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{{Infobox album
| type = studio
| cover = Some Girls.png
| released = {{start date|1978|6|9|df=yes}}
| recorded = 10 October 1977 – 2 March 1978
| studio = Pathé Marconi (Paris)
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| length = {{duration|m=40|s=45}}
| label = [[Rolling Stones Records|Rolling Stones]]
| producer = [[The Glimmer Twins]]
| prev_title = [[Love You Live]]
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = [[Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977]]
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Some Girls
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]
| single1date = 19 May 1978
| single2 = [[Beast of Burden (song)|Beast of Burden]]
| single2date = 28 August 1978 (US)
| single3 = [[Respectable (Rolling Stones song)|Respectable]]
| single3date = 15 September 1978 (UK)
| single4 = [[Shattered (song)|Shattered]]
| single4date = 29 November 1978 (US)
}}
}}
'''''Some Girls''''' is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band [[the Rolling Stones]], released on 9 June 1978 by [[Rolling Stones Records]]. It was recorded in sessions held from October 1977 to February 1978 at Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris and produced by the band's chief songwriters{{snd}}lead vocalist [[Mick Jagger]] and guitarist [[Keith Richards]] (credited as the [[Glimmer Twins]]){{snd}}with [[Chris Kimsey]] engineering the recording.
By 1976, the Rolling Stones' popularity was in decline as the music industry was dominated by [[disco]] and newer rock bands. In addition, the [[punk rock]] movement was an emerging cultural force in the UK. Due to legal troubles surrounding Richards, Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind ''Some Girls''. With him drawing influence from [[dance music]], most notably disco, the recording sessions were highly productive, resulting in numerous outtakes that appeared on subsequent albums.
It was the first album to feature guitarist [[Ronnie Wood]] as a full-time member; Wood had contributed to some tracks on the band's prior two albums, ''[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll]]'' (1974) and ''[[Black and Blue]]'' (1976). With a stable lineup in place for the first time in several years, the album marked a return to basics for the Rolling Stones and did not feature many guest musicians, unlike many of their prior albums. Notable contributions to the album, however, come from blues harmonica player [[Sugar Blue]] on "[[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]" and [[Some Girls (Rolling Stones song)|the title track]].
Despite controversy surrounding its cover artwork and lyrical content, ''Some Girls'' was a commercial success, peaking at number two on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape]] chart. It became the band's top-selling album in the United States, having been certified by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for selling six million copies by 2000 in the country. Several hit singles emerged from the album, which became rock radio staples for decades, including "[[Beast of Burden (song)|Beast of Burden]]" (US number eight), "[[Shattered (song)|Shattered]]" (US number 31), "[[Respectable (Rolling Stones song)|Respectable]]" (UK number 23), highlighted by "[[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]", which reached number one in the United States and number three in the UK.
Rebounding from the relative critical disappointment of ''Black and Blue'', ''Some Girls'' was a critical success, with many reviewers calling it a classic return to form for the band and their best album since ''[[Exile on Main St.]]'' (1972). It became the only Rolling Stones album to be nominated for a [[Grammy|Grammy Award]] in the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5gIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C9MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2129,3598894&dq|title=Bee Gees Head Lists For 6 Grammy Awards|date=9 January 1979|access-date=23 April 2010|work=[[The Daytona Beach News-Journal|Daytona Beach Morning Journal]]|publisher=The News-Journal Corporation|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616154102/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5gIpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=C9MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2129%2C3598894&dq=|url-status=live}}</ref> Retrospectively, it has continued to receive acclaim, with many commending the band's ability to blend contemporary music trends with their older signature style. ''Some Girls'' is considered one of the band's finest records, and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' has included it in their lists of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]".
