Rod Stewart
's volume of
20th Century Masters
is heavy on hits, and the songs that aren't hits are staples of
Stewart
's classic early-'70s repertoire. It is true that not every great song
Rod
recorded during this time is here -- he recorded so much great music in the first half of the '70s that it couldn't be condensed to 12 songs -- but it does contain a terrific selection of his very best, including
"Maggie May,"
"You Wear It Well,"
"Every Picture Tells a Story,"
"Gasoline Alley,"
and
"Angel,"
which makes this a first-class sampler. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine