{"id":345494,"date":"2025-12-31T23:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/345494\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T23:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T23:50:16","slug":"the-album-that-helped-rod-stewart-get-back-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/345494\/","title":{"rendered":"The album that helped Rod Stewart get back on top"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rod<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Warner Bros. Records)<\/p>\n

Wed 31 December 2025 12:00, UK <\/p>\n

Despite not achieving any semblance of chart success during the 1960s, the Rod Stewart<\/a> who emerged as the frontman of The Faces and as a solo artist during the 1970s is one who it feels impossible to separate from the highest level of performance.<\/p>\n

His early years were largely characterised by his involvement in various groups, with session appearances and unsuccessful blues ventures alongside Jeff Beck<\/a> and others, but this wouldn\u2019t always be the case, as he would eventually rise to stardom after a decade of plying his trade in these formative projects.<\/p>\n

He emerged with a truly revitalised energy in the \u201870s, and while his next band project, The Faces, also weren\u2019t massive chart toppers, despite the foundations having been laid out by Steve Marriott<\/a> and the Small Faces before them, Stewart was almost untouchable during this period as a soloist.<\/p>\n

He\u2019d eventually turn towards this as his primary outlet, disbanding the group in 1975, and he reached a point in tandem with the band\u2019s final years where he was releasing hit after hit. This fruitful period was one where he ended up topping the charts six times in the UK during this decade alone.<\/p>\n

Not only did success come in the form of hit singles, but he also scored five consecutive number one albums during this period, which should also go some way towards explaining his evergreen stay in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

However, not everyone can retain this high level of output, and towards the end of the decade, things began to peter out significantly, with him spending large portions of the \u201880s and \u201890s in the creative wilderness. It\u2019s not the easiest thing for anyone of any stature to be able to navigate, but for Stewart, tumbling down after such a successful period was a bitter blow for him to take.<\/p>\n

He saw this as being his dark era, and one that he\u2019d prefer not to look back upon. But, like many great artists, he wasn\u2019t willing to give in easily and wanted to return to the spotlight, which is exactly what happened in 2013 when he released Time, his first UK number one album in 37 years following A Night On The Town.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Quietus during an interview in 2015, he claimed that this was the album that gave him a newfound confidence in his work again and that he was able to feel himself creatively again. \u201cTime got this tremendous response from fans, and that gave me encouragement,\u201d he argued. \u201cI was a little hesitant \u2013 it\u2019d been a while, what would I write about? But I thought: be as honest as you can, and that\u2019ll see you through. There\u2019s a song about growing up in London after the war, and one about putting my kids to bed, and one about football, and even a reggae song.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he wasn\u2019t necessarily sure as to how to return in such an impactful way, it would appear that time was generous to Stewart, and the release of this album, followed by 2015\u2019s Another Country, gave him a new lease of life and brought some much-needed vigour back into his career.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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