Rod Stewart - Encore: The Very Best of Rod Stewart, Vol. 2

In 2003, WSM followed up its imperfect but adequate 2001 collection The Very Best Of Rod Stewart with Encore: The Very Best Of, Vol. 2, an 18-track compilation that gathers most of the Warner-era hits left behind from the first collection. Like that first best-of, this suffers from illogical sequencing that severely hampers its listenability, opening with Stewart's overly slick version of "Your Song" from the Two Rooms tribute, followed by the pretty good unplugged "Having a Party" (a cut from the ill-considered Human), and then his version of "So Far Away" from the 1995 Carole King tribute album. Read More