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A Spanner in the Works is the seventeenth studio album released by Rod Stewart on 29 May 1995. It ended a four-year gap since his previous studio album, Vagabond Heart. Although he did release the live album Unplugged...and Seated in 1993, as of 2024, this remains Stewart's longest break between studio albums. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Five singles were released: "You're The Star", "Leave Virginia Alone", "This", "Lady Luck", and "Purple Heather".




Content


The album includes covers of Bob Dylan's "Sweetheart Like You" and The Blue Nile's "The Downtown Lights". The song "Muddy, Sam and Otis" is Stewart's tribute to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding. Track 12, later released as a single featuring the Scottish Euro '96 Football Squad, "Purple Heather" is a folk song that normally goes by the name "Wild Mountain Thyme". It is often credited as traditional, but was written by Francis McPeake. "Leave Virginia Alone" was written by Tom Petty and recorded for his album Wildflowers, but was left off the finished album and given to Stewart instead.




Track listing






Personnel






Production


Executive Producers – Rob Dickins and Michael Ostin
Recording – Tim Weidner (Tracks 1, 2 & 5); Steve MacMillan (Track 3); Le Mobile (Tracks 4–12)
Engineer – Charlie Bouis (Tracks 6–12)
Assistant Recording – Mike Baumgartner (Tracks 1)
Assistant Engineer – Eric Johnston (Tracks 7–12)
Mixed by Steve MacMillan
Mix Assistants – Danny Alonso (Tracks 1 & 2); Rich Rowe (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 9 & 12); Pat 59 (Track 6); Rail Rogut (Tracks 7, 8, 10 & 11)
Mixed at Sarm Studios (London); Conway Studios (Hollywood); A&M Studios and Ocean Way Recording
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering (Hollywood)
Design – Greg Ross
Photography – Herb Ritts
Management – Annie Challis, Randy Phillips and Arnold Stiefel at Stiefel Phillips Entertainment




Certifications






References



A Spanner in the Works album liner notes. Warner Bros. Records.

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