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The Rolling Stones' 1978 masterpiece is expanded for the better!
September 29, 2015
The Rolling Stones' sixth studio album for their Rolling Stones Records label (distributed by Atlantic in the US and Canada and EMI elsewhere) entitled Some Girls was released in June of 1978.
After the mixed response to 1976's Black and Blue and the tour which saw guitarist Keith Richards get arrested for heroin in 1977 (while recording a live album) and their engineer Keith Harwood perished in a car crash after mixing the live document Love You Live (also a great album). Richards, as well as lead singer Mick Jagger wrote many songs to prove that The Rolling Stones would come back big and this was the first full studio album with guitarist Ron Wood. Some Girls was recorded in late 1977 in France and mixed in New York with Mick and Keith producing and Chris Kimsey handling the recording and mixing. Bass player Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts played well on this album as well (as I found out when I first heard it in October, 1989 after borrowing the original Rolling Stones/Atlantic cassette and then acquiring it in November, 1989 on Rolling Stones/Columbia).
We open with the #1 hit "Miss You" which is a disco rocker (unlike many disco songs, this had no strings nor synths) and features some harmonica by Sugar Blue and a nice sax solo by Mel Collins. Next is the rocker "When the Whip Comes Down" which just rocks and (like the track before it) had Mick, Keith and Woody all on electric guitars. Next is the band's reworking of The Temptations' "Just My Imagination" which the band turned a sappy ballad into a killer rocker with some modified lyrics from Mick and a key change. We follow with the controversial title track which is a bluesy rocker and just rocks (the lyrics may be Politically Incorrect but to Hell with politicians). We close side one with another rocker "Lies" which saw the band embrace the punk movement as well as the disco movement.
We kick the second half off with the country number "Far Away Eyes" which had Mick mocking a southern man in the vocal and this is country done right with steel guitars and hillbilly accent done perfect. Then it's another punkish rocker "Respectable" which just rocks (was not a hit but it rules). Next is the Keith sung rocker "Before They Make Me Run" which is an excellent song sung by Keith. Next is the Top 10 hit rocker "Beast of Burden" which is a great song and would become a staple for the band. The band's ode to 1970s New York and punk scene "Shattered" closes the album and what a great middle finger to the punk rockers who thought The Rolling Stones were dinosaurs.
The Some Girls album did very well hitting #1 making it the sixth Stones studio effort in a row to top Billboard (where it reigned for TWO WEEKS, remember Saturday Night Fever and Grease dominated 1978) and was the second Platinum album for the band (now their best selling US studio release at SIX MILLION). This remastered CD is excellent and it also has all original artwork restored and credits.
In 2011, the album was expanded as a 2-CD set with more outtakes from the Some Girls sessions and some having new vocals added like "No Spare Parts" which its vocals were recorded in 2011 and is an awesome song. "Claudine" sounds like early Elvis but I dig it. "So Young" is a great rocker and has new Jagger vocals for this set. "Do You Really Think I Care" is another winner which has some country elements but a great song. "When You're Gone" follows and is a great bluesy rocker again with a new Mick Jagger vocal. "Don't Be a Stranger" is another catchy song with various different stylings like blues harmonica, reggae drumming and country and rock elements. "We Had it All" has Keith on vocals and was recorded in 1978 with Keith's vocal from the period and a nice ballad. "Tallahassee Lassie" is a great rocker". "I Love You Too Much" is another great rocker. "Keep Up Blues" is a great bluesy rocker. "You Win Again" has new vocals from Mick and Keith and is a great country rocker. "Petrol Blues" is a short blues but excellent way to close this reissue. The digipak comes with a booklet with story on album's creation and photos and credits.
This album is highly recommended.
After the mixed response to 1976's Black and Blue and the tour which saw guitarist Keith Richards get arrested for heroin in 1977 (while recording a live album) and their engineer Keith Harwood perished in a car crash after mixing the live document Love You Live (also a great album). Richards, as well as lead singer Mick Jagger wrote many songs to prove that The Rolling Stones would come back big and this was the first full studio album with guitarist Ron Wood. Some Girls was recorded in late 1977 in France and mixed in New York with Mick and Keith producing and Chris Kimsey handling the recording and mixing. Bass player Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts played well on this album as well (as I found out when I first heard it in October, 1989 after borrowing the original Rolling Stones/Atlantic cassette and then acquiring it in November, 1989 on Rolling Stones/Columbia).
