Unplugged… And Seated (Live)

This low-key 1993 live retrospective marked something of a return to form for Rod the Mod, who for many years had more or less abdicated his position as a performer of consequence to pursue a more frivolous pop-star persona. With his former Faces bandmate Ron Wood in tow, Stewart revisits hits like “Hot Legs,” “Tonight’s the Night,” and “Maggie May”–and more adventurous choices like Curtis Mayfield’s “People Get Ready” and Tom Waits’s “Tom Traubert’s Blues”–with an effortless grace and a renewed expressiveness that makes Unplugged … And Seated a consistent pleasure. –Scott Schinder