where's the rod stewart we once knew

Review Score: (2/10)
It makes me wonder why great icons agree
to create work that do not live up to their legendary
talents. This was such a sorry production. The famous
Rod Stewart voice was absent throughout the album.
It was sappy, sentimental and dull from start to finish.
I bought the album enthusiastically expecting his famous,
unique, raspy, gutsy interpretation of the old standards.
I was sorely disappointed. It was just another boring
collection of standards. One song just drifted on to the
next like a long, dreary run-on sentence. Each cut
was indistinguishable from the next.
Listening to this album was just like going back to a
familiar place after twenty years and realizing things have
changed so much for the worse. I would like to remember
Rod Stewart for his memorable collection of songs , not this dribble of an album.

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