Mick Jagger - Very Best of Mick Jagger
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Artist: Mick JaggerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Music Label: Rhino Records
Soundtracks:
- God Gave Me Everything
- Put Me In The Trash
- Just Another Night
- Don't Tear Me Up
- Charmed Life previously unreleased
- Sweet Thing
- Old Habits Die Hard - with Dave Stewart
- Dancing In The Street - with David Bowie
- Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup) previously unreleased
- Memo From Turner
- Lucky In Love
- Let's Work
- Joy
- Don't Call Me Up
- Checkin' Up On My Baby with the Red Devils
- (You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back - Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
- Evening Gown
Music reviews of Very Best of Mick Jagger
Music Review: If You Like Mick Jagger--This is a Great CD
Rating: 5 Stars
Many Rolling Stones fans do not like Mick Jagger's solo efforts, either because they find them too commercial or because Mick's solo career almost broke up the Stones. Both statements are arguably true. Mick's solo work does occasionally digress from his blues/rock roots into disco or hard pop. Some of his solo work isn't very good, either. And the solo career almost broke up the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band.
That caveat having been aired, if you like Mick Jagger as an artist and a musician, you will not be let down by this new and long-overdue collection. Rolling Stones purists will probably reject it, but as a die-hard Stones fan I have long made an effort to listen to all the band-mates' individual works as well, including Jagger's. Though the solo efforts are uneven, each of the Stones has put out some good stuff. Mick Taylor's albums are enjoyable, Keith Richard's albums with the Xpensive Winos rock pretty hard, Charlie Watts indulges his passion for jazz with his band, Ronnie Wood's work with the Faces and his solo work is worth listening to, and Bill Wyman's Rythm Kings continue to put out simply amazing blues/rock. The fact is, the Rolling Stones, as a group, are simply greater than the sum of their individual parts. None of the Stones makes the same great music individually as he does when he gets together with the other guys in the band and they work together.
Mick has always had an eye for current trends in music. He got interested in the funk sounds of the sixties and the disco sounds of the seventies, and this shows heavily in his solo work. Some of his dance tunes remain the finest of the era. His ballads are lovely and timeless, and the fact that one of his best solo ballads is 'Old Habits Die Hard' from the Alfie soundtrack, the man has not lost his touch.
The album breaks down into several specific genres of Mick Music. I'll cover each as it appears on the album:
1. God Gave Me Everything--a very satisfying rocker with a sizzling guitar solo.
2. Put Me In The Trash--More rock and roll.
3. Just Another Night--disco/pop number with rock overtones. Heavy drums and some wild sound effects make it interesting.
4. Don't Tear Me Up--rock
5. Charmed Life--this previously-unreleased single is perhaps one of the best songs on the entire album. Mick did it alone with his daughter supplying backing vocals. It has a sharp disco beat but also some Latin rythms. Disco that rocks. I could almost hear Bill Wyman laying down the funky bass beat, though of course it wasn't.
6. Sweet Thing--more disco. Not one of his best, but has a nice hook.
7. Old Habits Die Hard - another unexpected gem on this album, written for the Alfie soundtrack. Lovely ballad.
8. Dancing In The Street - with David Bowie---never did really like this song, but the beat is catchy.
9. Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup) previously unreleased--Produced by John Lennon, this is a great blues/rocker that sounds like something that could have been on the Exiles in Main Street album.
10. Memo From Turner--from Mick's movie. This is a funky number with funny lyrics. Excellent.
11. Lucky In Love--great number, rocks all the way through.
12. Let's Work--another weak link on the album. It's not terrible, just not that great. Mick preaches about the virtues of work and basically tells people to get off their butts and get a job.
13. Joy--Great song, which falls almost into the Gospel category, complete with Black gospel choir. The song is about finding God in nature, but the line about Jesus with a cigarette ruins the spirituality for me.
14. Don't Call Me Up--another ballad, and a pretty good one.
15. Checkin' Up On My Baby with the Red Devils--very good number with edge.
16. (You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back - Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger From a Peter Tosh album, this is a good reggae number.
17. Evening Gown--good way to end the album, with a ballad of wistfulness, longing, and the joys and sorrows of aging.
Again, if you like good dance beats, and a fun mix of rock, jazz, blues, gospel, reggae, and pop, this greatest hits covers it all and is a nice tribute to the solo career of a talented artist.
Recommended except for: disco-haters, hard-core Stones purists.
Description of Very Best of Mick Jagger
Arguably the most iconic rock star ever, Mick Jagger has gathered no moss during his intervals off from fronting The Rolling Stones. On The Very Best of Mick Jagger, his distinguished solo work is compiled and examined for the first time ever on an anthology spanning over thirty years of highlights, with all tracks selected by Jagger himself.More from Mick Jagger
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