Rod Stewart BEST OF/20TH/ECO

Producers: Rod Stewart, Lou Reizner.Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.Includes liner notes by Brian Chin.Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Universal Music Group Studios).This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series.For some of the entries in the massive 20TH CENTURY MASTERS series of budget-priced reissues, their brief playing time only scratches the surface of the artist's catalogue. That's not the case with Rod Stewart's collection, which is actually one of the best single-disc compilations of his work. 20TH CENTURY MASTERS focuses entirely on Stewart's early-'70s tenure at Mercury Records, and takes its songs from his four best solo albums: THE ROD STEWART ALBUM, the classic EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY, GASOLINE ALLEY, and NEVER A DULL MOMENT. As a result, this 12-song compilation is stuffed to the gills with brilliant songs, including, of course, both "Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well." Stewart's immense interpretive skills are also displayed here