Still Life (The Rolling Stones album)
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| Live album by The Rolling Stones | ||||||||||
| Released | 1 June 1982 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 5–6 November, 25 November, 13 December, 18–19 December 1981 Overdubs: March–April 1982 |
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| Genre | Rock | |||||||||
| Length | 40:08 | |||||||||
| Language | English | |||||||||
| Label | Rolling Stones/Virgin | |||||||||
| Producer | The Glimmer Twins | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B– |
| MusicHound | 1/5 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Still Life is a live album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1982. Recorded during the band's American Tour 1981 in the latter portion of that year, it was released in time for their European Tour 1982 continuation the following summer.
The album cover is a painting by Japanese artist Kazuhide Yamazaki, whose work inspired the tour's stage design.
The album was preceded by their cover of the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go", which became a Top 30 hit in the United Kingdom and United States, while the follow-up single, "Time Is on My Side", reached the lower part of the UK charts.
Still Life was a commercial success, reaching #4 in the UK and #5 in the U.S., going platinum there, but was not critically well-received, being admonished for sounding too slick and lacking any rough edges expected in a Rolling Stones performance. Former Stones bassist Bill Wyman may agree: the album received only a brief and dismissive mention in the otherwise heavily detailed chronicle of his life with the band, Rolling with the Stones. Of particular chagrin to Stones fans was the fact that nearly half of the Hampton Coliseum rendition of "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" was edited out for the release.
In 1998, Still Life was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2010 by Universal Music. It was released on SHM-SACD in 2011 by Universal Music Japan.
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
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