| An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Rod Stewart |
| Cover: | An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down.jpg |
| Released: | November 1969 (US) February 1970 (UK) |
| Recorded: | June–August 1969 |
| Studio: | Lansdowne and Olympic Studios, London |
| Genre: | British folk rock[1] |
| Length: | 32:47 |
| Label: | Vertigo, Mercury, Fontana |
| Producer: | Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner |
| Next Title: | Gasoline Alley |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is the debut solo studio album by Rod Stewart. First released in the United States in November 1969 as The Rod Stewart Album, the album peaked at No. 139 on the US Billboard 200 album chart. It was later released in the United Kingdom with the modified title in February 1970.[2] Stewart's Faces bandmates Ronnie Wood and Ian McLagan also appear on the album, along with 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).
The album received positive reviews from Fusion, Rolling Stone, and Robert Christgau.[3] Christgau felt the album was "superb",[3] the same wording as used by Greil Marcus in his Rolling Stone review.[4]
In a retrospective summary for Rolling Stone, a staff writer felt that Stewart's solo debut showed him as a "highly original interpreter" of other people's songs, and that his own compositions indicated he was "capable of startlingly bare emotion and compassion".[5]
| Chart (1969-1970) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] | 31 | |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 139 |