Every Picture Tells A Story (track)
by Rod Stewart

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Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart
Year: 1971
From the album Every Picture Tells A Story (track #1)

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82/100 (from 101 votes)

     

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Every Picture Tells A Story appears on the following album(s) by Rod Stewart:

• Every Picture Tells A Story (track #1) (this album) (1971)
• Unplugged...and Seated (track #5) (1993)
• Some Guys Have All The Luck (track #3) (compilation) (2008)
• The Rock Album (track #1) (compilation) (1998)
• The Best Of Rod Stewart (1976) (track #9) (compilation) (1976)
• Live 1976-1998: Tonight's The Night (track #35) (2014)
• Storyteller: The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (track #22) (compilation) (1989)
• Vintage (track #6) (compilation) (1993)
• Changing Faces: The Very Best Of Rod Stewart & The Faces 1969-1974 (track #14) (compilation) (2003)

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From Johnnyo 05/20/2026 07:53 | #314507

Archetypal Rod track.

Autobiographical song and a track that doesn’t let up all the way through. Not my favourite track on the album and the structure of the track feels a little “off” but can’t quite put my finger on it. I’ve read the song being described as "just plain visceral -- so much so that [it is] better heard than described". Sort of sums up how I feel about it.

Rod’s vocals though are top draw

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From neilgee 09/26/2015 14:27 | #150510

I love the sleeve note that references Madeline Bell's "vocal abrasives".

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From ffudnebbuh 05/17/2011 13:26 | #21896

Best Rod Stewart song IMO and the only song of his that I really like.

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