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"Still Life" (American Concert 1981) 
Live album by The Rolling Stones Released 1 June 1982 Recorded 5–6 November, 25 November, 13 December, 18–19 December 1981
Overdubs: March–April 1982Genre Rock Length 40:08 Language English Label Rolling Stones/Virgin Producer The Glimmer Twins The Rolling Stones chronology Tattoo You
(1981)"Still Life" (American Concert 1981)
(1982)Undercover
(1983)Singles from "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) - "Going to a Go-Go"
Released: 2 June 1982 - "Time Is on My Side"
Released: 13 September 1982
"Still Life" (American Concert 1981) is a live album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1982. Recorded during the band's American Tour 1981 in the latter portion of that year, it was released in time for their European Tour 1982 continuation the following summer.
The album was preceded by their cover of The Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go", which became a Top 30 hit in the UK and US, while follow-up single, "Time Is on My Side" managed to reach the lower part of the UK charts.
"Still Life" (American Concert 1981) was a commercial success, reaching #4 in the UK and #5 in the US, going platinum there, but was not critically well-received, being admonished for sounding too slick and lacking any rough edges expected in a Rolling Stones performance. Former Stones bassist Bill Wyman may agree; the album received only a brief and dismissive mention in the otherwise heavily detailed chronicle of his life with the band, Rolling with the Stones. Of particular chagrin to Stones fans was the fact that nearly half of the Hampton Coliseum rendition of "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" was edited out for the release.
In 1998, "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2010 by Universal Music.
The album cover is a painting by Japanese artist Kazuhide Yamazaki, whose work inspired the tour's stage design.
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Track listing
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
- Side one
- Intro: "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 0:27 (Performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
- "Under My Thumb" – 4:18
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:51
- "Shattered" – 4:11
- "Twenty Flight Rock" (Eddie Cochran/Ned Fairchild) – 1:48
- "Going to a Go-Go" (William Robinson/Warren Moore/Robert Rogers/Marvin Tarplin) – 3:21
- Side two
- "Let Me Go" – 3:37
- "Time Is on My Side" (Norman Meade) – 3:39
- "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong) – 5:23
- "Start Me Up" – 4:21
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 4:24
- Outro: "Star Spangled Banner" (Trad) – 0:48 (arranged and performed by Jimi Hendrix)
Personnel
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, guitar
- Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
- Ronnie Wood – guitar, backing vocals
- Charlie Watts – drums, percussion
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar
- Additional musicians
Chart positions
- Album
Year Chart Position 1982 UK Top 100 Albums 4[citation needed] 1982 Billboard Pop Albums 5[citation needed] - Singles
Year Single Chart Position 1982 "Going to a Go-Go" The Billboard Hot 100 25[citation needed] 1982 "Going to a Go-Go" Mainstream Rock Tracks 5[citation needed] 1982 "Going to a Go-Go" UK Top 100 Singles 26[citation needed] 1982 "Time Is on My Side" UK Top 100 Singles 62[citation needed] Certification
Country Certification Sales United States Platinum 1,000,000 United Kingdom Gold 100,000 The Rolling Stones UK studio albums
1964–1965- The Rolling Stones (1964)
- The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
US studio albums
1964–1965- England's Newest Hit Makers (1964)
- 12 X 5 (1964)
- The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
- December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
Studio albums
1966–present- Aftermath (1966)
- Between the Buttons (1967)
- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
- Beggars Banquet (1968)
- Let It Bleed (1969)
- Sticky Fingers (1971)
- Exile on Main St. (1972)
- Goats Head Soup (1973)
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)
- Black and Blue (1976)
- Some Girls (1978)
- Emotional Rescue (1980)
- Tattoo You (1981)
- Undercover (1983)
- Dirty Work (1986)
- Steel Wheels (1989)
- Voodoo Lounge (1994)
- Bridges to Babylon (1997)
- A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPs - The Rolling Stones (1964)
- Five by Five (1964)
- Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albums - Got Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966)
- Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970)
- Love You Live (1977)
- "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982)
- Flashpoint (1991)
- Stripped (1995)
- No Security (1998)
- Live Licks (2004)
- Shine a Light (2008)
Compilations - Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966)
