Tattoo You

An album assembled from outtakes that gave them Start Me Up and nine weeks at number one in the US.
The Rolling Stones, 1981

Released: 24 August 1981
Recorded: 1972 to 1981
Label: Rolling Stones Records

Chris Kimsey assembled it from outtakes recorded between 1972 and 1981. Start Me Up reached number two in the US, and the album spent nine weeks at number one there and reached number two in the UK. Sonny Rollins played saxophone on Waiting on a Friend, and Mick Taylor appears uncredited on Tops and Waiting on a Friend. The album won a Grammy for Best Album Package. Alexis Petridis of the Guardian wrote in 2018 that it has no right to be as good as it is.

Track listing

Start Me Up3:31
Hang Fire2:20
Slave4:55
Little T&A3:23
Black Limousine3:32
Neighbours3:31
Worried About You5:16
Tops3:45
Heaven4:21
No Use in Crying3:24
Waiting on a Friend4:34

Personnel

Sonny Rollins saxophone on Waiting on a Friend
Mick Taylor guitar on Tops and Waiting on a Friend (uncredited)
Chris Kimsey assembled the album from outtakes

More from The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones (1964), Out of Our Heads (1965), Aftermath (1966), Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973), Some Girls (1978), Hackney Diamonds (2023)

Sources

Tattoo You, Wikipedia