Never a Dull Moment is the fourth solo album by rock musician Rod Stewart. It was released on 21 July 1972; that year it became a UK number-one album (for two weeks) and reached number two on the US Album chart. The track "You Wear It Well", co-written by Stewart and classical guitarist Martin Quittenton, was a smash hit (another UK No. 1; in US No. 13), as well as "Twisting the Night Away", a song originally recorded (and written) by Sam Cooke.
Recording
The album was recorded at Morgan and Olympic, London between March and May 1972.
Like many of Stewart's albums from the era, Never a Dull Moment features significant musical contributions from the members of the band Faces. Other guest musicians included Ray Jackson of the band Lindisfarne on mandolin, Spike Heatley on upright bass, Gordon Huntley on steel guitar, Dick Powell on violin and Pete Sears on piano and bass.
"Mama You Been on My Mind" is a cover version of a Bob Dylan song. Stewart's version is one of the songs featured in Nick Hornby's book 31 Songs.
"Angel" was written by Jimi Hendrix as a tribute to his mother. Hendrix and Ronnie Wood had shared a flat in the late 1960s, and were both at a Soho club on the night she died.
Release
Never a Dull Moment was released on vinyl by Mercury Records on 21 July 1972.
On the 8-track tape and Cassette releases of the album the song "What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" was on program 2 following "Twistin' the Night Away", but it was not mentioned in the song listing.
Reception
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Track listing
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Ronnie Wood – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar
- Ronnie Lane – bass guitar on "True Blue", and "Angel"
- Micky Waller – drums all songs except "True Blue"
- Kenney Jones – drums on "True Blue"
- Ian McLagan – Hammond organ, piano
- Neemoi "Speedy" Aquaye – congas
- Pete Sears – piano on “Italian Girls”, “What Made Milwaukee Famous” (single), bass guitar on “I’d Rather Go Blind”.
- Brian – piano
- Spike Heatley – upright bass
- Dick Powell – violin
- Martin Quittenton – acoustic guitar
- Gordon Huntley – steel guitar
- Ray Jackson – mandolin
- Arrangeables on "Twistin' the Night Away" by Jimmy Horowitz
Charts
Weekly charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (1972–73)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)
| align="center"| 3
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! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)
| align="center"| 8
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! scope="row"|Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi)
|22
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!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)
| align="center"| 56
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|-
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!scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)
|4
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|}
Year-end charts
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (1972)
! scope="col"| Position
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!scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)
|18
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!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)
|15
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!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)
|4
|}