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buttons67
a lot of rolling stones music is way better than its reputation.
they are a very underrated band.
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buttons67
a lot of rolling stones music is way better than its reputation.
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Stoneage
No one here to defend Dirty Work now...
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Stoneage
No one here to defend Dirty Work now...
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padre69
What surprised me when I dwelled deep into Undercover was how united the band still seemed to be at that time. Often it’s said that Mick & Keith were fighting already during U sessions, but for example the demo sessions for Wanna Hold You tell a very different story. They’re laughing and jamming together just like in the old days.
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Stoneage
No one here to defend Dirty Work now...
I'll temp for HMS. Half of DW is decent. Most of Undercover is excellent
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Stoneage
No one here to defend Dirty Work now...
Dirty Work has some moments, like One Hit to the Body, the guitars in Fight and some grooves. Yet, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman are missing on several songs.
The listener recognizes, that the relationship between the men in the band was on a low point while they were in the studio. Huge parts of the album transport a negative energy.
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Stoneage
No one here to defend Dirty Work now...
Dirty Work has some moments, like One Hit to the Body, the guitars in Fight and some grooves. Yet, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman are missing on several songs.
The listener recognizes, that the relationship between the men in the band was on a low point while they were in the studio. Huge parts of the album transport a negative energy.
That album is a farce. Harlem Shuffle, sonically, fits, but quality wise, it's out of place. That album is just terrible. It should've never been released.
I can't stand TSMR but at least is has some good songs on it in terms of being a solid EP. DW doesn't even equate.
Critically as a Stones fan I never speak of DIRTY WORK to anyone when they ask me about the Stones. If that era, post-TATTOO YOU comes up, I mention UNDERCOVER, REWIND and STEEL WHEELS. I explain to people that U is their last blast of being a creative moving forward band even though it lacks any kind of 'classic' Stones aura to it.
U closes a chapter, really, with their songwriting and production, with Ronnie Wood as well as their recording in Paris.
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steffiestones
Its not up to standards of 68 -73
I completely sucks !
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SomeGuy
As Bill Wyman said about Dirty Work at the time:
-the input of Mick is lacking;
-half of the album is good, the other half isn't.
I can agree with that. What did bother me, however, is that this -and the much worse She's The Boss- was the start of that 80s abrasive singing style that Mick adopted and luckily got out of his system again by the time Steel Wheels was being made.
Which songs the good ones are and which the bad ones may well be a personal thing.
I was happy when DW came out after the dismal solo misadventure of Mick. DW was like choosing the Keith camp as it were, I remember that Keith was furious when Mick didn't want to tour, when DW was "made for touring" according to Keith.
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liddas
Don't care what other people here think, but DW is a good album.
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It could have been great, given what was left out. Yet it remains a good album.
Not even close - and Steel Wheels is near the bottom of my Stones album list but it is far better than DW.Quote
Production gets slammed often, but it stood the test of time better than Steel Wheels or Voodoo Lounge.
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.. another is to say DW is a bad album, which it is not.
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.. another is to say DW is a bad album, which it is not.
Agree w/ that. Not 'bad' but 'terrible'. It really is, by far, their worst album. Overall the songs are bad, and to make it worse, the lyrics in most songs are flat out embarrassing.