Every Picture Tells a Story
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| Studio album by Rod Stewart | ||||
| Released | May 1971 | |||
| Recorded | January 1971 | |||
| Genre | Roots rock | |||
| Length | 40:31 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Rod Stewart | |||
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| Singles from Every Picture Tells a Story | ||||
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| AllMusic |  |
| Robert Christgau | A+ |
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| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Every Picture Tells a Story is the third studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, released in May 1971. It incorporates hard rock, folk, and blues styles. It went to number one on both the UK and US charts and finished third in the Pazz & Jop critics' poll for best album of 1971. It has been an enduring critical success, including a number 172 ranking on Rolling Stone Magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The soundtrack song featured in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City radio station Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
The album is a mixture of rock, country, blues, soul, and folk, and includes Stewart's breakthrough hit, "Maggie May", as well as "Reason to Believe", a song from Tim Hardin's debut album of 1966. "Reason to Believe" was released as the first single from the album with "Maggie May" as the B-side, however, "Maggie May" became more popular and was a No. 1 hit in both the UK and US.
The album also included a version of Arthur Crudup's "That's All Right (Mama)" (the first single for Elvis Presley) and a cover of the Bob Dylan song "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," an outtake from Dylan's 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (it would see release on 1971's, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II).
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