== Background ==
By 1976, the Rolling Stones' popularity was in decline as the charts were dominated by disco and newer bands such as [[Aerosmith]] and [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]. In the UK, the [[punk rock]] movement was a rising force and made most artists connected with the 1960s era seem obsolete. The group had also failed to produce a critically acclaimed album since 1972's ''[[Exile on Main St.]]''{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}}
On 7 February 1977, the Stones were scheduled to play [[El Mocambo]] in Toronto, Ontario; however, [[Keith Richards]] and his partner [[Anita Pallenberg]] were arrested for possession of heroin and suspected of drug trafficking. With the help of [[Jimmy Carter]], who obtained visas, the pair was permitted to leave Canada so that Richards could undergo detoxification in the United States. During this time, Richards obtained a conditional visa for France and met the rest of the Stones in Paris to begin work on what became ''Some Girls''.{{Sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=472}} Facing the possibility of Richards receiving a seven-year sentence in Canada,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=24 October 2019 |title=That time Keith Richards was ordered to play a free show |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/that-time-keith-richards-was-ordered-to-play-a-free-show-1.4874726 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> Jagger and Richards both believed that the Stones might be forced to disband and that ''Some Girls'' could be the last album.{{Sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=472}} During Richards' trial, the courtroom was filled with Stones fans and it became clear to reporters present that he would not be "sent to jail."<ref name=":0" /> Overseeing the trial, Judge Lloyd Graburn stated that while "heroin addicts should go to prison if they commit theft to support their habit, or make no effort to kick the habit...Richards was different. He made so much money as a rock star, he didn't need to steal, and his effort to remove himself from the drug culture was an example to others."<ref name=":0" /> Graburn issued Richards a one-year probation and ordered that he play a benefit concert for the [[CNIB Foundation|Canadian National Institute for the Blind]] within six months; Graburn chose this sentencing option after speaking with a blind fan whom Richards had befriended years earlier and ensured her safe passage to and from concerts. Tickets were provided for free to the blind and other tickets were made available for sighted fans at regular price.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Bazay |first=David |date=4 October 1978 |title=Keith Richards' heroin bust |url=http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/music/clips/1947/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604105022/http://archives.cbc.ca/arts_entertainment/music/clips/1947/ |archive-date=4 June 2008 |work=The National}}</ref>
Later in February 1977, the Stones renewed their contract with [[Atlantic Records]] for US distribution, and out of patriotic feelings originating from this being the year of [[Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee]], signed with [[EMI]] for distribution to the rest of the world.{{Sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=472}}
==Writing and recording==
{{quote box|quote=The inspiration for [''Some Girls''] was really based in New York and the ways of the town. I think that gave it an extra spur and hardness. And then, of course, there was the punk thing that had started in 1976. Punk and disco were going on at the same time, so it was quite an interesting period. New York and London, too. Paris—there was punk there. Lots of dance music. Paris and New York had all this Latin dance music, which was really quite wonderful. Much more interesting than the stuff that came afterward.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mick-jagger-remembers-19951214|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816125458/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mick-jagger-remembers-19951214|archive-date=16 August 2017|first=Jann|last=Wenner|title=Mick Jagger Remembers|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=14 December 1995}}</ref>|source= – Mick Jagger, 1995|width=30%|align=right|style=padding:8px;}}
[[Mick Jagger]] is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind ''Some Girls''. [[Keith Richards]] was in legal trouble for much of 1977, which resulted in the band being inactive on the touring circuit during that year, except for two shows in Canada during the spring for the live album ''[[Love You Live]]''.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}} Jagger solely wrote "Miss You", as well as "Lies" and "When the Whip Comes Down".{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|p=401}} In addition to punk, Jagger claims to have been influenced by dance music, most notably disco, during the recording of ''Some Girls'', and cites New York City as a major inspiration for the album, an explanation for his lyrical preoccupation with the city throughout.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}}
At least as important for the band's reinvigoration was the addition of Ronnie Wood to the lineup, as ''Some Girls'' was the first album recorded with him as a full member.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}} Unlike the guitar style of [[Mick Taylor]],{{sfn|Patell|2011|p=53}} Wood's guitar playing style meshed with that of Richards, and [[slide guitar]] playing became one of the band's hallmarks. His unconventional uses of the instrument featured prominently on ''Some Girls'' and he contributed to the writing process.<ref name="Nelson RS" /> Wood later recalled that working with the Stones was a different experience from with his former band the [[Faces (band)|Faces]], stating, "I had never worked so intensely before on a project."<ref name="UCR">{{cite web | url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-some-girls/ | title=40 Years Ago: Rolling Stones Bounce Back With 'Some Girls' | first=Jeff | last=Giles | date=9 June 2015 | website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] | access-date=1 October 2018 | archive-date=2 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002102408/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-some-girls/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, Jagger, who had learned to play guitar over the previous decade, contributed a third guitar part to many songs.<ref name="Buskin">{{cite magazine |last=Buskin |first=Richard |title=Classic Tracks: The Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up' |magazine=Sound On Sound |date=April 2004 |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-rolling-stones-start-me}}</ref> This gave songs such as "[[Respectable (Rolling Stones song)|Respectable]]" a three-guitar lineup.<ref name="Nelson RS" />
For the first time since 1968's ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'', the core band{{snd}}now Jagger, Richards, Wood, [[Charlie Watts]], and [[Bill Wyman]]{{snd}}were the main musicians on a Rolling Stones album, with few extra contributors. [[Ian McLagan]], Wood's bandmate from the Faces, played keyboards, and harmonica player Sugar Blue contributed to several songs, in addition to saxophonist [[Mel Collins]] and [[Simon Kirke]], who played percussion.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}} The band decided not to use studio musicians, including [[Billy Preston]] and [[Nicky Hopkins]], as Richards felt that while these musicians were "technically superior" they ultimately led the band into experimental territory and away from their basic sound.{{sfn|Patell|2011|p=53}} Jagger's guitar contributions caused the band's road manager, [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], to be absent from many of the sessions, as he felt piano would be superfluous, making this a rare Rolling Stones album on which he did not appear.
