An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

An Old Raincoat Won’t Ever Let You Down · An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down is Rod Stewart's solo debut. In the United States it was released in November 1969 under the title The Rod Stewart Album; in the United Kingdom the revised title followed in February 1970. His later Faces colleagues Ronnie Wood and Ian McLagan play on it, alongside, among others, Keith Emerson, drummer Micky Waller and guitarists Martin Pugh and Martin Quittenton.

The album combines versions of other people's work, such as Street Fighting Man, Man of Constant Sorrow and Dirty Old Town, with original pieces. On Handbags & Gladrags, Mike d'Abo plays piano. Fusion, Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau were positive. Rolling Stone saw Stewart as a highly individual interpreter of other people's songs who could be disarmingly vulnerable in his own work.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Street Fighting Man5:08Apple Music ↗
2. 2Man of Constant Sorrow2:33Apple Music ↗
3. 3Blind Prayer4:41Apple Music ↗
4. 4Handbags & Gladrags4:27Apple Music ↗
5. 5An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down3:07Apple Music ↗
6. 6I Wouldn't Ever Change a Thing4:48Apple Music ↗
7. 7Cindy's Lament4:30Apple Music ↗
8. 8Dirty Old Town3:43Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