Still Life | ||||
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Released | 1 June 1982 | |||
Recorded | 5–6 November 1981 25 November 1981 8–9 December 1981 13 December 1981 18–19 December 1981 Overdubs: March–April 1982 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 40:08 | |||
Label | Rolling Stones/ Atlantic | |||
Producer | The Glimmer Twins | |||
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Still Life (American Concert 1981) is a live album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 1 June 1982. Recorded during the band's 1981 American tour, it was released in time for their 1982 European tour.
The album cover is a painting by Japanese artist Kazuhide Yamazaki, whose work inspired the tour's stage design.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B− [2] |
MusicHound | [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Tom Hull | B+ [6] |
The album was preceded by the release of a cover version of the Miracles' " Going to a Go-Go", which became a Top 30 hit in the United Kingdom and United States; the follow-up single, " Time Is on My Side", reached the lower part of the UK chart.
Still Life was a commercial success, reaching number 4 in the UK Albums Chart and number 5 in the U.S., and going Platinum in the U.S. and Canada, as well as Gold in the UK, but was not critically well-received, being admonished for sounding too slick and lacking any rough edges expected in a Rolling Stones performance. [1]
In 1998, Still Life was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2010 by Universal Music. It was released on SHM-SACD in 2011 by Universal Music Japan.
All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | " Intro: Take the 'A' Train" ( Billy Strayhorn) | 0:27 |
2. | " Under My Thumb" (East Rutherford 5.11.81) | 4:18 |
3. | " Let's Spend the Night Together" (Hampton 18.12.81) | 3:51 |
4. | " Shattered" (Hampton 18.12.81) | 4:11 |
5. | " Twenty Flight Rock" ( Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild, ( Largo 9.12.81)) | 1:48 |
6. | " Going to a Go-Go" ( William Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin, (Largo 9.12.81)) | 3:21 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Let Me Go" (Largo 8.12.81) | 3:37 |
2. | " Time Is on My Side" ( Norman Meade, (Hampton 18.12.81)) | 3:39 |
3. | " Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" ( Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, (Hampton 19.12.81)) | 5:23 |
4. | " Start Me Up" (Chicago 25.11.81) | 4:21 |
5. | " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Tempe 13.12.81) | 4:24 |
6. | " Outro: Star Spangled Banner" (Trad. (arr. Jimi Hendrix)) | 0:48 |
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia ( ARIA) [7] | Gold | 20,000^ |
Canada ( Music Canada) [22] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
Japan ( RIAJ) [23] | Gold | 100,000^ |
Spain ( PROMUSICAE) [24] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom ( BPI) [25] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United States ( RIAA) [26] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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