An Adequate Comp. From His Good Years.

There are no Faces tracks on this CD because the Faces were on a different label. There is nothing after Rod's Mercury years because MCA does not own the rights to any of the other stuff. Given that, this is an okay selection of music from when Rod was ripping off Ronnie Lane, one of his band-mates in The Faces. Surely this is some of the only Rod Stewart music that doesn't make me want to throw my stereo at his face. There are better collections of Rod's "Stuff that doesn't make J. want to throw his stereo at my face" era tho'.

Great artist, typical 20th Century Masters crap compilation

Twentieth Century Masters Millennium Collection: The Best Of Rod Stewart (1999.)



In the late twentieth/early twenty-first century, a number of artists had compilations released in the mid-priced Twentieth Century Masters collection. This series spanned a variety of genres and artists, giving many of them one more hits compilations. Among the artists highlighted in the set is the legendary Rod Stewart. Read on for my review of his Millennium Collection CD.



PROS:

-COVERS THE BIG HITS FROM THE MERCURY DAYS. This is when Rod began to peak as a solo artist, and it really shows. It's not surprising these songs got so popular - they rule!

-PLENTY OF UNDERRATED TUNES. Some of Rod's best stuff is the stuff you don't hear very often. Many of those underrated tunes found their way onto this compilation, and rightfully so.

-LOW PRICE. Like other CDs in this collection, this one is usually priced very low, making it a good buy if you're on a budget, or you're just too cheap to buy a better collection.



CONS:

-DOESN'T FILL THE EIGHTY MINUTES YOU CAN FIT ON A CD. This is inexcusable, and every other CD in this collection has the same flaw. There's reason enough to get an authentic compilation rather than this piece of garbage.

-NO (SMALL) FACES SONGS!? WTF!? The (Small) Faces era was the best era of Rod's career, and yet they didn't put a single track on here? Kind of boggles the mind. The omission of the smash hit Stay With Me (from the Faces days) is one of this compilation's ruining factors.

-FOCUSES ON THE MERCURY ALBUMS AND NOT MUCH ELSE. The time period covered here is way too limited. Because of this, the set lacks anything from the (Small) Faces, and anything beyond the Mercury years, so you don't get the huge hit You're In My Heart, nor do you get any songs from Rod's new Great American Songbook CD series.



OVERALL:

Rod Stewart is a GREAT musician. But this whole collection of CDs is pure garbage. Get a REAL Rod Stewart collection, because the compilations in the Twentieth Century Masters Collection aren't worth the price of the CDs they're burned onto.

The best cuts from the best era

This music is Stewart's classic material from the early and mid 70's...when rock and blues were mixed with his terrific voice. I would also recommend Atlantic Crossing, although none of it's music is included in this collection. Later collections (through the late-70's and 80's) are really inferior to what we have on this CD.