Horns – horns
- John McSherry – bagpipes
- Máire Ní Chathasaigh – Irish fiddle
- Fred White, Lamont Van Hook, Joey Diggs, Joe Turano, Aleisha Irving, Oren Waters, Jossef Powell, Terry Young – backing vocals
- Glasgow Gaelic Music Association – choir
- Gavin Wright – orchestra leader
References
- A Spanner in the Works album liner notes. Trevor Charles Horn (born 15 July 1949) is an English Pop music Record producer, songwriter and musician Bernard Edwards ( October 31 1952 – April 18 1996) born in Greenville North Carolina, was a Bass guitar player and James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and Lenny Waronker is a well known Record producer for Warner Bros Andy Taylor (born 16 February 1961 is an English Guitarist, Singer, and Songwriter, best known as a member of Duran Duran and A backing vocalist or backing singer (or especially in the US The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Tim Pierce is a Los Angeles -based session Guitarist who has appeared on hundreds of music Albums and motion picture Soundtracks Davey Johnstone (born 6 May 1951 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a rock guitarist and vocalist best known for his work with A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed Stephen J Lipson is a musician (principally on guitar and producer who has worked with numerous artists including Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Whitney Houston, The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Jim Cregan (born March 9, 1946 in Yeovil, Somerset, England) is a rock Guitarist and Bassist Michael Landau (born in 1958 is a Session musician and guitarist who has played on albums since the early 1980s with artists as varied as Seal, Steve Perry Lol Creme (born 19 September 1947 in Prestwich, near Bury, Lancashire, England) is an English Musician Guy Pratt (born 3 January 1962 in London, England) is a well-known session Bassist and also a Songwriter, actor and comedian A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The term Squeezebox (also Squeeze box, Squeeze-box) is a Colloquial expression referring to any Musical instrument of the general class of hand-held Leland "Lee" Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American Musician, Singer-songwriter and Film score composer A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American Drummer. A former member (briefly of the hard rock band Cinderella, he has also Jamie Muhoberac is a session Keyboardist with numerous credits including with Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones ( Bridges to Babylon The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers William Everett Preston ( September 2 1946 – June 6 2006) was an American Soul musician from Houston Texas, The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each Paulinho Da Costa ( May 31, 1948) is a Percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, and is considered one of the most recorded musicians The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox Anne Dudley (born Anne Jennifer Beckingham, 7 May 1956, Chatham, Kent) is an Academy Award -winning English The string section is the largest body of the standard Orchestra and consists of bowed String instruments of the Violin family. Dónal Lunny (born 10 August, 1947) is an Irish Folk musician Lunny has been at the cutting edge of the evolution of Irish music for more than The bouzouki ( gr το μπουζούκι pl. τα μπουζούκια (plural sometimes transliterated as bouzoukia) is the mainstay of modern A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or Rick Braun (born July 6, 1955 in Allentown Pennsylvania) is a Smooth jazz Trumpet player In a Symphony orchestra the horn section is the group of musicians who play the horn (sometimes referred to as the French horn a brass instrument descended The Kick Horns are a London-based group of session brass instrument players who have been playing under the name since the early 1980s John McSherry is an Irish musician who plays the Uilleann pipes and Tin whistle. Bagpipes are a class of Musical instrument, Aerophones using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag The Irish fiddle is one of the most important instruments in the traditional repertoire of Irish music. For the musical composition see Chorale. A choir, chorale, or chorus is a Musical ensemble of Singers An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Warner Bros. Records.
External links
- http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=2
- “A Spanner in the Works” at Wiktionary: [1]
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