Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (Top 500 Countdown Update)

The opening song on this album really is fantastic and has an energy level that the rest of the album can't quite match. I'm not talking about tempo, but emotional and performance energy. "Maggie May" and some other songs have it, but that opening song sets such a high bar it would be impossible to match it on every track. The album is wonderful to listen to and has no bad song on it, but because the initial bar is set so high it is almost impossible not to feel somewhat disappointed by the album.