A Night on the Town (Rod Stewart album)
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A Night on the Town is Rod Stewart's seventh album, released in 1976. The cover art is based on Pierre-Auguste Renoir's painting Bal du moulin de la Galette, with Stewart inserted in the centre in period costume. On 30 June 2009, Rhino reissued the album as a two-disc CD with bonus tracks. A Night on the Town was Stewart's last UK number-one studio album until Time in 2013.
The album is regarded as one of Stewart's finest. "The Killing of Georgie" is one of Stewart's most hard-hitting sets of lyrics, a melancholic tale of a gay friend who is cast out by his family and becomes a sensation in the New York nightlife, only to be murdered by a New Jersey gang during an attempted robbery. Controversial "Tonight's the Night" was a No. 1 hit but was banned by some radio stations due to the very obvious lyrics about sex and loss of virginity. A cover of Cat Stevens' "The First Cut Is the Deepest" was also a success and has since become one of Stewart's signature songs.
Track listing
Original release
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2009 re-release
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Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals
- Donald "Duck" Dunn, Bob Glaub, David Hood, Lee Sklar, Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- Pete Carr, Steve Cropper, Jesse Ed Davis, David Lindley, Billy Peek, Fred Tackett, Joe Walsh – guitar
- Barry Beckett, David Foster, John Barlow Jarvis, J. Smith – keyboards
- Roger Hawkins, Al Jackson Jr., Andy Newmark, Rick Shlosser – drums
- Joe Lala, Tommy Vig – percussion
- Jimmy Horowitz, Mel Lewis, Arif Mardin – string arrangements
- Tower of Power horn section – French horn
- Plas Johnson, Jerry Jumonville – tenor saxophone
Charts
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Weekly charts
| Chart (1976-77) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref> | 1 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>Template:Cite book</ref> | 29 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">Template:Cite book</ref> | 23 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | 2 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 46 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 2 |
| UK Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 5 |
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | 14 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | 3 |
| US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> | 31 |
Certifications
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