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Track Listings
| 1. One Hit (To The Body) |
| 2. Fight |
| 3. Harlem Shuffle |
| 4. Hold Back |
| 5. Too Rude |
| 6. Winning Ugly |
| 7. Back To Zero |
| 8. Dirty Work |
| 9. Had It With You |
| 10. Sleep Tonight |
| 11. Key To The Highway |
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A rousing cover of Bob & Earl’s "Harlem Shuffle", with Jagger’s distinctive vocals to the fore, heralded the arrival of Dirty Work. This single made the Top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1986. Produced by Steve Lillywhite and the Glimmer Twins, the album was dedicated to the memory of Ian Stewart, the group’s original piano player and unofficial sixth member, who died the previous year.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I became a Rolling Stones at the age of 15 while listening to this album. This tells a lot more about 80s charts, but the majority of these songs are highly energetic and they rock. I could play it over and over again, without getting bored. When I had an older relative, a 60s Stones fan, listen to the album he was hugely dissapointed. Understandable.
Still, this album is part of the Stones collection and some songs still sound decent. One Hit (to the body) is boosted by Keith's cutting riffs. Fight is more adrenaline than music and it probably reflecs the ambiance in the studio.
Too Rude is a good reggae song. It's the bass line that drives it. Harlem shuffle is most typically eighties and it swings along. Had it with you is the old rythm and blues thing, something the Stones are just good at. Ian Stewart's Boogie Woogie piece, a hidden track puts this album in historical perspective.
With the loss of 'Stu' and the tension between the prima donna's the band seemed to have fallen flat on his face. The fact that they came up with a few decent songs is actually a miracle. The other songs can be skipped (Back to Zero, Winning Ugly) Too much of the same. The title song migth put you off as well, but I simply loved the pace and energy and the lyrics are timeless.
The real gem on this album is "Sleep Tonight" with Tom Waits doing backing vocals. Not that I recognised him while listening, but it's a nice to know. Typical Keith ballad. Just love it.
Still, this album is part of the Stones collection and some songs still sound decent. One Hit (to the body) is boosted by Keith's cutting riffs. Fight is more adrenaline than music and it probably reflecs the ambiance in the studio.
Too Rude is a good reggae song. It's the bass line that drives it. Harlem shuffle is most typically eighties and it swings along. Had it with you is the old rythm and blues thing, something the Stones are just good at. Ian Stewart's Boogie Woogie piece, a hidden track puts this album in historical perspective.
With the loss of 'Stu' and the tension between the prima donna's the band seemed to have fallen flat on his face. The fact that they came up with a few decent songs is actually a miracle. The other songs can be skipped (Back to Zero, Winning Ugly) Too much of the same. The title song migth put you off as well, but I simply loved the pace and energy and the lyrics are timeless.
The real gem on this album is "Sleep Tonight" with Tom Waits doing backing vocals. Not that I recognised him while listening, but it's a nice to know. Typical Keith ballad. Just love it.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I'll keep this short and sweet! If you want a Rolling Stones Album from the 1980's go and buy Tattoo You or Steel Wheels. Even die hard fans of the Stone's like myself will find this hard going. Sorry!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The production is fine and sounded very much 1980s when it first came out. So for the first few listens one was thinking this was a new Stones record, keeping up with the times. And I enyoyed it a lot. Unfortunately with hindsight this is one of the Stones least impressive offerings, although there are a few highlights. We did not know of course at the time that Mick and Keith were at eachother's throats. All we had was this album which sounded fresh in the summer of 1986 when it came out but on a songwriting level left a lot to be desired. Like the follow up 'Steel Wheels' (1989). The days of great Stones albums had with hindsight been left behind in 1980's Emotional Rescue which I maintain is the last album truly worthy of this band's name.
The title track 'Dirty Work' sounded like a pretty good rocker at the time. Now it just sounds tired. Although it is almost rescued by the superb guitar break in the middle, Those 20 seconds are at least superb. 'Too Rude' is a reggae effort which is quite pleasing but mainly if we're honest because it features Keith on vocals. And 'Sleep Tonight' is a good closing number, from Keith again. However, it is a sad reflection on any Stones album when Keith's tracks are superior or at least more listenable than Mr Jagger's offerings. But I am afraid that is the case on almost any Stones album since 'Undercover' (1983). No wonder he went solo. For a while anyway.
Of Jagger's vocal tracks, the opening song 'One Hit To The Body' sounds great, production wise. But is forgettable in the long term. Most un-Stones like backing vocals. 'Fight' is OK and the next one, the single 'Harlem Shuffle' is quite good, but is a cover all the same. Since when had the Stones' lead off single single been a cover for God's sake? Nuff said. The other tracks are pretty forgettable with the possible exception of 'Had It With You' which at least contained some of that vintage Stones grit and anger.
But there about 10 albums from The Rolling Stones which should be discovered before you even go near this one. It is not rubbish, it is just that they could and did so much better than this. Approach or as George Harrison once said Handle With Care. And what are those clothes they are wearing on the front cover??
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SOUND ANY BETTER??!! WHY NO BONUS TRACKS?
I probably would have bought this album again if there had been additional bonus tracks. (Even the 12" mix of "Harlem shuffle" is not included). Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by A. J. Dobb
The Glimmer Twins on a Bit of A Sticky Wicket...
'Dirty Work' is an album that looms large in the Stones history, not because of its musical merits (and it does have some), but because of the the full-blown schism that had... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2009 by Og Oggilby
Better than it's credited with being but well short of good
Crisis point for the Stones with Jagger and Richards at each others throats and Charlie in the poppy fields. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2008 by Adrenalin Streams
Definitely not the nadir !
I have never quite understood the general view that this is the low point of the Stones' 35 year career. I bought this album way back in 1986 when it was released. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by J. Eden
So-so
"Dirty Work" isn't a terrible album, it just isn't particularly memorable either.
Apart from a few songs like "One Hit (To The Body)", "Harlem Shuffle", and the catchy reggae... Read more
Apart from a few songs like "One Hit (To The Body)", "Harlem Shuffle", and the catchy reggae... Read more
Published on 29 Nov 2003 by Docendo Discimus
The worst Stones album ever?
As a die-hard stones fan this is a real disappointment with only 2 tracks of merit being 'one hit to the body' and 'harlem shuffle'. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2003
Good old classic Rock'n Roll
This record isn't bad at all. For sure it's not the best Rolling Stones, but isn't for sure the worst. I certainly like it better than most of the nineties stuff. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2003 by luca mazzotti
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