We open with the #1 hit "Miss You" which is a disco rocker (unlike many disco songs, this had no strings nor synths) and features some harmonica by Sugar Blue and a nice sax solo by Mel Collins. Next is the rocker "When the Whip Comes Down" which just rocks and (like the track before it) had Mick, Keith and Woody all on electric guitars. Next is the band's reworking of The Temptations' "Just My Imagination" which the band turned a sappy ballad into a killer rocker with some modified lyrics from Mick and a key change. We follow with the controversial title track which is a bluesy rocker and just rocks (the lyrics may be Politically Incorrect but to Hell with politicians). We close side one with another rocker "Lies" which saw the band embrace the punk movement as well as the disco movement.
We kick the second half off with the country number "Far Away Eyes" which had Mick mocking a southern man in the vocal and this is country done right with steel guitars and hillbilly accent done perfect. Then it's another punkish rocker "Respectable" which just rocks (was not a hit but it rules). Next is the Keith sung rocker "Before They Make Me Run" which is an excellent song sung by Keith. Next is the Top 10 hit rocker "Beast of Burden" which is a great song and would become a staple for the band. The band's ode to 1970s New York and punk scene "Shattered" closes the album and what a great middle finger to the punk rockers who thought The Rolling Stones were dinosaurs.
The Some Girls album did very well hitting #1 making it the sixth Stones studio effort in a row to top Billboard (where it reigned for TWO WEEKS, remember Saturday Night Fever and Grease dominated 1978) and was the second Platinum album for the band (now their best selling US studio release at SIX MILLION). This remastered CD is excellent and it also has all original artwork restored and credits.
In 2011, the album was expanded as a 2-CD set with more outtakes from the Some Girls sessions and some having new vocals added like "No Spare Parts" which its vocals were recorded in 2011 and is an awesome song. "Claudine" sounds like early Elvis but I dig it. "So Young" is a great rocker and has new Jagger vocals for this set. "Do You Really Think I Care" is another winner which has some country elements but a great song. "When You're Gone" follows and is a great bluesy rocker again with a new Mick Jagger vocal. "Don't Be a Stranger" is another catchy song with various different stylings like blues harmonica, reggae drumming and country and rock elements. "We Had it All" has Keith on vocals and was recorded in 1978 with Keith's vocal from the period and a nice ballad. "Tallahassee Lassie" is a great rocker". "I Love You Too Much" is another great rocker. "Keep Up Blues" is a great bluesy rocker. "You Win Again" has new vocals from Mick and Keith and is a great country rocker. "Petrol Blues" is a short blues but excellent way to close this reissue. The digipak comes with a booklet with story on album's creation and photos and credits.
This album is highly recommended.
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Top critical review
Absolutely tremendous album, but the vinyl re-release has its issues.
July 17, 2017
Another victim of the recent 'loudness' explosion in classic rock remasters. Eventually these engineers need to listen to the consumer and realize that 'loudness' does not equal quality. This album has seven tremendous songs, which is unheard of in today's music landscape. However, the remaster engineer has turned up the instruments so loud that they are overpowering, even on a high-quality audiophile system. It's too bad, because this is one of the Stones' better efforts.
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June 27, 2019
From the first moment, this cassette tape never played. It was stuck and changed to side 2 then back to side 1, never heard one note
November 20, 2012
Ok, we all know that Some Girls is a classic, amazing album. So why is this 2009 remastered cd (and the It's Only Rock and Roll remaster) the worst sounding disc in my entire collection? Distorted. Shrill. Compressed. Unlistenable. There are perhaps some of the nicer ways that I can describe the album's sound. Ok, maybe that wasn't being too nice :-)
2009 (and 2011 deluxe edition) is the 3rd or 4th generation of Stones re-masters, so it is inexcusable to release a cd that sounds so poor and so distorted. I have Beggar's Banquet 2002 DSD re-master which sounds very nice, and some other Virgin-era and prior-era stones albums which sound just fine.
