The Best of Rod Stewart (1976 album)
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| Greatest hits album by Rod Stewart | ||||
| Released | 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1969-1974 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 80:16 (LP) 76:56 (CD) | |||
| Label | Mercury Records | |||
| Producer | Rod Stewart & Ron Wood | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B+ |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
The Best of Rod Stewart is a compilation album released by Rod Stewart in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It was released by Mercury Records to complete Rod’s contract before switching labels to Warner Bros. and moving to The United States. It includes tracks from all his Mercury albums and some non-album singles from the same time period.
The Best of Rod Stewart was originally released as a double album. It was re-released on Compact Disc in 1998 with all 18 tracks on a single disc. In order to fit the album onto one 80-minute CD, "Maggie May" was edited from 5:46 to 5:14, and the album version of "It's All Over Now" (6:23) was replaced with the single version (3:35).
"Oh! No Not My Baby" and was originally released, with its B-side "Jodie" being credited to Stewart's band Faces. All other tracks were from previously released Rod Stewart solo albums. The original compilation reached #18 in the UK and #19 on the US charts.
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