Vinyl Record

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls album cover

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls on LP vinyl. A 1978 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP ยท 1978

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 1978 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Some Girls is The Rolling Stones in 1978, answering the question of whether they still mattered after punk, disco and New York new wave had changed the room. The answer is one of the band's leanest and most alive late-1970s records. Ron Wood was now fully inside the lineup, and his guitar conversation with Keith Richards gives the album a tighter weave than the more diffuse mid-decade records. Miss You absorbs disco without surrendering the Stones' blues pulse; When The Whip Comes Down and Respectable respond to punk's speed and sneer; Just My Imagination reconnects with soul tradition; Far Away Eyes turns country parody into something more ambiguous; Beast Of Burden gives the album its slow-burn emotional centre; Shattered closes with urban nerves and cracked Manhattan language. The 1978 setting is everything. The Stones were no longer the young revolution; they were the older gang being measured against sharper new scenes. Some Girls works because it does not deny that pressure. It uses it, making a record that sounds meaner, cleaner, funnier and more street-level than anyone expected.

Some Girls matters because it is the Stones' great late-1970s renewal, proving they could absorb disco, punk-era velocity and New York attitude without losing their core band language. It restored urgency to the catalogue and became a defining Ron Wood-era studio album.

For collectors, Some Girls is not optional if the shelf goes beyond the 1968-1972 run. This catalog identifier identifies the catalog item, but the reason to own the album is the 1978 moment: Miss You, Beast Of Burden, Shattered and a band suddenly sounding current again.

Taut late-1970s Stones with disco bass movement, punky guitar snap, country parody, soul cover warmth, lean drums, Ron Wood-Keith Richards weave and gritty New York surface.

Recommended for: Collectors seeking the essential late-1970s Rolling Stones album; Listeners who want the band responding to punk and disco pressure; Fans of Miss You, Beast Of Burden, Respectable and Shattered.

When was Some Girls released? Some Girls was released in 1978, during a period shaped by disco, punk and New York new wave. Why is Ron Wood important to Some Girls? Some Girls is the first Stones studio album with Ron Wood fully established as a band member, sharpening the two-guitar interplay. Which songs define Some Girls? Miss You, Beast Of Burden, Respectable, When The Whip Comes Down, Far Away Eyes and Shattered are key to the album's identity.