Tattoo You
Virgin Records Us - Virgin Records Us
The Rolling Stones
Release date: 1994-07-26
Audio CD
Album Rock, Dance-Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop
1. Start Me Up
2. Hang Fire
3. Slave
4. Little T & A
5. Black Limousine
6. Neighbours
7. Worried About You
8. Tops
9. Heaven
10. No Use in Crying
11. Waiting on a Friend
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Tattoo You
Date undefinedI am the Stones Authority. This album stands out like Mount Fuji or Kilimanjaro, not because they are the tallest mountains, but because there are no others around them. This still does not diminish their impressiveness. Tatoo You is that album, with only Some Girls coming close just a few years earlier, and then the void - nothing, really, until we reach Voodoo Lounge and Bridges To Babylon many, many years later. Among Stones fans there was great optimism that this album following on the slightly disappointting Emotional Rescue the follow up to the very good, if not great, Some Girls, heralded an era of creativity that would rival the run that started with Beggars Banquet and ended with Goats Head Soup. That new era would be defined by Some Girls, carried by Tatoo You, and then ... And then ... Oh well. Anyway, despite the radio single "Start Me Up" this is a first class album and from the era when albums had sides, this album had two sides. Two distinct sides, with it only getting better when you flipped the album to side two. Side one is the rock side and I give you "Black Limousine" for those Rock Blues purists, then "Little T&A" for those fun loving Rockers out there. And what the hell is wrong with "Hang Fire" or "Slave"?
But I don't really listen to side one, I listen to side two, and that is what makes this album great - the five song straight flush that opens with the amazing "Worried About You", then takes you to the "Tops" and then into "Heaven" where it is "No Use In Crying" while you are "Waiting On a Friend".
I apologize for that my friends, couldn't help myself, but it does go to prove my point that this is one of the best sides in rock and roll, of which the Stones have provided many. A must have for any serious rock and roll fan, and has to be mentioned by any serious Stones fan as evidence that the Stones remained great and relevant beyond the Sixties and Seventies.
And, you know what, if you happen to like "Start Me Up" - then I guess it is all right with me.
Tattoo You
Date undefinedApparently this album was made out of outtakes from previous albums but it's very good indeed. In fact it's one of their best albums from the 80's. It was released in 1981 and features both lead guitarists Ron Wood and Mick Taylor plus Wayne Perkins who played during the "Black And Blue" sessions. For the rhythm section there's rhythm guitarist Keith Richards, bass player Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts as always.
The first track "Star Me Up" is one of their most popular songs by far! It's still played on radio frequently. "Hang Fire" and "Neighbours" are memorable up tempo rockers.
There's also a jam called "Slave" that includes a catchy riff plus keyboard and saxophone solos.
"Little T&A" is sung by rhythm guitarist Keith Richards and it's pure hard rock at it's finest. One of the best songs on the album!
Another highlight is the R&B number "Black Limousine" which wouldn't sound out of place in one of their early albums while "Tops" features great vocals by Mick Jagger, catchy verses and chorus, and at the end there's a great outro solo by Mick Taylor.
The last number "Waiting On A Frined" is the other popular song that's still played on radio and again features saxophone playing. Also note the ballad "Worried About You" where Mick Jagger sings in his falsetto voice and about half way into the song, a guitar solo by Wayne Perkins shows up.
But the most unusal song here got be "Heaven". One of the most experimental songs the Stones ever did! It sounds like psychedelic rock.
This is a an excellent choice if you want to get into 80's Rolling Stones as this is one of their best!
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Later...
Tattoo You
Date undefinedHello, Happy 3itch. We have recommendations for you. (Not Happy?)
Back in '81, I was so appallingly hip. Nothing but Gang of 4, PiL and Devo for me. "Hang Fire" on the dashboard, though; what a crunch - probably the last unconditionally great rocking pop Stones tune. Timeless adolescence, a perfect mate for "Get Off Of My Cloud." The silly vocal hook, Chuck Berry solo, trailer trash narrator, bar 'n grill drum rolls, brittle slapback - the genius is in the brevity. Gang of 4, PiL and Devo probably thought they were revolutionaries back then, the rubes. Who NEEDS, like, progress? "Black Limousine," throwaway changes but, DUDE, the FEEL of that solo. "Neighbors," both obnoxious and charming; so unabashedly the Stones. And "Start Me Up," reactionary as hell, the Stones doing the Stones. 20 years of substance abuse went into every lick. Live long enough and you can get away with ANYTHING.
[Insert belch here.]
