Released 1980
Rolling Stones Records (originally)
Virgin Records (remastered)Track Listing:
Dance (Pt.1)Review:
Summer Romance
Send It To Me
Let Me Go
Indian Girl
Where The Boys Go
Down In The Hole
Emotional Rescue
She's So Cold
All About You
- 2 (out of five)
"Emotional Rescue" was the first Stones album of the 80's, finding them mixing their blues-rock sensibilities with the new wave fad of the early eighties. The album is a mix of uptempo rockers, disco-touched dance songs and soulful ballads. I put the disc on for some friends without telling them what it was, and they thought it was some 70's disco mix CD. Go figure.
Most of the songs are fun, bouncy numbers, but none of them are really great songs that beg repeated listening. This is a disposable Stones album, IMHO. "Dance (Pt.1)" has a good beat and a silly slurred spoken intro between Mick and Keith, but is ultimately unmemorable. "Summer Romance," "Let Me Go" and "Where the Boys Go" are basically the same song with different lyrics. "Send it to Me" shoes the Stones reaching back into their reggae-fied "Black and Blue" days, although here to less interesting results.
"Indian Girl" is an acoustic attempt at new wave country. "Emotional Rescue" (the song) showcases Mick's voice as he vascillates between his normal pitch and a high falsetto. The only really listenable songs are the fun, fast paced rocker "She's So Cold" and Keith's closing track "All About You." The horns and Keith's weary voice make it a keeper.
