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Sticky Fingers (Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo) album cover
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-060, Rolling Stones Records – MFSL 1-060
Series: Original Master Recording –
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: US
Released: 01 Jun 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll
Tracklist
A1 Brown Sugar 3:50
A2 Sway 3:45
A3 Wild Horses 5:41
A4 Cant You Hear Me Knocking 7:17
A5 You Gotta Move 2:32
B1 Bitch 3:12
B2 I Got The Blues 4:00
B3 Sister Morphine 5:34
B4 Dead Flowers 4:05
B5 Moonlight Mile 5:56
Companies, etc.
Mastered At – Original Masteringworks
Lacquer Cut At – JVC Cutting Center
Pressed By – Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Manufactured By – MFSL, Inc.
Distributed By – MFSL, Inc.
Licensed From – Atlantic Recording Corporation
Licensed From – EMI Records Ltd.
Credits
Lacquer Cut By – SR/2*
Mastered By – SR/2*
Producer – Jimmy Miller
Written-By – Fred McDowell (tracks: A5), Mick Jagger/Keith Richard* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B5)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Matrix Side A): MFSL 1-060A
Matrix / Runout (Matrix Side B): MFSL 1-060B
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; H16I⁜⁜ stamped [Var 1]): MFSL-1-060-A6 SR/2 ORTOFON T/M H16I⁜⁜
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched; H19I⁜ stamped [Var 1]): MFSL-1-060.B9 SR/2 T/M ORTOFON H19I⁜
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; H1122E stamped [Var 2]): MFSL-1-060-A12 SR/2 ORTOFON H 1 12 2 E
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched; H1121 stamped [Var 2]): MFSL-1-060-B12 SR/2 ORTOFON H 1 121
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched; H 1 1 0 5⁜ ⁜⁜⁜ ⁜⁜ stamped, var 3): MFSL-1-060-A10 SR/2 ORTOFON H 1 1 0 5⁜ ⁜⁜⁜ ⁜⁜ T/M
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched, XX=unreadable scratched out, A7 scratcheded out, H 1 6 1 ⁜⁜⁜⁜⁜ stamped, var 3): T/M ORTOFON SR/2 MFSL-1-060 -XX A7 B6 H 1 6 1 ⁜⁜⁜⁜⁜
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..............Tracklist: ..............
Brown Sugar 3:50 ..............
Sway 3:45 ..............
Wild Horses 5:41 ..............
Can't You Hear Me Knocking 7:17 ..............
You Gotta Move 2:32 ..............
Bitch 3:42 ..............
I Got The Blues 4:00 ..............
Sister Morphine 5:34 ..............
Dead Flowers 4:05 ..............
Moonlight Mile 5:56 ..............
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..............Album Notes ..............
The Rolling Stones: Keith Richards (electric guitar, background vocals); Bill Wyman (electric piano, bass instrument); Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor , Charlie Watts .Personnel: Keith Richards (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards); Mick Taylor (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Mick Jagger (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, percussion); Bill Wyman (vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Billy Preston (vocals, organ, keyboards); M. Taylor (guitar, electric guitar); Ry Cooder (guitar); Paul Buckmaster (strings); Bobby Keys (saxophone, horns); B.B. Keyes (saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet, horns, piano); J. Price (trumpet, piano); Jack Nitzsche (piano, keyboards, percussion); Ian Stewart , Nicky Hopkins (piano, keyboards); Jim Dickinson (piano); B. Preston (organ); C. Watts, Charlie Watts (drums); Rocky Dijon (congas); Kwasi "Rocky" Dzidzornu, J. Miller, Jimmy Miller (percussion).Additional personnel: Billy Preston (piano); Jim Price , Ian Stewart , Jim Dickinson, Jimmy Miller , Nicky Hopkins, Paul Buckmaster, Ry Cooder, Rocky Dijon, Bobby Keys.Recording information: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, AL; Olympic Studios, London, England; Rolling Stones Mobile Unit.Photographer: Andy Warhol.Arranger: Paul Buckmaster.Pieced together from outtakes and much-labored-over songs, Sticky Fingers has a loose, ramshackle ambience that belies both its origins and the dark undercurrents of the songs. It's a weary, drug-laden album -- well over half the songs explicitly mention drug use, while the others merely allude to it -- that never fades away, but barely keeps afloat. Apart from the classic opener, "Brown Sugar," the long workout "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," and the mean-spirited "Bitch," Sticky Fingers is a slow, bluesy affair, with a few country touches thrown in for good measure. The laid-back tone of the album gives ample room for new lead guitarist Mick Taylor to stretch out, particularly on the extended coda of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." But the key to the album isn't the instrumental interplay -- although that is terrific -- it's the soulfulness of the songs. "Wild Horses" is their first non-ironic stab at a country song, and it is a beautiful, heart-tugging masterpiece. Similarly, "I Got the Blues" is a ravished, late-night classic that ranks among their very best blues. "Sister Morphine" is a horrifying overdose tale, and "Moonlight Mile," with Paul Buckmaster's grandiose strings, is a perfect closure: sad, yearning, drug-addled, and beautiful. With its offhand mixture of decadence, roots music, and outright malevolence, Sticky Fingers set the tone for the rest of the decade for the Stones. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine ..............
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