Total Waste of time, Stones always made great albums, you're not a Stones Fan, just a fake or a person that just don't know what The Rolling Stones are.

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>Maybe Dirty Work is the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist?

Have you ever heard John Lennon's TWO VIRGINS? Or ELECTRONIC SOUND by George Harrison?

No wait I've got it: the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist has to be DYLAN AND THE DEAD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Or "Trans" by Neil Young.

I personally like TRANS but I did consider proposing ARC.

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>Maybe Dirty Work is the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist?

Have you ever heard John Lennon's TWO VIRGINS? Or ELECTRONIC SOUND by George Harrison?

No wait I've got it: the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist has to be DYLAN AND THE DEAD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Or "Trans" by Neil Young.

I personally like TRANS but I did consider proposing ARC.

c'mon Jagger has put out a couple solo albums worse than any of these.

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>Maybe Dirty Work is the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist?

Have you ever heard John Lennon's TWO VIRGINS? Or ELECTRONIC SOUND by George Harrison?

No wait I've got it: the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist has to be DYLAN AND THE DEAD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Or "Trans" by Neil Young.

I personally like TRANS but I did consider proposing ARC.

c'mon Jagger has put out a couple solo albums worse than any of these.

Have you actually listened to the Lennon & Harrison albums I mentioned? Jagger's worst solo album is better than those.

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>Maybe Dirty Work is the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist?

Have you ever heard John Lennon's TWO VIRGINS? Or ELECTRONIC SOUND by George Harrison?

No wait I've got it: the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist has to be DYLAN AND THE DEAD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Or "Trans" by Neil Young.

I personally like TRANS but I did consider proposing ARC.

c'mon Jagger has put out a couple solo albums worse than any of these.

Have you actually listened to the Lennon & Harrison albums I mentioned? Jagger's worst solo album is better than those.

i regard them as better because while they were failures they actually took risks and explored new directions, neither of which can be said for jagger's. but i respect your viewpoint. we're talking about the worst of the worst in any case.

Undercover for sure! Dirty Work has some great moments. Sleep Tonight, Had it With You, Harlem Shuffle, Dirty Work, and One Hit to the Body. All great songs, dragged down by some brutal 80s production.
Undercover is more of a group effort and Mick is clearly far more engaged. Too Much Blood being its worst song, a dreadful knock off which Keith should have demanded go to Jagger's solo album! Terrible! But the rest of the album is fantastic. I love Pretty Beat Up, such a great sleazy groove. Tie You Up is a modern Stray Cat. Just ruthless and hard rocking.

Undercover has some gems. A little dated production at times, but not a bad record at all. Some pretty ambitious songwriting at times on that record. Undercover is an interesting political statement as a song....something they tried to do over the years and generally did well until the weakness of Highwire and Neocon.

Dirty Work's strongest track by far is Sleep Tonite...I can picture Keith singing it in a room with a smoke and a bottle of bourbon. Conversely Had It With You, Back To Zero and Dirty Work are 3 of the most throwaway songs the band ever did.

It is not even close...Undercover wins on songwriting alone.

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Total Waste of time, Stones always made great albums, you're not a Stones Fan, just a fake or a person that just don't know what The Rolling Stones are.

DAMN! I hate when I get called out.

EDIT...on the other hand, if I've wasted your time, at least I've accomplished something today!



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I played DW in the record store non-stop for the entire week, and I loved it. Back To Zero and Winning Ugly were the clunkers, but I really loved the whole album. The alternatives were Mr. Mister, Cutting Crew and Culture Club at the time, so DW sounded fresh and raw.

other albums released at roughly the same time:
Joshua Tree, U2
The Queen is Dead, Smiths
Life's Rich Pageant, REM

So, Peter Gabriel



the smithereens, talking heads, elvis costello... list goes on and on.

Tinderbox - Siouxsie &TB and The Queen Is Dead are my favourite albums from this year. But Dandelion will probably say that DW is better...

Listen to the guitars on "Candyman" (Siouxsie), "Some Girls are Bigger than Others", "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (what an intro) or the lyrics of Cemetry Gates, way more subtle than the RS at the same time... This is pretty clear: Johnny Marr was at the 80's what Keith Richards was at the 60's.



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CG, am I wrong if I say you're Irish or at least British?

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>Maybe Dirty Work is the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist?

