Sorry, sometimes I am a bit hyper-opinionated! Dirty Work is a touchy subject... I remember waiting SOOO long for that album to be released, and was so very disappointed when I finally got it. By that time I was 13 and a rabid Stones fan, eager to see them live for the first time. I would have to wait until 1989, when I was 17, before I saw them live! But, being the Rolling Stones, there are hints of potential in those songs on DW... just not what I was hoping for.
As for those songs like 'Lies' and 'Where the Boys Go,' they have a real gritty guitar sound that is rich and the vocal is mixed fairly low, creating a terrific energy. Those songs on DW sound very forced in comparison... but that's just my opinion.
Maybe I need to haul this one out of the vaults and give it another chance?