| "Got to get into a fight, I can't get out of it." This | | | | "Winning Ugly" and "Had It With You." |
| line from the song "Fight" underscores the | | | | Aside from these numbers, the album contains |
| atmosphere that permeates the Rolling Stones' | | | | solid, above-average tracks such as the |
| 1986 release, Dirty Work. Noticeably less violent | | | | anti-nuclear war "Back To Zero," and the two |
| and less diverse musically than Undercover, Dirty | | | | tracks sung by Keith Richards: the Jimmy Cliff |
| Work is considerably angrier than its predecessor | | | | reggae collaboration "Too Rude" and the ballad |
| as it is was recorded at the height of Mick Jagger | | | | "Sleep Tonight" which is quite possibly the |
| and Keith Richards' public feud and features some | | | | creepiest song, let alone ballad, the band ever |
| of Jagger's most abrasive vocals. | | | | recorded. The weakest track on the album |
| Right from the start with the intro track "One Hit | | | | happens to be the album's only Top Ten hit, a |
| (To The Body)" (which features Jimmy Page on | | | | cover of a Bob & Earl's "Harlem Shuffle." The |
| one of the guitars) the gloves are off and the | | | | video is kind of cool though. On a sad note, the |
| two dominant personalities in the band are | | | | album ends with a half-minute long snippet of a |
| swinging away, sometimes hitting themselves in | | | | 1940 Charles Segar piano number entitled "Key |
| the process. | | | | To The Highway," which was originally a hidden |
| Allegedly Keith Richards and Ron Wood had | | | | track and serves as a tribute to longtime Stones' |
| considerable input on the development and | | | | keyboard and piano player Ian Stewart, who died |
| recording of the album as Mick Jagger was busy | | | | in 1985 of a heart attack at the age of 47. |
| promoting and recording his solo material, 1984's | | | | This is often regarded as the Stones' weakest |
| She's The Boss and his upcoming sophomore | | | | release and although it does sound like it was |
| effort 1987's Primitive Cool. Combine this fact | | | | recorded back in 1985 or 1986, it is a fairly solid |
| with the Jagger/Richards feud and you actually | | | | album that holds its own in the musical |
| have Jagger singing lyrics that are directed at | | | | atmosphere of its time. In other words, it could |
| himself, such as in the title track, "Hold Back," | | | | have been a whole lot worse. |