Every Picture Tells A Story
by Rod Stewart
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Every Picture Tells A Story is ranked as the best album by Rod Stewart.
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Every Picture Tells A Story rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,058th | 1970s rank: 210th | 1971 rank: 30th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 73 Music Albums of 1971 | 25/73 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 6/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 8/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | PurpleHazel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 21/100 | 77 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 95 Music Albums of 1971 | 41/95 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest albums of all time (201 - 300) by Acclaimed Music | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | 601-700 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 46 Music Albums of 1971 | 17/46 | 3 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 74 Music Albums of 1971 | 42/74 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 377 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,654 | |||
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| ! | 10/17/2026 15:02 | Elauqsapid | 2,778 | 64/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:03 | AledJames | 1,720 | 69/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2026 04:06 |  pranafilms | 245 | 91/100 |
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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 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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Rochmon 11/05/2017 14:03 | #200767 | TOP COMMENT
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With the release of “Every Picture Tells A Story” Rod Stewart solidified his career as a solo artist. Faces would release one more album before Rod The Mod swaggered off to a very lucrative and sometimes maligned solo career. For everything we think about Stewart after 1974-ish, this album stands as an absolute classic. The covers are perfect, the originals are perfect, the band is perfect and the recording itself is perfect while all of it is completely flawed. This is the true genius of the album. Without all the gloss and perfection, with a band that used a healthy dose of bang and smash on every song, sometimes even chopping up the tempo, the album is subtle, deep and wonderfully listenable. Musically and lyrically interesting, it’s a wonderful showcase for Stewart’s voice and it’s the pinnacle of his career.
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PaperVinnie 02/24/2018 23:48 | #209521 | TOP COMMENT
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Fantastic roots rock album, anyone who likes The Stones from Beggar's Banquet to Exile should love this album.
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garycottier TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/01/2016 13:03 | #167497 | TOP COMMENT
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Probably Rod Stewart's best album. Every picture tells a story, is an excellent LP featuring some great originals and some superb cover versions. Maggie May, is off course a classic, as is the brilliant title track and the lovely, mandolin wind. The best of the covers is possibly Tim Hardin's, reason to believe. It's easy to forget these days now that Rod is looked upon as a kind of middle of the road entertainer that he once was a cutting edge artist making excellent music. This album contains some of that music.
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/08/2011 22:45 | #32322 | TOP COMMENT
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This is rod stewart as he could've been before making a decision in his early career to record pop pap. On every picture you have rock and pop and gospel and some soul all mixed up into a concoction that seems equally influenced by CCR as well his R&B predecessors. My favorite's probably "that's all right" with its plucked acoustics and bar room piano. "maggie may" is on here too.
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MetaKoopa99 07/15/2022 20:16 | #287452 | TOP COMMENT
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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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