Tattoo You (2021 Remaster)

全英2位、全米1位に輝いたザ・ローリング・ストーンズの『刺青の男』が発売から40周年を記念して、拡張版マルチ・フォーマットで新装リリース!新たにリマスターされたこのアルバムには、同時期にレコーディングされた9曲の未発表トラックが追加収録される。

1981年8月24日のオリジナル・リリース。「Start Me Up」や「Hang Fire」、「Waiting On A Friend」などの代表曲を収録した名盤中の名盤。

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■オリジナル収録11曲の2021年リマスター

Like Emotional Rescue before it, Tattoo You was comprised primarily of leftovers, but unlike its predecessor, it never sounds that way. Instead, Tattoo You captures the Stones at their best as a professional stadium-rock band. Divided into a rock & roll side and a ballad side, the album delivers its share of thrills on the tight, dynamic first side. "Start Me Up" became the record's definitive Stonesy rocker, but the frenzied doo wop of "Hang Fire," the reggae jam of "Slave," the sleazy Chuck Berry rockers "Little T&A" and "Neighbours," and the hard blues of "Black Limousine" are all terrific. The ballad side suffers in comparison, especially since "Heaven" and "No Use in Crying" are faceless. But "Worried About You" and "Tops" are effortless, excellent ballads, and "Waiting on a Friend," with its Sonny Rollins sax solo, is an absolute masterpiece, with a moving lyric that captures Jagger in a shockingly reflective and affecting state of mind. "Waiting on a Friend" and the vigorous rock & roll of the first side make Tattoo You an essential latter-day Stones album, ranking just a few notches below Some Girls. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine