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By the late seventies, The Rolling Stones were unquestionably the world’s greatest rock’n’roll band, a tag they thoroughly deserved and have yet to lose. They had moved effortlessly into open-air stadiums but also began a tradition of performing more intimate shows in theatres and clubs alongside their groundbreaking concerts in arenas. To the delight of their millions of fans, they have continued with this policy to the present. The world really was The Rolling Stones’ oyster in the late seventies, as their Canadian escapades made headlines around the world. They partied at Studio 54, came up with dancefloor favourites "Miss You" and "Emotional Rescue", and recorded in Paris, Nassau and New York. The eighties saw the band stretch the envelope further still, working with jazz great Sonny Rollins, film directors Julien Temple and Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and producers Chris Kimsey and Steve Lillywhite. Amazingly, the Rolling Stones topped these achievements with ever-more ambitious tours in the nineties and noughties, and recorded three more classic studio albums with acclaimed producer Don Was, in Dublin, Los Angeles, France and the Caribbean.
Produced by the Glimmer Twins and Chris Kimsey, and recorded in Paris and New York, Undercover made the Top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1983. Its lead-off single, the stunning "Undercover Of The Night", incorporated elements of reggae, dub and dance and proved that the group kept their finger on the pulse of popular music. Jagger has never been in better form than when delivering its politically-charged lyrics. He also raps about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the nasty "Too Much Blood". The Top 50 single "She Was Hot" has rightly been revived by the band in recent years, as has the Richards-sung rocker "I Wanna Hold You". Corriston’s cover originally came with strategically-placed stickers to cover the risque image.
Produced by the Glimmer Twins and Chris Kimsey, and recorded in Paris and New York, Undercover made the Top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1983. Its lead-off single, the stunning "Undercover Of The Night", incorporated elements of reggae, dub and dance and proved that the group kept their finger on the pulse of popular music. Jagger has never been in better form than when delivering its politically-charged lyrics. He also raps about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the nasty "Too Much Blood". The Top 50 single "She Was Hot" has rightly been revived by the band in recent years, as has the Richards-sung rocker "I Wanna Hold You". Corriston’s cover originally came with strategically-placed stickers to cover the risque image.
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2009 REMASTEREDDISC 11. UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT2. SHE WAS HOT3. TIE YOU UP (THE PAIN OF LOVE)4. WANNA HOLD YOU5. FEEL ON BABY6. TOO MUCH BLOOD7. PRETTY BEAT UP8. TOO TOUGH9. ALL THE WAY DOWN10. IT MUST BE HELL
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Jervis
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Format:Audio CD
I can distinctly remember buying this album in 1983 after hearing the decent single 'Undercover Of The Night' and feeling distinctly underwhelmed. There are perhaps two songs here that are substantial enough to be remembered over the longterm - the single already mentioned 'Undercover Of The Night' and 'Too Much Blood' and the others are so insubstantial it's doubtful they could be remembered even the following day.
It's best to think of 'Undercover' as what happened the morning after the night before because this was the first album in a series leading right up to the present day that represents the Stones after they lost their muse.
Every song on this album not already mentioned is a shortterm pleasure (which is perhaps better than being no pleasure at all) - it's ultimately sketchy, underdeveloped and insubstantial where the most exciting aspect is the title of the songs themselves - 'Pretty Beat Up', 'All The Way Down', 'Tie You Up', 'She Was Hot' etc.
Possibly worth a 2.5 though.
It's best to think of 'Undercover' as what happened the morning after the night before because this was the first album in a series leading right up to the present day that represents the Stones after they lost their muse.
Every song on this album not already mentioned is a shortterm pleasure (which is perhaps better than being no pleasure at all) - it's ultimately sketchy, underdeveloped and insubstantial where the most exciting aspect is the title of the songs themselves - 'Pretty Beat Up', 'All The Way Down', 'Tie You Up', 'She Was Hot' etc.
Possibly worth a 2.5 though.
By Edward
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1980's Stones is sometimes a bit dodgy but this is really great - they make the Dub, Reggae & Afrobeat influences really work - the title track still sounds amazing and She Was Hot is a great song - though it's the live version on Shine A Light that's the definitive one - and hearing Mick ramble on about the kind of films he likes in Too Much Blood is pretty funny.
By andy
Format:Audio CD
As Keith says in Life: Keith Richards "It was only the early skirmishing, the phoney war. The work itself wasn't bad, somehow; the album did well."
Things might not have been great with the Glimmer Twins at the time of Undercover but they still produced an album with some great tracks.
It won't be the best Stones album for most people and may sound dated (maybe not standing the test of time as much as Exile On Main Street [Remastered]or It's Only Rock 'N' Roll from a decade or so before)...
But this is one I am still listening to three decades on from when I first played it.
It sounded great then, and listening to it today on cd it still sounds great.
Track list
Undercover Of The Night
She Was Hot
Tie Me Up (The Pain Of Love)
Wanna Hold You
Feel On Baby
Too Much Blood
Pretty Beat Up
Too Tough
All The Way Down
It Must Be Hell
Keith, as well as giving us some great riffs plays some nice bass on Pretty Beat Up.
Pretty Beat Up is a great (Ronnie Wood) Stones Track that Mick and Keith didn't want to include on the album (allegedly) -why? Check out Ronnie's version on Slide on Live.
