- rock
- 40 min
- 11 tracks
- Rolling Stones Records
Dirty Work is the eighteenth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released on 24 March 1986 on the Rolling Stones label by CBS Records, their first under their new contract with Columbia Records. Produced by Steve Lillywhite, the album was recorded during a period when relations between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had soured considerably, according to Richards' autobiography Life.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- MusicHound Rock2.5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebA−
- Uncut3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1One Hit (to the Body)4:45
- 2Fight3:10
- 3Harlem Shuffle3:26
- 4Hold Back3:53
- 5Too Rude3:13
- 6Winning Ugly4:33
- 7Back to Zero4:01
- 8Dirty Work3:54
- 9Had It With You3:21
- 10Sleep Tonight5:14
- 11Key to the Highway0:33
11 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Rolling Stones
- Label
- Rolling Stones Records
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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