Rolling Stones Some Girls CD

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 Last Near-Classic Album
Although "Some Girls" is better than "Goats Head Soup", "It's Only Rock & Roll" and "Black and Blue" put together, it is a trifle overrated as it can't hold a candle to such classics as "Let It Bleed" and "Exile On Main Street". The disco-inflected "Miss You" would have worked better as an all-out rock song. The best tracks are the blues-laced title track (the Stones can still shock with their lyrical content, and it would've been intriguing if this cut would've been issued in its original 24-minute format) and the hilarious country popper "Far Away Eyes". I believe that this album's classic status is attributed to Keith Richards' legal difficulty at the time, and the band seems to have been aroused from its somnambulent state of "Black and Blue". "Some Girls" was a formidable way to bid farewell to the 1970s and it was a pity that their 80s records didn't contain any of their earlier fire.
Submitted by Will-T (Lawrenceburg IN)
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 Brilliant!
I can see, touch and taste this album. I don't no how? but I can. It won't get old. People dressed in plastic bags directing traffic,some kind or fashion. That's it, in an APPLE SHELL.
Submitted by KEVIN (BURKE,VA.)
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 this bend gonn'a live forewer
Best album ewer. Music for my soul. The one and only... Rollingstones!!!
Submitted by Kiza (Bulbulder)
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 Stones at their best!!!
This recording has got it all, from dance to country to drug busts to the F-word....sex drugs & rock n roll all the way. 5-Stars and nothing less, a definite 'must have' cd.
Submitted by Vincent (montreal, canada)
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 The Last Great Stones Classic
The perception on this album is that The Stones had their backs to the wall; punk from the left, disco to the right, and Keef facing a possible long-term gig behind bars. Whether it was any of that or stars were aligned, the Stones sounded their best going back to Exile on Main Street. The New York vibe is all over the disk (Miss You, Shattered, When the Whip Comes Down), but they still manage a funny/poignant country tune in Far Away Eyes. I would bet good money this is also their most humorous record as well, in fact, the boys veer close to self-parody, but pull it off with their usual self-satisfied smirks. When this came out in 1978, I thought it was the perfect representation of everything the Stones stood for. I think it still does. I also honestly believe they have not come close to delivering a great album since then. Rando Wilson
Submitted by wilrando (Columbus, OH, USA)
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