Description
Like Emotional Rescue before it, Tattoo You was comprised primarily of leftovers, but unlike its predecessor, it never sounds that way. Instead, Tattoo You captures the Stones at their best as a professional stadium-rock band. Divided into a rock & roll side and a ballad side, the album delivers its share of thrills on the tight, dynamic first side. "Start Me Up" became the record's definitive Stonesy rocker, but the frenzied doo wop of "Hang Fire," the reggae jam of "Slave," the sleazy Chuck Berry rockers "Little T&A" and "Neighbours," and the hard blues of "Black Limousine" are all terrific. The ballad side suffers in comparison, especially since "Heaven" and "No Use in Crying" are faceless. But "Worried About You" and "Tops" are effortless, excellent ballads, and "Waiting on a Friend," with its Sonny Rollins sax solo, is an absolute masterpiece, with a moving lyric that captures Jagger in a shockingly reflective and affecting state of mind. "Waiting on a Friend" and the vigorous rock & roll of the first side make Tattoo You an essential latter-day Stones album, ranking just a few notches below Some Girls. Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
Product Details
- Artist
- Rolling Stones
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- POLYDOR
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 1981
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2009
- Cast & Crew
- The Rolling Stones (Music Performer)
- The Glimmer Twins (Producer)
Press Reviews
6 - Good - "...the Stones hit their vaults and re-recorded a number of unreleased songs written years earlier... NME (Magazine) (7/9/94, p.43)
Ranked #34 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The 80s" survey. Rolling Stone (10/89)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Start Me Up
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Hang Fire
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Slave
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Little T&A
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Black Limousine
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Neighbours
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Worried About You
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Tops
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Heaven
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No Use in Crying
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Waiting On a Friend
