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List Price: $11.99 | | Label: Virgin UK
Salesrank: 643788
Released: July 19, 1994 |
| Our Price: $60.00 |
| Used Price: $54.99 |
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| Media: Vinyl |
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Voodoo Lounge Track Listing:
1. Love Is Strong
2. You Got Me Rocking
3. Sparks Will Fly
4. Worst
5. New Faces
6. Moon Is Up
7. Out of Tears
8. I Go Wild
9. Brand New Car
10. Sweethearts Together
11. Suck on the Jugular
12. Blinded by Rainbows
13. Baby Break It Down
14. Thru and Thru
15. Mean Disposition
Editorial Review:
Recorded in Dublin and in Los Angeles, and produced by Don Was, Voodoo Lounge topped the British charts on its release in 1994. The rockers Love Is Strong - featuring Jagger on harmonica - You Got Me Rocking and I Go Wild all performed strongly in the UK Top 40, while Out Of Tears continued the group's fine tradition of late-night, soul-searching, soul-infused ballads and featured a killer vocal performance by Jagger. The singer also excelled on the equally contemplative Blinded By Rainbows, a forgotten gem in their repertoire, and the swaggering Sparks Will Fly, driven by the ever-excellent Charlie Watts on drums. Voodoo Lounge deservedly won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 1995.
Voodoo Lounge Reviews:
1994 Stones record on CD. 
2009-10-23 - The Stones have been around for so long, and they still manage to put out quality music, that's interesting, as well as tour frequently, that is amazing. This record is no exception, a mix of different styles, where they are not afraid to try something different.
Well it's better than "Steel Wheels" 
2009-08-19 - I was about to trash this whole album as I found it to be the Stones ripping off material from Keith Richards again, and that was mainly from the one song "Love Is Strong". With this song it sounded like the took the melody from Richards song "Wicked As It Seems", and added a harmonica to it. I only was able to play "Love Is Strong" before I got so fed up, and threw out this album. I sampled the rest of this album, and it's just o.k. as the rest of the album tries, and I mean tries to rock, but they never seem to get a good groove going. They start it with "You Got Me Rocking", and "Sparks Will Fly", but they just get muddled with ballads. It doesn't pick up again until "Brand New Car", and then it dies again until "Thru Thru". This showed some improvement, but the fact that 5 years between albums shows how much the Stones have gotten out of touch with their audience. I also wanted to give this album a chance as I was out of it in the summer of 94, but it hasn't gotten too much better. It sounds like a bunch of tired old blues music with no revival in their act.
I was a butcher cutting up meat...
2009-07-07 - `Voodoo Lounge' has often been criticized as being the ultimate retro Stones album, which many lay at the feet of co-producer Don Was, whose first collaboration with Mick and Keith this was. I do believe it has too many songs (was "Mean Disposition", a CD extra, really necessary?) and while it may be better than `Steel Wheels', the latter album seemed more compact and vital at the time of its release. Whenever you talk about the Stones most recent work it is impossible to not compare it to their unbelievable legacy (which is the same for any great band of longevity...Aerosmith, AC/DC) which is why I leave `Tattoo You' as the last four star Stones record...nothing they have done since matches its consistency. I really do like the ode to the mid-Sixties Brian Jones experimentation period in "New Faces" and the rockers such as "Love Is Strong", "You Got Me Rocking" and "I Go Wild" are very good modern day Stones numbers which easily surpass similar songs from `Steel Wheels'. "Thru and Thru" is a very menacing and quite good Keith ballad that has become a recent favorite from the band no doubt due to its use on `The Sopranos'. The rest of the ballads, even "Out of Tears" which I find overrated, are not the best they've done, but they done some beauties. Overall it is a shame that the Stones finally won a Rock Grammy for `Voodoo Longue' while `Sticky Fingers' and `Exile on Main Street' were ignored (shows how moronic the awards are.) Many mature rock fans should enjoy this album and while I do like it, I prefer the vintage period that `Voodoo Lounge' seems desperate to invoke.
Voodoo One Of Stones Top 5 
2008-07-05 - This album is stunningly good with the 50 something year old Stones shockingly soaring to creative heights not seen in more than 15 years, and most assumed would never been seen again. Indeed the fans agreed as the album reached #2 in the charts (#1 in England) and would be 6th highest selling original studio album of the 25 they made. The tour that followed the release of the album remains by far the highest grossing tour in musical history. Some critics said the album was great but broke no new ground. They could not be further from the truth as the album features scores of great songs totally unlike anything the Stones had ever done before including "The Worst", "Moon is Up", "Brand New Car" and "Suck on the Jugular".
