1. Wicked As It Seems
2. Locked Away
3. Take It So Hard
4. Eileen
5. Hate It When You Leave

Big Enough
You don't move me
Locked Away
Hate when you leave
Illusion

C

In no particular order...

Pressure Drop
Trouble
Wicked As It Seems
Illusion
Goodnight Irene

Crosseyed Heart is my fave Keith album.

Take It So Hard
You Don't Move Me
Locked Away
Wicked As It Seems
Hate It When You Leave

1. Hate It When You Leave

The pros don't borrow, but steal... sounds probably a bit too obvious and familiar, but who cares: the overtly retro sounding result is just so tasty. Wonderfully written and Keith sings it beautifully, by following right notes and leaving his typical latter-day over-interpretative cliches out. Much much better than any obligatory Keith ballad in Stones albums since since "All About You" or something.

2. Take it So Hard

A great tune that includes about all Keith solo riff-based rockers has to offer. They usually sound like skeletons or demos for a Stones track, but sometimes that is good enough. Like here. This tune works in its own terms, it has a full of unique Keith charm. But like I said, any other this type of song sounds like an unnecessary replica and not adding anything - that's why I don't find Keith's albums that interesting (especially MAIN OFFENDER suffers from this).

3. Words of Wonder

This is Keith solo at its best: his deepest and purest reggae exercise and much better than anything the Stones have tried in that field.

4. Make No Mistake

Another great retro-going Keith soul ballad. His limited vocals work very well here. It sounded fresh at the time, and despite Keith using this trick so many times ever since (CROSSEYED HEART is full of that), it still sounds wonderful.

5. Waiting For My Man

A cool - and surprising - version of an old Velvet Underground classic. A Rolling Stone can grow up gracefully.

- Doxa



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2026-01-19 13:39 by Doxa.

Crikey this is tough...

Hate It When You Leave (One of my favourite songs ever)
Wicked As It Seems
You Don't Move Me
Trouble
Take It So Hard

Hate It When You Leave

Make No Mistake

Nothing On Me

It Means A Lot

Robbed Blind

Bonus: Deuce and A Quarter - w/Levon Helm (All The Kings Men)

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Doxa
1. Hate It When You Leave

The pros don't borrow, but steal... sounds probably a bit too obvious and familiar, but who cares: the overtly retro sounding result is just so tasty. Wonderfully written and Keith sings it beautifully, by following right notes and leaving his typical latter-day over-interpretative cliches out. Much much better than any obligatory Keith ballad in Stones albums since since "All About You" or something.

2. Take it So Hard

A great tune that includes about all Keith solo riff-based rockers has to offer. They usually sound like skeletons or demos for a Stones track, but sometimes that is good enough. Like here. This tune works in its own terms, it has a full of unique Keith charm. But like I said, any other this type of song sounds like an unnecessary replica and not adding anything - that's why I don't find Keith's albums that interesting (especially MAIN OFFENDER suffers from this).

3. Words of Wonder

This is Keith solo at its best: his deepest and purest reggae exercise and much better than anything the Stones have tried in that field.

4. Make No Mistake

Another great retro-going Keith soul ballad. His limited vocals work very well here. It sounded fresh at the time, and despite Keith using this trick so many times ever since (CROSSEYED HEART is full of that), it still sounds wonderful.

5. Waiting For My Man

A cool - and surprising - version of an old Velvet Underground classic. A Rolling Stone can grow up gracefully.

- Doxa

Totally agree about HIWYL
This live version is amazing: [youtu.be]



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[youtu.be]

i'll put up the totals for page 1 of this thread tomorrow



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2026-01-19 17:46 by ProfessorWolf.

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1. Hate It When You Leave

The pros don't borrow, but steal... sounds probably a bit too obvious and familiar, but who cares: the overtly retro sounding result is just so tasty. Wonderfully written and Keith sings it beautifully, by following right notes and leaving his typical latter-day over-interpretative cliches out. Much much better than any obligatory Keith ballad in Stones albums since since "All About You" or something.

2. Take it So Hard

A great tune that includes about all Keith solo riff-based rockers has to offer. They usually sound like skeletons or demos for a Stones track, but sometimes that is good enough. Like here. This tune works in its own terms, it has a full of unique Keith charm. But like I said, any other this type of song sounds like an unnecessary replica and not adding anything - that's why I don't find Keith's albums that interesting (especially MAIN OFFENDER suffers from this).

