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A Spanner in the Works is the seventeenth studio album released by Rod Stewart on 29 May 1995. It ended a four-year gap since his previous studio album. At that time, it was Stewart's longest break between albums. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Five singles were released: "You're The Star", "Leave Virginia Alone", "This", "Lady Luck", and "Purple Heather".

A Spanner in the Works
Studio album by
Released29 May 1995
Recorded1993–95
StudioWoodstock House Co. (Wicker, Ireland); A&M Studios and Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Herschel House (Hollywood, CA).
GenreRock, pop rock
Length57:15
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTrevor Horn, Rod Stewart, James Newton-Howard, Michael Ostin, Lenny Waronker, Bernard Edwards, Andy Taylor.
Rod Stewart chronology
Unplugged...and Seated
(1993)
A Spanner in the Works
(1995)
If We Fall in Love Tonight
(1996)
Singles from A Spanner in the Works
  1. "Leave Virginia Alone"
    Released: 16 May 1995
  2. "Lady Luck"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Content


The album includes covers of Bob Dylan's "Sweetheart Like You" and The Blue Nile's "The Downtown Lights". The song "Muddy, Sam and Otis" is Stewart's tribute to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding. Track 12, later released as a single featuring the Scottish Euro '96 Football Squad, "Purple Heather" is a folk song that normally goes by the name "Wild Mountain Thyme". It is often credited as traditional, but was written by Francis McPeake. "Leave Virginia Alone" was written by Tom Petty and recorded for his album Wildflowers, but was left off the finished album and given to Stewart instead.


Track listing


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Windy Town"Chris ReaTrevor Horn5:12
2."The Downtown Lights"Paul BuchananTrevor Horn6:33
3."Leave Virginia Alone"Tom PettyJames Newton Howard, Michael Ostin, Lenny Waronker4:07
4."Sweetheart Like You"Bob DylanHorn4:54
5."This"John Capek, Marc JordanHorn5:19
6."Lady Luck"Carmine Rojas, Jeff Golub, Kevin Savigar, Rod StewartHorn4:25
7."You're the Star"Billy Livsey, Frankie Miller, Graham LyleHorn, Bernard Edwards4:39
8."Muddy, Sam and Otis"Stewart, SavigarHorn4:42
9."Hang on St. Christopher"Tom WaitsHorn4:04
10."Delicious"Stewart, Andy Taylor, Robin LeMesurierEdwards, Andy Taylor4:43
11."Soothe Me"Sam CookeEdwards3:33
12."Purple Heather"Traditional; arranged by StewartHorn4:58

Personnel



Production



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[4] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[5] Gold 7,500^
United Kingdom (BPI)[6] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. AllMusic review
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "Canadian album certifications – Rod Stewart – A Spanner in the Works". Music Canada. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "New Zealand album certifications – Rod Stewart – A Spanner in the Works". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. "British album certifications – Rod Stewart – A Spanner in the Works". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. "American album certifications – Rod Stewart – A Spanner in the Works". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 5 March 2020.

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A Spanner in the Works es el décimo séptimo álbum de estudio del cantante británico de rock Rod Stewart, publicado en 1995 por Warner Bros. Records. A diferencia de sus anteriores trabajos, solo participó en la composición de tres canciones ya que él mismo afirmó que: «No me es grato componer, yo no soy un compositor natural».[3]



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