Sucking in the Seventies

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Sucking in the Seventies
Compilation album by The Rolling Stones
Released	14 April 1981
Recorded	January 1974 - December 1979
Genre	Rock
Length	42:22
Label	Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer	The Glimmer Twins
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (C+) link
The Rolling Stones chronology
Emotional Rescue (1980) Sucking in the Seventies (1981) Tattoo You (1981)

Sucking in the Seventies is the fourth official compilation album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1981. As the successor to 1975's Made in the Shade, it covers material from 1974's It's Only Rock'n Roll to 1980's Emotional Rescue.

Many of the album tracks were remixed or re-edited for this release, and some rarer material was also included. "Everything Is Turning To Gold" was previously released as "Shattered"'s B-Side in late 1978 in the U.S. only; "If I Was A Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" is a longer and different mix and containing different lyrics than "Dance (Pt. 1)", the opening track on Emotional Rescue, which, despite this compilation's title, was relased in 1980; and "When The Whip Comes Down" is presented in an otherwise unreleased live version, recorded in Detroit on the 1978 tour.

Interestingly, it doesn't include "Miss You", the major hit from the period it covers.

Released in the spring of 1981, as Tattoo You was nearing its completion, Sucking in the Seventies reached #15 in the U.S., going gold, but failed to chart in the UK.

In 2005, Sucking in the Seventies was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

1. "Shattered" – 3:46
   • from Some Girls
2. "Everything Is Turning To Gold" (Jagger, Richards, Ronnie Wood) – 4:06
   • B-side to "Shattered"
3. "Hot Stuff" – 3:30
   • from Black and Blue
4. "Time Waits for No One" – 4:25
   • from It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
5. "Fool to Cry" – 4:07
   • from Black and Blue
6. "Mannish Boy" (Ellas McDaniel, Mel London, McKinley Morganfield) – 4:38
   • from Love You Live
7. "When the Whip Comes Down (Live Version)" – 4:35
   • Recorded live in Detroit on 6 July 1978
8. "If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)" (Jagger, Richards, Wood) – 5:50
   • previously unreleased, from the Emotional Rescue sessions
9. "Crazy Mama" – 4:06
   • from Black and Blue
10. "Beast of Burden " – 3:27
    • from Some Girls

[edit] Charts

Album

Singles