Stripped (The Rolling Stones album)

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Stripped
Live album by The Rolling Stones
Released	13 November 1995
Recorded	3 March - 26 July 1995
Genre	Rock
Length	59:34
Label	Virgin
Producer	Don Was and The Glimmer Twins
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A-) link
The Rolling Stones chronology
Voodoo Lounge (1994) Stripped (1995) Bridges to Babylon (1997)

Stripped is a live album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1995 while on the Voodoo Lounge Tour. The album is notable for being unlike any previous live release by the band in that it features a mix of intimate club recordings and live-in-the-studio reinterpretations of some classic and obscure recordings from their extensive catalogue.

The in studio sessions were recorded in two parts: from 3 - 5 March 1995 in Tokyo, Japan and 23 - 26 July in Lisbon, Portugal while the live club dates are spread out from performances in London, Paris and Amsterdam.

As a bonus for the CD package, some versions of Stripped came with bonus data tracks viewable only through computer containing rehearsal performances of "Tumbling Dice" and "Shattered" and an alternate performance of "Like a Rolling Stone", with the addition of interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood.

Released in November 1995 as their second album with Virgin Records, Stripped (a play on the title of Unplugged) was well-received with its relaxed and natural feel and reached #9 in both the UK and US, going platinum the latter territory. Lead single, a cover of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" reached #12 in the UK, becoming a rock radio hit in the US, and was followed up by "Wild Horses" in early 1996.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

1. "Street Fighting Man" – 3:41
2. "Like a Rolling Stone" (Bob Dylan) – 5:39
3. "Not Fade Away" (Norman Petty/Charles Hardin) – 3:06
4. "Shine a Light" – 4:38
5. "The Spider and the Fly" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:29
6. "I'm Free" – 3:13
7. "Wild Horses" – 5:09
8. "Let It Bleed" – 4:15
9. "Dead Flowers" – 4:13
10. "Slipping Away" – 4:55
11. "Angie" – 3:29
12. "Love in Vain" (Robert Johnson) – 5:31
13. "Sweet Virginia" – 4:16
14. "Little Baby" (Willie Dixon) – 4:00

• Tracks 1, 4 and 9 recorded live in Amsterdam on 26 May 1995
• Track 2 recorded live in London on 19 July 1995
• Tracks 8 and 11 recorded live in Paris on 3 July 1995
• Tracks 3, 6 and 13 are recorded live in the studio in Lisbon from 23 - 26 July 1995
• Tracks 5, 7, 10, 12 and 14 are recorded live in the studio in Tokyo from 3 - 5 March 1995

[edit] Personnel

• Mick Jagger - Vocals, Harmonica
• Keith Richards - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
• Charlie Watts - Drums
• Ronnie Wood - Electric Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar

• Darryl Jones - Bass
• Chuck Leavell - Piano, Organ
• Bernard Fowler - Backing Vocals

[edit] Charts

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Singles