Rehearsals for ''Some Girls'' began in October 1977 and lasted a month before recording commenced in November,{{sfn|Patell|2011|p=53}} breaking before Christmas and starting up again after New Year's before finishing in March 1978. Under their new British recording contract with EMI (remaining with [[Warner Music Group]] in North America only), they were able to record at EMI's Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris,{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|p=399}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.leblogdeboulogne.com/rolling-stones-boulogne-billancourt/ | title=Quand les Rolling Stones s'éclataient à Boulogne-Billancourt | date=21 March 2019 | language=fr | publisher=Le Blog de Boulogne | access-date=30 May 2020 | archive-date=12 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912154342/http://www.leblogdeboulogne.com/rolling-stones-boulogne-billancourt/ | url-status=live }}</ref> a venue at which they would record frequently for the next several years.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}} Three studios were made available to the band{{snd}}two large studios featuring high ceilings and 24-track recording capabilities and a more modest studio with 16-track capabilities. The band opted to use the latter as a rehearsal space, and despite Jagger wanting to move to the larger studios, opted to remain in the smaller one and use it for recording.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2016|p=475}} According to Richards, songs were written on a day-by-day basis.{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|p=398}} The band ended up recording about 50 new songs, several of which turned up in altered forms on ''[[Emotional Rescue]]'' (1980) and ''[[Tattoo You]]'' (1981). [[Chris Kimsey]] was the engineer for the sessions. Kimsey's direct method of recording, together with the entrance of the then state-of-the-art [[Mesa Boogie Mark Series#Mark I|Mesa/Boogie Mark I]] amplifiers instead of the [[Ampeg SVT]] line of amps, yielded a bright, direct, and aggressive guitar sound.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}}{{sfn|Richards|Fox|2010|pp=398–404}}
==Packaging and artwork==
The album cover for ''Some Girls'' was a collaborative effort involving the design by [[Peter Corriston]] and illustrations by [[Hubert Kretzschmar]]. Kretzschmar recalled the album originally had the working title "Lies".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLEjEAAAQBAJ&q=Kretzschmar+lies | title=Rolling Stones FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Bad Boys of Rock | isbn=978-1-4930-5074-1 | last1=Jucha | first1=Gary J. | date=22 November 2019 | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Lyndsey |author-link=Lyndsey Parker |title='Some Girls', Some 33 Years Later: Jagger & Richards Talk Punk, Disco, and Confiscated Cover Art |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bp/girls-33-years-later-jagger-richards-talk-punk-023756040.html |website=[[Yahoo!]] |access-date=5 February 2024 |date=18 November 2011}}</ref> The two would design the band's next three album covers.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hood|first=John|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-hood/some-girls-the-facts-abou_b_1165301.html |title=Some Girls : The Facts About the Stones' Most Notorious Record Cover |work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=6 December 2017|access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=9 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909211400/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-hood/some-girls-the-facts-abou_b_1165301.html |url-status=live }}</ref> An elaborate die-cut design, with the colours on the sleeves varying in different markets, it featured the Rolling Stones' faces alongside those of select female celebrities inserted into a copy of an old [[Valmor Products]] Corporation advertisement. The first printing of the album was censored as The Rolling Stone lawyers could not get permission to use those actors' images. <ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MeguEAAAQBAJ&dq=Hubert+kretzschmar&pg=PT675 | title=The Rolling Stones All the Songs Expanded Edition: The Story Behind Every Track | isbn=978-0-7624-7984-9 | last1=Margotin | first1=Philippe | last2=Guesdon | first2=Jean-Michel | date=18 January 2022 | publisher=Running Press }}</ref> The cover design was challenged legally when [[Lucille Ball]], [[Farrah Fawcett]], [[Liza Minnelli]] (representing her mother [[Judy Garland]]), [[Raquel Welch]], and the estate of [[Marilyn Monroe]] threatened to sue for the use of their likenesses without permission.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}} Similarly, Valmor did take legal action and were given a monetary award for the use of their design.<ref name="tfac1">{{cite book|last=Feigen|first=Richard|title=Tales From The Art Crypt|url=https://archive.org/details/talesfromartcryp00feig|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|___location=New York|isbn=978-0-39457-169-0}}</ref>
The album was quickly reissued with a redesigned cover that removed all the celebrities, whether they had complained or not. The celebrity images were replaced with black and punk-style garish colours with the phrase "Pardon our appearance{{snd}}cover under reconstruction". Jagger later apologised to Minnelli when he encountered her during a party at the famous discothèque [[Studio 54]]. The only celebrity whose face was not removed was former Beatle [[George Harrison]]. As with the original design, the colour schemes on the redesigned sleeves varied in different markets.