I'm not sure who had the idea that making an "unlistenable" version of a great album is somehow an improvement over prior versions. Perhaps the record company is setting people up to buy a new "decent" sounding version of the album for a lot of money on the 5th or 6th remaster. And did I mention that Stones tix are $650 in London (through Ticketmaster), for seats nowhere even close to the stage? hmmmm.... no thanks.
2009 (and 2011 deluxe edition) is the 3rd or 4th generation of Stones re-masters, so it is inexcusable to release a cd that sounds so poor and so distorted. I have Beggar's Banquet 2002 DSD re-master which sounds very nice, and some other Virgin-era and prior-era stones albums which sound just fine.
I'm not sure who had the idea that making an "unlistenable" version of a great album is somehow an improvement over prior versions. Perhaps the record company is setting people up to buy a new "decent" sounding version of the album for a lot of money on the 5th or 6th remaster. And did I mention that Stones tix are $650 in London (through Ticketmaster), for seats nowhere even close to the stage? hmmmm.... no thanks.
June 8, 2014
Beware of CZECH REPUBLIC Vinyl Pressing! Make sure you check with the seller, as this is most likely the case. I have tried 3 different copies, and the quality of the pressing is horrible. All sorts of skips and scratches, especially on side 2. I tried copies from Amazon, Amoeba and my local record store. All had the same "Pressed in Czech Republic" sticker on the back.
Amazon needs to pull these versions altogether.
Amazon needs to pull these versions altogether.
January 5, 2018
Great tunes, but the cd has a gash in it. Try checking it out first. Trashed.
July 20, 2017
Description says "Vinyl + Audio CD" but CD never arrived.
December 18, 2015
I did not receive this CD. It was missing from the carton when received. See photo showing open end to package.
July 16, 2015
Why did I buy this? Unlistenable.
July 12, 2018
Got this item with a cracked case. When I went to play it 6 months after buying it discovered to CD itself is broken as well.
March 4, 2012
This is a four-star album (the last good Stones album), but one-star rating here is due to deceptive depiction of album packaging on Amazon. I ordered this after observing that the posted album art photos(numbers 3 through 5) replicated the original album artwork -- complete with cut out faces and the missing starlet photos that were long ago removed from the record. But on the deluxe version I got, there are no cut outs or restoration of the missing faces -- it is simply the "censored" printed cover you see in the first two album photos. This is very misleading and dishonest -- apparently someone has simply posted photos of the old record cover. These images should be deleted. If there truely is a "double-deluxe" version you have to order to get the original album packaging, it should be made clear.
October 14, 2005
As other reviews indicate, the music on this CD is awesome.
HOWEVER, the medium on which they sell it is ABSOLUTELY nasty and will not burn to Itunes, will not play on my Sony (PC) CD player, nor will the copied files upload or play on Windows Media Player, Media Jukebox or Itunes. So you buy the music and do not get to use it.
Programs won't even play the MUSIC purchased on this album from a networked drive that does recognize it. This MUSIC is in some kind of toxic format.
DRM control on this MUSIC appears to be here for the protection of those starving artists. Nonetheless, I'd sure like to use the music that I paid for. This was my last Amazon/Stones purchase. Why buy MUSIC that you can't use the way you want to use it?
HOWEVER, the medium on which they sell it is ABSOLUTELY nasty and will not burn to Itunes, will not play on my Sony (PC) CD player, nor will the copied files upload or play on Windows Media Player, Media Jukebox or Itunes. So you buy the music and do not get to use it.
Programs won't even play the MUSIC purchased on this album from a networked drive that does recognize it. This MUSIC is in some kind of toxic format.
DRM control on this MUSIC appears to be here for the protection of those starving artists. Nonetheless, I'd sure like to use the music that I paid for. This was my last Amazon/Stones purchase. Why buy MUSIC that you can't use the way you want to use it?
