Undercover (album)

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Undercover
The Rolling Stones studio album

Publication
(s)

November 7, 1983

Label (s) Rolling Stones Records; First distribution: Atlantic, EMI

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

skirt

Title (number)

10

running time

45:00

occupation

production

The Glimmer Twins and Chris Kimsey

Studio (s)

Pathé Marconi, Paris ; Compass Point Studios , Nassau , Bahamas and Hit Factory, New York

  • November 11th - December 17th, 1982
  • May, June - August 1, 1983
chronology
Still Life
(1982) 		Undercover Rewind
(1984)

Undercover is the 17th album by the Rolling Stones . It was produced by Chris Kimsey and the Glimmer Twins . After the studio album Tattoo You had been made mostly from outtakes from the 1970s, the Stones only produced newly recorded material for Undercover .

history

After the European tour of 1982 ended, the recordings for Undercover began in Paris in the summer of 1982. The album was finally completed in New York.

The recording sessions weren't easy for the Rolling Stones, however, as there was tremendous tension between Jagger and Richards. Jagger wanted to bring a new style to the record, but Richards wanted to focus more on the actual blues and rock roots.

The cover of the US-American LP contains seven removable stickers in geometric patterns.

title

All titles written by Mick Jagger / Keith Richards, except where noted.

Page 1:

  1. Undercover of the Night - 4:32
  2. She Was Hot - 4:41
  3. Tie You Up (The Pain of Love) - 4:16
  4. Wanna Hold You - 3:52
  5. Feel On Baby - 5:07

Page 2:

  1. Too Much Blood - 6:14
  2. Pretty Beat Up (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards / Ron Wood) - 4:04
  3. Too Tough - 3:52
  4. All the Way Down - 3:14
  5. It Must Be Hell - 5:04

Musician

  • Mick Jagger - vocals, background vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
  • Keith Richards - rhythm and lead guitars, vocals, bass on Pretty Beat Up
  • Charlie Watts - drums
  • Ron Wood - rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals, bass on Tie You Up and Wanna Hold You
  • Bill Wyman - bass, percussion, Yamaha piano on Pretty Beat Up

The Rolling Stones were supported by numerous guest musicians:

  • Jim Barber - Additional guitar on Too Much Blood
  • CHOPS - wind players
  • Moustapha Cissé - percussion
  • Brahms Coundoul - percussion
  • Martin Ditcham - percussion
  • Sly Dunbar - percussion
  • Chuck Leavell - keyboard instruments
  • David Sanborn - saxophone
  • Robbie Shakespeare - bass
  • Ian Stewart - percussion, piano on She Was Hot and Pretty Beat Up

literature

  • Bill Wyman: Bill Wyman's Rolling Stones Story. Dorling Kindersley, Starnberg, 2002 ISBN 3-8310-0391-2 , p. 478

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Undercover at Discogs (English)