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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 15,902 Atlanta Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #25 - Nov 12^th, 2015 at 3:21pm This is cool. I await a certain album review more than others.
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job Rocks Off Regular Offline The last of the hard core troubadours. Posts: 191 Orange County, California Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #26 - Nov 12^th, 2015 at 5:31pm Some Guy wrote on Nov 12^th, 2015 at 3:21pm: This is cool. I await a certain album review more than others. SPOILER ALERT: Every song on Dirty Work gets 5 stars.
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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #27 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 8:02am job wrote on Nov 12^th, 2015 at 5:31pm: Some Guy wrote on Nov 12^th, 2015 at 3:21pm: This is cool. I await a certain album review more than others. SPOILER ALERT: Every song on Dirty Work gets 5 stars. I actually can't wait to write that one either.
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Some Guy Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 15,902 Atlanta Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #28 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 8:31am Keep me posted on Emotional Rescue.
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job Rocks Off Regular Offline The last of the hard core troubadours. Posts: 191 Orange County, California Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #29 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 12:23pm I look forward to all of them actually...do them daily Jim!!
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Reply #30 - Nov 16^th, 2015 at 1:14pm

job wrote on Nov 13^th, 2015 at 12:23pm:

I look forward to all of them actually...do them daily Jim!!

I wish I had the time to. But here is today's: A Look at 1976's Black And Blue:

https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/ck-retro-review-black-and-blue-by-...

And the book is available now:

http://www.amazon.com/Counting-Down-The-Rolling-Stones/dp/1442254467

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job Rocks Off Regular Offline The last of the hard core troubadours. Posts: 191 Orange County, California Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #31 - Nov 16^th, 2015 at 1:32pm I think you meant "Melody", not "Remedy" in the Black & Blue review.
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job Rocks Off Regular Offline The last of the hard core troubadours. Posts: 191 Orange County, California Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #32 - Nov 16^th, 2015 at 1:54pm The book looks great. Your Top 100 supports my long held and very unpopular opinion that Steel Wheels is better than Voodoo Lounge.
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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #33 - Nov 16^th, 2015 at 2:32pm job wrote on Nov 16^th, 2015 at 1:32pm: I think you meant "Melody", not "Remedy" in the Black & Blue review. Thanks for catching that. I'll edit it later. And thanks for the kind words on the book.
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patioaintdry Rocks Off Regular Offline the pools in but the patio ain't dry Posts: 144 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #34 - Nov 16^th, 2015 at 2:57pm If anything, your book appears to be provocative. I look forward to reading the justification for ranking Midnight Rambler at 86 instead of 16 . . . or 6. But, its tough for anyone to rank songs outside of the warhorses -- quite an undertaking. I applaud you for the effort.
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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #35 - Nov 18^th, 2015 at 2:31pm For those who have been following the series and are wondering how the book differs, here is an excerpt, courtesy of American Songwriter, which takes a deep dive into "Shooting Star": http://www.americansongwriter.com/2015/11/book-excerpt-counting-down-the-rolling...
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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #36 - Nov 19^th, 2015 at 10:34am We roll on today with 1978's Some Girls. Check it out in the link: https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/ck-retro-review-some-girls-by-the-...
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Reply #37 - Dec 2^nd, 2015 at 7:26am

Sorry for the radio silence, folks, but I took some time off over the holidays. A new post comes on Thursday most likely, but in the meantime, here is the link to one I forgot to notify you about that went up last week, my look at 1980's Emotional Rescue.

https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/ck-retro-review-emotional-rescue-b...

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Reply #38 - Dec 2^nd, 2015 at 1:48pm

JimBeviglia wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2015 at 7:26am:

I love this album and play it all the time despite the typical reviews. Nice to see your perspective and pretty positive review of an underrated album.

