Mandolin Wind (track)
by Rod Stewart
Year: 1971
From the album Every Picture Tells A Story (track #8)
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Mandolin Wind appears on the following album(s) by Rod Stewart:
- Every Picture Tells A Story (track #8) (this album) (1971)
- Unplugged...And Seated (track #12) (1993)
- Sing It Again Rod (track #3) (compilation) (1973)
- Some Guys Have All The Luck (track #2) (compilation) (2008)
- Live 1976-1998: Tonight's The Night (track #46) (2014)
- Storyteller: The Complete Anthology 1964-1990 (track #19) (compilation) (1989)
- Vintage (track #10) (compilation) (1993)
- Changing Faces: The Very Best Of Rod Stewart & The Faces 1969-1974 (track #13) (compilation) (2003)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/05/2026 08:45 | Johnnyo | 45,526 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/18/2026 17:14 | matterhornrider | 23,164 | 86/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 12:28 | timosbuecherei | 3,556 | 60/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 82.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.1.
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To be honest, for years I really didn’t rate this track that highly but eventually it clicked. I now consider it, almost, as good as Maggie May although of course, a different type of song. In terms of composition, might this be Rod Stewarts best song?
A great ballad and a nice counterpoint to Maggie May and if really Rod going folk wit the extensive use of acoustic instruments on the track (Edited)
