Tattoo You [Original recording]

The Rolling Stones | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Format: Original recording
• Label: Rolling Stones Records
• ASIN: B000MHUI0I
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,811 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Classic Rolling Stones: songs: 1. Start Me Up 2. Hang Fire 3. Slave 4. Little T&A 5. Black Limousine 6. Neighbours 7. Worried About You 8. Tops 9. Heaven 10. No Use In Crying 11. Waiting On A Friend

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4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful rock and moving ballads, March 6, 2007

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tattoo You (Vinyl)

Tattoo You contains some raucous rock 'n roll and a couple of beautiful, soulful ballads. Although not considered to be amongst their very best albums, there is enough here to make it a worthwhile purchase.

The opener, Start Me Up, is the Stones at their high powered best with its killer riff and insistent rhythm, whilst the melodic Hang Fire with its impressive vocals comes a close second. These were big hits and can be found on many Stones compilations.

The bluesy Black Limousine and the reggae-influenced Slave aren't bad either, but ballads like Tops and Heaven fall somewhat beneath their high standards. This may be forgiven though, since the closing number, the poignant Waiting On A Friend sees them at their soulful best. It's a moving ballad on a par with earlier great moments such as Wild Horses and Dead Flowers from 1971's Sticky Fingers album.

Overall Tattoo You is thus an uneven work but the aforementioned highlights more than make up for the few tepid and uninspired ballads. I give it four stars but that is judging it by the high standards of their own work.