A Night on the Town
| Rod Stewart
A Night on the Town
A Night on the Town is Rod Stewart's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Bal du moulin de la Galette, with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks. Stewart performed "Big Bayou" regularly with The Faces during their final US tour the previous year, although that version was based on the one Ronnie Wood released on his solo album, Now Look. A Night on the Town was Stewart's last UK number-one studio album until Time in 2013. - Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
1976 - This is Stewart’s real strength: a working-class eloquence, a belief in the simplest truths that won’t let him get caught up in the canonization of mere punks and gangsters.
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All Music
A Night on the Town isn't a revival of Atlantic Crossing, it's its inverse, with Stewart shining as an interpreter on the fast songs and writing the best slow ones, but it's also its equal, proving that Stewart could still stay true to his open-hearted, ragged soul while on a big budget.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
2016 - Its significance cut deeper than being No. 1 and 2 on the charts for Stewart, whose career, especially in the States, received a much-needed boost.
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Blogcritics
2009 - A Night On the Town sounds excellent in remastered form, and the true-blue fans will have plenty to absorb with all the bonus material. The liner notes are informative and detailed. But ultimately this deluxe reissue is not recommended for casual fans.
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Then Play Long
2012 - Night On The Town as a primary reason why punk had to happen, and see no reason to change my views now. These were extremely troubled times, and a new generation was coming up.
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Adrian Denning
2009 - The songs on this slow-half aren't as good as the slow half of 'Atlantic Crossing' - it's as simple as that. Well, you can view 'A Night On The Town' itself as either a continuation of 'A Night On The Town' or less charitably, as a 'b-side' to the superior 'Atlantic Crossing'.
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WARR
So despite the players and a fair number of original tunes, the album is a waste of time for any but the most devoted late 70s Stewart fans.
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