Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time


Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time is the 24th album by Rod Stewart, released on 10 October 2006. After four years of success singing pop standards from the Great American Songbook, Still the Same was composed of classic rock covers.
The album is produced by Clive Davis and John Shanks and includes rock milestones from the last four decades, including Bonnie Tyler's "It's a Heartache", Badfinger's "Day After Day" and Creedence Clearwater Revival's classic "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?", which was picked as the first single from the album.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 184,000 copies sold, making it his fifth top 5 and second number-one debut in three years. Stewart said he was "extremely happy" with the accomplishment. The album also reached number one on the New Zealand RIANZ albums chart and was certified 2× Platinum for sales of 30,000 copies.

Track listing

  1. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" – 3:12
  2. "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" – 3:48
  3. "I'll Stand by You" – 4:29
  4. "Still the Same" – 3:38
  5. "It's a Heartache" – 3:32
  6. "Day After Day" – 3:07
  7. "Missing You" – 4:18
  8. "Father and Son" – 3:36
  9. "The Best of My Love" – 3:44
  10. "If Not for You" – 3:36
  11. "Love Hurts" – 3:47
  12. "Everything I Own" – 3:06
  13. "Crazy Love" – 2:42
UK bonus track
  2. "Lay Down Sally" – 4:00

Personnel

Musicians

Strings
  • David Campbell – arrangements
  • Suzie Katayama – contractor
  • Charlie Bisharat – concertmaster
  • Dave Stone – bass
  • Suzie Katayama, Daniel Smith and Yao Zhao – cello
  • Denyse Buffum, Cheryl Kohfeld and Kazi Pitelka – viola
  • Ruth Bruegger, Susan Chatman, Liliana Filipovic, Laurence Greenfield, Peter Kent, Cameron Patrick, Vladamir Polimitidl, Audrey Solomon, David Stenske, John Wittenberg and Shari Zippert – violin

Production