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Gasoline Alley is the second solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released on 12 June 1970. Originally released in the UK by Vertigo Records, it was re-mastered and re-issued in 2008 by Russian [6] reissue label, Lilith Records Ltd. 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.

Gasoline Alley
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	12 June 1970
Recorded	February–April 1970
Studio	Morgan, London
Genre	Rock and roll roots rock blue-eyed soul folk rock
Length	42:30
Label	Mercury, Vertigo
Producer	Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner
Rod Stewart chronology
An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down (1969) Gasoline Alley (1970) Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A−[2]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
The Village Voice	B+[5]

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",[3] and that this, Stewart's second solo album, was the work "of a supremely fine artist".[3]

Track listing

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 Comforts", bass on “Cut Across Shorty”.
• Ian McLagan – piano, Hammond organ (the credit list notes: "Mac not available due to bus strike". However, the US release credits him, suggesting he was dubbed later)[7]
• 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[8]

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Pop Albums	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	[9]
UK Singles Charts	52	[10]
Irish Singles Charts	15	[11]

• 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.

References

External links

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

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[es] Gasoline Alley (álbum)

Gasoline Alley es el segundo álbum de estudio del cantante británico Rod Stewart, publicado en junio de 1970 en los Estados Unidos y en septiembre del mismo año en el Reino Unido, a través de Mercury y Vertigo Records respectivamente.

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