Metally.net Music Store - Some Girls
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Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724383952625
Format: Original recording reissued
Label: Virgin Records Us
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: 1994-07-26
Studio: Virgin Records Us
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Summary: 4.5 Stars - And As Carlton Says, The Album That Saved The Stones
Comment: I am the Stones Authority. This was for me the first album of theirs to come out after becoming fully aware of who the band were and buying it at its point of release. Prior to this I was buying history lessons. I bought the original cover. Still got it. I have no use for "Miss You", but everything else on this album is solid, whether it be "When The Whip Comes Down", "Respectable", "Far Away Eyes", "Just My Imagination", or "Shattered" and "Beast of Burden". Often compared to Between the Buttons because of its raw, straight ahead rock sound and approach - a comparison I endorse with caveats - I like to compare it to A Bigger Bang, or rather vice versa. Of course, I did not have that comparison at my disposal until recently, but I think the aficionados understand what I mean. The history and tumult surrounding this album is interesting history. Read about it from others. The album is so good in fact that I rate it as high as Beggars Banquet, while understanding that Beggars is a more important album, but only slightly. For me not quite as good or creative as Tattoo You, but these are fine hairs I am splitting. Suffice it to say that after the five album run that started with Beggars and finished with Goats Head Soup, this album and Tattoo You obviously follow next in the Stones Best In Class Albums. Why don't you have it?
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Summary: Linda Q
Comment: This is one of the best Stones albums ever!!! I love the way they poke fun (especially about New York in Shattered.) Every song on this album is different in its own way and you just cannot sit still. If you can sit still during this album you are surely dead. After dancing around for the whole album I am pooped. It is GREAT. One of their best.
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Summary: A great album from rock's greatest singles band
Comment: I've always found The Rolling Stones to be a great singles band whose albums often come up a bit short. SOME GIRLS does not suffer from this let down as all the songs are of premium quality. Starting out with the proto-disco of "Miss You," There really isn't a let down throughout. From the wicked "When The Whip Comes Down" to the intense "Shattered," this is a recording that is Stones classic. Mick is fully engaged, vocals that go from the conceit of "Some Girls" to the country croon of "Far Away Eyes" without a hitch. He sells the sexual growl as easily as the bluesy asides; few rockers can compare with Mick when he's at the top of his game. Richards' works with his usual assurance; with Wood fleshing out the sound to create a slashing force across all the rockers and laying back when restraint is called for, like on Beast of Burden." Wyman and Watts continue their eternal support with Watts holding everything together with his tight drumming. Even a casual fan needs to make this one part of their collection.
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Summary: Knuckle sandwich
Comment: Here's where the Stones mythology enters their modern era of decay, the "Start Me Up" admission of impending codgerdom ("I just don't have that much jam"). They even managed a banned cover, not so easy in the late 70's. Impervious, oblivious, grunting, grumpy and leering, they grind through a bar band's second-rate set of grimacing guitar rockers, slouchy and tired. That is the beauty of it, the Stones finally become those ancient jaded bluesmen they once emulated. It's diabolical to be so old and utterly immature.
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Summary: there are nice songs on this album
Comment: this is a nice album. there are nice songs on this album. the cover art is nice. the cut-out jacket with the interchangeable sleeve promotes an element of fun. the musical contributors are very talented with their upbeat songs and childish humor. the singer is particularly enthusiastic with finger-snapping guitar music.
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A fresh, uncompromising attempt to incorporate 1978 pop techniques into the band's familiar sound, Some Girls opens with the disco sass of "Miss You" and closes with the self-destructive punk of "Shattered." (Both songs, especially "Miss You," with its distinctive Mel Collins sax solo, remain live showstoppers.) So the Stones declared credibility in the dance circuit without sacrificing their hard-rock reputation. Though the anti-love "Beast of Burden" and the stylishly slow "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" continue to rack up the most airplay, the obscurities stand up surprisingly well. Worth replaying: Keith Richards's rickety rocker "Before They Make Me Run." --Steve Knopper
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