A third version of the album cover with the hand-drawn faces from the original Valmor ad was used on the 1986 CD reissue.
==Marketing and sales==
The [[lead single]], "[[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]", was released on 19 May 1978 by the band's own [[Rolling Stones Records|Rolling Stones]] label, with the album track "Far Away Eyes" as the B-side; a longer, 12" edit appeared on 2 June.{{sfn|Aeppli|1985|p=261}} The single was a commercial success, spending seven weeks on the [[UK Singles Chart]],{{sfn|Patell|2011|p=67}} eventually peaking at number three.{{sfn|Egan|2013|p=346}} It fared better in the US, spending 20 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100{{snd}}longer than any prior Rolling Stones single{{snd}}eventually peaking at number one, the band's final single to top the chart.{{sfn|Patell|2011|p=67}} Despite its commercial success, its disco sound alienated part of the fanbase. Regarding this, Jagger stated:<ref name="UCR" />
{{blockquote|There were a lot of people that were very narrow-minded about it. To me, I wasn't brought up on rock music so much as blues and soul music, and lot of that music was dance music. It was specifically made to dance to... You don't really play the grooves of yesteryear when you make records, you play the grooves of now. And that sort of beat was the thing that was going around at the time. For some people it was a very big hit, but not everyone liked it.}}
''Some Girls'' was released on 9 June 1978,{{efn|Egan writes the album's UK release date as 16 June 1978 and its US release date as 17 June.{{sfn|Egan|2013|p=336}}}}<ref name="UCR" /> with the catalogue number CUN 39108 (UK) and COC 39108 (US).{{sfn|Aeppli|1985|p=261}} The record continued the band's commercial success.{{sfn|Egan|2013|p=336}} It spent 25 weeks on the [[UK Albums Chart]], peaking at number two the week of 24 June,<ref name="UKchart">{{cite web |title=Some Girls – full Official Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/some-girls/ |website=officialcharts.com |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512151829/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/some-girls/ |url-status=live }}</ref> being kept off the top spot by the ''[[Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack)|Saturday Night Fever]]'' soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Albums Chart Top 60 – 24 June 1978 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19780625/7502/ |website=officialcharts.com |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=8 June 2021 |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608044216/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19780625/7502/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It fared better in the US, peaking at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape]] chart and spending 88 weeks on the chart.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |title=''Some Girls'' Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-rolling-stones/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117162033/https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-rolling-stones/chart-history/tlp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "[[Beast of Burden (song)|Beast of Burden]]", backed by "When the Whip Comes Down", was released as the second single on 28 August 1978 in the US,{{sfn|Aeppli|1985|p=272}} where it reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Respectable", again backed by "When the Whip Comes Down", was released as the third single in the UK on 15 September, while "Shattered", backed by "Everything is Turning to Gold", appeared as the fourth and final single in the US on 29 November 1978.{{sfn|Aeppli|1985|pp=272–274}} Both became Top 40 hits.{{sfn|Egan|2013|pp=336–350}}
===Controversy===
[[File:Jesse Jackson 2013.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|alt=Jesse Jackson in 2013|A lyric in the title track attracted controversy from Reverend [[Jesse Jackson]] ''(pictured in 2013)'', who declared the song to be a "racial insult".]]
