A Spanner in the Works

A Spanner in the Works
Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released29 May 1995
Recorded1993–95
StudioWoodstock House Co. (Wicker, Ireland); A&M Studios and Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Herschel House (Hollywood, CA).
GenreRock, pop rock
Length57:15
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerTrevor Horn, Rod Stewart, James Newton-Howard, Michael Ostin, Lenny Waronker, Bernard Edwards, Andy Taylor.
Rod Stewart chronology
Unplugged...and Seated
(1993) 		A Spanner in the Works
(1995) 		If We Fall in Love Tonight
(1996)
Singles from A Spanner in the Works
  1. "Leave Virginia Alone"
    Released: 16 May 1995
  2. "Lady Luck"
    Released: 1995
  3. "This"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[2]
NME5/10[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

A Spanner in the Works is the seventeenth studio album released by Rod Stewart on 29 May 1995. It ended a four-year gap since his previous studio album, Vagabond Heart. Although he did release the live album Unplugged...and Seated in 1993, as of 2024, this remains Stewart's longest break between studio albums. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. Five singles were released: "You're The Star", "Leave Virginia Alone", "This", "Lady Luck", and "Purple Heather".

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review By Tom Sinclair, posted on 1995-06-09, archived from the original on 2017-04-07
  3. ^ Moody, Paul (10 June 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 49. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2017.