★★★★★
The quality of Stewart's studio releases over the 22-year period covered by this box set may have been erratic, to put it kindly, but he could almost always be relied upon to deliver the goods on stage. And while the gigs arguably missed the boozy, slapdash nature of his jaunts with Faces, the slickness of his various new playmates never got in the way of the party vibes.
- recordcollectormag.com
2014-03-27
★★★★★
Fans of the rollicking, free-for-all Faces have rightfully been peeved after Rod Stewart disbanded that group to shift to a full time solo career in 1976, the year this four-disc set of previously unreleased live shows starts. Leaving the rough and tumble roots rock of his first four solo albums, Stewart quickly became a pop star, flaunting his flamboyance but saddling his studio recordings with slick, disco-fied production and often sappy, underwhelming material that was a far cry from his...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2014-03-18
★★★★★
The 2009 four-disc setThe Rod Stewart Sessionscovered three decades ofouttakes and alternateversions, though only 11of the 68 tracks dated fromhis fruitful early years onMercury. Those same tracksturn up again here, alongsidesingles and B-sides from thesame period, meaning that,ultimately, this collectioncontains only two previouslyunreleased recordings,bringing the validity of itstitle into question.
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-11-07
★★★★★
So the artist formerly known as Rod Stewart, until recently known as Rod Stewart: The American Songbook, continues his comeback from the very edge of musical purgatory. After a decade of albums of covers - of ever diminishing quality - his first album of original songs for well over a decade, Time, hit the UK album chart top spot earlier this year. And now Rarities arrives to remind people of exactly who Rod Stewart is - and why he's loved by so many...
- music.thedigitalfix.com
2013-09-14
★★★★★
Release Date: May 3, 2013 Rod Stewart released a new album. Hurray. Only took 20 years. Stewart has cited "writer's block" and a "lack of inspiration" for the gap in original content, but a spade is a spade is a spade. Rod, you're just lazy. Time is a fine album. Well, sort of. Lead single and album opener "She Makes Me Happy" is an acoustic foray into saccharine honey pop that is nothing more than a Colbie Caillat single or an Uncle Kracker web gem...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-06-05
★★★★★
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Record Label: Capitol/Decca
Release Date: May 3, 2013
Rod Stewart released a new album. Hurray. Only took 20 years. Stewart has cited "writer's block" and a "lack of inspiration" for the gap in original content, but a spade is a spade is a spade. Rod, you're just lazy. Time is a fine album. Well, sort of...
- www.absolutepunk.net
2013-06-05
★★★★★
In his hugely enjoyable autobiography, published late last year, Stewart devoted almost as much space to this new album as he did his entire recorded output over the last three decades. Having long been dependent on others' songs Rod was enthusiastic about his author muse returning, which led to him writing, or co-writing, 11 of the 12 tracks on Time...
- recordcollectormag.com
2013-05-24
★★★★★
Rod Stewart's first album of original material in 20 years was prompted, he says, by writing his autobiography, and he wears his heart on his sleeve on wistful, nostalgic love songs (Brighton Beach) and thoughtful divorce laments (the single, It's Over). Buy it from Buy the CDRod StewartTimeDecca2013 ...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2013-05-12
★★★★★
For 20 years, Rod Stewart's muse has seen him mining the songbooks of American composers rather than cultivating his own material. But 'Time' finds the newly inspired artist penning his own songs again. And, given his creative hiatus, it naturally comes with mixed results. What's great are the slow, reflective numbers: 'Brighton Beach' is all acoustic guitars and '60s memories, and the Ray Charles country jazz of 'Picture In A Frame' is a standout. The rockers that work are also memorable...
- www.clashmusic.com
2013-05-11
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