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| Editorial Reviews: | | |  | | Few rock stars have played in the intersection of real life, image, and fans' imaginations as smartly (and comically) as Mick Jagger does on Some Girls. With the Stones again running at top pace, Jagger aims his gimlet eye at his and the boys' gossip-column lives (the Chuck Berryish "Respectable," the archly blues-wailing title track), his collapsing marriage (where was Bianca when Mick's pals were trying to hook him up with the "Puerto Rican girls who're just dyin' to meetchoo"?) and the mores and modes of New York society in the Studio 54 era (practically everything here). Slot in Keith's lament "Before They Make Me Run," and this is one of the greatest Stones albums. --Rickey Wright | | | | A fresh, uncompromising attempt to incorporate 1978 pop techniques into the band's familiar sound, Some Girls opens with the disco sass of "Miss You" and closes with the self-destructive punk of "Shattered." (Both songs, especially "Miss You," with its distinctive Mel Collins sax solo, remain live showstoppers.) So the Stones declared credibility in the dance circuit without sacrificing their hard-rock reputation. Though the anti-love "Beast of Burden" and the stylishly slow "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" continue to rack up the most airplay, the obscurities stand up surprisingly well. Worth replaying: Keith Richards's rickety rocker "Before They Make Me Run." --Steve Knopper | | | | Les Rolling Stones au sommet de leur art cynique et macho. Bien décidés à ne pas paraître trop vieux en pleine explosion punk et soulagés de retrouver le guitariste Keith Richards qui échappe à un emprisonnement canadien pour détention d'héroïne, ils enregistrent, courant 1977, leur dernier grand disque des années soixante-dix. Les festivités commencent avec "Miss You" un énorme tube disco avec basse ronflante et harmonica torride qui fera danser le monde entier tout un été. Le disco, Mick Jagger, habitué des soirées jet-set new-yorkaises connaît bien. Et puis les Stones n'ont jamais rechigné à faire danser la planète. Quel autre groupe blanc peut, sans être ridicule, se permettre de reprendre des succès du rhythm'n'blues ou de la soul comme ici "Just My Imagination" des Temptations ? Arrogants et soudés comme jamais, ils s'essayent à tout avec succès : country avec "Faraway Eyes", blues salace et misogyne avec "Some Girls", rock nerveux et ironique avec le drôlement nommé "Respectable". Les Stones de 1978 sont en grande forme mais, heureusement pour nous, ils sont encore bien loin d'être respectables. --Hubert Deshouse | | | | L'Amérique selon les Stones, recréée dans une cave sur la Côte d'Azur ! L'exil, c'est un peu la vie des Rolling Stones au début des années soixante-dix. Ils ont fui l'Angleterre pour des raisons fiscales et le guitariste Keith Richards, héroïnomane de réputation internationale, a tout intérêt à éviter les douaniers chatouilleux. Qu'à cela ne tienne, ses acolytes viennent enregistrer chez lui à Villefranche. Et c'est là, isolés, soudés par les circonstances dans un studio souterrain improvisé, que les Stones vont recréer une Amérique de rêve, celle de leurs idoles et de leurs racines musicales : gospel ("Shine A Light" avec l'orgue de Billy Preston, "Just Wanna See His Face"), country blues ("Black Angel"), boogie ("Rip This Joint", "Turd On The Run"), country'n'western ("Sweet Virginia"), soul ("Let It Loose") et puis le rock, tout simplement avec trois classiques de taille : "Happy", chanté par Richards, "All Down The Line" et "Tumbling Dice". Les Stones sont en très grande forme, ils swinguent comme jamais, Richards, surtout, qui grave, ici quelques-uns de ses meilleurs riffs. Happés plus tard par la jet-set et usés par les drogues, ils enregistreront encore de grands disques mais celui-ci est leur dernier vrai chef-d'oeuvre. -- Hubert Deshouse | |
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| | This is one of those albums that I can't help but like. I am by no means a die-hard Stones fan, though I do enjoy their music from time to time. With the exception of "Shattered", which I have always found to be annoying, the rest of the songs are great. The title track is one of my all-time favorite songs and other stand out tracks include "When the Whip Comes Down", the mega-hit "Beast of Burden" and, of course "Far Away Eyes", which is a great country songs that breaks all of the rules. Even Keith's vocal contribution, "Before They Make Me Run" isn't half bad...for Keith.
| | | | What is it about 'Some Girls' that's so special? It's easy enough to understand - after what critics and casual fans refer to as a "slump" from 1973-1977, this album revitalized general interest in the Stones. 'Some Girls' mixed disco, rock and country together to create a tough new sound. The songs transition into each other very easily, thus picking a few favorites or high points is extremely difficult. 'Beast of Burden' is a shining example of Mick's mastery of the ballad. 'Miss You' captures the energy of disco music, but resists sounding dated. 'Some Girls' fused the experimental spirit of 'Black & Blue' with the classic rock fundamentals of 'It's Only Rock & Roll' and charged it with the energy from their 'Love You Live' 1977 release. After exploring different styles, the Stones were ready to focus and refine their sound. 'Some Girls' will please both casual and die-hard fans alike.
| | | This is probably their biggest selling album. 10 songs, a Temptations cover and 9 originals: 2 non-descript punk-based tunes, the disco-esque "Miss You", classic rock standards "Beast Of Burden" and "Shattered", the beautifully offensive country tune "Far Away Eyes", Keith singing lead on the hard rocking "Before They Make Me Run", and generally a sloppy feel as Ron Wood and Mick Jagger play more of the guitar than normal. Few if any studio musicians make an appearance. "Some Girls" is a sort of laid back tune, more offensive lyrics here, and basically you have the Stones being themselves, and that is one cool sound. When they follow a trend, they always do it well, whether it's psychedelia ("2000 Light Years from Home") or grunge ("Love is Strong"), and that remains true on this one. Here they absorb Punk, Disco, and 70's Rock influences, and do them better than just about anyone. Irresistable.
| | | Unbeknownst to me, "Some Girls" was my mother's favorite song, of all time! She'd never been able to find it, in stores, and only had a dying 80s cassette tape thereof. Imagine my pleasure at finally finding this album! What a great Mother's Day gift!
| | Some Girls: A Classic Album | |
| | You have to give them their props with this one. As some other reviewers point out, it is great from start to finish. Agreed, and I particularly like all the information for each song as to who played what. Keith is quite a bass player, eh? Great cover too that would be hard to emulate on a CD. In fact, that's what I really miss about LPs, the big beautiful artwork. One song in particular that I like alot more now that I'm older is "Before They Make Me Run", great song. They played this in concert too when I saw them at Gillette, that really surpized me.
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