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 | |||
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U.S. release title / cover | ||||
The Rod Stewart Album (Mercury)
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Singles from An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Robert Christgau | A− |
Rolling Stone | (highly positive) |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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).