Blood Red Roses

{{Infobox album

| name = Blood Red Roses

| type = studio

| artist = Rod Stewart

| cover = Blood Red Roses.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2018|09|28|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 51:32

| label = {{hlist|Decca|Republic}}

| producer = {{hlist|Rod Stewart|Kevin Savigar}}

| prev_title = Another Country

| prev_year = 2015

| next_title = You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

| next_year = 2019

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Blood Red Roses

| type = studio

| single1 = Didn't I

| single1date = 19 July 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/didnt-i-rod-stewart/d93ashu2aku5a|title=Didn't I - Rod Stewart|website=Qobuz|accessdate=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929114730/https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/didnt-i-rod-stewart/d93ashu2aku5a|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

| single2 = Look in Her Eyes

| single2date = 7 September 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/look-in-her-eyes-rod-stewart/bl0a77gdp6feb|title=Look In Her Eyes - Rod Stewart|website=Qobuz|accessdate=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929114743/https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/look-in-her-eyes-rod-stewart/bl0a77gdp6feb|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

| single3 = Grace

| single3date = 21 September 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/grace-rod-stewart/engjp0blmosra|title=Grace - Rod Stewart|website=Qobuz|accessdate=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929114737/https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/grace-rod-stewart/engjp0blmosra|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

}}

}}

Blood Red Roses is the 30th studio album by British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released on 28 September 2018 through Decca Records and Republic Records.{{cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |title=Rod Stewart Announces New Album 'Blood Red Roses' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8466220/rod-stewart-announces-new-album-blood-red-roses |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=29 September 2018 |date=19 July 2018}} It was produced by Stewart and Kevin Savigar. Covers on the album include versions of Jim McCann's "Grace", the Kingston Trio's "It Was a Very Good Year" and Hambone Willie Newbern's "Rollin' and Tumblin'".

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Look in Her Eyes

| writer1 = {{hlist|Rod Stewart|Kevin Savigar}}

| length1 = 4:12

| title2 = Hole in My Heart

| writer2 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length2 = 3:27

| title3 = Farewell

| writer3 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length3 = 4:16

| title4 = Didn't I

| note4 = featuring Bridget Cady

| writer4 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length4 = 4:01

| title5 = Blood Red Roses

| writer5 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar|Ewan MacColl}}

| length5 = 3:41

| title6 = Grace

| writer6 = {{hlist|Frank O'Meara|Sean O'Meara}}

| length6 = 4:53

| title7 = Give Me Love

| writer7 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length7 = 4:08

| title8 = Rest of My Life

| writer8 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length8 = 3:28

| title9 = Rollin' & Tumblin'

| writer9 = {{hlist|Hambone Willie Newbern|Sunnyland Slim}}

| length9 = 3:38

| title10 = Julia

| writer10 = {{hlist|Stewart|Jon McLaughlin|Dave Thomas Junior}}

| length10 = 3:36

| title11 = Honey Gold

| writer11 = {{hlist|Stewart|Emerson Swinford}}

| length11 = 4:44

| title12 = Vegas Shuffle

| writer12 = {{hlist|Stewart|Swinford}}

| length12 = 3:47

| title13 = Cold Old London

| writer13 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length13 = 3:42

| total_length = 51:32

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe version bonus tracks

| title14 = Who Designed the Snowflake

| writer14 = Paddy McAloon

| length14 = 3:08

| title15 = It Was a Very Good Year

| writer15 = Ervin Drake

| length15 = 5:07

| title16 = I Don't Want to Get Married

| writer16 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length16 = 3:14

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus tracks{{cite web|url=https://www.universal-music.co.jp/rod-stewart/products/uico-1305/|title=ブラッド・レッド・ローゼズ [SHM-CD][CD]|publisher=Universal Music Japan|accessdate=September 22, 2020|language=ja|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408061739/https://www.universal-music.co.jp/rod-stewart/products/uico-1305/ |archive-date=2019-04-08 }}

| total_length = 70:24

| title17 = Priceless

| writer17 = {{hlist|Rod Stewart|Kevin Savigar|Emerson Swinford}}

| length17 = 3:33

| title18 = Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

| note18 = featuring DNCE

| writer18 = {{hlist|Rod Stewart|Carmine Appice|Duane Hitchings|Rami Yacoub|Kristoffer Fodgelmark|Albin Nedler}}

| length18 = 3:40

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Target Deluxe version bonus tracks

