or iTunes Price: $10.99 Genre: Rock Released: Oct 23, 2009 Customer Ratings (176 Ratings)
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Soulbook – Rod StewartView More By Rod Stewart Our ReviewRod 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.. Customer ReviewsSoulbook (5 stars)I just love Rod Stewart. He's like a good wine and only gets better with age. His voice and the arragements are fantastic. This is a great selection to add to any music library. Rod (5 stars) Awesome album wow the man still ROCkS!! Take this out of the pop page on Itunes!!! (5 stars) Rod Stewart is not pop. He's too good for that. With that out of the way, Soulbook is actually one of the best albums Stewart has ever created. It it has its share of mishits- Rainy Night in Georgia in particular. But songs like It's the Same Old Song, Just My Imagination, and My Cherie Amour propel Soulbook to lofty hieghts. Fitting for the caliber of the artist that created it. BiographyBorn: January 10, 1945 in London, EnglandGenre: Rock Years Active: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s Rod Stewart may have begun his career as a respected singer, yet that critical respect eroded as he got older, as he became more concerned with stardom and adult contemporary songcraft than the rock music that launched him. While he has recorded some terrible albums — and he would admit that freely — Stewart was once rock & roll's best interpretive singer as well as an accomplished songwriter, creating a raw combination of folk, rock, blues, and country that sounded like no other...
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