1986 studio album by Rod Stewart

Every Beat of My Heart is the fourteenth studio album by Rod Stewart released in 1986 by Warner Bros. Records. The tracks were recorded at One on One Studios, Can Am Recorders, Cherokee Studios, The Village Recorder, The Record Plant, and Artisan Sound Recorders. The album produced four singles: "Love Touch", "Another Heartache", "In My Life", and "Every Beat of My Heart". In the United States, the album was released under the eponymous title of Rod Stewart.

Content

Included on this album is the song "Love Touch", which gained popularity as the theme to the Robert Redford film Legal Eagles. "Love Touch" was written by Holly Knight, Mike Chapman, and Gene Black. The album also includes a cover of Lennon–McCartney`s "In My Life", one of several times Rod covered them. It was released as a single which failed to chart. According to the liner notes, this album is dedicated to Rod`s parents Bob and Elsie Stewart. "Every Beat of My Heart" was the biggest hit of the album and reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in July 1986.

Cash Box said of the title track that it`s "a rock ballad that shimmers with solid production values and the singer`s trademark grainy voice."[7] Billboard called it a "emotional ballad about belonging, delivered with believability."[8]

Track listing

1. "Here to Eternity" (Rod Stewart, Kevin Savigar) – 5:58
2. "Another Heartache" (Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance, Stewart, Randy Wayne) – 4:29
3. "A Night Like This" (Stewart) – 4:06
4. "Who`s Gonna Take Me Home" (Stewart, Savigar, Jay Davis) – 4:38
5. "Red Hot in Black" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Kevin Savigar) – 3:30
6. "Love Touch" (Mike Chapman, Gene Black, Holly Knight) – 3:59
7. "In My Own Crazy Way" (Stewart, Frankie Miller, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) – 3:17
8. "Every Beat of My Heart" (Stewart, Kevin Savigar) – 5:18
9. "Ten Days of Rain" (Stewart, Savigar, Tony Brock) – 5:21
10. "In My Life" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:00

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – lead vocals
• Kevin Savigar – keyboards
• Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
• Bob Ezrin – keyboards, backing vocals
• Randy Wayne – keyboards
• Paul Fox – keyboards
• Jim Cregan – guitars, backing vocals
• Robin Le Mesurier – guitars
• Robert Athis (Kane Roberts) – guitars
• John Corey – guitars, electric sitar
• Gene Black – guitars
• Steve Cropper – guitars
• Nils Lofgren – guitars
• David Williams – guitars
• Jay Davis – bass guitar
• Patrick O`Hearn – bass guitar
• Scott Edwards – bass guitar
• Tony Brock – drums
• Tom Scott – brass, reeds
• Larry Williams and Co. – brass, reeds
• Devon Dickinson – bagpipes
• Harry Farrar – bagpipes
• Kevin Weed – bagpipes
• Tray Galaway, Phil Perry, Kevin Dorsey, Daryl Phinnesse, Oren Waters – The Singers
• Albert Hammond, Joe Turano, Holly Knight, Mike Chapman, Darlene Koldenhoven, Clydene Edwards, Carmen Twillie, Jennifer Repo, Jeoffrey Repo, John Batdorf – backing vocals

Production

• Producers – Bob Ezrin (Tracks 1–5 & 7–10); Michael Chapman (Track 6).
• Production Coordinator on Tracks 1–5 & 7–10 – Malcolm Cullimore
• Engineers – Paul Lani (Tracks 1–5 & 7–10); George Tutko (Track 6).
• Additional Recording on Tracks 1–5 & 7–10 – Jeff Bennette, Brian Christian, Peter Lewis and David Tickle.
• Remixing – Bob Ezrin and David Tickle (Tracks 1–5 & 7–10); George Tutko (Track 6).
• Assistant Remixing on Tracks 1–5 & 7–10 – David Ahlert, Jim Dineen, Craig Engle, Stan Katayama and Bob Loftus.
• Technical Director on Tracks 1–5 & 7–10 – Robert Hrycyna
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Art Direction – Jeff Ayeroff and Jeri McManus
• Design – Jeri McManus
• Photography – Phillip Dixon
• Management – Randy Phillips and Arnold Stiefel

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