The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
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Artist: The Rolling StonesEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1994-07-26
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- Start Me Up
- Hang Fire
- Slave
- Little T & A
- Black Limousine
- Neighbours
- Worried About You
- Tops
- Heaven
- No Use In Crying
- Waiting On A Friend
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Free Music Review: One of the best post-Exile Stones' albums
Hit: 5 Stars
The Rolling Stones had a string of stunning albums, up to "Exile on Main Street." Then, after a number of albums that had some strengths and some weaknesses, "Some Girls," one of their best came out. Then a disappointing "Emotional Rescue." But the Stones bounced back with a pretty good work, "Tattoo You." Many of the albums after "Exile" would have a few great songs--but also a number that did not measure up (and some were little more than filler). There is very little filler on "Tattoo You."
The CD starts out, fittingly enough, with "Start Me Up," an absolutely classic Stones' rocker. The guitar riff is top notch, reminiscent of the best of the group's songs.
"You start me up
. . .
You make a grown man cry."
A real rocker. The band is in fine form here; this song has even been used (ugh) to signal the start of sporting events over the past decade or so.
"Hang Fire." Just 2 minutes and 20 seconds, but what is packed into that brief time frame! The guitars growl nicely and the steady drumming of Charlie Watts provides a firm foundation for this song.
"Black Limousine": Starts with some nice harmonica. This is one of the Stones'' home grown blues songs, a genre at which they have done well (recall the wonderful little classic, "Down in the Hole").
"We used to ride baby,
Ride around in a limousine.
You looked so fine, baby,
You in white and me in red."
Sinuous guitar work is displayed and the Stones' rhythm section lives up to its reputation.
"Waiting on a Friend": A softer sound, and effectively done! This is more intimate and contemplative than other pieces on this album. Nice piano work at the outset.
"I'm just standing in a doorway,
I'm just trying to make some sense.
. . .
I'm not waiting on a lady,
I'm waiting on a friend."
This represents an interesting change of pace.
And these aren't the only songs of interest. As earlier noted, there is not much filler here. Other strong works: "Slave," "Neighbours," "No Use in Cryin'," and so on. Keith's obligatory song on this album is one of his better efforts.
Rolling Stones' fans will appreciate this CD greatly. One of their best between "Exile on Main Street" and the present, along with "Some Girls" and "Bigger Bang."
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Often viewed as the band's last great album, Tattoo You contributed one true classic, "Start Me Up," to the Stones' canon. The song, still used as a concert finale, begins with a fat Keith Richards guitar riff and ends with a leering Mick Jagger murmuring about a woman who could "make a dead man come." The rest isn't as consistent as, say, "Sticky Fingers," but the fast-paced "Hang Fire," the surprisingly non-sexy "Waiting on a Friend," and Richards's "bitch"-filled "Little T&A" make this the Stones' best '80s release by far. Released in 1981, it was the right album at the right time, with strong singles just after MTV began. With typical savvy, the Stones maneuvered gently into the video age. --Steve KnopperPop Music CDs
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