A Spanner in the Works is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on May 26, 1995 (see 1995 in music). It is Rod’s seventeenth studio album and ended a four year gap since his last studio album. At the time this was the longest span between studio albums that Rod had experienced. The album was released on Warner Bros. Records (WEA 9362 45867-1/2) in The United States, The United Kingdom, and Japan. It produced five singles: “You’re The Star”, “Leave Virginia Alone”, “This”, “Lady Luck”, and “Purple Heather”.