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Rescue your emotions! And then click on this link to go back to the main Rolling Stones page. Emotional Recluse
Overall Album Score: 6.0 out of 10 Some Girls was some kind of surprise! Even though we saw The Rolling Stones embracing the pop-trends of the day (which was punk and disco), The Rolling Stones nevertheless pulled it off with flying colors. They wrote and performed those songs with a fresh enthusiasm, and also made it sound like they cared for them enough to give them a good polish before the public was susceptible to them. Even though they attempt the exact same style of music as they did in Some Girls, they seem like they were already tired of it with this follow-up. Many of these songs are embarassingly bad, in fact. "Indian Girl" is just a mess when it comes to instrumentation. I did sense a sort of attempt at being creative with it, but there really wasn't enough work on it to be entertaining in any way. "Where the Boys Go" is probably the most banal and annoying song that I've heard from The Rolling Stones so far ... verrrry bad. The concluding track, "All About You" did have some potential, but it is completely ruined by this unconvincing studio production! Eek!! This is even worse than the production on Exhile on Main St.. Exhile sounded more like it was originally produced well, but I'm hearing it through murky speakers. Emotional Rescue simply has SLOPPY production. The instruments aren't in the right places sometimes, the choruses are uninspired ... and ... DUDE ... this album seriously has some problems. Perhaps it's because this is the first Stones album of the 80s? Whatever the case, make Emotional Rescue something NOT to get unless you are already a devoted Stones fan, and you're lacking this for a complete discography. Overall Album Score: 6.0 out of 10 (A 6.0 is juuuuuust a passing score ... since I treat a 6.0 as a 60, D-minus. There are still some enjoyable moments in here, but I don't think the Rolling Stones tried hard enough this time around.) Average Album Score: 6.6 (Kinduva disappointment! The Stones try doing the disco-punk thing again, and they seem to fall flat on their faces. There's really only two or three songs on here that are worth a grunt.) Album Tilt: 6.0 (I didn't necessarily hate listening to this ... I grumble merely at some of the lost opportunity.) Artist Rating: 5.5 (This was a deliberate attempt at repeating Some Girs to the letter. It doesn't add anything new, rather, it subtracts quite a lot.) Track Reviews Dance (Pt. 1) 7/10 Where's "Dance (Pt. 2)????" Why must they do this to me????? They get me rallied up with "Dance (Pt. 1)," and they don't even deliver a "Dance (Pt. 2)." What kind of sick minds are at work, here? At any rate, I'm glad that this song doesn't have a sequel, because it's really not that good! If all you're looking for is a groovy disco beat, then you'll probably like this song quite a lot. Unfortunately, it's not very exciting ... which is what it would have needed for me to enjoy this one totally. It all might not have been so danged generic, too. That's greatly hindering this one. Although, the melody and the groove are both fine ... it just needs more excitement and fresh air. Summer Romance 7/10 Again, this punk song isn't quite as great as the stuff in Some Girls was ... but it's far from being a totally failed effort! There's little excitement radiating off of it in spite of the fact that Mick Jagger and the band appeared to be giving it a good shot. They're going through the motions, see? Send it to Me 7/10 I'm not a big fan of this song, either. This is a raggae-type song that fails to really take off. But ... again ... the Rolling Stones are really too talented to make anything a total failure. (They might be tired, but the great talent is still there!) Let Me Go 7.5/10 Again, the melody, the instrumentation ... everything really seems to be in place here! I just wish that it were more spirited! (I really don't like these lyrics very much ... but ...) I suppose that, overall, this is a nicely-done pop song. Although that steak I had for dinner wasn't very well done. *oof* I think I'm going to be sick. Indian Girl 5/10 Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh! This song is dreadfully boring! It's a "Wild Horses" wannabe ballad that's ... ummmm ... yawn-o. I hate the instrumentation here, actually, more than almost anything else. This is one is unfocused! Where the Boys Go 4/10 Ooooooooooof!!! THIS IS BANAL! And it's just ... hmmmpphhh ... TOTALLY UNLIKE THE STONES! I would sooner believe something like this from Kiss than the Bleeding Stones. Down in the Hole 6/10 MANNNNNNNNNN!!!! I just can't get no satisfaction, can I? Well, the fact that this is blues doesn't really help (because I dislike blues, for the most part) ... it also doesn't help that this song is dang unexciting. Just the same, though, this song does seem to achieve a sort of breadth that evaded other songs on here (most notably "Where the Boys Go.") Perhaps that's *because* it's blues. Just because it might have breadth, that doesn't mean I have to like it. It has bad breadth! Emotional Rescue 8/10 Well, at least here's a bit of good news! Mick Jagger gives a humorous Bee Gee's - esque vocal performance here that's pretty entertaining. That said, this song really does fail to catch fire with any sort of excitable energy. It's still rather groovy and fun, though (I don't get the "fun" part until this 5:30-minute song gets toward its conclusion.) She's So Cold 9/10 Hey! Look! This song is actually excitable, catchy, and doesn't sound like it was done by a bunch of tired old people! Did they accidentally forget to put this on Miss You or something? I don't know, but I sure as heck appreciate this here! This is a new-waver song that's about as good as any of those bands could do it. It's not perfect, but it is good. All About You 5/10 This isn't awfuuuuuuuul ... it just REALLY needed to be polished up a little bit before going to final print! Some parts of this are fine ... it's tuneful, moody, (not a big fan of the lyrics) ... but the chorus is a COMPLETE mess. Sorry ... but that unorganized chorus really screws up the whole atmosphere of this. Before rescuing your emotions, send me your comments about this album here! |
