Every Picture Tells A Story
by Rod Stewart

Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-05-18
Overall rank: 1,048th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 398 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1971 (30th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (216th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,048th)

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Every Picture Tells A Story is ranked as the best album by Rod Stewart.

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This album (1,048th)
Every Picture Tells A Story
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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,048th | 1970s rank: 216th | 1971 rank: 30th

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Every Picture Tells A Story ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 398 votes)
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03/07/2026 11:32 classicjoe  Ratings distribution  23279/100
 
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02/24/2026 12:28 timosbuecherei  Ratings distribution  31376/100
 
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01/04/2026 11:25 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,29370/100
 
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12/18/2025 22:40 Mr_Shake_Hands_M  Ratings distribution  14759/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.

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95/100
From 07/15/2022 20:16 | #287452
This album really deserves to be in the top 1000. In addition to Maggie May, Stewart provides perfectly smoky vocals and folky quips over Mandolin Wind, I Know I'm Losing You, Seems Like a Long Time, and my favorite song on the album, the highly energetic title track. Should be better loved here.
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85/100
From 06/27/2022 06:24 | #286699
The iconic Rod Stewart album. Have loved it since it was released in 1971 - when I was just 15 and it remains a favourite of mine to this day. Love the cover of Dylan's 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time' and added it to my own Dylan covers chart.
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95/100
From 01/05/2022 11:32 | #278591
Para muchos, el mejor álbum de Rod Stewart. Aires folk, y rock acústico para un disco sensacional.
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85/100
From 11/22/2021 11:14 | #276545
Fantastic Pub rocker
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75/100
From 04/22/2021 19:48 | #268899
sexy dynamic great music cant imagine how many times Maggie May got Roderick laid
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From 11/30/2020 05:31 | #261672
Such outstanding song selection.
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From 05/24/2019 17:07 | #236680
Maggie May: One of the greatest songs ever written.
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75/100
From 09/16/2018 11:29 | #221141
Although I had Rod Stewart Greatest Hits and liked a good few of the tracks, I was never into him enough to go get an album. Picked this up in 2016 as part of an effort to work through NME Top 100. Wasn't disappointed with two famous tracks - Maggie May and Reasons to Believe appearing. Also love Seems Like A Long Time - all good tracks on this album.
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80/100
From 03/29/2018 17:53 | #211932
Easily Rod's greatest offering. Check out his very early work with Jeff Beck though. Great stuff.
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From 02/25/2018 13:27 | #209580
Arguably Rod Stewart's best. No filler tracks, and his vocals have never sounded better. And, of course, "Maggie Mae" is a classic!
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