Rod Stewart has made possibly every type of song in his illustrious career, and this album is a fine example of just how diverse Rod is. This is one of those albums where you don't skip to the next track; every track is that good. The "slow half" features the obviously slower, lovelier tracks, while the "fast half" features throw-it-in-your-face boogie down songs. For a relaxing evening of enjoyable, high-quality songs, pick this 1976 gem up.

Look for Rhino's 2-disc collector's editions of A Night on the Town and Atlantic Crossing, both coming June 30, 2009. These are excellent album from 1975 and 1976 and the collector's edition should be fantastic as this is when Rod may have been peaking as a songwriter.

"A Night On The Town" is a classic from my early teen years and has remained a favorite.The song "Tonight's the Night" had panicked Dads everywhere locking their daughters in at night."The Killing of Georgie" was one of the most touching ballads that dealt with a hate crime broke down a barrier and brought a serious issue into mainstream homes.Groundbreaking for the daring lyrics, the video from the album on "The Midnight Special" was a parents worst nightmare much to our amusement.Rod Stewart wrote quite a few of the songs on the album like "The Balltrap", "Tonight's The Night",the gut wrenching farewell to a friend "The Killing of Georgie" and my personal favorite "Fool For You" and yes I got my Chanel and Cartier (My sizes are always on file but I used education, brains,charm and hard work to smash the glass ceiling @ 26).I love every song on this album although I admit I did not know what the term "Flamingo" meant until 3 years ago after hearing it for years and associating it with all of the time's I would lay out on my sailboat in the Keys and the tan while working with a cell phone to each ear.Live and learn.About 30 copies of this have been left behind in Hotel Room CD Players, Limousines, Private Sedans and Rental Cars so I keep replacing this CD because it is on my list of CD's I would want if stranded on a deserted island.I just wish Rod Stewart would write more of his own music now while we still have this talented singer, I was fortunate to catch a couple of recent shows 1 at home & another while at a conference this week that coincides with NYC Fashion Week events and he sings live so well.If he would only play Europe next week!.Life is great when you can Rock AND Work!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't thought of this album (dates me!) in years until I saw Rod's recent tour. This was the epitome of a slow dance half hour with "Tonight's the Night", "First Cut is the Deepest" etc. On the oldfashioned album format,all the slow was on one side. It still sounds fresh.

I used to listen to this particular album when I was in highschool back in the middle 70s. I always thought Rod's bluesy honky tonk stuff on this album was some of his best stuff: "The Balltrap", "Big Bayou", and "Wild Side of Life." I bought the CD just to listen to those three songs again. Also, "The First Cut is the Deepest" was always another favorite in high school. I'm sure this was Sheryl Crow's inspiration too. Her version sonds almost the same note for note. Good stuff!