Immediately following its release, ''Some Girls'' attracted controversy. According to [[Cyrus Patell]], a prominent black music station [[WBLS]] in New York City refused to play "Miss You" due to what the station deemed to be "the offensive racial attitudes of the album and the band."{{sfn|Patell|2011|pp=123–124}} Additionally, the title track attracted controversy with the line "Black Girls just want to get fucked all night/I just don't have that much jam." Regarding the line, [[Ahmet Ertegun]], the chairman of [[Atlantic Records]] (the US distributor of Rolling Stones Records), stated: "When I first heard the song, I told Mick it was not going to go down well. Mick assured me that it was a parody of the type of people who hold these attitudes. Mick has great respect for blacks. He owes his whole being, his whole musical career, to black people." Incidentally, black-oriented radio stations began to boycott "Some Girls", leading Jagger to tell ''Rolling Stone'': "Atlantic tried to get us to drop it, but I refused. I've always been opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by conglomerates. I've always said, 'If you can't take a joke, it's too fucking bad.'"{{sfn|Patell|2011|pp=123–124}}<ref name="RS Controversy">{{cite magazine |last1=Peck |first1=Abe |title=Rolling Stones in Hot Water Over Song Lyrics |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-in-hot-water-over-song-lyrics-192734/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312224133/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rolling-stones-in-hot-water-over-song-lyrics-192734/ |archive-date=12 March 2021 |date=16 November 1978}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Flippo|first=Chet|title=Rolling Stones Gather Momentum|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=27 July 1978|issue=22}}</ref>
On 6 October 1978, Ertegun met with Reverend [[Jesse Jackson]], then leader of Operation [[Rainbow/PUSH|PUSH]] (People United to Save Humanity) to discuss the lyric. The meeting ended with Jackson declaring the song to be a "racial insult" that "degrades blacks and women", threatening to boycott the record until a resolution was met.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Williams|first=Jean|title=PUSH Hot To Boycott Stones' Cut|magazine=Billboard|date=16 September 1978|issue=52}}</ref> Ertegun concurred, saying, "It is not our wish to in any way demean, insult, or make less of the people without whom there would be no Atlantic Records." After discussing the matter with Atlantic officials, who considered censoring the line, Earl McGrath, president of Rolling Stones Records, released a statement on 12 October on behalf of the band:{{sfn|Patell|2011|pp=123–124}}<ref name="RS Controversy" />
{{block quote|It never occurred to us that our parody of certain stereotypical attitudes would be taken seriously by anyone who heard the entire lyric of the song in question. No insult was intended, and if any was taken, we sincerely apologise.<ref name="RS Controversy" />}}
=== Tour ===
{{main|Rolling Stones US Tour 1978}}
The Stones embarked on their summer [[Rolling Stones US Tour 1978|US Tour 1978]] in support of the album, which for the first time had them mount several small-venue shows, sometimes under a pseudonym. This was shorter and less ambitious than previous Stones tours, with only 26 shows performed over one and a half months, all of them in the US. Nonetheless, ''Some Girls'' became the third-best represented album in Stones' concert setlists after ''Let It Bleed'' and ''Exile on Main St''. All its 10 songs have been played live – a distinction it shares only with ''Let It Bleed'' and ''[[Sticky Fingers]]''{{efn|In the case of ''Sticky Fingers'', it might be noted that "[[Sway (Rolling Stones song)|Sway]]" was never played live until 2005, whereas every track on ''Some Girls'' had been performed six years before that.}} – although the title song was never performed until 1999, and only "Lies" was never played after the last dates in support of the album.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rocksoff.org/debuts.htm |title=Live debuts of each Rolling Stones song (to 25.11.06) |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=25 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025022923/http://www.rocksoff.org/debuts.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Critical reception and legacy==
Upon release, ''Some Girls'' received extremely positive reviews from music critics, with many agreeing it was the Stones' best work since ''Exile on Main St.''<ref name="Riegel Creem" /> Music critic Pete Bishop wrote for ''[[The Pittsburgh Press]]'' that ''Some Girls'' was "the best album the Rolling Stones have done for years".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bishop|first=Pete|date=25 June 1978|title='Some Girls' The Old Stones|pages=145|newspaper=[[The Pittsburgh Press]]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81261341/some-girls-the-old-stones/|access-date=11 July 2021|via=Newspapers.com {{subscription required}}|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711231240/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81261341/some-girls-the-old-stones/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Robert Hilburn]] ranked ''Some Girls'' one of the band's best works in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', calling it a "splendid return to form".<ref>{{cite news |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hilburn |title=Newcomers Finding More Running Room |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=27 August 1978 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/384612314/?terms=rolling%20stones%20some%20girls&match=1 |page=72 |access-date=30 December 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{subscription required}} |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214327/https://www.newspapers.com/image/384612314/?terms=rolling+stones+some+girls&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Reviewing for ''[[The Village Voice]]'' in 1978, [[Robert Christgau]] said,<blockquote>The Stones' best album since ''Exile on Main St.'' is also their easiest since ''[[Let It Bleed]]'' or before. They haven't gone for a knockdown uptempo classic, a '[[Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones song)|Brown Sugar]]' or '[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]'—just straight rock and roll unencumbered by horn sections or [[Billy Preston]]. Even Jagger takes a relatively direct approach, and if he retains any credibility for you after six years of dicking around, there should be no agonizing over whether you like this record, no waiting for tunes to kick in. Lyrically, there are some bad moments—especially on the title cut, which is too fucking indirect to suit me—but in general the abrasiveness seems personal, earned, unposed, and the vulnerability more genuine than ever. Also, the band is a real good one. Real good.