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''Atlantic Crossing'' is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Rod Stewart, released on 15 August 1975. It peaked at number one in the UK (his fifth solo album to do so), and number nine on the '' Billboard'' Top Pop Albums chart. The title indicated Stewart's new commercial and artistic direction, referring to both his crossing over to
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and on his departure to escape the 83 per cent top rate of income tax introduced by British Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson for the jet-set lifestyle in
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(where he had applied for American citizenship at this time). The album was divided into a slow side and a fast side, apparently at the suggestion of Stewart's then-girlfriend, Swedish actress
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. Stewart would repeat the format for his next two albums. The album contained two of Stewart's most popular songs, "
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" and "
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”, and classic rock favorites "Three Time Loser" and "Stone Cold Sober". With ''Atlantic Crossing'', Stewart ended his association with
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,
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and the stable of musicians who had been his core collaborators on his classic run of albums for
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, fusing
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. Instead, he used a group of session musicians, including
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and three-quarters of Booker T. and the MG's. The album was produced by
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, the famous engineer and producer on records by so many of Stewart's heroes during Dowd's time on staff at Atlantic Records. The only song performed from this album on
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' final US tour in autumn 1975 was "Three Time Loser", and the rest of the group heavily disliked Stewart's change in musical direction on this album. Following the success of the album, and his move to the U.S., Stewart announced his exit from the Faces by the end of the year. "
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" was a number one hit in the UK in September 1975, and returned to the UK Top 3 a year later when it was used as the theme for the
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''; both acoustic and electric guitars in the song were played by
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.from Pete Carr's official site . In 1977, almost two years after the album was released, Stewart scored another UK number one from the album with the double A-side single "
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" and "
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" (from the album A Night on the Town - 1976). In 2009, Rhino Records released a two-disc version of the album with bonus tracks.


Track listing

Fast Side (Side One) # "Three Time Loser" (Rod Stewart) – 4:03 # "Alright for an Hour" (Stewart,
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) – 4:17 # "All in the Name of Rock 'N' Roll" (Stewart) – 5:02 # " Drift Away" ( Mentor Williams) – 3:43 # "Stone Cold Sober" (Stewart, Steve Cropper) – 4:12 Slow Side (Side Two) # "
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" (
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) – 4:47 # "It's Not The Spotlight" (
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, Gerry Goffin) – 4:21 # " This Old Heart of Mine" ( Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy) – 4:04 # "Still Love You" (Stewart) – 5:08 # "
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" ( Gavin Sutherland) – 4:37


2009 two disc re-release

Disc one :Track 1 – 10 features the original album. #
  • "Skye Boat Song (The Atlantic Crossing Drum & Pipe Band)" (Harold Boulton, Annie MacLeod) 4:13
    • Disc two #" To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 4:12 #" Holy Cow" ( Allen Toussaint) – 3:16 #" Return to Sender" (
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    , Scott Winfield) – 3:42 #"Three Time Loser" lternate Version(Stewart) – 4:40 #"Alright for an Hour" lternate Version(Stewart, Davis) – 4:36 #"All in the Name of Rock 'n' Roll" lternate Version(Stewart) – 5:00 #"Drift Away" lternate Version(Williams) – 3:58 #"Too Much Noise" arly Version of "Stone Cold Sober"(Stewart, Cropper) – 3:24 #"I Don't Want to Talk About It" lternate Version(Whitten) – 4:56 #"It's Not the Spotlight" lternate Version(Goldberg, Goffin) – 4:27 #"This Old Heart of Mine" lternate Version (Holland-Dozier-Holland, Moy) – 3:54 #"Still Love You" lternate Version(Stewart) 4:57 #"Sailing" lternate Version(Sutherland) 4:39 #"Skye Boat Song (The Atlantic Crossing Drum & Pipe Band)" lternate Version(Boulton, MacLeod) 4:20


    Personnel

    * Rod Stewart – vocals *
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    – acoustic guitar and
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    on
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    *
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    – guitars * Steve Cropper – guitars * Fred Tackett – guitars * Jimmy Johnson – guitars *
    Barry Beckett Barry Edward Beckett (February 4, 1943 – June 10, 2009) was an American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder. He is best known for his work with David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, and Roger Hawkins, his bandmates in ...
    – keyboards *
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    – keyboards *
    Booker T. Jones Booker Taliaferro Jones Jr. (born November 12, 1944) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. He has also worked in the studios with many well-known art ...
    – Hammond organ * Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass * Lee Sklar – bass *
    Bob Glaub Bob Glaub (born May 10, 1952)Hageman, William (April 29, 2005)."The aces of bass: Five giants of an overshadowed instrument", Knight Ridder Tribune News Service. is an American bass player and session musician. He has played with such artists an ...
    – bass * David Hood – bass * David Lindley – mandolin, violin * Al Jackson, Jr. – drums, percussion * Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion *
    Nigel Olsson Nigel Olsson (born 10 February 1949) is an English rock drummer and singer best known for his long-time affiliation with Elton John. A dynamic drummer and backing vocalist, Olsson helped establish the Elton John sound as a member of the Elton J ...
    – drums, percussion * Willie Correa – drums, percussion *
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    – trumpet, trombone, saxophone * Cindy & Bob Singers, The Pets & The Clappers – backing vocals String arrangements by
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    and James Mitchell Album designer and art direction Kosh illustrator by Peter Lloyd


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    References

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