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The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels Audio CD

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The Rolling Stones Band: The Rolling Stones
Title: Steel Wheels
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Release Date: 2009-07-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Sad Sad Sad 2: Mixed Emotions 3: Terrifying 4: Hold on to Your Hat 5: Hearts for Sale 6: Blinded by Love 7: Rock and a Hard Place 8: Can't Be Seen 9: Almost Hear You Sigh 10: Continental Drift 11: Break the Spell 12: Slipping Away

1989 Rolling Stones record on CD.
This was a strong effort from the group, featuring some good songs, that make for good listening.


This would be a Career High For Any Other Band
I was 18 when it was released and I've been a huge fan ever since. This was the first Stones album I ever heard.
After this I investigated the rest of their catalogue and having discovered the classics from the 60s and 70s I kind of forgot about this one.
I just streamed it on Spotify and it's lost nothing for me over 20 years. It still sounds fresh and exciting.
For just about any other band this would be an artistic peak.
I actually prefer this to the bloated "A Bigger Bang".


Post classic classic
The songwriting is consistently strong. Of all the albums after the classic 70's period, this album is, in my opinion, by far the best. It just felt like the Stones were tired of being written off, and went after it here. I saw them on the tour that followed this release, and they were clearly interested in showing that they could still rock. And of course, "Almost Hear You Sigh" is just a beautiful song. This is a must have.


No Mixed Emotions About This One...

The choice cuts are, "I Can Almost Hear You Sigh", 'Mixed Emotions", "I Cannot Be Seen". I have been a Stones fan for awhile and this LP is a must have for any collection. . . Hell they are all great.
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Stones Comeback; First Album of Theier Elder Years
This version is louder as most newer CD's are these days, but there really isn't any reason for someone who has enjoyed a previous release of this album to go rushing out to buy this release. This is the third release of "Steel Wheels" which was recorded as a digital album in the first place. That being said, "Steel Wheels" is a good album, not a great album but is a huge improvement over "Dirty Work" and surely better than the all-too conspicuous attempt to sound current, "Uundercover. " It's also the last album that Bill Wyman served as a member of the band. The album opens with "Sad Sad Sad" a pretty standard Stones rocker. "Mixed Emotion" is the first single from the album often called "Mick's Demotion" given Keith Richiards plays a more central position in the band. Other noteworthy numbers include, "Terrifying" a song with latin jazz overtones. "Rock and a Hard Place" is another single with some fine Ronnie Wood guitar work. "Almost Hear You Sigh" is an incredible soulful ballad. Keith Richards' strongest number on the album is a fine Al Green tempo number, "Almost Hear You Sigh. " About half the album is filler, but the good is very good not an essential Stones album but definitely worth it for Stones' fans and even a mediocre Stones album is better than most bands at their best because even the Stones' worst albums have at least a couple great tunes. "Steel Wheels" have more than a couple great ones.


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