TATTOO YOU
| The Rolling Stones
TATTOO YOU
Tattoo You is the 16th British and 18th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1981. The follow-up to Emotional Rescue (1980), the album is mostly composed of studio outtakes recorded during the 1970s, and contains one of the band's most well-known songs, "Start Me Up", which hit #2 on the United States's Billboard singles charts. -wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Like all of Tattoo You, it begs the listener’s trust. And, for the first time in years, the Rolling Stones deserve it. Deserve it in spades.
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All Music
Tattoo You captures the Stones at their best as a professional stadium-rock band.
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The Young Folks
Tattoo You truly feels like the last moment when the band sounded like legitimate acts instead of just old timers banking on world tours
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Countdown Kid
Leftovers can often be moldy and unappealing, but every once in a while, the juices sink in just so and they taste even sweeter than the freshest main course. Case in point: Tattoo You
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Blog Critics
This would not seem to be the best way to create an album but in the case of Tattoo You the results were excellent.
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U Discover Music
Tattoo You consolidated the finest elements of the Stones’ music, demonstrating their willingness to embrace change while never betraying their roots – and, in the process, producing an album brimful of energy
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
What you have from all of this is a GREAT album.
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Only Solitaire
The songs are catchy; the songs have melodies, most of them original (today, most bands would kill for something like the riff in 'Slave'); the songs are short; the songs are well-arranged, well-played and well-sung; and the songs are totally adequate
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The Guardian
By now, the Stones were just slinging together old outtakes to give them an excuse to rake it in on tour, so Tattoo You has no right to be as good as it is
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Robert Christgau
this is a damn good record, a great band showing off its mastery
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Adrian's Music Reviews
You know, this is mostly nearly all decent stuff.
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Don Ignacio
one of those rare albums where everything is a great song
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Mark's Music Reviews
Four great songs surrounded by generic crap
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