Every Picture Tells A Story (studio album)
by Rod Stewart
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Rod Stewart bestography
Every Picture Tells A Story is ranked as the best album by Rod Stewart.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Every Picture Tells A Story track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 3 days ago |  zags7000 | 20,416 | 64/100 |
| ! | 12/18/2025 22:40 | Mr_Shake_Hands_M | 147 | 59/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 05:46 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,176 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:20 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2025 16:55 | ShenBapiro | 359 | 80/100 |
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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 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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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.
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.
Para muchos, el mejor álbum de Rod Stewart. Aires folk, y rock acústico para un disco sensacional.
Jboy56 11/22/2021 11:14 | #276545
Fantastic Pub rocker
sexy dynamic great music cant imagine how many times Maggie May got Roderick laid
planetneutral 11/30/2020 05:31 | #261672
Such outstanding song selection.
Maggie May: One of the greatest songs ever written.
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.
Easily Rod's greatest offering. Check out his very early work with Jeff Beck though. Great stuff.
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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