“Like most rags-to-riches stories, this one’s both predictable and messy. From 1974’s Smiler through 1980’s Foolish Behaviour, Rod Stewart has too often played a singularly buffoonish Falstaff to his own backward Prince Hal, dragging himself down artistically while consolidating a strong commercial fortress comfortably isolated from such initial masterpieces as Gasoline Alley and Every Picture […]”
