Undercover

This early 80's offering from the glimmer twins and company seems to be overlooked in the catalog of the stones, heck even on the rolling stones discography on their own website, "Undercover" is not mentioned. So are the Stones trying to hide history, are they so ashamed of this album trying to make it appear as if it was never recorded."Undercover" is a great album when production techniques were starting to go sour and synthesizers ushered in a dated sound. Every rock band from the previous decade that made classic albums suffered in the 8o's...(Heart,Rush...) The stones get by by a hair with "Undercover" but really suffer with "Dirty Work" and "Steel Wheels" and then redeem themselves with "Voodoo Lounge" in the early 90's. This was their last best effort as a cohesive album from beginning to end. The songs that do have a hint of 80's production and synths is evident on tracks like "Too much Blood" but the horns and melody are so infectious that you can be on the fence with it. There really wasn't a big hit on this record per-se, "Undercover of the night" being the lead cut which was on radio and mtv upon release but didn't really make in impact. Now "Dirty Work" had two singles very memorable "One hit to the body" and "Harlem Shuffle" and Steel Wheels had massive singles and mtv airplay with "Mixed Emotions", "Rock and hard place" and "Almost hear you sigh." Just because an album has hit singles don't make it a great album... or a classic album. Steel Wheels was an album that was placating to pop listeners, its a very safe record, for a big stadium tour was to follow... There was no Stones edge to it, "Too much Blood" is typical stones territory, up there with "Midnight Rambler" and "Sympathy for the Devil" as far as dark themes go, where the stones are great at taking us there with Mick as our tour guide. If you see this album pick it up, skip "Dirty Work" and "Steel Wheels" and go straight to "Voodoo Lounge" and rewrite history as if those 2 albums were never recorded.Undercover is a classic from beginning to end.

Underrated but one of their best music. Love the songs and Keith sings on one! Better than a head in your refrigerator.

A lot of people say EXILE ON MAIN STREET is the last great Rolling Stones album, but this album came out almost ten years later and it's almost as good. I remember in college being depressed all the time, homesick, ignored by professors, picked on by stupid stuck up jocks and rich kids, and I'd hear Mick singing "Too Much Blood" and he'd just make me laugh and laugh. "Oh no, don't saw off me arm. Oh no, don't saw off me leg." At Columbia College in the mid Eighties if you weren't a rich kid from Long Island you were nobody, the victim in a horror movie. Mick got what that felt like and made it funny. And then there was "Pretty Beat Up," which was about being knocked around for no reason and not giving up. And there are songs I didn't even hear until thirty years later, like "Pain Of Love" and "Feel On" which are just as good. A great album, with tons of soul grooves and an authentic reggae feel!

Quality of the sound was great. Wasn't the Stones best Album. But gladthat I got it.

Songs are great and no fillers to me but I'm a stones fan!!! a good remaster and quick arrival of cd!!!

She was Hot, Too Much Blood, the title track, Keith's Wanna Hold You.... it's great. Not anything like Tattoo You but not many Stones LPs are overall. This is sort of a relic, not too well received but I loved it back then and see the humor in it, and still do, very good as far as the new audio quality, very impressed.

This is a very underrated album by the Stones and IMO their last solid release start to finish. Product came as expected, brand new, no damage, on-time.

I have it but got it because this disk has been remastered

prodotto perfetto nella confezione oltre che essere stato ricevuto in anticipo

初めて買ったストーンズということもあり、好きなアルバム。一曲目が有名ですが、残りの曲もなかなか。リズムを聴かせるバンドだと思いますが、このアルバムはエコーも楽しいです。時代の空気が。どんな空気だと言われると答えられませんが、でも空気がと言っておきたいアルバム。ストーンズはいつも変わらないという話もありますが、いつだって変化してるのがわかるアルバムでもあります。

Es ist genau eines dieser Alben. Es beginnt mit 2 mehr oder weniger erfolgreichen Singleauskoppelungen, der Rest setzt sich vorerst noch nicht im Langzeitgedächtnis fest. Erst bei mehrmaligem Hören entdeckt man, was für ein kraftvolles, stampfendes Album die Stones da hingelegt haben. Diesmal bleibt man konsequent auf der rockigen Schiene und so erfreut man sich an einem starken Album, das leider viel zu sehr unterbewertet wurde.

At Times there are some discs that require moving away from them for a short time and then returning to listen again with fresh ears, such was the case with UNDERCOVER. When I did return to Undercover for the second time the title track became very fresh for me and I very much enjoyed it. Ronnie Woods Tune PRETTY BEAT UP, and TOO MUCH BLOOD also stood out immediately and the rest of the tracks were far more easy to listen too. I have to say that this was NOT the best of all STONES discs for me however it does have its moments and it is worth owning at the right price. The Title Track is indeed a great song and there are some plums along side it to make it worth owning.Spigomars

Love the music. But from a retail perspective the product was in great condition, well packed and promptly delivered. Thanks.