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A Spanner in the Works

A Spanner in the Works
A Spanner in the Works cover.jpg
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released 29 May 1995
Recorded 1993-95 at Sound City, Van Nuys, California
Genre Rock, pop rock
Length 57:15
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Trevor Horn, Rod Stewart, et al.
Rod Stewart chronology
Unplugged...and Seated
(1993)
A Spanner in the Works
(1995)
If We Fall in Love Tonight
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly C+
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars

A Spanner in the Works is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on 26 May, 1995. It is Stewart's seventeenth studio album and ended a four-year gap since his previous studio album. At the time it was Stewart's longest break between albums. It was released on Warner Bros. Records (WEA 9362 45867-1/2) in The United States, The United Kingdom, and Japan. Five singles were released: "You’re The Star", "Leave Virginia Alone", "This", "Lady Luck", and "Purple Heather".

The album includes covers of Bob Dylan’s "Sweetheart Like You" and The Blue Nile's "The Downtown Lights". The song "Muddy, Sam, And Otis", is his tribute to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding. 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. "Leave Virginia Alone" was written by Tom Petty and recorded for his album Wildflowers, but was left off the finished album and given to Stewart instead.

The album achieved a gold certification in both the US and UK. In those countries it would peak at #35 and #4 respectively.


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