Released 1986
Rolling Stones Records (originally)
Virgin Records (remastered)Track Listing:
One Hit (To The Body)Review:
Fight
Harlem Shuffle
Hold Back
Too Rude
Winning Ugly
Back to Zero
Dirty Work
Had It With You
Sleep Tonight- 1 1/2 (out of five)
"Dirty Work" was completed during the height of the fued between Mick and Keith during the eighties. Keith and Ronnie were holed up in a studio coming up with most of the music for "Dirty Work" while Mick was out busy being a solo musician. When it came time to record the album, Mick basically came into the studio, grunted out the lyrics and left. This upset Keith so much that he refused to tour, scrapping tenative plans for a 1986 world tour.
Tension within the group threatened to tear it apart, and you can hear it on this album. The songs are for the most part uninteresting and flat, with only two songs saving this otherwise poor album, the first track, the solid rokcer "One Hit (To The Body)" and the last track, a tender Keith ballad, "Sleep Tonight." The bulk of the tracks sound like Stones-lite, often heavy with synths and grunted vocals. This one's really only for completists.
