Tracks
- Miss Judy's Farm
- You're So Rude
- Love Lives Here
- Last Orders Please
- Stay with Me
- Debris
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Too Bad
- That's All You Need
A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse is a rowdy album. The music is rock. The lyrics are borderline bawdy. It's been some time since there's been an album where lead and rhythm guitars have dominated so many of the songs. Rod Stewart share lead vocal duty with Ronnie Lane. I prefer Rod Stewart. His raspy voice is full force on this album.
(On a really long side note, what the hell happened to Rod Stewart? He's like the king of the rock and roll revival in the early 1970s. How does he go from that to a pop star lightweight? I mean, really. I remember reading Hammer of the Gods, the book about Led Zeppelin, in 1989 or so, and it's mentioned that Jimmy Page had considered Rod Stewart to be the singer for the New Yardbirds. I thought that was such a joke. Of course, that's because 1980s Rod Stewart is a joke compared to 1970s Rod Stewart. I'm so disappointed.)
This album is mixed. There are some really fun and exciting songs that rock like rock and roll used to. Then, there are three songs that bore me, Love Lives Here, Last Orders Please and Debris. Maybe the band should have stayed away from slow numbers. If they could have replaced those, this album would have been something else.
There are some really great songs which makes this album worth listening to. However, it doesn't belong on the 1001 Albums list because, as an album, it's not outstanding and also there's nothing here that Rod Stewart wasn't doing on his solo albums.
There are many great songs on this album. They are Miss Judy's Farm, You're So Rude, Stay With Me, Memphis, Tennessee, Too Bad and That's All You Need.
★★★★★★★★☆☆
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