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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Umvd Labels
Salesrank: 11659
Released: July 14, 2009 |
| Our Price: $7.99 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Steel Wheels Track Listing:
1. Sad Sad Sad
2. Mixed Emotions
3. Terrifying
4. Hold on to Your Hat
5. Hearts for Sale
6. Blinded by Love
7. Rock and a Hard Place
8. Can't Be Seen
9. Almost Hear You Sigh
10. Continental Drift
11. Break the Spell
12. Slipping Away
Editorial Review:
The release of Steel Wheels in 1989 followed the group's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and coincided with their eagerly-awaited return to the live arena. Recorded at Air Studios in Montserrat and Olympic in London, it made the Top 3 in Britain and in the States. It contains classic tracks like the US Top 5 single Mixed Emotions as well as Rock And A Hard Place, which boasts a trademark riff as infectious as any they've come up with. The incredibly atmospheric Almost Hear You Sigh also charted while Richards often reprises the ballad Slipping Away in concert.
Steel Wheels Reviews:
1989 Rolling Stones record on CD. 
2009-10-19 - This was a strong effort from the group, featuring some good songs, that make for good listening.
This would be a Career High For Any Other Band
2009-10-05 - This was the first Stones album I ever heard. I was 18 when it was released and I've been a huge fan ever since.
After this I investigated the rest of their catalogue and having discovered the classics from the 60s and 70s I kind of forgot about this one.
I just streamed it on Spotify and it's lost nothing for me over 20 years. It still sounds fresh and exciting.
For just about any other band this would be an artistic peak.
I actually prefer this to the bloated "A Bigger Bang".
Post classic classic
2009-09-21 - Of all the albums after the classic 70's period, this album is, in my opinion, by far the best. The songwriting is consistently strong. It just felt like the Stones were tired of being written off, and went after it here. I saw them on the tour that followed this release, and they were clearly interested in showing that they could still rock. And of course, "Almost Hear You Sigh" is just a beautiful song. This is a must have.
No Mixed Emotions About This One...
2009-09-12 - I have been a Stones fan for awhile and this LP is a must have for any collection.
The choice cuts are, "I Can Almost Hear You Sigh", 'Mixed Emotions", "I Cannot Be Seen"...Hell they are all great.
Stones Comeback; First Album of Theier Elder Years 
2009-09-12 - This is the third release of "Steel Wheels" which was recorded as a digital album in the first place. This version is louder as most newer CD's are these days, but there really isn't any reason for someone who has enjoyed a previous release of this album to go rushing out to buy this release. That being said, "Steel Wheels" is a good album, not a great album but is a huge improvement over "Dirty Work" and surely better than the all-too conspicuous attempt to sound current, "Uundercover." It's also the last album that Bill Wyman served as a member of the band. The album opens with "Sad Sad Sad" a pretty standard Stones rocker. "Mixed Emotion" is the first single from the album often called "Mick's Demotion" given Keith Richiards plays a more central position in the band. Other noteworthy numbers include, "Terrifying" a song with latin jazz overtones. "Rock and a Hard Place" is another single with some fine Ronnie Wood guitar work. "Almost Hear You Sigh" is an incredible soulful ballad. Keith Richards' strongest number on the album is a fine Al Green tempo number, "Almost Hear You Sigh." About half the album is filler, but the good is very good not an essential Stones album but definitely worth it for Stones' fans and even a mediocre Stones album is better than most bands at their best because even the Stones' worst albums have at least a couple great tunes. "Steel Wheels" have more than a couple great ones.
