| The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Rod Stewart | ||||
| Released | 12 November 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–2000 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 155:11 | |||
| Label | FMR Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Rod Stewart, Patrick Leonard, Trevor Horn, Bernard Edwards, Michael Omartian, Tom Dowd, Andy Taylor | |||
| Rod Stewart chronology | ||||
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| The Voice: The Very Best of Rod Stewart | ||||
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| Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2 | ||||
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The Story So Far: The Very Best of Rod Stewart is Rod Stewart's career-retrospective compilation album released in 2001. The album summarises his solo work beginning with material from his 1971 breakthrough album Every Picture Tells a Story until his 2001 album Human. For contractual reasons, only two songs from his Mercury Records tenure ("Maggie May" and "You Wear It Well") were included (a third song from the Mercury era, "Reason to Believe", was included in a live acoustic version from the Warner Bros. album Unplugged...and Seated). The rest of the material is from different albums released under Warner Bros. Records.
The compilation was particularly notable for dividing the songs between rock and pop tunes on the first disc (A Night Out) and love songs on the second disc (A Night In). Also, even though most of the songs included on the album enjoyed big success (29 out of the 34 songs originally reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom and/or the United States), many hit singles were missed-out, including US Top 10 hits as "Passion", "Infatuation", "Handbags and Gladrags" and "My Heart Can't Tell You No".
In the United States the album was released separately as The Voice: The Very Best of Rod Stewart and Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart Vol. 2, though there are some differences in the content. Warner Bros. Records released The Story So Far on 12 November 2001 (see 2001 in British music) and the next day The Voice was released. On 26 August 2003 (see 2003 in music) Encore was released.
Track listing
The Story So Far
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Maggie May" (includes the interlude "Link Music - Henry's Time" from the original album appearance) | Rod Stewart | Every Picture Tells a Story | 5:46 |
| 2. | "Baby Jane" | Stewart, Jay Davis | Body Wishes | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Some Guys Have All the Luck" | Jeff Fortgang | Camouflage | 4:33 |
| 4. | "Young Turks" | Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Kevin Savigar | Tonight I'm Yours | 5:04 |
| 5. | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Stewart, Appice, Hitchings | Blondes Have More Fun | 5:31 |
| 6. | "What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love With You)" | Stewart, Davis, Tony Brock | Body Wishes | 4:19 |
| 7. | "Hot Legs" | Stewart | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 5:15 |
| 8. | "You Wear It Well" (includes the instrumental "Interludings" from the original album appearance) | Stewart, Martin Quittenton | Never a Dull Moment | 5:01 |
| 9. | "Rhythm of My Heart" | Marc Jordan, John Capek | Vagabond Heart | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Downtown Train" | Tom Waits | Storyteller | 4:39 |
| 11. | "The Motown Song" (single mix) | Larry John McNally | Vagabond Heart | 3:58 |
| 12. | "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (with Ronald Isley) | Holland–Dozier–Holland, Sylvia Moy | Storyteller | 4:11 |
| 13. | "Tonight I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" | Stewart, Jim Cregan, Savigar | Tonight I'm Yours | 4:12 |
| 14. | "Ooh La La" (originally a Faces song with lead vocals by Ronnie Wood from Ooh La La) | Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood | When We Were the New Boys | 4:15 |
| 15. | "I Can't Deny It" | Gregg Alexander, Rick Nowels | Human | 3:44 |
| 16. | "It Takes Two" (with Tina Turner) | William "Mickey" Stevenson, Moy | Vagabond Heart | 4:12 |
| 17. | "Stay with Me" (with the Faces) | Stewart, Wood | A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse | 4:37 |
| Total length: | 78:22 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sailing" | Gavin Sutherland | Atlantic Crossing | 4:38 |
| 2. | "I Don't Want to Talk About It" | Danny Whitten | Atlantic Crossing | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Have I Told You Lately" | Van Morrison | Vagabond Heart | 3:59 |
| 4. | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Cat Stevens | A Night on the Town | 4:31 |
| 5. | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Stewart | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 4:30 |
| 6. | "All for Love" (with Bryan Adams and Sting) | Bryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Michael Kamen | The Three Musketeers soundtrack | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" | Stewart | A Night on the Town | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Every Beat of My Heart" | Stewart, Savigar | Every Beat of My Heart | 5:21 |
| 9. | "Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda)" | Waits | Lead Vocalist | 6:12 |
| 10. | "Don't Come Around Here" (with Helicopter Girl) | Jackie Joyce, Paul Berry, Mark Taylor, Kenny Thomas | Human | 3:50 |