Have you ever heard John Lennon's TWO VIRGINS? Or ELECTRONIC SOUND by George Harrison?

No wait I've got it: the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist has to be DYLAN AND THE DEAD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Some albums by Bowie, Iggy or Lou Reed......

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CG, am I wrong if I say you're Irish or at least British?

I love British/Irish pop but yeah you're wrong.

Would it be too rude of me to ask which country you're from then?

sorry but I wonder why do you want to know such a thing, does it really matter?

I was just curious, CG. But you're right, it doesn't matter and it's none of my business.

Actually, Irish blood, English heart, this I'm made of. Nah, kidding, just wanted to quote that song:

I've been dreaming of a time when the English are sick to death of Labour and Tories and spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell... and denounce the royal line that still salute him, and will salute him forever.

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Actually, Irish blood, English heart, this I'm made of. Nah, kidding, just wanted to quote that song:

I've been dreaming of a time when the English are sick to death of Labour and Tories and spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell... and denounce the royal line that still salute him, and will salute him forever.

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>Maybe Dirty Work is the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist?

Have you ever heard John Lennon's TWO VIRGINS? Or ELECTRONIC SOUND by George Harrison?

No wait I've got it: the worst album ever made by an established rock/pop-artist has to be DYLAN AND THE DEAD by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.

Or "Trans" by Neil Young.

I personally like TRANS but I did consider proposing ARC.

c'mon Jagger has put out a couple solo albums worse than any of these.

Have you actually listened to the Lennon & Harrison albums I mentioned? Jagger's worst solo album is better than those.

i regard them as better because while they were failures they actually took risks and explored new directions, neither of which can be said for jagger's. but i respect your viewpoint. we're talking about the worst of the worst in any case.

I agree with Sebastian here. I can't stand Neil Young's voice, so I won't listen to Arc, but both the Lennon as the Harrison albums, freaky pseudo-avantgarde nonsense as they are, are more listenable (I am listening to Two Virgins right now, and actually, it's kind of funny, isn't it?) then - say - "Let's Work" by Jagger which, every time I hear it, fills me with embarrassment and disgust.

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Undercover is a Great album if you're a Stones fan vs you'd have to be a truly dedicated Stones fan to like virtually anything on Dirty Work (except for One Hit (to The Body) which is truly an awesome track and one of the best opening songs on any Stones album.

>you'd have to be a truly dedicated Stones fan to like virtually anything on Dirty Work


A "truly dedicated" fan would not casually dismiss "Sleep Tonight".

I like them both, especially undercover, what hurts them both, is they never toured with anyone of the 2

Undercover is a great record. It just needs to be remixed.

I love Undercover

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Had It With You is DEAD BORING. Not even a bass line could have saved it.

All true, Had It With You is without a doubt among the 5 worst Stones songs released officially.

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i regard them as better because while they were failures they actually took risks and explored new directions, neither of which can be said for jagger's...

sorry but to say jagger never explored new directions shows you are incredibly clueless. Ever hear of Fingerprint File, Miss You , Emotional Rescue, or the multitude of coutnry-ish/reggae-ish tracks they've done? Or Handsome Molly, or Let's Work ( don't like it but certainly can't deny it's a new direction), or his stuff w/ Alfie, or even especially SuperHeavy ... yes, only word i can come up with is clueless

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I like them both, especially undercover, what hurts them both, is they never toured with anyone of the 2

How many tours do you figure would have been required to make Dirty Work sound good?

Dirty Work wins for the bottom.Undercover is one of my favorite albums.

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Total Waste of time, Stones always made great albums, you're not a Stones Fan, just a fake or a person that just don't know what The Rolling Stones are.

Huh. Stones fans that I know of, real or true, etc blah blah blah KNOW that DIRTY WORK blows chunks. If you can't say DW sucks that sounds like a personal problem.

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Total Waste of time, Stones always made great albums, you're not a Stones Fan, just a fake or a person that just don't know what The Rolling Stones are.

Huh. Stones fans that I know of, real or true, etc blah blah blah KNOW that DIRTY WORK blows chunks. If you can't say DW sucks that sounds like a personal problem.

I love both Undercover and DW and I dont think that is a problem, much less a personal one, you are free to like it or not, i could not care less if you do either way. You might even think I am not a true or real o whatever Stones fan.