Emotional Rescue (1980)
1.Dance, Pt. 1
2.Summer Romance
3.Send it To Me
4.Let Me Go
5.Indian Girl
6.Where the Boys Go
7.Down in the Hole
8.Emotional Rescue
9.She's So Cold
10.All About You
 
Being sandwiched between the two
classics Some Girls and Tattoo You, this album is sadly overlooked and
underrated. They're still in their disco/dance phase, but as time
would prove, this band would age well with this style, unlike many other
counterparts that joined the bandwagon of dance music in the late
1970's. The sad thing about this album, is that even though the songs
are good for the most part, the band doesn't sound like they're really
trying all that hard.
For example, take the first track Dance Pt.1. This song has the
potential of being another Miss You from Some Girls. It's an edgy, hard nasty dance
song that has everything in place, yet is missing that little
push that makes a good song a classic. Then there's the title
cut, and most recognized song on the album. Another dance number that
is highlighted by Jagger's wailing falsetto throughout most of the song.
Whiners may gripe about the song, but it still succeeds where it should
- again though, it's missing something that would make it great. As
popular as the song was, it's become mostly forgotten over the
years.
Where the Boys Go and Summer Romance are fun energetic
listens, as is the reggae-ish Send it to Me. The best song is
the punkish She's So Cold - another hit song that has faded into
almost obscurity. The closing song, All About You is the now
standard "Keith tune". It features Keith waxing eloquently over what
some feel is a lost love, yet he claimed he was singing about his pet
dalmation. With the lyrics "I'm so sick and tired hanging around with
dogs like you /You're the first to get blamed/always the last bitch to
get paid" , you can't help but laugh - regardless of who the song is really
about.
In the mediocre department, there's the countryish Indian Girl
and the Bluesish Down in the Hole. Both are o.k., but a little
flat. So what we have is a quite good collection, that, whereas not
great by any standards, is a very good contribution to the band's catalog
that is sadly overlooked.
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