The latest album from legendary Rod Stewart, Soulbook (track-list below) will be released on Oct. 27, 2009. It is a collection of 1960s and 1970s soul classics, featuring a stellar list of guest appearances and veteran musicians from the Motown and Memphis Soul era.

The new album will feature appearances from two music legends in duets of their respective signature hit songs; Stevie Wonder and My Cherie Amour and Smokey Robinson and Tracks of My Tears. Mary J. Blige, and Jennifer Hudson make guest appearances. It features production from his longtime producers Steve Tyrell and Steve Jordan.

He said of the new album Soulbook:

This is the album I’ve waited my whole lifetime to record. These are the songs that I’ve danced to, made love to, cried to and yes, even fell on the floor to as a young man in the infancy of my career. These songs and singers were the oxygen that fueled my passion to sing. When I was a skinny, cocky, all-mouth and trousers teenager living in North London without two pennies to rub together, I discovered the artistry of Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, The Temptations, The Four Tops and so many more. They were my Gods and my heroes.”

The Soulbook features engineering from Al Schmitt, who was producer/engineer for Sam Cooke and features appearances Motown musicians Bob Babbitt and George Bohannen and Memphis Soul musicians Willy Mitchell, Charles Hodges, Wayne Jackson and Jack Hale make appearances.

Source: Rod Stewart Bares His Soul On New Album

Here are several behind-the-scenes photos: Rod Stewart duets with Wonder, Hudson, Blige, and Robinson on new Soul Album!

Tracklisting and a video are below.

Rod Stewart Soulbook Track-List

1. It’s The Same Old Song
2. My Cherie Amour Featuring Stevie Wonder
3. You Make Me Feel Brand New Duet with Mary J. Blige
4. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
5. Tracks Of My Tears Featuring Smokey Robinson
6. Let It Be Me Duet with Jennifer Hudson
7. Rainy Night In Georgia
8. What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
9. Love Train
10. You’ve Really Got A Hold On Me
11. Wonderful World
12. If You Don’t Know Me By Now
13. Just My Imagination

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Rod Stewart Soulbook Track-List