Rod Stewart: The Tears Of Hercules

More creative than ever. With 30 albums and more than 250 million records sold, Rod Stewart is one of the most successful and important artists in British music history With his new album "The Tears Of Hercules" in 2021, the singer shows that he hasn't lost any of his creativity and inventiveness even after more than 50 years. The follow-up to 2018's "Blood Red Roses" is in fact his fourth album in eight years. And nine of the twelve songs on the pate come from his own pen. The other three tracks are cover songs, for example by Johnny Cash and Marc Jordan. "The Tears Of Hercules" is a project close to Rod Stewart's heart, particularly the song "Touchline", which he dedicated to his father, who taught him and his brothers to love football - a tradition Sir Rod has passed on to his sons. Stewart himself is at least convinced of his new album. On Facebook he wrote about the announcement: "I've never said this about a previous work, but I think this is by far my best album in many years." If you want to get an idea of it yourself, you can already listen to the first single "One More Time" Rod Stewart's distinctive voice, style and songwriting have permeated all popular music genres, from rock, folk, soul, R'n'B and the Great American Songbook. This makes him one of the few stars to have had albums on the charts in every decade of his career. Over the past 50 years, the British pop and rock singer has released 30 studio albums, including nine number one albums and 31 top 10 singles in the UK, 16 top 10 albums and 26 top 10 singles in the US. His classic greatest hits include the songs "Maggie May", "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)", "Sailing", "Don't Want To Talk About It", "Stay With Me" and "Forever Young". The Tears Of Hercules" is Stewart's 31st studio album and will be released in 2021.