By: The Rolling Stones Average Rating: Binding: Audio CD Format: Original recording reissued Label: Virgin Records Us Number of Discs: 1 Release Date: July 26, 1994
Amazon.com essential recording: 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
Amazon.com: 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 great album from rock's greatest singles band I've always found The Rolling Stones to be a great singles band whose albums often come up a bit short. SOME GIRLS does not suffer from this let down as all the songs are of premium quality. Starting out with the proto-disco of "Miss You," There really isn't a let down throughout. From the wicked "When The Whip Comes Down" to the intense "Shattered," this is a recording that is Stones classic. Mick is fully engaged, vocals that go from the conceit of "Some Girls" to the country croon of "Far Away Eyes" without a hitch. He sells the sexual growl as easily as the bluesy asides; few rockers can compare with Mick when he's at the top of his game. Richards' works with his usual assurance; with Wood fleshing out the sound to create a slashing force across all the rockers and laying back when restraint is called for, like on Beast of Burden." Wyman and Watts continue their eternal support with Watts holding everything together with his tight drumming. Even a casual fan needs to make this one part of their collection.
Knuckle sandwich Here's where the Stones mythology enters their modern era of decay, the "Start Me Up" admission of impending codgerdom ("I just don't have that much jam"). They even managed a banned cover, not so easy in the late 70's. Impervious, oblivious, grunting, grumpy and leering, they grind through a bar band's second-rate set of grimacing guitar rockers, slouchy and tired. That is the beauty of it, the Stones finally become those ancient jaded bluesmen they once emulated. It's diabolical to be so old and utterly immature.
there are nice songs on this album this is a nice album. there are nice songs on this album. the cover art is nice. the cut-out jacket with the interchangeable sleeve promotes an element of fun. the musical contributors are very talented with their upbeat songs and childish humor. the singer is particularly enthusiastic with finger-snapping guitar music.
Some girls Those who are seeking to expand your Rolling stones collection or begin it, I'd leave this around the bottom of the list. Starts off great with "Miss You" then has trouble until "Far Away Eyes" runs into a road block again, but finishes terrifically with "Shattered" and "Beast of Burden".
A LETHAL DOSE OF ROCK AND ROLL! By the mid-late 70's things weren't going so well for The Stones. They were in a creative slump and their personal lives were in upheavel. Keith Richards had just been busted (again) in Toronto and was facing up to 20 years in jail after feds raided his hotel room, woke him from his sleep and arrested him. He was found to have so much heroin on him that they tacked on an 'intent to sell' charge to top it off. It appeared the Stones were done.
Luckily for Keith, his 'Blind Angel' came through and saved him. According to Richards a blind girl used to come to all the Stones shows in Toronto and sit near the front. Keith would make sure she always had a ride home because he would worry about what could 'happen to a blind girl in the street'. During the trial this girl came in and told the judge this story and luckily for Keith the judge decided to give him a Visa to go home and get cleaned up.
Whether it was the punk movement of the late 70's or the fact that they were faced with the REAL possibility of being done as a band, 1978's "Some Girls" finds them reinvigorated and playing some of the fiercest rock and roll they have played in quite some time. Opening with the disco thump of "Miss You" the album is full of energy and hooks galore like no other Stones album in years. Rock and roll was back in style as evidenced on "When the Whip Comes Down" and "Respectable" where Richards and Wood trade off fiery solos and Jagger sings, screams and yells like a banshee. Pure adrenaline! The album also contains one of Richards best songs "Before They Make Me Run", the campy country classic "Far Away Eyes", the rocking "Lies" and a cover of the Temptations' "Imagination".
The title track, "Some Girls" with it's controversial lyrics is sung with a punkish sneer and you have two other Stones classics in tow-"the pleading "Beast of Burden" and the funky "Shattered".
The Stones enjoyed a rebirth of sorts that began with this album in 1978 and ran through the early 80's. This was Ron Wood's first full album with the Stones and the music they present here is fresh, invigorating and punkish. There were more hooks here than their last two albums combined. Of course this sold in the millions and today it provides fans with a mid period reckless classic that exudes an energy few bands, including the Stones themselves, have been able to approach since.
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