The Rolling Stones Flashpoint European Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac With Bonus Single
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Flashpoint
Live album by The Rolling Stones
Released 8 April 1991
Recorded 25 November 1989 – 16 February and 28 July 1990, except "Highwire" and "Sex Drive": 7–11 January 1991
Genre Rock
Length 76:12
Language English
Label Rolling Stones/Virgin
Producer Chris Kimsey and The Glimmer Twins
Professional reviews
* Allmusic 2/5 stars link
* Rolling Stone 4/5 stars link
Singles from Flashpoint
1. "Highwire"
Released: 1 March 1991
2. "Ruby Tuesday"
Released: 24 May 1991
Flashpoint is a live album by British rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in 1991, having been recorded throughout 1989 and 1990 on the mammoth Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour. It was the first live album by the group since 1982's "Still Life" (American Concert 1981).
Contents
History
Flashpoint was recorded across North America, Europe and Japan, Flashpoint is also the first Rolling Stones release of the 1990s and, unlike previous live sets, includes two new studio tracks: "Highwire" and "Sex Drive"; the former was released as a single earlier in 1991 and was a comment on the Gulf War.
Although the live selections are mostly familiar hits mixed in with new tracks from Steel Wheels, Flashpoint also includes songs like "Factory Girl" from 1968's Beggars Banquet and "Little Red Rooster", originally a #1 UK hit single in 1964, featured here with special guest Eric Clapton on guitar.
Bill Wyman leaving
Flashpoint was also The Rolling Stones' final release under their Sony Music contract, with the band signing a long-term and lucrative worldwide deal with Virgin Records in 1991—where they remain presently—all, that is, but Bill Wyman. After thirty years with the band, the 55-year-old Wyman decided that he had other interests he wanted to pursue and felt that the size of the Steel Wheels project and tour was fitting to bow out with. Although he would not officially announce his departure until January 1993 during which time the rest of the band repeatedly asked him to reconsider—he had talked about leaving the band for at least ten years. After his departure, Ronnie Wood was finally taken off salary and made a full member of the Rolling Stones partnership, 18 years after he joined the band.
Flashpoint was released in April 1991 and was generally well-received—with "Highwire" becoming a rock radio hit—and managed to reach #6 in the UK[citation needed] and #16 in the US[citation needed] where it went gold.
Two songs, "Rock and a Hard Place" and "Can't Be Seen", were only included on the CD and cassette versions.
In 1998, Flashpoint was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records.
Track listing
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
Vinyl LP
Side one
1. (Intro) "Continental Drift" – 0:29
2. "Start Me Up" – 3:54
3. "Sad Sad Sad" – 3:33
4. "Miss You" – 5:55
5. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:34
6. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 7:26
7. "Factory Girl" – 2:48
8. "The Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 5:15
Side two
1. "Paint It, Black" – 4:02
2. "Sympathy for the Devil" – 5:35
3. "Brown Sugar" – 4:10
4. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 5:00
5. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 6:08
6. "Highwire" – 4:46
7. "Sex Drive" – 4:28
Personnel
The Rolling Stones
* Mick Jagger – lead vocals and harmonica
* Keith Richards – guitar and backing vocals
* Charlie Watts – drums, percussion
* Ronnie Wood – guitar
* Bill Wyman – bass guitar
Additional musicians
* Eric Clapton – guitar on "Little Red Rooster"
* Matt Clifford – keyboards and French horn
* Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
* Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
* The Kick Horns – brass on "Rock and a Hard Place"
* Katie Kisson – backing vocals on "Sex Drive"
* Chuck Leavell – keyboards
* Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
* Tessa Niles – backing vocals on "Sex Drive"
* The Uptown Horns – brass
Chart positions
Album
Year Chart Position
1991 UK Top 75 Albums 6[citation needed]
1991 The Billboard 200 16[citation needed]
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Highwire" The Billboard Hot 100 57[citation needed]
1991 "Highwire" Mainstream Rock Tracks 1[citation needed]
1991 "Highwire" Modern Rock Tracks 28[citation needed]
1991 "Highwire" Hot 100 Airplay 70[citation needed]
1991 "Highwire" UK Top 75 Singles 29[citation needed]
1991 "Ruby Tuesday" UK Top 75 Singles 59[citation needed]
1991 "Sex Drive" Mainstream Rock Tracks 40[citation needed]
Also Included "2000 Light Years from Home" / "Highwire" (single Edit) From U.S 7' Single