Gasoline Alley is the second solo studio album by the British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released on 12 June 1970 by Vertigo Records. It is a collection of covers combined with Stewart's own compositions. Like many of Stewart's solo albums from the period, it featured significant musical contributions from the other members of his band Faces.

Reception

The album was well received, with Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone feeling that Stewart had "a rare sensitivity for the delicate moments in a person's existence", and that this, Stewart's second solo album, was the work "of a supremely fine artist".

  • Mick Waller – drums
  • Kenney Jones – drums on "My Way Of Giving" and "You're My Girl"
  • William Gaff – whistle
  • Dennis O'Flynn, Dick Powell – violin
  • Jack Reynolds – backing vocals on "Country Comfort"

Production

  • Producers – Rod Stewart and Lou Reizner
  • Mastering – Gilbert Kong at Masterdisk (New York, NY)
  • Album Design and Photography – Marcus Keef at Colbeck Mews, Kensington

Notable covers by other artists

  • Elkie Brooks later achieved a hit with a version of the title track in 1983.

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! Chart (1983)

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| UK Top 100 Airplay

| 12

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| UK Singles Charts

| 52

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| Irish Singles Charts

| 15

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  • Long John Baldry (with whom Stewart had previously worked in the bands Hoochie Coochie Men and Steampacket) covered the title song for his 1973 album Good To Be Alive.

Charts

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! scope="col"| Chart (1970–71)

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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)

| align="center"| 24

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References

  • Album online on Radio3Net a radio channel of Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company