Gasoline Alley (album) explained

Gasoline Alley
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rod Stewart
Cover:	RodStewartGasolineAlley.jpg
Released:	12 June 1970
Recorded:	February–April 1970
Studio:	Morgan Studios, London
Length:	42:30
Label:	Mercury, Vertigo
Producer:	Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner
Prev Title:	An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down
Prev Year:	1969
Next Title:	Every Picture Tells a Story
Next Year:	1971

Gasoline Alley is the second solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released on 12 June 1970 by Vertigo Records. It is a collection of covers combined with Stewart's own compositions.^[1] Like many of Stewart's solo albums from the period, it featured significant musical contributions from the other members of his band Faces.

Reception

The album was well received, with Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone feeling that Stewart had "a rare sensitivity for the delicate moments in a person's existence",^[2] and that this, Stewart's second solo album, was the work "of a supremely fine artist".^[2]

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Jo's Lament"
• Ronnie Wood – guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
• Martin Quittenton – acoustic guitar
• Stanley Matthews – mandolin
• Ronnie Lane – bass on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl", backing vocals on "My Way Of Giving"
• Pete Sears – piano on "Country Comfort", bass on “Cut Across Shorty”.
• Ian McLagan – piano, Hammond organ (the UK credit list notes: "Mac not available due to bus strike", while the US release credits him)^[3]
• Mick Waller – drums
• Kenney Jones – drums on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl"
• William Gaff – whistle
• Dennis O'Flynn, Dick Powell – violin
• Jack Reynolds – backing vocals on "Country Comfort"

Production

• Producers – Rod Stewart and Lou Reizner
• Mastering – Gilbert Kong at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
• Album Design and Photography – Marcus Keef at Colbeck Mews, Kensington^[4]

Weekly charts

Chart (1970–71)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5]	24
United States (Billboard 200)	27

Notable covers by other artists

• Elkie Brooks later achieved a hit with a version of the title track in 1983.

Chart	Peak Position	Ref.
UK Top 100 Airplay	12	^[6]
UK Singles Charts	52	^[7]
Irish Singles Charts	15	^[8]

• Long John Baldry (with whom Stewart had previously worked in the bands Hoochie Coochie Men and Steampacket) covered the title song for his 1973 album Good To Be Alive.

External links

• Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19098|pure_url=yes}} Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart | AllMusic ]. Stephen Thomas . Erlewine . . 2 December 2011.
2. Gasoline Alley | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone . Langdon . Winner . . 3 September 1970 . 2 December 2011.
3. Web site: Rod Stewart – Gasoline Alley (1970, Gatefold, Vinyl). Discogs. June 1970 .
4. Web site: Musical Maps.
5. 295.
6. Web site: Record Business . Airplay Charts . 12 April 2022.
7. Web site: Elkie Brooks Chart History: Top 75 . Official Charts . 12 April 2022.
8. Web site: Elkie Brooks Chart . Ireland Archive Charts . 12 April 2022.