Talk:Dirty Work (album)

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(more to follow... no time right now)--Mikerussell 00:53, 2005 Apr 1 (UTC)

[edit] Charlie Watts

From this article: Watts was reportedly not as involved in the sessions due to a period of rehab from alcohol and heroin addiction.

From his own article: Although formerly a smoker, Watts did not abuse harder drugs.

Um? Hoary 10:46, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

he told Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes in 1994 he was addicted to heroin as well as alcohol. You think he would lie to 60 minutes?--Mikerussell 03:04, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] alternative view of this album

Hi--just wanted to offer a somewhat rosier view of this album, from a guy named Rob Brookman writing for 'Dancing About Architecture'. I'm not convinced that Dirty Work can be broadly referred to as the band's worst album. AndoDoug 09:29, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

http://www.dancingaboutarc.com/essays/codgeressay.html

"The Rolling Stones - Dirty Work

The Stones were close to splitting in 1985-86. And, really, who cared? '81's Tattoo You was already well ensconced in the playlists of classic rock stations, '84's Undercover proved the band capable of a truly bad album and Jagger's solo attempt She's the Boss uncovered the jaded sybarite many knew lay just beneath the surface. So when the boys put aside their tiff and quietly teamed up with Steve Lillywhite for the aptly-named Dirty Work, even the album's day-glo cover didn't make many record buyers look twice.

In retrospect, the album's frenetic recording schedule and relatively low-key marketing strategy should have become a blueprint, not an aberration. Dirty Work just plain sounds great, not like the polished cosmopolitanism of Tattoo You and not like anything the Stones had done before. The production is clean, even slick, but the guitars are punched up, the vocals mixed down, and Keith and Ron play like they're trying to flatten poor Mick. Mick, for his part, rises to the challenge, spitting out his lyrics, growling and generally sounding like the badass he once convinced a generation he was. If deep down, we really don't believe it, what the hell? For 10 solid songs, the Stones and Dirty Work entice us to play along and pretend it's 1966. In 1986, however, few were prepared to join in the game." AndoDoug 09:29, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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