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 June 1978|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-78.php|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|___location=New York|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|access-date=19 September 2015|archive-date=14 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914095610/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-78.php|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>In his review of the album for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in June 1978, [[Paul Nelson (critic)|Paul Nelson]] wrote that while ''Some Girls'' may have been the band's finest LP since its "certified masterpiece", ''Exile on Main St.'', "what I won't buy is that the two albums deserve to be mentioned in the same breath. [...] ''Some Girls'' is like a marriage of convenience: when it works — which is often — it can be meaningful, memorable and quite moving, but it rarely sends the arrow straight through the heart."<ref name="Nelson RS">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/some-girls-19780810|title=''Some Girls'' – The Rolling Stones|date=9 June 1978|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Nelson|author-link=Paul Nelson (critic)|first=Paul|access-date=12 September 2017|archive-date=12 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912011746/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/some-girls-19780810|url-status=live}}</ref> Fellow critic [[Dave Marsh]] was also negative towards the record, citing inconsistent song quality and band performances.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marsh |first=Dave |author-link=Dave Marsh |title=Dave Marsh Downplays New Stones' Album |newspaper=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=7 July 1978 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/335451139/?terms=rolling%20stones%20some%20girls&match=1 |page=66 |access-date=30 December 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{subscription required}} |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214332/https://www.newspapers.com/image/335451139/?terms=rolling+stones+some+girls&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Three months later, in September, ''Rolling Stone'' editor [[Jann Wenner]] published his own review, rebutting that of Nelson. He heaped praise on the "Miss You" single, writing that the song "exemplifies the polish, power, and passion of the Stones", equalled '[[Tumbling Dice]]' and 'Brown Sugar', and "may even set new standards for the band."{{sfn|Patell|2011|p=131}} At the end of the year, ''Rolling Stone'' named both the band and ''Some Girls'' their top artist and album of the year, respectively.<ref name="RS best-of">{{cite news |title=Rolling Stone End-of-the-Year Placements |newspaper=[[The Miami News]] |date=27 December 1978 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/301248330/?terms=rolling%20stones%20some%20girls&match=1 |page=21 |access-date=30 December 2021 |via=Newspapers.com {{subscription required}} |archive-date=30 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230214339/https://www.newspapers.com/image/301248330/?terms=rolling+stones+some+girls&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Writing for ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]'' magazine, [[Nick Tosches]] gave praise to the record, calling it their best in five years: "After five years, the rhythm is back, and satisfaction and shelter are once again just out of reach." He further wrote that ''Some Girls'' more than makes up for the group's prior works.<ref name="Tosches Circus">{{cite magazine |last=Tosches |first=Nick |title=The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls'' (Rolling Stones) |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi-rolling-stones |magazine=[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]] |date=14 September 1978 |access-date=12 March 2021 |via=Rock's Backpages {{subscription required}} |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022150858/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi-rolling-stones |url-status=live }}</ref> After ''Black and Blue'', Richard Riegel of ''[[Creem]]'' called ''Some Girls'' a return to "refreshingly kinetic rock 'n' roll". He further gave praise to Jagger's vocal performances and Wood's contributions on guitar.<ref name="Riegel Creem">{{cite magazine |last=Riegel |first=Richard |title=The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls'' (Rolling Stones) |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi-rolling-stones-records |magazine=[[Creem]] |date=September 1978 |access-date=12 March 2021 |via=Rock's Backpages {{subscription required}} |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817223516/http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi-rolling-stones-records |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', Peter Silverton spoke positively of the record, highlighting "Miss You" as the standout. He concluded: "Because they recorded so quickly (by their standards) they've achieved an immediacy on this which has been sorely lacking on their last few studio albums. It's far from great but it's certainly better than we had any right to expect after all these years."<ref name="Silverton Sounds">{{cite magazine |last=Silverton |first=Peter |title=The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls'' |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi- |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |date=10 June 1978 |access-date=12 March 2021 |via=Rock's Backpages {{subscription required}} |archive-date=5 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805132032/https://rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi- |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kris Needs]], in a review for ''[[ZigZag (magazine)|ZigZag]]'' magazine, complimented the album's consistency when compared to its three predecessors. Needs further praised the lyrics as improvements over their prior works.<ref name="Needs ZigZag">{{cite magazine |last=Needs |first=Kris |author-link=Kris Needs |title=The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls'' |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi-2 |magazine=[[ZigZag (magazine)|ZigZag]] |date=July 1978 |access-date=12 March 2021 |via=Rock's Backpages {{subscription required}} |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817163728/http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s [[Charles Shaar Murray]] gave the album a more mixed assessment. Although he agreed it was their finest work since ''Exile on Main St.'', he felt it was more a Jagger solo record than a proper Rolling Stones record, praising his singing and Watts's drumming. Nevertheless, he considered the production a step up from ''Black and Blue'' and gave high praise to "Shattered".<ref name="Murray NME">{{cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Charles Shaar |author-link=Charles Shaar Murray |title=The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls'' |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi |magazine=[[NME]] |date=10 June 1978 |access-date=12 March 2021 |via=Rock's Backpages {{subscription required}} |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126073205/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-rolling-stones-isome-girlsi |url-status=live }}</ref>
