Track Listing

1. It's The Same Old Song
2. My Cherie Amour Featuring Stevie Wonder
3. You Make Me Feel Brand New Duet with Mary J. Blige
4. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
5. Tracks Of My Tears Featuring Smokey Robinson
6. Let It Be Me Duet with Jennifer Hudson
7. Rainy Night In Georgia
8. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
9. Love Train
10. You've Really Got A Hold On Me
11. Wonderful World
12. If You Don't Know Me By Now
13. Just My Imagination
14. Only The Strong Survive
15. Never Give You Up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11 in Music
• Released on: 2009-11-09
• Number of discs: 1

CD Description
With an estimated 250 million in album and single sales, Rod Stewart is one of the most successful performers of all time. Grammy Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Rod Stewart releases Soulbook, a collection of classic sixties/seventies-era soul favourites, all newly recorded by the quintessential “blue eyed soul” singer of our generation. Rod’s Grammy-Award winning recordings of the Great American Songbook have sold over 19 million albums and is the biggest selling ongoing series of new music recordings in history. With the same passion, Rod approaches some of the greatest soul songs ever written. The album features two stunning superstar duets, one with Mary J. Blige joining Rod on the Stylistics’ 70s hit “You Make Me Feel Brand New” and the other with Jennifer Hudson on “Let It Be Me,” inspired by the Jerry Butler/Betty Everett duet. In addition, soul great Smokey Robinson guests on “Tracks of My Tears” which he made famous as a member of the Miracles who recorded that track in 1965, and musical giant Stevie Wonder accompanies Rod on harmonica on his massive 1969 hit “My Cherie Amour.”

Customer Reviews

Sing It Again Rod
Rod Stewart is no stranger to soul music. Over the years he has successfully covered, and laid claim to some definitive versions of classics such as "Twisting The Night Away", "You Send Me", "I Know I`m Losing You" and "This Old Heart Of Mine" to name but a few. Indeed, his own interpretation of "You Keep Me Hanging On" is one of the greatest things he`s ever recorded.
So it is with much anticipation that this, a complete album of soul classics, is received.
This is not a good album, but it`s not a bad album either. Like it`s predecessor, the highly enjoyable "Songbook", this is another `music by numbers` affair in which every track is meticulously arranged and produced and never strays too far from the originals.
Die-hard fans will buy it for their collection and this continuous trend towards `shopping-mall friendly` music will endear him to many new listeners too.
Vintage fans will be rueing a missed opportunity at what might have been.
Another safe album from Rod to enjoy but greater risks would have reaped greater rewards.

One of the best Rod Stewart albums
This is a well produced album with Rod sounding quite smooth and adding his own individual touch to all these well known soul hits.
What I really like about this album is that he hasn't strayed away from the original sound of the songs, he has just added his voice
to more or less the same music as it sounded back in the last few decades. For me this is a rare touch of genius because I love Rod's voice, and also the original music by Sam Cooke, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder etc.,so there no hanky panky with the arrangements and this means I can sing along knowing what to expect. Sometimes when singers add their own arrangements to well known songs, they make a complete mess of it.
I know I will be able play this album in the future without wanting to skip a song, an album filled to the brim with quality..

A LANDMARK in music
In this album, SOULBOOK, Rod Stewart has produced a true landmark collection which will actually be talked about years from now.

It's not so much the great choice of material... and it IS great... or even the stunning duets, especially the Jennifer Hudson one which will once again rubber stamp this amazing girl's growing credentials...

NO.. it's the overall feel of the album being 'just right' with enough of the original tune, enough of Rod's unique voice and more than enough of the 'play it again' quality that keeps it on the turntables...

It's a statement of where Rod Stewart is today, applying flawless vocals to his favourite 'growing up in London' songs, and taking fans on one more step of a very long pop journey through a lot of different styles.

Not being a great fan of the Songbook series, I was unsure what to expect, so imagine the delight when it turned out to be THIS good. RECOMMENDED TO ALL who like Rod Stewart and to all who like classic soul at its best.