Some Girls (Deluxe Edition)

Two reasons to pay attention to Some Girls

The instance they hear the new of the new The Rolling Stones release, many listeners are likely to turn up their nose with irritation and give this offer a irreversible no. Indeed, the deluxe version of the 1978 album, Some Girls, at first sight, looks mostly like another well planned and effectively realized campaign the British musicians might arrange to pocket more cash from their supporters. Proposing seemingly nothing fresh, the band seems to have an intention to grab one more round sum because they know, these two CDs will, of course, they will, be sold. You ask why? There are two big reasons for that. First, we are talking here about the reissue of The Rolling Stones last true big album. Then, back in the late seventies, it was clear as day that the ensemble was giving up. What they got left was still the image of brats and bandits, which was not quite enough to carry on in rock and roll, where this concept is applied too frequently. And, all of a sudden, here it comes! An amazing album called Some Girls, lavishing a great lot of top class tracks on the audience. And these tracks today, particularly in the renewed condition, are going to delight the listeners one more time. The second reason is the bonus Some Girls CD storing leftovers which waited for their moment for more than thirty years.

It is indeed one of the band’s top records

The first part of Some Girls Deluxe Edition has been reviewed a million times, and there is really nothing to add to what has been said and written about it. This The Rolling Stones as they are. It has the Some Girls bursting with the band’s rebellious spirit. It also has the wonderful danceable Miss You with a bass part you still get to admire. One can easily remember the country-styled Far Away Eyes featuring a fantastic guitar technique from Ron Wood. It is not that easy to imagine it placed next to the pro-punk Shattered, a powerful final touch to the set of this gorgeous album. And what were the vocals there! It must be Beast Of Burden where all the three singers, Mick, Keith and Ron, had the most perfect and flawless interaction and understanding between them. And it must be also said that the Some Girls album eventually featured ten tracks, each a future hit, albeit to a different extent. Still, many of those who love The Rolling Stones, knew that there were dozens of other songs that failed to get to the set. All of them were specially rehearsed and recorded by the musicians for that album.

The bonus is just as good as the primary material

When you listen to these bonuses today, you feel how accurately they reflect the music epoch, and to put it more precisely, the creative energy of the lads from The Rolling Stones. They, definitely, were not happy to someone pushing them off the throne, and they did everything they could to make Some Girls prolong their ruling. As a result, some of the material left off the album, surfaced on the next records. The other part was thoroughly and painstakingly collected by the fans throughout the years that followed. The best of them, a dozen of excellent pieces, are presented on the second CD of the new Some Girls version. Among them are We Had It All with Keith Richards as the lead vocalist, the breathtaking country ballad No Spare Parts, and the awesome Claudine, a murder story based on true events. The second CD appears to be less cohesive and stylish than the first one, but the quality of the material is just as good. It simply is rather a collection than a studio album. The conclusion is that The Rolling Stones offer us not a banal re-edition of the legendary record, but a ticket to the times where the band did not have any real competitors, but played the music that drove everyone mad, and that madness was the sweetest of all pleasures.