Steel Wheels Album by The Rolling Stones Released 29 August 1989 Recorded 29 March - 5 May 1989, 15 May - 29 June 1989, Air Studios (Montserrat) Length 53:03 Label Rolling Stones/Virgin Producer(s) Chris Kimsey and The Glimmer Twins Professional reviews All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Robert Christgau (B-) link The Rolling Stones chronology Dirty Work (1986) Steel Wheels (1989) Flashpoint (1991) Steel Wheels is an album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1989. Heralded as a major comeback upon its release, the project is notable for the patching up of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' relationship, a reversion to a more classicist style of music and the launching of the band's biggest world tour thus far. It is also founding bassist Bill Wyman's final studio album with The Rolling Stones, preceding the announcement of his departure in January 1993. Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Charts 5 External links History Following the release of 1986's Dirty Work, and Jagger's active pursuit of a solo career, relations between him and the Stones-committed Richards worsened considerably. While Jagger released the tepidly-received Primitive Cool in 1987, Richards recorded Talk is Cheap, his solo debut, which would be released in 1988 to rave reviews. The couple of years largely apart appeared to have healed the wounds sufficiently that they could begin contemplating resurrecting their partnership - and their band. Meeting in January 1989, just preceding The Rolling Stones' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the chemistry between Jagger and Richards easily outshone whatever differences they had and after composing some fifty songs in a matter of weeks, Ron Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts were called in to begin recording what would become Steel Wheels, beckoning Undercover co-producer Chris Kimsey to perform the same role. Recording in Monserrat 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. (Pundits 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. The album was the Rolling Stones' first digital recording. In 1994, Steel Wheels was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records. Track listing All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted. "Sad Sad Sad" – 3:35 "Mixed Emotions" – 4:39 "Terrifying" – 4:53 "Hold On To Your Hat" – 3:32 "Hearts For Sale" – 4:40 "Blinded By Love" – 4:37 "Rock And A Hard Place" – 5:25 "Can't Be Seen" – 4:10 "Almost Hear You Sigh" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Steve Jordan) – 4:37 "Continental Drift" – 5:14 "Break The Spell" – 3:07 "Slipping Away" – 4:30 Personnel Mick Jagger - guitar, harmonica, vocals, shaker Keith Richards - guitars (acoustic, classical), vocals Ron Wood - guitar, guitar (Bass), background vocals Bill Wyman - guitar (Bass) Charlie Watts - drums Matt Clifford - keyboards, piano (Electric), clavinet Phil Beer - fiddle, mandolin Chuck Leavell - organ, piano, keyboards Luis Jardim - percussion Kick Horns - horn, brass Roddy Corimer - trumpet, brass Simon Clarke - brass Tim Sanders - brass Paul Spong - brass Sarah Dash - background vocals Lisa Fischer - background vocals Bernard Fowler - background vocals Lisa Fisher - background vocals The Master Musicians Of Jajouka - percussion Christopher Marc Potter - engineer Charts Album Year Chart Position 1989 1990 UK Top 75 Albums UK Top 75 Albums 2 20 1989 1990 The Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 3 10 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1989 "Mixed Emotions" The Billboard Hot 100 5 1989 "Mixed Emotions" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 1989 "Mixed Emotions" Modern Rock Tracks 22 1989 "Mixed Emotions" UK Top 100 Singles 36 1989 "Sad Sad Sad" Mainstream Rock Tracks 14 1989 "Terrifying" Mainstream Rock Tracks 8 1989 "Rock And A Hard Place" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 1989 "Rock And A Hard Place" The Billboard Hot 100 23 1989 "Rock And A Hard Place" UK Top 100 Singles 63 1990 "Almost Hear You Sigh" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1 1990 "Almost Hear You Sigh" The Billboard Hot 100 8 1990 "Almost Hear You Sigh" UK Top 100 Singles 31 1990 "Terrifying" UK Top 100 Singles 82 External links Rolling Stones STEEL WHEELS STEEL WHEELS Rolling Stones Albums by The Rolling Stones U.K. studio albums and EPs 1964 - 1967: The Rolling Stones (EP) | The Rolling Stones | Five by Five (EP) | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Out of Our Heads | Aftermath | Between the Buttons U.S. albums 1964 - 1967: England's Newest Hitmakers | 12 X 5 | The Rolling Stones, Now! | Out of Our Heads | December's Children (And Everybody's) | Aftermath | Between the Buttons | Flowers Albums 1967 - present: Their Satanic Majesties Request | Beggars Banquet | Let It Bleed | Sticky Fingers | Exile on Main St. | Goats Head Soup | It's Only Rock'n Roll | Black and Blue | Some Girls | Emotional Rescue | Tattoo You | Undercover | Dirty Work | Steel Wheels | Voodoo Lounge | Bridges to Babylon | A Bigger Bang Live albums: got LIVE if you want it! 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