

Rod Stewart embraces the ’80s and sashays with them into the night on Body Wishes. He slips easily into the slinky electro beat of “Baby Jane,” his smoky vocals intertwined with glossy synths and reedy sax, while he sways along to steel-drum-style keys on the Caribbean-flavored “What Am I Gonna Do (I’m So In Love With You).” And he doesn’t depart from his rock past entirely—opener “Dancin’ Alone” is a satisfyingly grubby blues-rocker with wailing harmonica that will clear your sinuses.