Mick Jagger

Mick Jagger breaks out the guitars on his third solo release, and the result is the first time in his solo career that he put together an album with a shelf life potentially longer than a gallon of milk. "Sweet Thing" successfully recreates Some Girls-style disco, Lenny Kravitz does not ruin a faithful cover of Bill Withers' all-time classic "Use Me" and "Don't Tear Me Up" is arguably the best song Jagger ever wrote without his cohorts from that other band. Released in 1993, and for some better than any actual Stones records coming out on either side of it.

Given the feckless posturing of Mick Jagger's solo output ­ "She's the Boss" (1985) and
"Primitive Cool" (1987) traded substance for style ­ the sheer punch of "Wandering Spirit" is
staggering. Flexing the professional savvy that has long been his trustiest gift, Jagger
nabbed as producer the rap & rock storm trooper Rick Rubin, and with deft players new
and old (Billy Preston, Lenny Kravitz, Jimmy Rip, Jim Keltner), the pair deliver hi... More >

Singing the erotic obsession and existential futility of any spirit too long attached to the flesh, then trying for love too late ("Evening Gown," "Hang On to Me Tonight")