Composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
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From the original Rolling Stones Album "Steel Wheels" (29 August 1989)
Recording in Montserrat and London during the spring months, Steel Wheels was designed to emulate a classic Rolling Stones sound, one that forsook the uncharacteristic production and weak songwriting that - most felt - had marred much of Dirty Work and returned them squarely in the context of a guitar-centered rock group. The only real diversion would prove to be "Continental Drift", an Eastern-flavored piece, with the Master Musicians Of Jajouka, that was as much an appreciation of world music as it was a tribute to Brian Jones who had recorded with the same troupe back in 1967. With much of the past disagreements behind them, sessions for Steel Wheels went fairly harmoniously.
The massive, worldwide Steel Wheels Tour was launched in late August 1989, concurrently with Steel Wheels' arrival and the release of lead single "Mixed Emotions", a partially-biographical reference to Jagger and Richards' recent woes that proved to be The Rolling Stones' last major hit single in the US, reaching #5. (listeners have noted that the song's title could be read as "Mick's Demotion" in reference to Richards' increasing role within the band.) Critical reaction was warm, with Steel Wheels reaching #2 in the UK and #3 in the US where it went double-platinum. Follow-up singles were "Rock And A Hard Place", "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Terrifying". The mammoth Steel Wheels Tour - which finished in mid-1990 after being re-titled the Urban Jungle Tour - was an enormous financial success, cementing The Rolling Stones' return to full power. In 1990 Fox aired a 3-D television special of the Steel Wheels tour. Unlike anaglyphic 3-D which requires the familiar red & green glasses, the method used was the Pulfrich Effect which permitted full color video. The film was shot by Gerald Marks of PullTime 3-D in NYC. An IMAX film of the tour was released the next year, which still still plays sporadically at IMAX venues around the world.
The album was the Rolling Stones' first digital recording. In 1994, Steel Wheels was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records. [From Wikipedia]
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