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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #39 - Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 1:53pm After a little hiatus, I'm once again neck-deep in the Stones catalog. Today it's a look at 1981's Tattoo You. Enjoy! https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/ck-retro-review-tattoo-you-by-the-...
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Ephceetera Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 9 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #40 - Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 2:45pm Cool reviews but from the UK debut to no Nº 2 and UK Out Of Our Heads?
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job Rocks Off Regular Offline The last of the hard core troubadours. Posts: 191 Orange County, California Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #41 - Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 3:39pm JimBeviglia wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 1:53pm: After a little hiatus, I'm once again neck-deep in the Stones catalog. Today it's a look at 1981's Tattoo You. Enjoy! https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/ck-retro-review-tattoo-you-by-the-... Every cut on this record deserves 4/5 stars. Period.
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Reply #42 - Dec 7^th, 2015 at 10:59am

Ephceetera wrote on Dec 3^rd, 2015 at 2:45pm:

Cool reviews but from the UK debut to no Nº 2 and UK Out Of Our Heads?

The Stones definitely presented me with some problems in terms of which releases to spotlight. Sorry if there are inconsistencies there. I was trying to do it in the most comprehensive way, which is why I bounced back and forth somewhat between UK and US releases.

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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #43 - Dec 7^th, 2015 at 11:00am Next up in the Retro Review series: 1983's Undercover. It's in the link, of course: https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/12/07/ck-retro-review-undercover-by-the-...
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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #44 - Dec 10^th, 2015 at 12:31pm The most polarizing album in Rolling Stones history? The worst? The most underrated? See my take on 1986's Dirty World in the link below: https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/12/10/ck-retro-review-dirty-work-by-the-...
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Edith Grove Rocks Off Regular Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #45 - Dec 10^th, 2015 at 12:53pm JimBeviglia wrote on Dec 10^th, 2015 at 12:31pm: See my take on 1986's Dirty World in the link below Yes, it is indeed a very dirty world we live in.
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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #46 - Dec 11^th, 2015 at 7:56am Edith Grove wrote on Dec 10^th, 2015 at 12:53pm: JimBeviglia wrote on Dec 10^th, 2015 at 12:31pm: See my take on 1986's Dirty World in the link below Yes, it is indeed a very dirty world we live in. D'oh! Dirty Work, of course. Thanks for catching my blunder.
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Reply #47 - Dec 13^th, 2015 at 6:38am

I read your SF review. It's good. SF is my fav RS album.

RE: Brown Sugar
If they’d try to record it today, they’d probably be tarred and feathered, so score one for the pre-PC age.

PC= Politically Correct, right? or is it Personal Computer?
Either way, this is so true and can be said for many Stones tunes.

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JimBeviglia Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 32 Gender:	Re: The Rolling Stones Retro Review Series Reply #48 - Dec 15^th, 2015 at 2:04pm Today it's a look at Steel Wheels in the Stones Retro Review series. Check it out in the link: https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/ck-retro-review-steel-wheels-by-th...
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Reply #49 - Dec 22^nd, 2015 at 6:23pm

JimBeviglia wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2015 at 10:56am:

Today 1967's Their Satanic Majesties Request gets the spotlight from the Retro Review series. Check it out in the link:

https://countdownkid.wordpress.com/2015/10/22/ck-retro-review-their-satanic-maje...

Interesting review there Jim. I'm always interested in other people's opinions on TSMR, It's been largely slagged, (slated, dismissed, etc.) since it's release. When I first bought it in 1978, I was quite surprised at how much I liked it, especially when all the reviews I'd read had dismissed it as a poor attempt to follow The Beatles.

I can understand why it was dismissed in 1967, nobody really wanted that from The Stones, lack of a George Martin; absolutely! Their biggest problem since their inception, until Jimmy Miller.

Of course I had just begun my days of retracing their recorded work back in '78, my brain constantly screaming at me; "what the **** have I been doing since 1965? And TSMR was as interesting as anything else to me at that time, not as good as say, the Jimmy Miller period, but still of interest. I still like it, dated as it is. That cover was a bad move obviously. Way too much like the Sgt's. I still get a buzz from Citadel. "Where's that joint?"

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