This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Once was OK. Twice was plenty. But three volumes of Rod Stewart crooning Tin Pan Alley standards is more than anyone should be forced to endure.
For those who care, this time out, the raspy old rooster transforms another 14 classics — including Embraceable You, Blue Moon, ’S Wonderful, I Can’t Get Started, Night and Day and (why, Lord, why?) What A Wonderful World — into cocktail-jazz cheese so bland it would bore your granny. Even worse, he drags guests like Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Bette Midler and Dolly Parton down with him. Somebody stop him before he records again — or, even worse, discovers Billy Strayhorn.
