The Rolling Stones – Dirty Work
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Rolling Stones Records – 86321 |
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Vinyl
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UK |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Classic Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | One Hit (To The Body) | 4:43 | |
| A2 | Fight | 3:08 | |
| A3 | Harlem Shuffle | 3:24 | |
| A4 | Hold Back | 3:55 | |
| A5 | Too Rude | 3:18 | |
| B1 | Winning Ugly | 4:30 | |
| B2 | Back To Zero | 4:12 | |
| B3 | Dirty Work | 3:53 | |
| B4 | Had It With You | 3:18 | |
| B5 | Sleep Tonight | 5:09 | |
| B6 | Key To The Highway | 0:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Grammofoonplaten B.V.
- Copyright © – Promotone B.V.
- Made By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
- Published By – Promopub B.V.
- Published By – Half Pint Music
- Published By – Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
- Recorded At – Pathé-Marconi Studios
- Mixed At – RPM Studios
- Mixed At – Right Track Recording
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Distributed By – CBS Records
- Distributed By – CBS Disques S.A.
- Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Credits
- Art Direction, Design [Package] – Janet Perr
- Art Direction, Photography By – Annie Leibovitz
- Artwork [Inner Sleeve] – Mark Marek
- Crew [Road Crew] – SVI (2)
- Engineer – Dave Jerden
- Engineer [Additional] – Steve Parker (2)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Tim Crich
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Producer – The Glimmer Twins
- Technician [Guitars (Night And Day)] – Alan Rogan
Notes
Special thanks to:
Bobby Womack.....Don Covay, Chuck Leavell, Jimmy Page, Patti Scialfa, Jimmy Cliff, Tom Waits, Kirsty MacColl, Ivan Neville, Anton Fig, Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton, Philippe Saisse, Dan Collette, John Regan, Alan Rogan, Ian Stewart, Janis Pendarvis, and Dolette McDonald.
Philippe Saisse appears courtesy of Manhattan Records and Doppelganger.
Thanks to Sterling at the Ernie Ball Co. for strings and things.
Thanks to Tony King and Jane Rose.
This album is dedicated to Ian Stewart "Thanks, Stu, for 25 years of boogie-woogie."
Track B6 is not listed. It concerns a short version of the Ian Stewart who died shortly after this recording.
Matte cover.
Some releases issued in dark red cellophane shrinkwrap with a large illustrated promotional sticker on the front.
Inner sleeve has lyric sheet and a comic strip, "Dirty Workout", by Mark Marek and a generic inner sleeve with rounded corners too.
"Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. England" on back of cover.
Some copies with golden "Not For Sale" stamp on cover.
Bobby Womack.....Don Covay, Chuck Leavell, Jimmy Page, Patti Scialfa, Jimmy Cliff, Tom Waits, Kirsty MacColl, Ivan Neville, Anton Fig, Steve Jordan, Charley Drayton, Philippe Saisse, Dan Collette, John Regan, Alan Rogan, Ian Stewart, Janis Pendarvis, and Dolette McDonald.
Philippe Saisse appears courtesy of Manhattan Records and Doppelganger.
Thanks to Sterling at the Ernie Ball Co. for strings and things.
Thanks to Tony King and Jane Rose.
This album is dedicated to Ian Stewart "Thanks, Stu, for 25 years of boogie-woogie."
Track B6 is not listed. It concerns a short version of the Ian Stewart who died shortly after this recording.
Matte cover.
Some releases issued in dark red cellophane shrinkwrap with a large illustrated promotional sticker on the front.
Inner sleeve has lyric sheet and a comic strip, "Dirty Workout", by Mark Marek and a generic inner sleeve with rounded corners too.
"Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. England" on back of cover.
Some copies with golden "Not For Sale" stamp on cover.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Label Code: LC 0149
- Rights Society: MS/BIEM
- Price Code: CB 321
- Price Code (In Cirlce): 58
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 1): CBS 86321 A2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched Variant 1): CBS 86321 B2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched Variant 2): CBS 86321 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched Variant 2): CBS 86321 B1
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched/Stamped Variant 3): CBS 86321 A1 0 D
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched/Stamped Variant 3): CBS 86321 B3 0 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched/Stamped Variant 4): CBS 86321-A1 20 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Etched/Stamped Variant 4): CBS . 86321 B2 . 21 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched/stamped variant 5): CBS 86321-A2 4 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched/stamped variant 5): CBS-86321-B2 10 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched/stamped variant 6): CBS 86321 A1 D
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched/stamped variant 6): CBS 86321 B2
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| Dirty Work (LP, Album, Stereo, Dark Pink Cover Inside) | Rolling Stones Records | CBS 86321, 86321, OC 40250 | Europe | 1986 | |||
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Dirty Work (CD, Album, Digital Audio Disc Pressing) | Rolling Stones Records | CK 40250 | US | 1986 | ||
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Dirty Work (Cassette, Album, Stereo) | CBS | 40-86321 | Europe | 1986 | ||
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Dirty Work (LP, Album) | Rolling Stones Records | OC40250 | US | 1986 | ||
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Dirty Work (CD, Album, Misprint, Stereo) | Rolling Stones Records | CDCBS 86321 | Europe | 1986 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Image is at least half the reason this album was so maligned- whoever was responsible for the release messed up in every way possible. Let's start with one of the worst album covers in history, a terrible idea poorly executed by a great photographer. The lettering. The colors. In the days when covers said everything about what was inside. This is an album by an angry band that was falling apart at the seams and the cover should have been as dirty as the title, not the cover to the Miami Vice soundtrack. Second, One Hit is an instant classic and should have been the lead single, not Harlem Shuffle. Third, if the band really wanted to get back to basics, they should have gone with basic analog production techniques and let the songs speak for themselves. Too Rude is catchy as hell and would have been a great follow up single to One Hit. The legend could be that the Stones released one of their rawest, messiest, meanest albums in Dirty Work but instead it's the Stones by way of Phil Collins.
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Stay away from this one.
PROS: Most people have forgotten it.
CONS: Tracks 1 to 10
I can name you five reasons why you’d be much happier listening to the Sgt. Pepper soundtrack album.
1. The big hit single off the album was “Harlem Shuffle”, a cover of an uninspired R&B number by Bob & Earl from 1963.
2. Out of all ten songs, there is not even ONE single rocker where Mick, Keith or Charlie kick out the jams.
3. Many fans and critics thought the song “Had It With You” was written by Mick about Keith or by Keith about Mick.
4. “Gotta get into a fight/Can’t get out of it” – one of the dumbest lyrics ever sung by Mick.
5. “You better get some sleep tonight/All you gotta do is close your eyes” – one of the dumbest lyrics ever sung by Keith.
And there’s a bonus reason: Charlie’s facial expression on the cover says it all. He can’t even look at the camera he’s so embarrassed. -
Okay so this isn’t a great album but it isn’t terrible and certainly nowhere near as bad as has been suggested by the critics. When all the old guard were making desperate albums in the eighties this is still very listenable. Come on they had already made at least 15 truly great albums let them come down slowly. You pick which 15. How many other artists managed that. Zeppelin, Purple , Sabbath, The Beatles nowhere near. Bowie....Dylan at a stretch.
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