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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 06/09/2009
Run Time: 40:40
During the mid-'70s,
the Rolling Stones remained massively popular, but their records suffered from
Jagger's fascination with celebrity and
Keith's worsening drug habit. By 1978, both
punk and
disco had swept the group off the front pages, and
Some Girls was their fiery response to the younger generation. Opening with the
disco-
blues thump of
"Miss You," Some Girls is a tough, focused, and exciting record, full of more hooks and energy than any
Stones record since
Exile on Main St. Even though
the Stones make
disco their own, they never quite take
punk on their own ground. Instead, their rockers sound harder and nastier than they have in years. Using
"Star Star" as a template,
the Stones run through the seedy homosexual imagery of
"When the Whip Comes Down," the bizarre, borderline-misogynistic vitriol of the title track,
Keith's ultimate outlaw anthem,
"Before They Make Me Run," and the decadent closer,
"Shattered." In between, they deconstruct
the Temptations'
"(Just My) Imagination," unleash the devastatingly snide
country parody
"Far Away Eyes," and contribute
"Beast of Burden," one of their very best
ballads.
Some Girls may not have the back-street aggression of their '60s records, or the majestic, drugged-out murk of their early-'70s work, but its brand of glitzy, decadent
hard rock still makes it a definitive
Stones album.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
;)
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