| title14 = Who Designed the Snowflake

| writer14 = Paddy McAloon

| length14 = 3:08

| title15 = Priceless

| writer15 = {{hlist|Rod Stewart|Kevin Savigar|Emerson Swinford}}

| length15 = 3:33

| title16 = It Was a Very Good Year

| writer16 = Ervin Drake

| length16 = 5:07

| title17 = I Don't Want to Get Married

| writer17 = {{hlist|Stewart|Savigar}}

| length17 = 3:14

}}

Personnel

  • Rod Stewart – vocals
  • Kevin Savigar – keyboards, programming
  • Chuck Kentis – programming (9)
  • Emerson Swinford – guitars (1–7, 10–12), bass (5, 11, 12), electric guitars (9)
  • Don Kirkpatrick – electric guitars (9)
  • Conrad Korsch – bass (2, 5, 9)
  • David Palmer – drums (2, 5, 8, 9)
  • Julia Thorntontambourine (1, 4, 5, 7, 8)
  • Jimmy Roberts – saxophones (2, 7)
  • Nick Lane – trombone (2, 7)
  • Anne King – trumpet (1, 2, 7)
  • J'Anna Jacoby – violin (2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
  • Adrianna Thuber – violin (5, 9)
  • Bridget Cady – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12), additional vocals (4, 13)
  • Felicia Glissom – backing vocals (2, 7, 8, 11)
  • Pam Olivia – backing vocals (2, 7, 8, 11)
  • Daryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (2, 7, 11, 13)
  • Will Wheaton – backing vocals (2, 7, 11, 13)
  • Fred White – backing vocals (2, 7, 11, 13)
  • Becca Kotte – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12)
  • Di Reed – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
  • Pastor James Carrington – backing vocals (5)
  • Paul Freeman – backing vocals (5, 7, 11)
  • Casey Shea – backing vocals (5)
  • Brent Jones – backing vocals (7, 11)
  • Taylr Lindersmith – backing vocals (11)

= Production =

  • Rod Stewart – producer
  • Kevin Savigar – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Patrick Logue – assistant engineer, production coordinator
  • Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
  • Ryan Rogers – art direction, design
  • Daniel Egneus – cover illustration
  • Rankin – photography
  • Penny Lancaster – photography
  • Arnold Stiefel – management
  • Lotus Davidson – management

Commercial performance

Stewart first hit number one in UK with his third studio album Every Picture Tells A Story in 1971, and 47 years later, the album claimed the top spot with over 41,000 combined sales.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/rod-stewart-sees-off-cher-to-claim-ninth-number-1-album-i-feel-like-i-scored-the-winning-goal-in-front-of-the-home-crowd__24240/|publisher=Official Charts|title=Rod Stewart sees off Cher to claim ninth Number 1 album: "I feel like I scored the winning goal in front of the home crowd"|first=Justin|last=Myers|date= 5 October 2018|accessdate=12 October 2018}} In its second week it remained at number three with 12,921 sales.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/twenty-one-pilots-lead-albums-race/074091|publisher=Music Week|title=Twenty One Pilots lead albums race|first=Ben|last=Homewood|date= 10 October 2018|accessdate=12 October 2018}}

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2018)

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position

{{album chart|Australia|15|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Austria|18|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Flanders|23|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|66|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 October 2018}}
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|49|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Czech|31|date=201840|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Netherlands|51|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Germany4|12|id=364946|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Ireland|2|M|url=http://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Albums|title=Irish Albums Chart: 5 October 2018|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Oricon|117|M|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/187679/products/1288514/1/|title=Rod Stewart|publisher=Oricon|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 22, 2020}}
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20181005|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3850-%C3%81lbumes-semana-40-2018|title=Top 100 Álbumes – Semana 40: del 28.9.2018 al 4.10.2018|publisher=Productores de Música de España|accessdate=10 October 2018|language=Spanish|format=PDF}}

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{{album chart|Sweden|9|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=5 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|18|artist=Rod Stewart|album=Blood Red Roses|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 October 2018}}
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20181005|rowheader=true|accessdate=6 October 2018}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|62|artist=Rod Stewart|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 October 2018}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (2018)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20181231/37502|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2018|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=4 January 2019}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Blood Red Roses|artist=Rod Stewart|award=Gold|relyear=2018|certyear=2018|id=15215-1824-2|salesamount=146,010|salesref={{cite web|url=https://www.musicweek.com/labels/read/full-decca-rebecca-allen-on-the-label-s-big-hitters-in-q4/074711|title=Full Decca: Rebecca Allen on the label's big hitters in Q4|publisher=Music Week|date=10 December 2018|first= Andre|last=Paine|accessdate=March 28, 2020}}|access-date=January 28, 2021}}

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