| 11. | "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" | Stewart | A Night on the Town | 6:29 |
| 12. | "Love Touch" | Holly Knight, Mike Chapman | Every Beat of My Heart | 4:03 |
| 13. | "I Was Only Joking" | Stewart, Gary Grainger | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 6:07 |
| 14. | "Ruby Tuesday" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | Lead Vocalist | 4:05 |
| 15. | "In a Broken Dream" (with Python Lee Jackson) | David Keith Bentley | single, collected on Storyteller | 3:40 |
| 16. | "Reason to Believe" (live acoustic version of the song from Every Picture Tells a Story featuring Ronnie Wood) | Tim Hardin | Unplugged...and Seated | 3:53 |
| 17. | "In My Life" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | Every Beat of My Heart | 1:58 |
| Total length: | 76:50 | |||
US version
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rhythm of My Heart" | Marc Jordan, John Capek | Vagabond Heart | 4:14 |
| 2. | "Maggie May" | Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton | Every Picture Tells a Story | 5:46 |
| 3. | "Have I Told You Lately" (Live) | Van Morrison | Unplugged...and Seated | 4:04 |
| 4. | "This Old Heart of Mine" (with Ronald Isley) | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy | Storyteller | 4:11 |
| 5. | "Young Turks" | Stewart, Carmine Appice, Kevin Savigar, Duane Hitchings | Tonight I'm Yours | 5:04 |
| 6. | "Downtown Train" | Tom Waits | Storyteller | 4:40 |
| 7. | "You Wear It Well" | Stewart, Quittenton | Never a Dull Moment | 5:00 |
| 8. | "Reason to Believe" (Live with Ronnie Wood) | Tim Hardin | Unplugged...and Seated | 3:52 |
| 9. | "Some Guys Have All the Luck" | Jeff Fortgang | Camouflage | 4:34 |
| 10. | "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" | Stewart | A Night on the Town | 3:56 |
| 11. | "Hot Legs" | Stewart | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 5:15 |
| 12. | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Stewart, Appice | Blondes Have More Fun | 5:30 |
| 13. | "My Heart Can't Tell You No" | Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan | Out of Order | 5:16 |
| 14. | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Stewart | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 4:30 |
| 15. | "Ooh La La" | Ronnie Wood, Ronnie Lane | When We Were the New Boys | 4:16 |
| 16. | "Forever Young" | Stewart, Jim Cregan, Savigar | Out of Order | 4:05 |
| Total length: | 74:13 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
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| 1. | "Your Song" | Elton John, Bernie Taupin | Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin | 4:47 |
| 2. | "Having a Party" (Live with Ronnie Wood) | Sam Cooke | Unplugged...and Seated | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Don't Come Around Here" (with Helicopter Girl a/k/a Jackie Joyce) | Paul Berry, Jackie Joyce, Mark Taylor, Kenny Thomas | Human | 3:50 |
| 4. | "So Far Away" | Carole King | Tapestry Revisited: A Tribute to Carole King | 4:24 |
| 5. | "The Motown Song" (with The Temptations) | Larry McNally | Vagabond Heart | 4:16 |
| 6. | "Broken Arrow" | Robbie Robertson | Vagabond Heart | 4:23 |
| 7. | "Crazy About Her" | Stewart, Cregan, Hitchings | Out of Order | 4:29 |
| 8. | "Lost in You" | Stewart, Andy Taylor | Out of Order | 4:26 |
| 9. | "Love Touch" | Gene Black, Mike Chapman, Holly Knight | Every Beat of My Heart | 4:03 |
| 10. | "People Get Ready" (Live) | Curtis Mayfield | Unplugged...and Seated | 4:46 |
| 11. | "Infatuation" | Stewart, Hitchings, Rowland Robinson | Camouflage | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Baby Jane" | Stewart, Jay Davis | Body Wishes | 4:45 |
| 13. | "Tonight I'm Yours" | Stewart, Cregan, Savigar | Tonight I'm Yours | 4:13 |
| 14. | "That's What Friends Are For" | Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager | Night Shift (Soundtrack) | 3:54 |
| 15. | "Passion" | Stewart, Phil Chen, Cregan, Gary Grainger, Savigar | Foolish Behaviour | 5:30 |
| 16. | "I Don't Want to Talk About It" | Danny Whitten | Atlantic Crossing | 4:14 |
| 17. | "I Was Only Joking" | Stewart, Grainger | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 4:49 |
| 18. | "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | Cat Stevens | A Night on the Town | 3:21 |
| Total length: | 78:30 | |||
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Argentina (CAPIF) | Platinum | 40,000 |
| Australia (ARIA) | 2× Platinum | 140,000 |
| Belgium (BEA) | Platinum | 50,000 |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) | Gold | 50,000 |
| Canada (Music Canada) | 3× Platinum | 300,000 |
| Denmark (IFPI Danmark) | Platinum | 50,000 |
| Germany (BVMI) | Platinum | 300,000 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 7× Platinum | 105,000 |
| Netherlands (NVPI) | Gold | 40,000 |
| New Zealand (RMNZ) | 4× Platinum | 60,000 |
| Portugal (AFP) | Gold | 20,000 |
| Sweden (GLF) | Gold | 40,000 |
| United Kingdom (BPI) | 4× Platinum | 1,200,000 |
| United States (RIAA) | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
| Summaries | ||
| Europe (IFPI) | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000 |
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Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
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