Things might not have been great with the Glimmer Twins at the time of Undercover but they still produced an album with some great tracks.
It won't be the best Stones album for most people and may sound dated (maybe not standing the test of time as much as Exile On Main Street [Remastered]or It's Only Rock 'N' Roll from a decade or so before)...
But this is one I am still listening to three decades on from when I first played it.
It sounded great then, and listening to it today on cd it still sounds great.
Track list
Undercover Of The Night
She Was Hot
Tie Me Up (The Pain Of Love)
Wanna Hold You
Feel On Baby
Too Much Blood
Pretty Beat Up
Too Tough
All The Way Down
It Must Be Hell
Keith, as well as giving us some great riffs plays some nice bass on Pretty Beat Up.
Pretty Beat Up is a great (Ronnie Wood) Stones Track that Mick and Keith didn't want to include on the album (allegedly) -why? Check out Ronnie's version on Slide on Live.
By C. J. Moore
Format:Audio CD
i think people are judging this album on sticky,exile ect.
80% of this album is crazy up tempo stones..
i wish the last five stone albums would be as mad and crazy as undercover..
80% of this album is crazy up tempo stones..
i wish the last five stone albums would be as mad and crazy as undercover..
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By B.A.S.
Format:Audio CD
The late sixties and seventies albums are considered the classics, but this is the most modern and fun sounding stones of the lot. The blend of the choppy grittyness of the Stones guitars and Jagger's knowingly dark vocals with the dancey rhythms of Undercover, Tie You Up, Too Much Blood and Pretty Beat Up is really powerful and modern sounding, something you just don't get with the classics.
It sounds way more contemporary than Tattoo you - which is still a great album, mind.
There aren't many albums from the 80s that sound as good as this.
It sounds way more contemporary than Tattoo you - which is still a great album, mind.
There aren't many albums from the 80s that sound as good as this.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A good rocky stones album which sounds very modern considering it's 20 years old . A interesting mix of blues , soul and rock making all songs on this album quite different from each other and listenable over and over again . Richard's song on it is as usual class and very powerfull . Too much blood is not only a good upbeat song but is also a good laugh in parts ; especially when Jagger describes his coversation on the Texas chainsaw massacre . A mixed bag of songs that complement each other perfectly , along with Steel Wheels this is their joint best 80's album .
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By J. Williams
Format:MP3 Download
I am not an ardent Stones fan, but more a listener who loved Miss You when it was out. That edgy slow groove of a track on Some Girls probably indicates the Stones sound I like. Unfortunately whilst Some Girls is excellent in other ways it doesn't compare (to me!) with Undercover
Undercover seems to feed up edgy lyrics, clever rhythms and unadulterated fun in the same way as that track from Some Girls, in it's play with the listener. Subtle sound effects and comments across tracks keeps you smiling and engaged. A real warm summer listen.
You can feel the band having fun with the tracks. There is nothing like it for sunny weather and long drives...
...Buy it if you haven't already!
Undercover seems to feed up edgy lyrics, clever rhythms and unadulterated fun in the same way as that track from Some Girls, in it's play with the listener. Subtle sound effects and comments across tracks keeps you smiling and engaged. A real warm summer listen.
You can feel the band having fun with the tracks. There is nothing like it for sunny weather and long drives...
...Buy it if you haven't already!
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Undercover is the last album before World War 3 hit the Stones in 1985. Consequently every album since Mick went solo has been deminished by an uneasy truce and with a few exceptions the sound of water being trod. Where previously, the Stones would experiment with new sounds these are now burried on Mick and Keith's solo album. Any experiments that do take place are compromised by the uneasy truce between them. A case in points is that the last great Stones album is not Some girls but a combination of Voodoo Lounge/Wandering Spirit and Main offender.
Undercover is therefore the last time, where they attempt to try a new sound over the course of the album. Its very much a product of its time with 80's keyboards very much to the fore. Not all of it works but with a couple of exceptions you come away thinking that have not attempted to rewrite Start me up again. File next to Black and Blue as an underated treasure.
Undercover is therefore the last time, where they attempt to try a new sound over the course of the album. Its very much a product of its time with 80's keyboards very much to the fore. Not all of it works but with a couple of exceptions you come away thinking that have not attempted to rewrite Start me up again. File next to Black and Blue as an underated treasure.
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Undercover (MP3) Rolling Stones
I do wish that I could give a true review of the Undercover MP3 that I tried to download, but no matter how I tried, it just wouldn't download.
Published 7 months ago by mike parkinson
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UNDERRATED UNDERCOVER
Obviously this album isn't as good as anything in their 1968-1972 golden era, and it's not as good as 'It's Only Rock'n'Roll', 'Some Girls' or 'Tattoo You'. Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2010 by David P. Weber
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Rubbish
Too much blood sounds like a phil collins reject song. Why did people in the 80s so like using horn sections.
Published on 28 Nov 2010 by a
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Undercover
Stones album, nuff said;
I particularly like undercover, there is a drum beat that seems to echo and you have to listen really hard to pick it up but sounds awsome
I particularly like undercover, there is a drum beat that seems to echo and you have to listen really hard to pick it up but sounds awsome
Published on 3 Mar 2010 by M. G. Thompson
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