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For the song, see Emotional Rescue (song).

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Emotional Rescue is the 15th British and 17th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1980. Upon release, it topped the charts in both the US and UK.

History

Recorded throughout 1979, first in Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, then Pathé Marconi, Paris, with some end-of-year overdubbing in New York City, Emotional Rescue was the first Rolling Stones album recorded following Keith Richards' exoneration from a Toronto drugs charge that could have landed him in jail for years. Fresh from the revitalisation of Some Girls (1978), Richards and Mick Jagger led the Stones through dozens of new songs, some of which were held over for Tattoo You (1981), picking only ten for Emotional Rescue.

While several of the tracks featured just the core band of Jagger, Richards, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman, keyboardists Nicky Hopkins and co-founder Ian Stewart, sax player Bobby Keys and harmonica player Sugar Blue joined the Rolling Stones on Emotional Rescue.

Songs left off the album would find their way onto the next album, Tattoo You ("Black Limousine", "Hang Fire", "Little T&A", and "No Use in Crying"). "Think I'm Going Mad", another song from the sessions, was released as the B-side to "She Was Hot" in 1984. A cover song sung by Richards: "We Had It All", was released on the 2011 deluxe Some Girls package.

Packaging and artwork

The album cover for Emotional Rescue had concept origination, art direction and design by Peter Corriston with thermographic photos taken by British-born, Paris-based artist Roy Adzak using a thermo camera, a device that measures heat emissions. The original release came wrapped in a huge colour poster featuring more thermo-shots of the band with the album itself wrapped in a plastic bag. The music video shot for "Emotional Rescue" also utilised the same type of shots of the band performing.

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blender[2]
Robert ChristgauB+[3]
MusicHound2/5[5]
Rolling Stone(unfavourable)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Smash Hits5/10[7]

Released in June with the disco-infused hit title track as the lead single, Emotional Rescue was an immediate smash. The title track hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album gave the Rolling Stones their first UK No. 1 album since 1973's Goats Head Soup and spent seven weeks atop the US charts. The follow-up single "She's So Cold" was a top 30 hit while "Dance Pt. 1" reached No. 9 on Billboard's Dance chart.

In 1994, Emotional Rescue was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2009 by Universal Music. In 2011 it was released by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese only SHM-SACD version.

Track listing

All songs composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except "Dance (Pt. 1)" co-written by Ronnie Wood.

Side one
  1. "Dance (Pt. 1)" – 4:23
  2. "Summer Romance" – 3:16
  3. "Send It to Me" – 3:43
  4. "Let Me Go" – 3:50
  5. "Indian Girl" – 4:23
Side two
  2. "Where the Boys Go" – 3:29
  3. "Down in the Hole" – 3:57
  4. "Emotional Rescue" – 5:39
  5. "She's So Cold" – 4:12
  6. "All About You" – 4:18

Personnel

The Rolling Stones
Additional personnel

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[9] Gold 277,900[8]
Netherlands (NVPI)[10] Gold 50,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[11] Gold 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[13] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Charts

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  6. ^ "The Rolling Stones: Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived version retrieved 15 November 2014.
  7. ^ Hepworth, David. "Albums". Smash Hits (10–23 July 1980): 31.
  8. ^ "Les Albums Or :" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  9. ^ "French album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  10. ^ "Dutch album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Emotional Rescue in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  11. ^ "Sólo Éxitos 1959–2002 Año A Año: Certificados 1979–1990" (in Spanish). Iberautor Promociones Culturales. ISBN 8480486392.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Emotional Rescue in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue". Recording Industry Association of America.
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  20. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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