3. Words of Wonder

This is Keith solo at its best: his deepest and purest reggae exercise and much better than anything the Stones have tried in that field.

4. Make No Mistake

Another great retro-going Keith soul ballad. His limited vocals work very well here. It sounded fresh at the time, and despite Keith using this trick so many times ever since (CROSSEYED HEART is full of that), it still sounds wonderful.

5. Waiting For My Man

A cool - and surprising - version of an old Velvet Underground classic. A Rolling Stone can grow up gracefully.

- Doxa

Totally agree about HIWYL
This live version is amazing: [youtu.be]

Yes, it's excellent! It's like it became fully finished in concert, with those delicious chords towards the end there. Absolutely stunningly beautiful!

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HardRiffin

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Doxa
1. Hate It When You Leave

The pros don't borrow, but steal... sounds probably a bit too obvious and familiar, but who cares: the overtly retro sounding result is just so tasty. Wonderfully written and Keith sings it beautifully, by following right notes and leaving his typical latter-day over-interpretative cliches out. Much much better than any obligatory Keith ballad in Stones albums since since "All About You" or something.

2. Take it So Hard

A great tune that includes about all Keith solo riff-based rockers has to offer. They usually sound like skeletons or demos for a Stones track, but sometimes that is good enough. Like here. This tune works in its own terms, it has a full of unique Keith charm. But like I said, any other this type of song sounds like an unnecessary replica and not adding anything - that's why I don't find Keith's albums that interesting (especially MAIN OFFENDER suffers from this).

3. Words of Wonder

This is Keith solo at its best: his deepest and purest reggae exercise and much better than anything the Stones have tried in that field.

4. Make No Mistake

Another great retro-going Keith soul ballad. His limited vocals work very well here. It sounded fresh at the time, and despite Keith using this trick so many times ever since (CROSSEYED HEART is full of that), it still sounds wonderful.

5. Waiting For My Man

A cool - and surprising - version of an old Velvet Underground classic. A Rolling Stone can grow up gracefully.

- Doxa

Totally agree about HIWYL
This live version is amazing: [youtu.be]

Yes, it's excellent! It's like it became fully finished in concert, with those delicious chords towards the end there. Absolutely stunningly beautiful!

You're right!

Take it so Hard
Trouble
The Harder They Come
Deuce & A Quarter with Levon Helm, Scotty Moore, D. J. Fontana & The Band:
Sleep When We Die with K’NAAN

His version of Your Cheatin’ Heart with Jerry Lee Lewis from US TV 1983 would fit as well but is not officially released. I also really like KR’s contributions on songs released by Tom Waits and Max Romeo.

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i'll put up the totals for page 1 of this thread tomorrow

Professor would you consider another thread, “Top 5(or more) Keith collaborations or guest appearances on other albums?” There are quite a few…..

You Dont Move Me Anymore
Demon
Hurricane
Oh Lord Dont Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
Shenandoah w Tom Waits

Let's work, kill poverty. - Mick Jagger

No special order

1.Run Rudolph Run
2.Gimme Shelter (live)
3.Rockawhile
4.Wicked As It Seems
5.Locked Away

5.You Got the Silver
4. Thru and Thru
3. Run Rudolph Run (the only Christmas Carol anyone needs]
2. Before They Make Me Run

but…but… but…

Only Doxa has mentioned Waiting For The Man. This Lou Reed cover is fantastic. Keith is in excellent voice and he puts on a damn guitar clinic! The video of Keith and the boys bashing around in the studio and having the time of their lives is so fun. A late-career triumph, a gift, and something I can’t get enough of on YouToob. So there.

1. Waiting For the Man

[youtu.be]

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i'll put up the totals for page 1 of this thread tomorrow

Professor would you consider another thread, “Top 5(or more) Keith collaborations or guest appearances on other albums?” There are quite a few…..

i'd love to see that

but i'm not certain i have a good enough familiarity with his MANY various collaboration to run that kind of thread

frankly i'm not even sure if i could give a top five for it

perhaps someone more knowledgeable could start one

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ProfessorWolf
i'll put up the totals for page 1 of this thread tomorrow

Professor would you consider another thread, “Top 5(or more) Keith collaborations or guest appearances on other albums?” There are quite a few…..

i'd love to see that

but i'm not certain i have a good enough familiarity with his MANY various collaboration to run that kind of thread

frankly i'm not even sure if i could give a top five for it

perhaps someone more knowledgeable could start one

Favorite guest appearances on other artists albums would be appropriate I think.

