Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (1971) Part 1 (Full Album)

Track List: 1-4

1. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (0:00)
2. Rod Stewart - Seems Like A Long Time (6:01)
3. Rod Stewart - That's All Right (10:05)
4. Rod Stewart - Tomorrow Is A Long Time (16:05)

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Every Picture Tells a Story is the third studio album by Rod Stewart. It was released on 28 May 1971. It incorporates hard rock, folk, and blues styles. It went to number one on both the UK and US charts and finished third in the Jazz & Pop critics' poll for best album of 1971. It has been an enduring critical success, including a number 172 ranking on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Personnel:
Rod Stewart – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Ronnie Wood – guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
Martin Quittenton – acoustic guitar
Ray Jackson ("the mandolin player in Lindisfarne") – mandolin
Sam Mitchell – slide guitar
Andy Pyle – bass guitar
Ronnie Lane – bass guitar and backing vocals on "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (uncredited)
Danny Thompson – upright bass
Dick Powell – violin
Ian McLagan – Hammond organ, piano on "(I Know) I'm Losing You"
Pete Sears – piano, celeste
Long John Baldry – vocals on "Every Picture Tells a Story"
Maggie Bell – "vocal abrasives" on "Every Picture Tells a Story"
Madeline Bell and friends – "vocal abrasives" on "Seems Like a Long Time"
Micky Waller – drums
Kenney Jones – drums on "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (uncredited)
On the album's liner notes, the names of two alcoholic beverages (Martell Cognac and Mateus Rosé) are interspersed amongst the personnel credits.

Technical:
Desmond Strobel – art direction
John Craig – design, illustration
Lisa Margolis – front cover photo
Aaron Sixx – back cover photo