Tattoo You
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Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman
Tattoo You [ tə'tu: ju: ] This is the 16th album by the Rolling Stones and was released in August 1981 by EMI.
The album debuted immediately after publication in the U.S. Billboard charts at # 1 and took this place for nine weeks in the UK album reached the 2nd place
Tattoo You is the up to this time best-selling album of the Rolling Stones.
The songs were created during of past recording sessions in the studios Compass Point Studios (Nassau ), Pathé Marconi (Paris), Electric Lady (New York), RSM (Rotterdam), Musicland (Munich), Dynamic Sound ( Kingston), Atlantic (New York), Village recorder (Los Angeles ). In this respect, this is also listening to the 1974 retired Mick Taylor as guitarist ( Tops and Waiting on a Friend ). Wayne Perkins ( guitar solo on Worried About You), Ollie Brown Sonny Rollins (sax ), Ian Stewart ( piano), Billy Preston (organ), Nicky Hopkins (keyboards ), ( perc ): in addition to the Stones following musicians were involved in addition and Pete Townshend ( background vocals on slave).
Despite the different time recordings were made the album sounds very fresh and self-contained. It includes with Start Me Up and Waiting on a Friend two Stones classics; outstanding also reach Worried About You and slave. For Black Limousine and No Use in Crying Ron Wood credits received as a co- songwriter.
After the release of the LP, the Rolling Stones began on September 25, 1981 their tour of the USA.
The single Start Me Up in the U.S. reached # 2 on the singles chart, making it the last time being a big hit for the Rolling Stones. At the time of release of Tattoo You Start Me Up was already 10 years old when it was recorded at the sessions for Sticky Fingers in 1970. 1975, this song was recorded under the title Never Stop as reggae version, but never published.