Mick Jagger - Very Best of Mick Jagger
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Free Music Review: Jagger Releases a Comp of His Best Solo Work
Hit: 5 Stars
The original Bad Boy of rock n' roll is 64 this year. Agile, full of energy, Mick Jagger shows no apparent signs of slowing down. In addition to a plethora of records with the Rolling Stones, Jagger has also recorded four solo albums with some of the biggest names in rock biz (not surprisingly.) Enter stage left- Jeff Beck, Pete Townshend, and Dave Stewart (of the Eurthymics). With this talented group behind him, on October 2nd, 2007 Jagger released a `Best Of' the four solo albums.
The four albums that these songs are culminated from are: "She's the Boss" (1985); "Primitive Cool" (1987); "Wandering Spirit" (1993); "Goddess In the Doorway" (2003). "She's the Boss" got extensive airplay from MTV propelling the single: "Just Another Night" to #12 on the charts. Other singles were released from various other albums, but amazingly none of them charted better than 30 in the United States. It just shows the sorry state of music in America when boy-rock singles and crap-rap can totally dominate the charts while omitting the singles from famous stars such as Jagger. Surely ANY of the songs on ANY of these albums deserve to be on the charts if those weepy teen schlock-songs can make it. My biggest knock on this cd is the actual selection of the songs that DID make it. Noticeable by their absence is the hard rocker "Lonely at the Top" which opened his She's the Boss cd (+ the title cut would have been nice, too.) Again the song selectors missed the boat by not including: 'Say You Will' or 'Kow Tow' which both have classic pop-rock melodies. Take away a rating star for the ommissions.
Several songs from the 1993 masterpiece of the four: "Wandering Spirit" are on this "Very Best of CD." His voice was resonant, assured and bold on this album, which makes this Very Best collection that much better. Here are some great Stones-like songs (Mick can't help himself) that aren't all that well known, but will haunt your music memory for years to come. It's like finding a long lost Stones classic album: you can learn the songs, appreciate the voice and NOT be grogged out by them being overplayed on the radio.
There are 17 tracks on this cd, keeping it in a single disc format. There is a long lost version of a John Lennon's produced: "Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)," which is worth the price of admission just for its rarity. He avoids the temptation to remix a minor Stone or unreleased Stone songs on the compilation to his credit. You'll remember the single: "Lucky In Love" from FM radio days, and then reggae-rock to "Don't Look Back" with the late guitarist Peter Tosh of Bob Marley's Wailers. This is just a superb and solid effort by a true King of Rock. Nobody has the cred that Jaggers posseses, and he shares himself liberally in several directions on this carefully crafted grouping of songs. Highly Recommended
Jeff Feezle of Macafeez
Free Music Review: jaggered
Hit: 5 Stars
well, i think the album is pretty good. the songs form wandering spirit (put me in the trash, don't tear me up, sweet thing and evening gown) are great. memo from turner is a gem and os are checkin' upon my baby and too many cooks spoil the soup.
i am much less convinced by don't call me up, charmed life and joy. but i never quite liked goddess in the doorway.
what surprises me is what was left out of this record: i would have used either party doll or thowaway from primitive cool instead of let's work. i was surprised by the fact that hard woman from she's the boss did not make it on this record. and was equally surprised to see that wandering spirit, which is one of the musidcally interesting things taht jagger has written over the years, was not included in this album.
this said, the record is fine and MJ does his best in the blues/rock-blues tunes.
Free Music Review: Excellent
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are a Mick Jagger fan you are probably looking at the list of songs included on this CD and wondering if the two or three tracks that you don't already have are worth the $9.99 for this one. Rest assured that "Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup) - a nasty, funky number about not wanting to share his woman - is a must have and worth every penny and not available anywhere else as far as I know. Get it and enjoy.Free Music Review: This cd rocks
Hit: 5 Stars
This cd is worth every penny, very soulful and different from the Stones.Mick is one off the most energetic entertainers off our time.There is a track here for all ages, a must buy for music lovers.Free Music Review: Pure Platinum
Hit: 5 Stars
For all you haters out there, Mick is the man, and this CD absolutely kills it.