- Flowers (US) (1967)
- Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969)
- Made in the Shade (1975)
- Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979)
- Sucking in the Seventies (1981)
- Rewind (1971–1984) (1984)
- Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993)
- Forty Licks (2002)
- Rarities 1971–2003 (2005)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums- Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971)
- More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972)
- Metamorphosis (1975)
- Singles Collection: The London Years (1989)
- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
- Singles 1963–1965 (2004)
- Singles 1965–1967 (2004)
- Singles 1968–1971 (2005)
- Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albums- Stone Age (1971)
- Gimme Shelter (1971)
- Milestones (1972)
- Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972)
- No Stone Unturned (1973)
- Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975)
- Solid Rock (1980)
- Slow Rollers (1981)
Miscellaneous albums - Jamming with Edward! (1972)
Box sets - The Rolling Stones Box Set (2009)
DVD releases - Stones at the Max (1992)
- The Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge Live (1995)
- Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998)
- Four Flicks (2003)
- The Biggest Bang (2007)
Documentaries - Gimme Shelter (1970)
- Cocksucker Blues (1972)
- Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1974)
- Let's Spend the Night Together (1983)
- 25x5 – The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
- Shine a Light (2008)
- Stones in Exile (2010)
Tours - British Tour 1963
- 1964 tours
- 1965 tours
- 1966 tours
- European Tour 1967
- American Tour 1969
- European Tour 1970
- UK Tour 1971
- American Tour 1972
- Pacific Tour 1973
- European Tour 1973
- Tour of the Americas '75
- Tour of Europe '76
- US Tour 1978
- American Tour 1981
- European Tour 1982
- Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour
- Voodoo Lounge Tour
- Bridges to Babylon Tour
- No Security Tour
- Licks Tour
- A Bigger Bang Tour
Collaborators Producers and management Related articles The Rolling Stones album discography UK studio albums
1964–1967The Rolling Stones (1964) · The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) · Out of Our Heads (1965) · Aftermath (1966) · Between the Buttons (1967)
US studio albums
1964–1967England's Newest Hit Makers (1964) · 12 X 5 (1964) · The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) · Out of Our Heads (1965) · December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) · Aftermath (1966) · Between the Buttons (1967)
Studio albums
1967–presentTheir Satanic Majesties Request (1967) · Beggars Banquet (1968) · Let It Bleed (1969) · Sticky Fingers (1971) · Exile on Main St. (1972) · Goats Head Soup (1973) · It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) · Black and Blue (1976) · Some Girls (1978) · Emotional Rescue (1980) · Tattoo You (1981) · Undercover (1983) · Dirty Work (1986) · Steel Wheels (1989) · Voodoo Lounge (1994) · Bridges to Babylon (1997) · A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPs The Rolling Stones (1964) · Five by Five (1964) · Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albums Got Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966) · Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970) · Love You Live (1977) · "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982) · Flashpoint (1991) · Stripped (1995) · No Security (1998) · Live Licks (2004) · Shine a Light (2008)
Compilations Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966) · Flowers (US) (1967) · Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969) · Made in the Shade (1975) · Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979) · Sucking in the Seventies (1981) · Rewind (1971–1984) (1984) · Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993) · Forty Licks (2002) · Rarities 1971–2003 (2005) · The Rolling Stones Box Set (2009) · Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition) (2010)
Post-contract
ABKCO albumsHot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971) · More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972) · Metamorphosis (1975) · Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) · The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) · Singles 1963–1965 (2004) · Singles 1965–1967 (2004) · Singles 1968–1971 (2005) · Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
Decca albumsStone Age (1971) · Gimme Shelter (1971) · Milestones (1972) · Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972) · No Stone Unturned (1973) · Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975) · Solid Rock (1980) · Slow Rollers (1981)
Miscellaneous albums Live'r Than You'll Ever Be (1969) · Jamming with Edward! (1972)
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- Virgin Records live albums
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