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Downtown Train – Selections from the Storyteller Anthology

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Downtown Train
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 1990
GenreRock, pop
Length58:41
LabelWarner Bros.
Rod Stewart chronology
Storyteller
(1989)
Downtown Train
(1990)
Vagabond Heart
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Downtown Train is a compilation album by Rod Stewart released in March 1990 only in the United States by Warner Bros. Records.

The album is made up of twelve tracks from the previously released Storyteller Anthology. The album is skewed toward the more recent period of Stewart's career, most of the songs dating after 1980. Included, however, is Stay with Me, a contemporary sounding song from 1971. This is also the only song on Downtown Train that is not from his solo catalog, though Storyteller includes ten. In the US, Downtown Train would peak at #20 and in 1995, it would be double platinum.

Track listing

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  • All songs previously released on Storyteller - The Complete Anthology: 1964–1990
  1. "Stay With Me" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 4:38
  2. "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (Stewart) – 3:56
  3. "The Killing of Georgie (Part I and II)" (Stewart) – 6:27
  4. "Passion" (Phil Chen, Jim Cregan, Gary Grainger, Kevin Savigar, Stewart) – 5:32
  5. "Young Turks" (Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Savigar, Stewart) – 5:02
  6. "Infatuation" (Hitchings, Rowland Robinson, Stewart) – 5:13
  7. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) – 4:53
  8. "Forever Young" (Cregan, Savigar, Bob Dylan, Stewart) – 4:04
  9. "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan) – 5:13
  10. "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (Danny Whitten) – 4:53
  11. "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr., Brian Holland, Sylvia Moy) – 4:11
  12. "Downtown Train" (Tom Waits) – 4:39

Charts

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Certifications

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Certification Date
Gold 15 May 1990
Platinum 9 December 1991
Double Platinum 9 February 1995

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ "Rolling Stone Album Guide". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Rod Stewart Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  • Downtown Train album liner notes. Warner Bros. Records.