Blood Red Roses

Blood Red Roses is the 30th studio album by British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. It was released on 28 September 2018 through Decca Records and Republic Records.^[4] It was produced by Stewart and Kevin Savigar. Covers on the album include versions of Jim McCann's "Grace", the Kingston Trio's "It Was a Very Good Year" and Hambone Willie Newbern's "Rollin' and Tumblin'".

Blood Red Roses
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	28 September 2018 (2018-09-28)
Length	51:32
Label	Decca Republic
Producer	Rod Stewart Kevin Savigar
Rod Stewart chronology
Another Country (2015) Blood Red Roses (2018) You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2019)
Singles from Blood Red Roses
"Didn't I" Released: 19 July 2018[1] "Look in Her Eyes" Released: 7 September 2018[2] "Grace" Released: 21 September 2018[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Look in Her Eyes"	Rod Stewart Kevin Savigar	4:12
2.	"Hole in My Heart"	Stewart Savigar	3:27
3.	"Farewell"	Stewart Savigar	4:16
4.	"Didn't I" (featuring Bridget Cady)	Stewart Savigar	4:01
5.	"Blood Red Roses"	Stewart Savigar Ewan MacColl	3:41
6.	"Grace"	Frank O'Meara Sean O'Meara	4:53
7.	"Give Me Love"	Stewart Savigar	4:08
8.	"Rest of My Life"	Stewart Savigar	3:28
9.	"Rollin' & Tumblin'"	Hambone Willie Newbern Sunnyland Slim	3:38
10.	"Julia"	Stewart Jon McLaughlin Dave Thomas Junior	3:36
11.	"Honey Gold"	Stewart Emerson Swinford	4:44
12.	"Vegas Shuffle"	Stewart Swinford	3:47
13.	"Cold Old London"	Stewart Savigar	3:42
Total length:			51:32

Deluxe version bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Who Designed the Snowflake"	Paddy McAloon	3:08
15.	"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake	5:07
16.	"I Don't Want to Get Married"	Stewart Savigar	3:14

Japanese edition bonus tracks^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
17.	"Priceless"	Rod Stewart Kevin Savigar Emerson Swinford	3:33
18.	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (featuring DNCE)	Rod Stewart Carmine Appice Duane Hitchings Rami Yacoub Kristoffer Fodgelmark Albin Nedler	3:40
Total length:			70:24

Target deluxe version bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Who Designed the Snowflake"	Paddy McAloon	3:08
15.	"Priceless"	Rod Stewart Kevin Savigar Emerson Swinford	3:33
16.	"It Was a Very Good Year"	Ervin Drake	5:07
17.	"I Don't Want to Get Married"	Stewart Savigar	3:14

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – vocals
• Kevin Savigar – keyboards, programming
• Chuck Kentis – programming (9)
• Emerson Swinford – guitars (1–7, 10–12), bass (5, 11, 12), electric guitars (9)
• Don Kirkpatrick – electric guitars (9)
• Conrad Korsch – bass (2, 5, 9)
• David Palmer – drums (2, 5, 8, 9)
• Julia Thornton – tambourine (1, 4, 5, 7, 8)
• Jimmy Roberts – saxophones (2, 7)
• Nick Lane – trombone (2, 7)
• Anne King – trumpet (1, 2, 7)
• J'Anna Jacoby – violin (2, 3, 5, 6, 9)
• Adrianna Thuber – violin (5, 9)
• Bridget Cady – backing vocals (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12), additional vocals (4, 13)
• Felicia Glissom – backing vocals (2, 7, 8, 11)
• Pam Olivia – backing vocals (2, 7, 8, 11)
• Daryl Phinnessee – backing vocals (2, 7, 11, 13)
• Will Wheaton – backing vocals (2, 7, 11, 13)
• Fred White – backing vocals (2, 7, 11, 13)
• Becca Kotte – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12)
• Di Reed – backing vocals (3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12)
• Pastor James Carrington – backing vocals (5)
• Paul Freeman – backing vocals (5, 7, 11)
• Casey Shea – backing vocals (5)
• Brent Jones – backing vocals (7, 11)
• Taylr Lindersmith – backing vocals (11)

Production

• Rod Stewart – producer
• Kevin Savigar – producer, engineer, mixing
• Patrick Logue – assistant engineer, production coordinator
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Ryan Rogers – art direction, design
• Daniel Egneus – cover illustration
• Rankin – photography
• Penny Lancaster – photography
• Arnold Stiefel – management
• Lotus Davidson – management

Commercial performance

Stewart first hit number one in UK with his third studio album Every Picture Tells A Story in 1971, and 47 years later, the album claimed the top spot with over 41,000 combined sales.^[6] In its second week it remained at number three with 12,921 sales.^[7]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 15 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 18 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 23 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 66 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[12] 49 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[13] 31 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14] 51 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 12 Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 117 Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 1 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 24 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 9 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 18 UK Albums (OCC)[22] 1 US Billboard 200[23] 62

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position UK Albums (OCC)[24] 15

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[25]	Gold	146,010[26]