Soulbook

Soulbook
Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released17 October 2009
Recorded2009
Studio
  • Celtic House (Los Angeles)
  • Bill Schnee (Los Angeles)
  • The Village (Los Angeles)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Royal (Memphis, Tennessee)
  • Germano (New York City)
  • 4 Seasons (Palm Beach, Florida)
  • Morrisound (Tampa, Florida)
GenreSoul
LabelJ
ProducerSteve Tyrell, Steven Jordan, Chuck Kentis[1]
Rod Stewart chronology
Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time
(2006) 		Soulbook
(2009) 		Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(52/100)[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(average)[4]
The Boston Globe(average)[5]
The Daily Telegraph[6]
Digital Spy[7]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[8]
The Guardian[9]
The New York Times(mixed)[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
The Seattle Times(average)[12]

Soulbook is the 25th studio album by Rod Stewart. Like his previous five albums, Soulbook features Stewart singing old material; for this album he sings classic material from Motown and the soul genre. It was released on 17 October 2009 and was produced by Steve Tyrell, Steven Jordan and Chuck Kentis.

The album became Stewart's sixth consecutive album to debut in the Top 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200, peaking at #4. It also found success in Canada and the UK, making it to #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart and #9 on the UK Albums Chart. Furthermore, the album featured at #41 on the Canadian Albums Year-End Chart of 2010.[13]

  1. ^ Soulbook (Media notes). Rod Stewart. J Records. 2009. 88697 30256 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ Critic reviews at Metacritic
  3. ^ AllMusic review
  4. ^ BBC Music review
  5. ^ The Boston Globe review
  6. ^ "Rod Stewart: Soulbook, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 June 2018.
  7. ^ Digital Spy review
  8. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  9. ^ "CD review | Rod Stewart: Soulbook". The Guardian. 6 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Critics' Choice: New CDs (Published 2009)". The New York Times. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  12. ^ The Seattle Times review
  13. ^ "Canadian Year-End Albums 2010". Billboard.