Still Life (Rolling Stones album)

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|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

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|rev5 = Rolling Stone

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|rev6 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

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|rev7 = Tom Hull

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The album was preceded by the release of a cover version of the Miracles' "Going to a Go-Go", which became a Top 30 hit in the United Kingdom and United States; the follow-up single, "Time Is on My Side", reached the lower part of the UK chart.

Still Life was a commercial success, reaching number 4 in the UK Albums Chart and number 5 in the U.S., and going Platinum in the U.S. and Canada, as well as Gold in the UK, but was not critically well-received, being admonished for sounding too slick and lacking any rough edges expected in a Rolling Stones performance.

In 1998, Still Life was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2010 by Universal Music. It was released on SHM-SACD in 2011 by Universal Music Japan.

{{Tracklist

| headline = Side one

| all_writing = Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted

| title1 = Intro: Take the 'A' Train

| note1 = Billy Strayhorn

| length1 = 0:27

| title2 = Under My Thumb

| note2 = East Rutherford 5.11.81

| length2 = 4:18

| title3 = Let's Spend the Night Together

| note3 = Hampton 18.12.81

| length3 = 3:51

| title4 = Shattered

| note4 = Hampton 18.12.81

| length4 = 4:11

| title5 = Twenty Flight Rock

| note5 = Eddie Cochran, Ned Fairchild, (Largo 9.12.81)

| length5 = 1:48

| title6 = Going to a Go-Go

| note6 = William Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin, (Largo 9.12.81)

| length6 = 3:21

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{{Tracklist

| headline = Side two

| title1 = Let Me Go

| note1 = Largo 8.12.81

| length1 = 3:37

| title2 = Time Is on My Side

| note2 = Norman Meade, (Hampton 18.12.81)

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)

| note3 = Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, (Hampton 19.12.81)

| length3 = 5:23

| title4 = Start Me Up

| note4 = Chicago 25.11.81

| length4 = 4:21

| title5 = (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

| note5 = Tempe 13.12.81

| length5 = 4:24

| title6 = Outro: Star Spangled Banner

| note6 = Trad. (arr. Jimi Hendrix)

| length6 = 0:48

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The Rolling Stones

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, guitar
• Keith Richards – guitar, backing vocals
• Ronnie Wood – guitar, backing vocals
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar
• Charlie Watts – drums

Additional personnel

• Ian Stewart – piano
• Ian McLagan – keyboards
• Ernie Watts – saxophone

Technical

• Recorded by Bob Clearmountain and David Hewitt with the Record Plant Remote (New York)
• Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Power Station Studios
• Front cover painting by Kazuhide Yamazaki
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk (original LP and 1998 remastered CD)

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• Let's Spend the Night Together (film)

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