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DIRTY WORK
Released - 1986, Rolling Stones Records. Produced by
The Glimmer Twins and Steve Lillywhite
Personnel:
Mick Jagger - Lead and Backing Vocals.
Keith Richards - Lead, Acoustic and Rhythm Guitars,
Backing Vocals, Lead Vocal on "Sleep Tonight"
Ron Wood - Lead and Rhythm Guitar, Drums, Bass,
Sax, Backing Vocal.
Charlie Watts - Drums
Bill Wyman - Bass, Synthesizer
Additional Personnel:
Chuck Leavell, Ian Stewart, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Cliff, Bobby Womack, Don Covay, Patti Scialfa, Tom Waits, Kirsty MaColl, Ivan Neville, Anton Fig, Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton, Philippe Saisse.
(Click on song for lyrics and song personnel)
| SONG | NEW RATING | OLD RATING* |
| ONE HIT (TO THE BODY) | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| FIGHT | 5.2 | 5.8 |
| HARLEM SHUFFLE | 6.1 | 7.0 |
| HOLD BACK | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| TOO RUDE | 6.0 | 6.2 |
| WINNING UGLY | 5.5 | 6.0 |
| BACK TO ZERO | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| DIRTY WORK | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| HAD IT WITH YOU | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| SLEEP TONIGHT | 5.4 | 5.1 |
| Ave. | 5.57 | 5.82 |
REVIEW
When the Stones went into the studio to record this album, things just weren't going to good between Mick Jagger and the Band. Mick was thinking about going solo and seemed to put more effort into his solo album, which in turn pissed off Keith Richards. Also, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman , Charlie Watts and Keef all wanted to tour to support the album, Mick said no way. No wonder this turned out to be their poorest effort. Two of the three best songs on the album, "Harlem Shuffle" (best tune on the LP) and "Too Rude", are covers. But most of the other songs on Dirty Work just don't go anywhere.
On another sad note, Ian Stewart aka "Stu", who been with the band since day one, died from a heart attack a week after they finished recording the album. The album was dedicated to him and closes with a short, untitled/credited piano solo from Stu, the best thing on this whole album.
*Old Ratings vs. New Ratings
The old ratings that you see here were from back in 1998 when I first rated the album for this site. Since time does change one's point of view, I decided to listen to and rate this album again, doing so in late 2005. Also note that I did not look at the old ratings from 1998 until after I placed my new ratings here.
To listen to some sound clips from DIRTY
WORK or to buy it click here: Dirty Work or Dirty Work
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