Rewind (1971–1984)

Rewind (1971–1984)
Greatest hits album by The Rolling Stones
Released 2 July 1984
Recorded December 1969 – August 1983
Genre Rock
Language English
Label Rolling Stones/EMI
Producer Jimmy Miller, The Glimmer Twins, and Chris Kimsey
The Rolling Stones compilations chronology

Sucking in the Seventies
(1981)		 Rewind (1971–1984)
(1984)		 Singles Collection: The London Years
(1989)

Rewind (1971–1984) is a compilation album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1984. Coming only three years after Sucking in the Seventies, the album was primarily compiled to mark the end of the band's alliance with Warner Music (in North America) and EMI (all other territories), both of whom were the distributors of Rolling Stones Records. It is the second Rolling Stones album to include a lyric sheet (after 1978's Some Girls.)

For the first time since 1969's Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2), the UK and US editions of Rewind (1971–1984) would each feature altered track listings, reflecting the individual tastes of both territories. The American CD version featured the U.S. top 20 hits from 1971-1983, with the exception of Ain't Too Proud To Beg.

Released in the summer of 1984, Rewind (1971–1984) was not as successful as previous compilations (due, in no small part, to the track repetitions from previous retrospectives), reaching #23 in the UK and #86 in the US, though it went gold there. The album was released on Compact Disc in the United States adding "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" and "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)". This was the first official US Rolling Stones CD release.

See also Video Rewind released 14 November 1984.

With later compilations Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993) and Forty Licks (2002) superseding it, Rewind (1971–1984) is now out of print.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau A− [2]

British track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

  1. "Brown Sugar" – 3:49
  2. "Undercover of the Night" – 4:32
  3. "Start Me Up" – 3:31
  4. "Tumbling Dice" – 3:37
  5. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) " – 5:07
  6. "She's So Cold" – 4:11
  7. "Hang Fire" – 2:21
  8. "Miss You" – 4:48
  9. "Beast of Burden " – 4:27
  10. "Fool to Cry" – 5:06
  11. "Waiting on a Friend" – 4:34
  12. "Angie" – 4:31
  13. "Respectable" – 3:07

American track listing

  1. "Miss You" – 4:48
  2. "Brown Sugar" – 3:49
  3. "Undercover of the Night" – 4:31
  4. "Start Me Up" – 3:31
  5. "Tumbling Dice" – 3:37
  6. "Hang Fire" – 2:21
  7. "Emotional Rescue" – 5:40
  8. "Beast of Burden" – 4:27
  9. "Fool to Cry" – 5:05
  10. "Waiting On a Friend" – 4:34
  11. "Angie" – 4:31
  12. "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" – 5:07
  13. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" – 3:27

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
1984

1990

 UK Top 100 Albums

UK Top 75 Albums

 23

45

1984 The Billboard 200 86 [3]

Certification

Country Certification Sales
United States Gold 500,000
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1984 "Brown Sugar" UK Top 100 Singles 58

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Robert Christgau review
  3. ↑ Billboard