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Still Life (American Concert 1981) (1982)
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A live album recorded on the 1981 American tour was released in time for the 1982 European tour, and its cover painting also shaped that tour's stage design.
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Overview
- Still Life (American Concert 1981): live album by the Rolling Stones
- Released 1 June 1982
- Recorded during the band's 1981 American tour
- Released in time for the 1982 European tour
- Cover painting by Japanese artist Kazuhide Yamazaki
- Yamazaki's work inspired the tour's stage design
Background
- Preceded by a cover version of the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go"
- That cover became a Top 30 hit in the UK and US
- Follow-up single "Time Is on My Side" reached the lower part of the UK chart
- Remastered and reissued by Virgin Records in 1998
- Reissued again by Universal Music in 2010
- Released on SHM-SACD in 2011 by Universal Music Japan
Recording
- Recorded by Bob Clearmountain and David Hewitt with the Record Plant Remote (New York)
- Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Power Station Studios
- Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk
- Band line-up: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts
- Additional players: Ian Stewart (piano), Ian McLagan (keyboards), Ernie Watts (saxophone)
Cover
- Front cover is a painting by Kazuhide Yamazaki
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Tracklist
| 1 | Intro: Take the “A” Train / Under My Thumb | 4:46 |
| 2 | Let’s Spend the Night Together | 3:51 |
| 3 | Shattered | 4:09 |
| 4 | Twenty Flight Rock | 1:52 |
| 5 | Going to a Go‐Go | 3:24 |
| 6 | Let Me Go | 3:33 |
| 7 | Time Is on My Side | 3:39 |
| 8 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | 5:23 |
| 9 | Start Me Up | 4:22 |
| 10 | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction / Outro: Star Spangled Banner | 5:14 |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Formed in London in 1962 as an English rock band; their first stable line-up was Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts.
- Jones named the band after a Muddy Waters song; they were rooted in blues and rock and roll.
- Manager Andrew Loog Oldham encouraged them to write their own songs, and the Jagger–Richards partnership became their main creative force.
Members
- Current: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood (joined 1975).
- Former: Brian Jones (died 1969), Mick Taylor (1969–1974), Bill Wyman (1962–1993), Charlie Watts (1963–2021, died 2021).
- Steve Jordan became their drummer after Watts' death.
Career
- Hits included "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1965), "Paint It Black" (1966) and "Start Me Up" (1981).
- Their 1969 Hyde Park show and Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St. are key points of their career.
- Formed Rolling Stones Records in 1970, whose tongue-and-lips logo became their band logo.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989; the band has sold more than 250 million albums.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Critics did not receive it well
- They said it sounded too slick
- They said it lacked the rough edges expected of a Rolling Stones performance
Records
- Cover version of "Going to a Go-Go" reached the Top 30 in the UK and US
- "Time Is on My Side" reached the lower part of the UK chart
- UK Albums Chart: number 4
- US chart: number 5
- Platinum in the US and Canada
- Gold in the UK
- Reissued by Virgin Records in 1998
- Reissued by Universal Music in 2010
- SHM-SACD release by Universal Music Japan in 2011
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The rear jacket lists tracks B3 and B5 simply as 'Imagination' and 'Satisfaction'.
- The outro is a 1969 Woodstock recording of Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner.
- The intro is a studio recording of Duke Ellington and his orchestra.
- The cover of "Going to a Go-Go" was the album's lead-in single.
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