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[CRAZY-HORSE]

ROD STEWART  "when we were the new boys"  cd, 1998

from the box set..
his eighteenth studio album (solo)....
only one self penned tune on here, the rest are covers but to be fair theres only three i am aware of....
interesting to note he covers an Oasis track (cigarettes & alcohol), and a Faces song (ooh la la) which Ron Wood originally sang.
the other one i am familiar with is Nick Lowe's "shelly my love"...
tracks are mixed here as they go from rocker to ballad to rocker to ballad in that order etc....
surprisingly his rockers stand up well against the ballads on here, theyre bluesy and gritty, almost Stones-esque in places...
interesting to note that the three i thought were my favourites throughout were actually the three singles from the album ("ooh la la", "rocks" and the title track)...
that is now three really good latter day albums in arow from Rod, must be in a purple patch of sorts....
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

1:   cigarettes & alcohol  **
2:   ohh la la  ***
3:   rocks  ***
4:   superstar  ***
5:   secret heart  **
6:   hotel chambermaid  ***
7:   shelly my love  **
8:   when we were the new boys  ***
9:   weak  **
10: what do you want me to do?  **

3s -  5
2s -  5
1s -  0

rating:  2.5

gotta pick this one for the Celtic Folk overtones and the fact it is my favourite Faces tune and Rod nails it!