At the end of the year, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked ''Some Girls'' the best album of 1978.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=''Rolling Stone'' 1978 Critics' Awards |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 28, 1978 – January 11, 1979 |issue=281–282 |page=11}}</ref> Other publications, including ''Sounds'' and ''NME'', placed the album at numbers 4 and 18 in their respective lists of the year's best albums.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Albums of the Year |magazine=Sounds |date=December 30, 1978 |page=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1978-2-1045407 |title=Albums and Tracks of the Year |date=10 October 2016 |work=NME |access-date=November 25, 2016 }}</ref>
===Reappraisal===
{{Album reviews
| MC = 93/100<br />{{small|(deluxe edition)}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/some-girls-deluxe-edition/the-rolling-stones |title=Some Girls [Deluxe Edition] by The Rolling Stones Reviews and Tracks |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031211703/https://www.metacritic.com/music/some-girls-deluxe-edition/the-rolling-stones |url-status=live }}</ref>
|subtitle = Retrospective professional reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |author1-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=''Some Girls'' – The Rolling Stones |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/some-girls-mw0000191642 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309053249/https://www.allmusic.com/album/some-girls-mw0000191642 |archive-date=9 March 2021}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?ID=3741%7ctitle=Maxim%7cwork=blender.com|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150313101620/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?ID=3741%7Ctitle=Maxim%7Cwork=blender.com|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2015|title=Maxim|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev3Score = A<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|access-date=9 March 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|archive-date=25 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525101900/https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|page=2005|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2007|title=[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=9780857125958|edition=5th}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|___location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/952 952]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/952}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
|rev6Score = 9/10<ref name="SomeGirls/Muze">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7931544&style=music|title=The Rolling Stones – Some Girls CD|publisher=[[CD Universe]]/[[Muze]]|access-date=15 November 2014|archive-date=15 November 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141115035455/http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7931544&style=music|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
|rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="SomeGirls/Muze" />
|rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-rolling-stones/albumguide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412195111/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-rolling-stones/albumguide|title=The Rolling Stones: Album Guide|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-date=12 April 2011|access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
|rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
|rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Cavanagh|first=David|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_rolling_stones/reviews/13146|title=Album Reviews: The Rolling Stones Reissues|website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=5 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205133123/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/the_rolling_stones/reviews/13146|archive-date=5 December 2010}}</ref>
}}
''Some Girls'' has continued to receive critical acclaim, with many reviewers commending the band's ability to blend punk and disco influences with their older signature style.<ref name="AV Club" /><ref name="CoS">{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Michael |title=The Rolling Stones – ''Some Girls'' [Deluxe Edition] |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/11/album-review-the-rolling-stones-some-girls-deluxe-edition/ |website=[[Consequence of Sound]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220144301/https://consequenceofsound.net/2011/11/album-review-the-rolling-stones-some-girls-deluxe-edition/ |archive-date=20 December 2020 |date=28 November 2011}}</ref> Writing for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] praised the album, calling it "a tough, focused, and exciting record, full of more hooks and energy than any Stones record since ''Exile on Main St.''" Commending the group's performance compared to their previous works, Erlewine felt the rock tracks sound "harder and nastier than they have in years." He concluded his review stating: "''Some Girls'' may not have the back-street aggression of their '60s records, or the majestic, drugged-out murk of their early-'70s work, but its brand of glitzy, decadent hard rock still makes it a definitive Stones album."<ref name="AllMusic" /> After a period of decline due to emerging music trends, Jeff Giles of ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' credits ''Some Girls'' as successfully reinvigorating the band's sound and keeping its own identity, writing: "While the record incorporated elements familiar to longtime Stones fans...it infused the group's staid sonic aesthetic with disco rhythms and a dash of jagged punk aggression." Giles concluded that the album proved that "when they put their minds to it, the Stones were still capable of earning the title of the World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band."<ref name="UCR" />
