| Out of Order | |
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| album by Rod Stewart | |
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| Released | 23 May 1988 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 51:30 |
| Label | Warner Brothers / WEA |
| Producer(s) | Rod Stewart Andy Taylor |
| featuring Andy Taylor | |
Out of Order is the 15th album by Rod Stewart, released by Warner Brothers / WEA in 1988. The album features Andy Taylor.
About the album[]
Co-written and co-produced by Andy Taylor, the album reached no.20 on the US Billboard 200, eventually going 2× Platinum, which made it Stewart's best-selling album of the 1980s.
Other musicians featured on the album include Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson, who both were involved with The Power Station project.
Each single released from the album went to the Top 20 of either the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the Adult Contemporary chart, or the Billboard Hot 100. The most successful single was "My Heart Can't Tell You No", which reached the Top 5 of both the Adult Contemporary and Billboard Hot 100. The album had four charting hits in the U.S., and the two biggest were "My Heart Can't Tell You No" at #4 and "Crazy About Her" at #11.
In January 1989, NBC Sports used "Forever Young" for its closing montage (covering the past six months of sports highlights on NBC like the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 World Series, 1989 Fiesta Bowl, and Super Bowl XXIII) following their Super Bowl XXIII coverage.
"Forever Young" is basically a re-write of a Bob Dylan song of the same title. Not only do the two songs share a similar melody, but they contain many of the same lyrics. After acknowledging that he had unconsciously plagiarized the older song, Stewart agreed to share his royalties with Dylan.
Track listing[]
- "Lost In You" (Stewart, Andy Taylor)
- "The Wild Horse" (Stewart, Andy Taylor)
- "Lethal Dose of Love" (Stewart, Andy Taylor)
- "Forever Young" (Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar, Bob Dylan, Stewart)
- "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan)
- "Dynamite" (Stewart)
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (James Cox)
- "Crazy About Her" (Cregan, Duane Hitchings, Stewart)
- "Try a Little Tenderness" (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry M. Woods)
- "When I Was Your Man" (Savigar, Stewart)
- "Almost Illegal" (Stewart, Andy Taylor)
Personnel[]
- Rod Stewart - vocals
- David Lindley - fiddle, mandolin, violin, slide guitar
- Bernard Edwards - bass
- Andy Taylor - guitar
- Bobbye Hall - percussion
- Tony Brock - drums, drum programming
- Lyn Collins - background vocals
- Jim Cregan - guitar
- Kelly Emberg - vocals
- Earl Gardner - horn
- Bob Glaub - bass
- Duane Hitchings - keyboards
- Rita Johnson - background vocals
- Michael Landau - guitar
- Eddie Martinez - guitar
- Bruce Miller - string arrangements
- Bill Payne - piano
- Lenny Pickett - saxophone
- Kevin Savigar - keyboards
- Robert Sheen - background vocals
- David Woodford - saxophone
- William D. "Smitty" Smith - organ
- Jimmy Roberts - saxophone
- Tony Thompson - drums