Atlantic Crossing

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The title indicated Stewart's new commercial and artistic direction, referring to both his crossing over to Warner Brothers 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 Los Angeles (where he had applied for American citizenship at this time). The album was divided into a fast side and a slow side, apparently at the suggestion of Stewart's then-girlfriend, Swedish actress Britt Ekland. Stewart would repeat the format for his next two albums.

British album certifications – Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 16 February 2012. Este disco, aunque está perfecto, no me parece que se escuche especialmente bien. Se oye bien, ojo, pero no es el sonido ese espectacular que se espera.Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1sted.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 8 November 2021. Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Rod Stewart; 'Atlantic Crossing ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 16 February 2012. Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 26 January 2022.

Top Selling Albums of 1977 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 8 November 2021. Vote up content that is on-topic, within the rules/guidelines, and will likely stay relevant long-term. With Atlantic Crossing, Stewart ended his association with Ronnie Wood, Ian McLagan and the stable of musicians who had been his core collaborators on his classic run of albums for Mercury Records, fusing soul and folk. Instead, he used a group of session musicians, including The Memphis Horns and three-quarters of Booker T. and the MG's. The album was produced by Tom Dowd, 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 The Faces' 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. Sailing" 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 BBC series Sailor; both acoustic and electric guitars in the song were played by Pete Carr. [9] 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 " I Don't Want to Talk About It" and " The First Cut Is the Deepest" (from the album A Night on the Town - 1976).

a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. The Official UK Charts Company: ALBUM CHART HISTORY". Archived from the original on 16 December 2007 . Retrieved 16 December 2007. When going through Stewart's solo early solo records I'm always wary that maybe this one will be the one in which he abandons his early sound for the money-chasing of his later career. But the truth is never so straight-forward and so I find myself listening to a record that manages to both sound close enough to his early sound to not piss me off but also has enough signs of impending doom as to piss me off.