Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones
About the album Tattoo You
According to the contract, the Rolling Stones had to deliver a new album in 1981. However, there was neither time nor willingness from the band members to go through the regular process of starting the entire recording process from scratch. Thus, the easy solution was to work on past songs that had remained unfinished and were intended for albums of the '70s. This is how the Rolling Stones' sixteenth album, titled Tattoo You, was created.
As incredible as it may seem, the face on the cover is a photographic collage from close-up photos of the songwriting duo. Most of the band's fans believe it is a random female face of some model. This album featured the standout single Start Me Up, an emblematic song for the band, often used to open their concerts. All the songs were compositions by Jagger and Richards, except for Black Limousine and No Use In Crying, to which Ronnie Wood also contributed. The production belongs to the Glimmer Twins, that is, Jagger and Richards.
Tattoo You sold only 4,000,000 copies in the U.S. Its sales in Canada were around 400,000 copies. Impressively, it has been estimated that in Yugoslavia it reached 50,000 sales (!)
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