A Night on the Town | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Rod Stewart |
Cover: | Rod Stewart - A Night On The Town.jpg |
Released: | 18 June 1976 |
Recorded: | December 1975–April 1976 |
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Genre: | Rock |
Length: | 41:19 |
Label: | Riva, Warner Bros. |
Producer: | Tom Dowd |
Prev Title: | Atlantic Crossing |
Prev Year: | 1975 |
Next Title: | Foot Loose & Fancy Free |
Next Year: | 1977 |
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.
Chart (1976) | Position | |
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Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[1] | 2 | |
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2] | 11 | |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[3] | 46 | |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[4] | 2 | |
UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 5 | |
Chart (1977) | Position | |
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] | 14 | |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] | 3 | |
US Billboard 200[8] | 31 |