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Oh Lord Dont Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
...

Completely forgot this one, superb!

By the way, my first jazz record was a Mingus LP.

I once accompanied a friend to a jazz record shop. He told the owner: "my friend is a great music lover, but knows nothing about jazz". Owner asked "what kind of music does he like". My friend "rolling stones". Owner gave me Tijuana Moods by Mingus: "I bet you will like this!"

Not only I loved it, then and there I became a jazz fan.

CX

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5.You Got the Silver
4. Thru and Thru
3. Run Rudolph Run (the only Christmas Carol anyone needs]
2. Before They Make Me Run

but…but… but…

Only Doxa has mentioned Waiting For The Man. This Lou Reed cover is fantastic. Keith is in excellent voice and he puts on a damn guitar clinic! The video of Keith and the boys bashing around in the studio and having the time of their lives is so fun. A late-career triumph, a gift, and something I can’t get enough of on YouToob. So there.

1. Waiting For the Man

[youtu.be]

Three of your choices are Rolling Stones songs, happening to feature Keith on lead vocals. I'm pretty sure it's solo recordings, only.

Only Keef solo songs here.......in no particular order......

Make No Mistake
You Don't Move Me
Locked Away
Wicked As It Seems
Substantial Damage

.....and if we are having Keef with the Stones.......again in no particular order.....


You Got The Silver
Thief in the Night
Coming Down Again
All About You
Slipping Away

here are the totals for page 1 of this thread

note i will count selections under 5

but if you post more then 5 i will only count the first 5

mizzamandajones soul survivor is a stones track and somewhere over the rainbow is unreleased so i won't count those two

hardriffin the solo version of one more shot is i'm sure wonderful but also unreleased so it doesn't count (edit: resolved and added will but you won't)

i will add the selections from page two on page 3

total number of songs selected 40

11 votes
make no mistake
take it so hard

10 votes
wicked as it seems
hate it when you leave

8 votes
how i wish

6 votes
999
robbed blind
you don't move me

5 votes
lover's plea

4 votes
trouble
eileen

3 votes
love overdue
struggle
demon
words of wonder
will but you won't

2 votes
big enough
running too deep
amnesia
illusion
suspicious
it means a lot
just a gift
nothing on me
run run rudolph

1 vote
deuce and a quarter
something for nothing
i could have stood you up
crosseyed heart
sure the one you need
sure the one you need (live)
blues in the morning
yap yap
heartstopper
too rude (live)
whip it up
whip it up (palladium)
locked away
locked away (live)
body talks



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Tough to pick just 5....

but nice to see yap yap got a vote

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ProfessorWolf
here are the totals for page 1 of this thread

note i will count selections under 5

but if you post more then 5 i will only count the first 5

mizzamandajones soul survivor is a stones track and somewhere over the rainbow is unreleased so i won't count those two

hardriffin the solo version of one more shot is i'm sure wonderful but also unreleased so it doesn't count

i will add the selections from page two on page 3

total number of songs selected 40

11 votes
make no mistake
take it so hard

10 votes
wicked as it seems
hate it when you leave

8 votes
how i wish

6 votes
999
robbed blind
you don't move me

5 votes
lover's plea

4 votes
trouble
eileen

3 votes
love overdue
struggle
demon
words of wonder

2 votes
big enough
running too deep
amnesia
illusion
suspicious
it means a lot
just a gift
nothing on me
will but you won't
run run rudolph

1 vote
deuce and a quarter
something for nothing
i could have stood you up
crosseyed heart
sure the one you need
sure the one you need (live)
blues in the morning
yap yap
heartstopper
too rude (live)
whip it up
whip it up (palladium)
locked away
locked away (live)
body talks

You're right. Can i replace it with "will but you won't" ? Thanks

1. Will But You Won't
2. Struggle
3. You Don't Move Me
4. Something for Nothing
5. Nothing on Me

Wicked as it Seems / Trouble / Eileen/ Take it so Hard / Blues in the Morning

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You're right. Can i replace it with "will but you won't" ? Thanks

sure

and done



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Hate It When You Leave
999
Take it so Hard
Words of Wonder
Slipping Away