![]() ![]() The Stones and Faces, of course, represent hard-partying rock bands at their prototypical best – which makes it easy to overlook the beautiful ballads both have recorded and Wood’s superb playing on them. Dylan is a frequent influence (on 1979’s Gimme Some Neck, Wood nailed the then-unreleased Dylan song “Seven Days”), popping up again on “Fancy Pants” and “I Don’t Think So” – though the latter is cycled through Dire Straits (featuring Faces/Stones disciple Waddy Wachtel on rhythm). Guest stars abound, but there’s no mistaking who the leader is – with Wood’s stamp on everything from the gruffy, scruffy garage-rock of “Thing About You” to the soul/country of “Why You Wanna Go And Do A Thing Like That For,” from the reggae lilt of “Sweetness My Weakness” to the Dylanesque “Lucky Man” (a co-write with Eddie Vedder and Bob Rock). On the lone cover – a power-packed, uptempo version of Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” – Woody trades vocal choruses with Bernard Fowler and solos with Slash. ![]() ![]() This is Wood’s first solo album since 2001, which isn’t surprising, seeing as it’s only his seventh studio album in 36 years – his solo output usually dictated by his schedule with his long-running stints with the Faces and, for most of that three-and-a-half decades, the Rolling Stones.Įleven of the dozen songs are new originals and collaborations. ![]()
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