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SOME GIRLS includes the hits "Beast Of Burden" and "Shattered," and one of the biggest-selling singles of the Stones' career, the disco-crossover "Miss You." The title track caused its share of controversy when its lyrics were attacked as sexist and racist.
Possibly fearing the aging dinosaur label in the punk climate of 1978 New York City, SOME GIRLS rocked harder and more consistently than most Stones albums from the '70s. Revitalized by the chummy guitar dynamic between Keith Richards' impressionistic riffs and Ronnie Wood's perfectionist lead work, the album's merit is in the diversity of its tracks.
Starting with the disco elixir of "Miss You," SOME GIRLS marked new territory for the band. As Ronnie's second album as an official member, the album showed that the Stones' sound had reworked itself, proving there was more to their dynamic than just white boy blues. The range of Ronnie's guitar work spans from the searing country lead in "Far Away Eyes" to the near-rockabilly twang in "Shattered," and finds the Stones sounding tighter and more excited than on their previous albums.
From placing their stamp on The Temptations' "Just My Imagination" to the big-city neurosis of "When The Whip Comes Down" and "Shattered," 1978's SOME GIRLS is a wild rumpus throughout.
Principally recorded at E.M.I. Studios, Paris, France.
The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals, guitar, piano); Keith Richards (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, bass); Ron Wood (acoustic & electric guitars, pedal steel guitar, bass, percussion, background vocals); Bill Wyman (synthesizer, bass); Charlie Watts (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Sugar Blue (harmonica); Mel Collins (saxophone); Ian "Mac" McLagan (electric piano, Hammond organ).
Rolling Stone (p.75) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith Mick Jagger dishing about groupies, drugs, cops, hustlers, ex-wives, paternity suits and other joys of life in the Big Apple."
NME (Magazine) (7/9/94, p.43) - 9 - Excellent Plus - "...a sardonic collection of snotty three-chorders...that swagger, that guitar, and those drums were back..." Some Girls Music | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Hard Rock | | Label | Virgin | | Orig Year | 1978 | | All Time Sales Rank |  844  | | CD Universe Part number | 1033016 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 26, 1994 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | The Glimmer Twins | | Engineer | Chris Kimsey; Dave Jordan | | Recording Time | 40 minutes |
Rolling Stones Some Girls Songs | 1. | Miss You |
| 2. | When the Whip Comes Down |
| 3. | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) |
| 4. | Some Girls |
| 5. | Lies |
| 6. | Far Away Eyes |
| 7. | Respectable |
| 8. | Before They Make Me Run |
| 9. | Beast of Burden |
| 10. | Shattered |
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Some Girls Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews 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.
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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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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.
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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
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