Album artwork for Tattoo You (Half Speed Master) by The Rolling Stones

After bum-rushing the '80s with Emotional Rescue, the Stones released Tattoo You, The second half of a potent one-two album punch that showed the band asserting themselves as they entered their third decade of music-making. essentially made up of songs dating as far back as 1972 sessions for Goats Head Soup, the Stones' 1981 release is still a potent slab of swagger and sass. Hang Fire is a tight two-minute and twenty second redefinition of surf music, and Start Me Up is classic stones, replete with Jagger's sexual braggadocio and Keith's patented Honky Tonk Women - style riffs. the bluesy shuffle that is Black Limousine is only surpassed by the cocky Little T and A, sung by an endearingly raspy Keith Richards. Most impressive on Tattoo You is the wistful Waiting on a Friend, featuring jazz giant Sonny Rollins wailing away on his saxophone as the song fades out.

The Rolling Stones

Tattoo You (Half Speed Master)

Polydor
Album artwork for Tattoo You (Half Speed Master) by The Rolling Stones
LP

£29.99

Heavyweight Vinyl. Remastered and Cut at Revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios.

Black
Released 26/06/2020Catalogue Number

877326

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The Rolling Stones

Tattoo You (Half Speed Master)

Polydor
Album artwork for Tattoo You (Half Speed Master) by The Rolling Stones
LP

£29.99

Heavyweight Vinyl. Remastered and Cut at Revelatory Half-Speed at Abbey Road Studios.

Black
Released 26/06/2020Catalogue Number

877326

Learn more

After bum-rushing the '80s with Emotional Rescue, the Stones released Tattoo You, The second half of a potent one-two album punch that showed the band asserting themselves as they entered their third decade of music-making. essentially made up of songs dating as far back as 1972 sessions for Goats Head Soup, the Stones' 1981 release is still a potent slab of swagger and sass. Hang Fire is a tight two-minute and twenty second redefinition of surf music, and Start Me Up is classic stones, replete with Jagger's sexual braggadocio and Keith's patented Honky Tonk Women - style riffs. the bluesy shuffle that is Black Limousine is only surpassed by the cocky Little T and A, sung by an endearingly raspy Keith Richards. Most impressive on Tattoo You is the wistful Waiting on a Friend, featuring jazz giant Sonny Rollins wailing away on his saxophone as the song fades out.