Rolling Stones, The - Some Girls [LP] (180 Gram Remastered Vinyl)

Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. By 1976, the Rolling Stones' popularity was in decline as the charts were dominated by disco music and newer band's such as Aerosmith and Kiss. In the UK, the punk rock movement was a rising force and made most artists connected with the 1960s era seem obsolete. The group had also failed to produce a critically acclaimed album since 1972's Exile On Main St. The album at least has one important milestone for the band, with the addition of Ronnie Wood to the line-up, as Some Girls was the first album recorded with Wood as a full member. Mick Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind Some Girls, Jagger stated that "the inspiration for the record was really based in New York and the ways of the town. I think that gave it an extra spur and hardness. And then, of course, their was the punk thing that had started in 1976. Punk and disco were going on at the same time, so it was quite an interesting period. New York and London, too. Paris—their was punk their. Lots of dance music. Paris and New York had all this Latin dance music, which was really quite wonderful. Much more interesting than the stuff that came afterward."