Some Steel Wheels tunes
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine from allmusic.com
The Stones, or more accurately the relationship between Mick and Keith, imploded shortly after Dirty Work, resulting in Mick delivering a nearly unbearably mannered, ambitious solo effort that stiffed and Keith knocking out the greatest Stones album since Tattoo You, something that satisfied the cult but wasn't a hit. Clearly, they were worth more together than they were apart, so it was time for the reunion, and that's what Steel Wheels is -- a self-styled reunion album. It often feels as if they sat down and decided exactly what their audience wanted from a Stones album, and they deliver a record that gives the people what they want, whether it's Tattoo You-styled rockers, ballads in the vein of "Fool to Cry," even a touch of old-fashioned experimentalism with "Continental Drift." Being professionals, in the business for over two and a half decades, and being a band that always favored calculation, they wear all this well, even if this lacks the vigor and menace that fuels the best singles; after all, the rocking singles ("Sad Sad Sad," "Rock and a Hard Place," "Mixed Emotions") wind up being smoked by such throwaways as "Hold on to Your Hat." Even though it's just 12 songs, the record feels a little long, largely due to its lack of surprises and unabashed calculation (the jams are slicked up so much they don't have the visceral power of the jam record, Black and Blue). Still, the Stones sound good, and Mick and Keith both get off a killer ballad apiece with "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Slipping Away," respectively. It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback -- which it was supposed to, after all.
Here are a few songs off The Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels
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Comments (10)
Steel Wheels is definitely a second tier Rolling Stones album. But aren't they all since about......?
Yes DMDM maybe but second tier Rolling Stones is still better than the majority of stuff coming out nowdays.
I second that emotion.
here here!
Not the Stones era I like. I like what they are doing most recently.
RX for me it is the early years I like the best. Paint It Black is one of my the many personal favorites.
I absolutely LOVE Steel Wheels, but I admit I am biased (my name should kind of be a clue). Even if I try to think objectively, though, I still think Steel Wheels is a great album. I can think of one or two that, to me, are not AMAZING ;)
See? I can be objective. Steel Wheels is also very nostalgic for me. It was the first time I finally got to see them live on the tour, although I had been a Stones fan since, well, I guess in utero. Also, I got top meet Bill Wyman the day OF the concert (in New Orleans), so it made my first Stones show even more memorable.
*to* meet........and I guess that was also pretty cool since it was the last time Bill Wyman would tour with them.....
Well Steel Wheels is part of my collection and not because I dislike it.
:)
BTW-- thanks for posting this!!