Nobody's denying the greatness of Rod Stewart's early career, both with The Faces and on his own. But since 2002, the man can't stop putting out MOR albums devoted to The Great American Songbook. And it's inspired a host of copycats, from Barry Manilow to Phil Collins.

Not content with his five(!) Songbook LPs, J Records will release The Best of The Great American Songbook next year. It's a no-frills collection of the highlights of all those albums and will probably sell a million copies to the surprise of both everyone and no one.

Curious folks: order it here and parse the track list after the jump.

Rod Stewart, The Best of The Great American Songbook (J Records, 2011)

1. Long Ago and Far Away
2. Someone to Watch Over Me
3. They Can't Take That Away from Me
4. Beyond the Sea
5. You'll Never Know
6. Time After Time
7. I Can't Get Started
8. The Way You Look Tonight
9. Bye Bye Blackbird
10. These Foolish Things
11. But Not for Me
12. What a Wonderful World (featuring Stevie Wonder)
13. My Foolish Heart
14. I'll Be Seeing You

Track 1 from Thanks for the Memory: The Great American Songbook 4 (J, 2005)
Tracks 2 and 6 from As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook Volume 2 (J, 2003)
Tracks 3, 8, 10 and 14 from It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook (J, 2002)
Tracks 4 and 13 from Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook V (J, 2010)
Track 5 previously unreleased
Tracks 7, 11 and 12 from Stardust: The Great American Songbook Volume III (J, 2004)
Track 9 from deluxe edition of Fly Me to the Moon: The Great American Songbook V (J, 2010)