The Great American Songbook Volume V is the fifth title in Rod Stewart's series of covers of pop standards, released on 19 October 2010, and his 26th studio album overall.

[4] "I was looking forward to hearing Rod [Stewart]'s records of standards.

Rod's a great singer, but there's no point putting a 30-piece orchestra behind him.

I'm not going to knock anybody's right to make a living, but you can always tell if somebody's heart and soul is into something, and I didn't think Rod was into it in that way.

It sounds like so many records where the vocals are overdubbed, and these kind of songs don't come off well if you use modern recording techniques."