New, Unplayed 1995 Import Rarity With Custom Inner Sleeve. “Following The Success Of Unplugged...And Seated, Rod Stewart Had Shrewdly Repositioned Himself As A Mature, Middle-Aged Man Who Still Had A Slight Streak Of His Wilder Days In Him. Unsurprisingly, The Music Both Recalled His Past Glories In Instrumentation, Yet The Attack Was Different -- The Acoustics Rocked, But It Wasn't Bracing; It Was Like A Back-Porch Jam Session. Stewart Expanded That Approach On A Spanner In The Works, His First Album Since Unplugged. The Acoustics Are Still There, But They're Strummed A Little More Gently And Set In A Bed Of Unobtrusive Synths. More Importantly, Stewart Tackles His Most Ambitious And Varied Set Of Material Since A Night On The Town. From The Pop/Rock Of Tom Petty's "Leave Virginia Alone" And The Reflective Take On Dylan's "Sweetheart Like You" Through The R&B Tribute Of "Muddy, Sam And Otis" And The Rocking "Delicious" To The British Folk Of "Purple Heather," The Songs Recall His Classic Early Albums In Ambition And Musical Diversity. A Spanner In The Works Isn't Quite As Successful As Gasoline Alley Or Every Picture Tells A Story -- It's A Content Album, Not A Probing One, Which Is Appropriate For A Middle-Aged Singer -- Yet It Is The Most Inspired And Ambitious Record Stewart Released In Nearly 20 Years.” Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG.