The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels (1989)

1.Sad Sad Sad
2. Mixed Emotions
3. Terrifying
4. Hold on to Your Hat
5. Hearts for Sale
6. Blinded by Love
7. Rock and a Hard Place
8. Can't Be Seen
9. Almost Hear You Sigh
10. Continental Drift
11. Break the Spell
12. Slipping Away

Backing Vocals – Bernard Fowler, Lisa Fischer, Sarah Dash
Bass – Bill Wyman
Brass – The Kick Horns
Clavinet – Matt Clifford
Drums – Charlie Watts
Fiddle, Mandolin – Phil Beer
Guitar – Ron Wood
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Keith Richards
Keyboards, Piano, Harmonium – Matt Clifford
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Shaker – Mick Jagger
Percussion – Luis Jardin
Piano, Organ – Chuck Leavell
Organ, Organ [Wurlitzer] – Chuck Leavell

The Stones, or more accurately the relationship between Mick and Keith, imploded shortly after Dirty Work, resulting in Mick delivering a nearly unbearably mannered, ambitious solo effort that stiffed and Keith knocking out the greatest Stones album since Tattoo You, something that satisfied the cult but wasn't a hit. Clearly, they were worth more together than they were apart, so it was time for the reunion, and that's what Steel Wheels is -- a self-styled reunion album. It often feels as if they sat down and decided exactly what their audience wanted from a Stones album, and they deliver a record that gives the people what they want, whether it's Tattoo You-styled rockers, ballads in the vein of "Fool to Cry," even a touch of old-fashioned experimentalism with "Continental Drift." Being professionals, in the business for over two and a half decades, and being a band that always favored calculation, they wear all this well, even if this lacks the vigor and menace that fuels the best singles; after all, the rocking singles ("Sad Sad Sad," "Rock and a Hard Place," "Mixed Emotions") wind up being smoked by such throwaways as "Hold on to Your Hat." Even though it's just 12 songs, the record feels a little long, largely due to its lack of surprises and unabashed calculation (the jams are slicked up so much they don't have the visceral power of the jam record, Black and Blue). Still, the Stones sound good, and Mick and Keith both get off a killer ballad apiece with "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Slipping Away," respectively. It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback -- which it was supposed to, after all. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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