Gold [Original recording remastered]

Rod Stewart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000A0GPS6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,677 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Street Fighting Man

2. Man of Constant Sorrow

3. An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down

4. Handbags and Gladrags

5. Gasoline Alley

6. It's All Over Now

7. Only a Hobo

8. My Way of Giving

9. Country Comforts

10. Cut Across Shorty

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Every Picture Tells a Story

2. Seems Like a Long Time

3. Medley

4. Tomorrow Is a Long Time

5. True Blue

6. Lost Paraguayos

7. Angel

8. You Wear It Well

9. I'd Rather Go Blind

10. Twistin' the Night Away

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only 2 x SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great songs, shameless marketing, November 19, 2005

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Doc Dave "Doc Dave" (Georgia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

I give this collection 4-stars because these really are great songs...many of Rod Stewart's best in my opinion. The problem is that you might be well advised to buy the "Reason to Believe" set of 3 CDs (also re-mastered and contains quite a few more songs that I think are worthwhile) instead. I find Rod Stewart's old "Mercury recordings" to be my favorites by far, but I agree with the other reviewer's frustration over the question of how many ways can they package this material? I'm glad it's still available, but the bizarre record company marketing strategies make choosing a collection way too complicated.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Remastering With All The Hits, May 18, 2006

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G. Ratcheson (Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

I strongly disagree with the other reviewers. I previously owned the Mercury Anthology 2 cd box, which has AWFUL sound quality. This has all the essentials & much improved sound & is often discounted to a really low price. Includes the entire Every Picture album (although oddly side 2 of the original album is on cd 1 & side 1 is on cd 2). For me this couldn't have been much better. Add Jeff Beck's Truth, Faces A Nod Is As Good As A Wink & Faces Best, and to me you've got a pretty complete collection of all of Stewart's worthwhile material. Even on the marketing angle as mentioned by another reviewer, this isn't trying to be a rarities set for collectors, just a really nice best of.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best version of Rod's early stuff for new collectors, December 17, 2009

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JB (Eastern USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Gold (Audio CD)

Seasoned Rod Steart collectors may have this material on several other sets already. But for a new or casual collector this is a great sampling of Rod's material before he made the move to Warner and began to make dramatic (and in many peoples minds, unfortunate) shifts in his musical taste.

It includes all the big early solo hits - Reason to Believe, Maggie May, You Wear It Well, along with a wealth of other great album tracks. It isn't as comprehensive as the 3-CD Reason to Believe box set, but has the early tracks that all but the most devoted Stewart fans will want to have. This set does not include any Faces material (ex. Stay With Me), but then you can get The Best of Faces: Good Boys When They're Asleep or download a few appropriate MP3s for that.

If your looking for later "Pop Icon" Stewart staples such as Tonight's the Night, Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?, Hot Legs, and Forever Young there are other CDs to get. But for the "Rock Icon" Stewart the Gold collection is top notch.