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An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down

An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
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Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released November 1969 (US) February 1970 (UK)
Recorded June-August 1969 at Lansdowne and Olympic Studios, London
Genre Rock, blue-eyed soul
Length 32:47
Label Vertigo, Mercury, Fontana
Producer Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner
Rod Stewart chronology
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
(1969)
Gasoline Alley
(1970)
U.S. release title / cover
The Rod Stewart Album (Mercury)
Singles from An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
  1. "Street Fighting Man"
  2. "Dirty Old Town"
  3. "Handbags and Gladrags"
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
Robert Christgau A−
Rolling Stone (highly positive)
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4.5/5 stars

An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the debut solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, released in the United Kingdom in February 1970. In the United States, the album was released in November 1969 as The Rod Stewart Album and peaked at No. 139 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. Several other members of Faces also appear on the album, as well as Keith Emerson, Jeff Beck Group drummer Micky Waller and guitarists Martin Pugh (of Steamhammer, and later Armageddon and 7th Order) and Martin Quittenton (also from Steamhammer).


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