Still Life (The Rolling Stones album)

Still Life
Live album by The Rolling Stones
Released 1 June 1982
Recorded 5–6 November, 25 November, 13 December, 18–19 December 1981
Overdubs: March–April 1982
Genre Rock
Length 40:08
Language English
Label Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer The Glimmer Twins
The Rolling Stones Live chronology
Love You Live
(1977)		 Still Life
(1982)		 Flashpoint
(1991)
Singles from Still Life
  1. "Going to a Go-Go"
    Released: 2 June 1982
  2. "Time Is on My Side"
    Released: 13 September 1982

Still Life is a live album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1982. Recorded during the band's American Tour 1981 in the latter portion of that year, it was released in time for their European Tour 1982 continuation the following summer.

The album cover is a painting by Japanese artist Kazuhide Yamazaki, whose work inspired the tour's stage design.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The album was preceded by their cover of the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go", which became a Top 30 hit in the United Kingdom and United States, while follow-up single, "Time Is on My Side" managed to reach the lower part of the UK charts.

Still Life was a commercial success, reaching #4 in the UK and #5 in the U.S., going platinum there, but was not critically well-received, being admonished for sounding too slick and lacking any rough edges expected in a Rolling Stones performance. Former Stones bassist Bill Wyman may agree; the album received only a brief and dismissive mention in the otherwise heavily detailed chronicle of his life with the band, Rolling with the Stones. Of particular chagrin to Stones fans was the fact that nearly half of the Hampton Coliseum rendition of "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" was edited out for the release.

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.

Track listing

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

Side one
  1. Intro: "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 0:27 (Performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
  2. "Under My Thumb" – 4:18
  3. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:51
  4. "Shattered" – 4:11
  5. "Twenty Flight Rock" (Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild) – 1:48
  6. "Going to a Go-Go" (William Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers/Marvin Tarplin) – 3:21
Side two
  1. "Let Me Go" – 3:37
  2. "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 3:39
  3. "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 5:23
  4. "Start Me Up" – 4:21
  5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 4:24
  6. Outro: "Star Spangled Banner" (Trad) – 0:48 (arranged and performed by Jimi Hendrix)

Personnel

The Rolling Stones
Additional personnel

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
1982 UK Albums Chart[1] 4
1982 Billboard Pop Albums[2] 5
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1982 "Going to a Go-Go" The Billboard Hot 100[2] 25
1982 "Going to a Go-Go" Mainstream Rock Tracks[2] 5
1982 "Going to a Go-Go" UK Top 100 Singles[1] 26
1982 "Time Is on My Side" UK Top 100 Singles[1] 62

Certification

Country Certification Sales
United States Platinum 1,000,000
United Kingdom Gold 100,000

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Official Charts Company - Still Life". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Still Life on Billboard". Rovi Corporation / Billboard. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
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