The Rolling Stones - Undercover (1983) - Lp

Release: The Rolling Stones
Genre:  Rock
Format:  LP
Label:  Rolling Stones Records
Catalog#  1A 064-1654361
Prijs:  €10,00

Undercover is the 17th British and 19th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1983. After their preceding studio album, Tattoo You (1981), which was mostly patched together from a selection of outtakes, Undercover was their first release of all new recordings in the 1980s. With the advent of the MTV generation, the band attempted to re-invent themselves for a new era. It was the last Rolling Stones album to be released in Ian Stewart's lifetime.
As the Rolling Stones' most ambitious album since Some Girls, Undercover is a weird, wild mix of hard rock, new wave pop, reggae, dub, and soul. Even with all the careening musical eclecticism, what distinguishes Undercover is its bleak, nihilistic attitude -- it's teeming with sickness, with violence, kinky sex, and loathing dripping from almost every song.
"Undercover of the Night" slams with echoing guitars and rubbery basslines, as Jagger gives a feverish litany of sex, corruption, and suicide. It set the tone for the rest of the album, whether it's the runaway nymphomaniac of "She Was Hot" or the ridiculous slasher imagery of "Too Much Blood." Only Keith's "Wanna Hold You" offers a reprieve from the carnage, and its relentless bloodletting makes the album a singularly fascinating listen.
For some observers, that mixture was nearly too difficult to stomach, but for others, it's a fascinating record, particularly since much of its nastiness feels as if the Stones, and Jagger and Richards in particular, are running out of patience with each other.


Side one
1. Undercover of the Night   (4:31)
2. She Was Hot   (4:40)
3. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love)   (4:16)
4. Wanna Hold You   (3:52)
5. Feel On Baby   (5:03)

Side two
1. Too Much Blood   (6:14)
2. Pretty Beat Up (4:03)
3. Too Tough   (3:52)
4. All the Way Down   (3:12)
5. It Must Be Hell   (5:03)

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