The album opens with "Love is Strong" an instant classic in the long line of legendary opening songs such as "Rocks Off", "If You Can't Rock Me", "Start Me Up" and "One Hit to the Body". One of the amazing things on this record is Mick's singing is as good as any point in his career showing off tremendous range and featuring the most interesting lyrics since Some Girls. A critic for Rolling Stone Magazine at the time accurately called Mick's singing on this record as "sheer pleasure". It is followed by "You Got Me Rocking" for the best 1-2 hard rock punch to kick off a Stones album since Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street from the early `70s.
Voodoo, which was named after a stray cat that wandered into the recording studio that was adopted by Richards, has 15 tracks without an ounce of filler, amazing for an album that would have been a double album back in the vinyl days. There are so many great songs, I can't cover them all, but they include Keith's soulful country ballad "The Worst" with Wood on slide guitar, which has more heart than anything you would hear all day listening to a Country Music station. "New Faces" and "Out of Tears" are 2 of the best Stones ballads ever, in the same league as "Tell Me", "Wild Horses", "Angie" and "Waiting on a Friend".
"I Go Wild" is a blistering rocker with a lyrical tale that will have you on the ground laughing at the list of women that "the doctor" recommends avoiding and may in fact be a generic list of Mick's voluminous encounters over the previous half century. "Brand New Car" is one of the most original and cleaver songs ever by the Stones. To this day, most people including veteran rock DJs think this song is about a car. Let me tell you a secret, it has nothing to do with a car and you will be embarrassed when you finally figure it out. Again, Jagger's singing is phenomenal. "Suck on the Jugular" features a beat from drummer Charlie Watts that is unlike any musical style you have ever heard and it works great. "Thru and Thru" is another Richards vocal that is also quite unlike anything you have ever heard, except it doesn't work quite as well as some of the other highly originally crafted songs on this album.
This Album is definitely in the Stones top 10 and possibly in their top 5 which is an amazing feat for the band at this advanced stage in the band's career with so many legendary albums in their wake. It did not go unnoticed by their peers as indicated by their comments just after the release of the album. Angus Young of AC/DC: "Wow, when they want to, they can rock with anyone". Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull: "They are still easily the best band in the world". Roger Waters of Pink Floyd: "If there were one band I wished I was in, it would be the Rolling Stones, because they are so sexy". Gene Simmons of Kiss: "You are talking about a band that continues to be the consummate Rock `N Roll band in the world."
Voodoo Lounge and their other `1990s release Bridges to Babylon (1997) are both far superior to the bands 4 1980s releases and both were followed by massive awe inspiring tours. Voodoo is a must have album, especially for those of you who incorrectly assume Some Girls was their final legendary effort. Overall Grade: A
Other Stones album ratings
1) Some Girls (1978) A+
2) Let It Bleed (1969) A+
3) Sticky Fingers (1971) A+
4) Exile on Main Street (1972) A+
5) Voodoo Lounge (1994) A
6) Beggar's Banquet (1968) A
7) Black and Blue (1976) A
8) It's Only Rock `N Roll (1974) A
9) Bridges to Babylon (1997) A-
10) Out of Their Heads (1965) A-
11) Goat's Head Soup (1973) A-
12) Aftermath (1966) A-
13) A Bigger Bang B+ (2005)
14) Between the Buttons (1967) B+
15) Tattoo You (1981) B+
16) Now! (1964) B+
17) Emotional Rescue (1980) B
18) Steel Wheels (1989) B
19) Dirty Work (1986) B-
20) Undercover (1983) B-
21) England's Newest Hit Makers (1963)B-
22) December's Children (1965) B-
23) 12 X 5 (1964) B-
24) Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) C
High Praise
2008-06-03 - Many critics and fans, even the so called diehards refuse to acknowledge any Stones album post 1981 or even post 1973 as great. Voodoo Lounge is truly a great album. The one thing all Stones albums have in common is there at least 1 classic on each. You Got Me Rocking, I Go Wild, The Worst, and above all, Love Is Strong, are, if not classic, very very good tracks. Love Is Strong is just a classic. It's everything the Stones are about, bluesy, raunchy, and powerful. The video alone makes it memorable. You Got Me Rocking has become a live showstopper. As with many of the recent Stones albums, Keith's songs stand out above the rest. The Worst is just a beautifully written song that has meaning and is delivered in a way that is genuine. Voodoo Lounge deserves credit as one of the classic Stones albums. It's no "Exile..." or "Sticky Fingers", but it's better than anything they've put out since Tattoo You.
