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Artist: Rod Stewart
Label: Mca Special Products
Category: Music

List Price: ~~$6.98~~
Buy Used: $1.98
You Save: $5.00 (72%)

New (39) Used (10) from $1.98

Format: Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

UPC: 731455806328
EAN: 0731455806328
ASIN: B00000612S

Release Date: February 16, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Complete with original case, disc(s), and artwork. In stock and ships right now. 10% chance the case has small spider cracks in it.

Tracks:

•	Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller - Rod Stewart, Berry, Chuck
•	Farewell - Rod Stewart, Stewart, Rod
•	Sailor - Rod Stewart, Stewart, Rod
•	Bring It on Home to Me/You Send Me - Rod Stewart, Cooke, Sam
•	Let Me Be Your Car - Rod Stewart, John, Elton
•	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man - Rod Stewart, Goffin, Gerry
•	Dixie Toot - Rod Stewart, Stewart, Rod
•	Hard Road - Rod Stewart, Vanda, Harry
•	I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - Rod Stewart, Lerner, Alan Jay
•	Girl from the North Country - Rod Stewart, Dylan, Bob
•	Mine for Me - Rod Stewart, McCartney, Paul

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Editorial Reviews:

Album Description
His fifth solo album, originally released in 1974. 12 tracks.

Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Smiler Makes Me Smile August 31, 2008
I have no idea of the date, but I was privileged to watch Rod Stewart in action back when I was able to go to concerts like Bad Company, Alice Cooper, Arlo Guthrie and even The Kingston Trio. Smiler is the only Stewart album I have and I love it. Trouble is, I had copied the album onto a cassette tape and don't have who wrote the songs so I had no idea Sir Paul had written and duets on Mine for Me. The first title, Sweet Little Rock and Roller, has always reminded me of Bad Company's Sweet Little Sister as it is a plain rock-and-roll number that is a good first track. Fast tempo and fun to sing. After the pretty instrumental lead-in comes Farewell and my favorite on the album. The singer is saying a reluctant farewell to different members, with a message for each and is already missing them before he leaves them. Interesting ending with "If you don't get no mail, you'll know I'm in jail." Sailor has a faster tempo, though not as fast as Sweet Little Rock and Roller. It is a nice counter to the slower Farewell and has plenty of guitar work. Bring It On Home to Me is a nice romance number I have by The Animals. Let Me Be Your Car has a rockin' tempo but I have trouble understanding a lot of the lyrics. Still, it is fun to listen to. Perhaps You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Man would sound better sung by a woman, but either sex I would think enjoys being with someone who complements their personality, and a warm, intimate love song is needed among the rocker numbers. Dixie Hoot is another number on how being with someone makes him feel like he "had a good time," and nothing wrong with that. Hard Road was okay to listen to, but ended up filling up the space, along with the disappointing instrumental I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," between it and Girl From the North Country, a favorite Dylan song of mine from his Freewheelin' album and Rod does a super job on it. Mine For Me is a nice, gentle close to an album full of fast-paced rock numbers, so it helps you unwind. I will look forward to buying it on a CD when I can swing the price so I will no longer have to worry about the tape getting caught in my cassette tape player. Only the 5th Stewart album he released, perhaps it will prod those buying it into buying more Stewart recordings.br /

2 out of 5 stars

Bought it for one track October 30, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

And that is "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Man". Used to listen to it over and over on vinyl as a kid. Guess best advice is to find that song on-line.

4 out of 5 stars

Smiler for $6.98? September 17, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Are you kidding? The cover of Dylan's "Girl from the North Country" is worth $6.98!

4 out of 5 stars

Solid rock album February 23, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

So many bad reviews have been written about this album, that I had to buy it and find out the truth. I must say that most of the reviews are wrong. This is a very solid early 1970's rock cd. If you like the Faces and the Mercury era Rod albums, you'll have to have this to complete the collection. It isn't as great as Gasoline Alley, but pretty close. This is a fun, loud, last fling record for the Stewart/Wood/ partnership. That is why it is valuable. Rod never sounded this way after leaving Ron Wood and the rest of the Faces....Kenny Jones and Ian McClagen. Great version of Sweet little rock and roller.

5 out of 5 stars

ROCKIN RODNEY October 1, 2002
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

This is the way Rod should sound! It kicks of with a blistering Sweet little rock'n roller. Farewell a classic song but a small hit when this album first was realeased in 1974. Every nano second on this CD is worth the price. It Rocks and it swings and the ballads are filled with soul. Ron Wood on bass and guitar, original songs by Paul McCartney (Mine for me) and Elton John who also guests on his effort- A thundering Let me be your car. this album should please anyone whose into Rod-Faces-Stones-Elton.........GREATbrBUY BUY BUY

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