Never a Dull Moment (Rod Stewart album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Never a Dull Moment
| type = Album
| artist = Rod Stewart
| cover = Rod Stewart-Never a Dull Moment (album cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1972|7|21|df=yes}}
| recorded = March–May 1972
| studio = Morgan and Olympic, London
| genre =
| length = 32:55
| label = Mercury
| producer = Rod Stewart
| prev_title = Every Picture Tells a Story
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Sing It Again Rod
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Never a Dull Moment
| type = studio
| single1 = You Wear It Well
| single1date = August 1972 {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rod+Stewart&titel=You+Wear+It+Well&cat=s|title=Rod Stewart singles}}
| single2 = Angel" / "What's Made Milwaukee Famous
| single2date = November 1972 {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rod+Stewart&titel=What+Made+Milwaukee+Famous&cat=s|title=Rod Stewart singles}}
| single3 = Twistin' the Night Away
| single3date = May 1973 (EU){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rod+Stewart&titel=Twistin%27+The+Night+Away&cat=s|title=Rod Stewart singles}}
}}
}}
Never a Dull Moment is the fourth solo album by rock musician Rod Stewart. It was released on 21 July 1972; that year it became a UK number-one album (for two weeks) and reached number two on the US Album chart.{{cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/Rod%20Stewart| title= Rod Stewart > Artists > Official Charts| publisher=UK Albums Chart|access-date=1 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Allmusic: Never a Dull Moment : Charts & Awards : Billboard Albums|publisher=allmusic.com|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19101/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=1 May 2013}} The track "You Wear It Well", co-written by Stewart and classical guitarist Martin Quittenton, was a smash hit (another UK No. 1; in US No. 13), as well as "Twisting the Night Away", a song originally recorded (and written) by Sam Cooke.
Recording
The album was recorded at Morgan and Olympic, London between March and May 1972.
Like many of Stewart's albums from the era, Never a Dull Moment features significant musical contributions from the members of the band Faces. Other guest musicians included Ray Jackson of the band Lindisfarne on mandolin, Spike Heatley on upright bass, Gordon Huntley on steel guitar, Dick Powell on violin and Pete Sears on piano and bass.
"Mama You Been on My Mind" is a cover version of a Bob Dylan song. Stewart's version is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs.
"Angel" was written by Jimi Hendrix as a tribute to his mother. Hendrix and Ronnie Wood had shared a flat in the late 1960s, and were both at a Soho club on the night she died.
Release
Never a Dull Moment was released on vinyl by Mercury Records on 21 July 1972.
On the 8-track tape and Cassette releases of the album the song "What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" was on program 2 following "Twistin' the Night Away", but it was not mentioned in the song listing.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}
Reception
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19102|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=March 13, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rod-stewart/albumguide |title=Rolling Stone Album Guide |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105161110/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/rod-stewart/albumguide |archive-date=5 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}
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Track listing
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 = True Blue
| writer1 = Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
| length1 = 3:32
| title2 = Lost Paraguayos
| writer2 = Stewart, Wood
| length2 = 3:57
| title3 = Mama, You Been on My Mind
| writer3 = Bob Dylan
| length3 = 4:29
| title4 = Italian Girls
| writer4 = Stewart, Wood
| length4 = 4:54
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Angel
| writer1 = Jimi Hendrix
| length1 = 4:04
| title2 = Interludings
| writer2 = Art Wood
| length2 = 0:40
| title3 = You Wear It Well
| writer3 = Stewart, Martin Quittenton
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = I'd Rather Go Blind
| writer4 = Billy Foster, Ellington Jordan
| length4 = 3:53
| title5 = Twistin' the Night Away
| writer5 = Sam Cooke
| length5 = 3:13
| total_length = 32:55
}}
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Ronnie Wood – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
- Ronnie Lane – bass guitar on "True Blue", and "Angel"
- Micky Waller – drums all songs except "True Blue"
- Kenney Jones – drums on "True Blue"
- Ian McLagan – Hammond organ, piano
- Neemoi "Speedy" Aquaye – congas
- Pete Sears – piano on “Italian Girls”, “What Made Milwaukee Famous” (single), bass guitar on “I’d Rather Go Blind”.
- Brian – piano
- Spike Heatley – upright bass
- Dick Powell – violin
- Martin Quittenton – acoustic guitar
- Gordon Huntley – steel guitar
- Ray Jackson – mandolin
- Arrangeables on "Twistin' the Night Away" by Jimmy Horowitz
Charts
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=New Zealand|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Never a Dull Moment|award=Gold|number=2|relyear=1972|certyear=1974|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1974/CB-1974-03-30-OCR-Page-0053.pdf|access-date=February 15, 2025|title=Rod's Got The Face in New Zealand|magazine=Cash Box|date=March 30, 1974|page=53}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United Kingdom|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Never a Dull Moment|award=Gold|relyear=1972|certyear=1974|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1974/CB-1974-07-06-II-OCR-Page-0178.pdf|access-date=February 15, 2025|title=Great Britain's million sellers, 1972-73|magazine=Cash Box|date=July 6, 1974|page=8}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Rod Stewart|title=Never a Dull Moment|award=Gold|relyear=1972|certyear=1972}}
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=114–115|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}
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Category:Mercury Records albums