[[Yahoo! Music]]'s Lÿndsey Parker described ''Some Girls'' as one of the band's "toughest, rawest, hookiest, cockiest, Stonesiest, most attitudinal albums ever." She further commented that it stands as one of few Stones albums to have "held up as sonically, and still sound as gritty and urban and sexy and just downright cool, as their 1978 disco/punk/country/blues masterwork".<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web |last1=Parker |first1=Lÿndsey |title='Some Girls,' Some 33 Years Later: Jagger & Richards Talk Punk, Disco, and Confiscated Cover Art |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/live/girls-33-years-later-jagger-richards-talk-punk-023756040.html |website=Yahoo Entertainment |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210222926/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/blogs/live/girls-33-years-later-jagger-richards-talk-punk-023756040.html |archive-date=10 February 2021 |date=18 November 2011}}</ref> In ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', Steven Hyden commented that the record was not a case of [[selling out]], but rather showcased that the band "could pull off the old magic using some flashy new tricks." Hyden further praised Richards' guitar performance, particularly on "Beast of Burden" and "Before They Make Me Run", writing that he is "healthier and more prominent on ''Some Girls'' than on any Stones record since ''Exile On Main St.''"<ref name="AV Club" /> Matthew Fiander of ''[[PopMatters]]'' commented that after ''Exile on Main St.'', the Stones were beginning to feel "safe" and "comfortable". He writes that ''Goats Head Soup'' led to two records that weren't as innovative as their prior works. Upon the emergence of punk rock, Jagger led the band to create what he calls "the band's most impassioned and fiery record of the '70s" (excluding ''Sticky Fingers'' and ''Exile''). Praising the band's performance, particularly Wood, Fiander writes: "What's so amazing about this album is that, though it dabbles in newer trends...it still feels very much like a Rolling Stones record, a fresh angle on their long-time loves of blues and rock and roll traditions."<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web |last1=Fiander |first1=Matthew |title=The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls'' (Deluxe Edition) |url=https://www.popmatters.com/151478-rolling-stones-some-girls-deluxe-edition-2495916961.html |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112042616/https://www.popmatters.com/151478-rolling-stones-some-girls-deluxe-edition-2495916961.html |archive-date=12 November 2020 |date=22 November 2011}}</ref>
===Rankings===
''Some Girls'' has frequently appeared on several "best-of" lists by multiple publications. In 2000, it was voted number 300 in writer [[Colin Larkin]]'s book ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|___location=London|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=125}}</ref> In 2003 ''Some Girls'' was ranked number 269 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], 270 in a 2012 revised list, and 468 in the 2020 revised list.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-rolling-stones-some-girls-172645/| year=2012| title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time| magazine=Rolling Stone| access-date=10 September 2019| archive-date=15 December 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215090304/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-rolling-stones-some-girls-172645/| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=22 September 2020|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/the-rolling-stones-some-girls-2-1062765/|access-date=8 October 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223210207/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/the-rolling-stones-some-girls-2-1062765/|archive-date=23 February 2021}}</ref> In 2015, ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' included the album in their list of the top 100 rock albums of the '70s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 '70s Rock Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/70s-rock-albums/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=14 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116164140/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/70s-rock-albums/ |archive-date=16 January 2021 |date=5 March 2015}}</ref> while a year later, ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine placed the album at number seven on its list of the 100 greatest albums of the '70s.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The REAL Greatest Albums of the 70s|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=23 March 2016|issue=222}}</ref>
==Reissues==
{{Album ratings
| title = 2011 deluxe edition
| rev1 = ''[[The A.V. Club]]''
| rev1score = A<ref name="AV Club">{{cite web|last=Hyden|first=Steven|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-rolling-stones-some-girls-1798170638|title=Review: The Rolling Stones: ''Some Girls''|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=29 November 2011|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=29 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529081543/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-rolling-stones-some-girls%2C65678/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2Score = B−<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |title='Some Girls' Deluxe Edition review |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20548314,00.html |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=12 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128102637/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20548314,00.html |archive-date=28 November 2011 |date=23 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[MSN Music]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Expert Witness]])
| rev3Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=13 March 2012|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ew2012-03.php|title=Expert Witness: Karantamba/Rolling Stones|website=[[MSN Music]]|access-date=7 July 2021|via=robertchristgau.com|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184414/https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/ew2012-03.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Tom Hull – on the Web]]''
| rev4Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=5 July 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2953-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707001004/http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2953-Music-Week.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
In 1986, the first [[compact disc]] version of the album was issued by the Stones' new label distributor, [[Columbia Records]], as Rolling Stones/Columbia CK-40449.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Some Girls|others=The Rolling Stones|year=1986|publisher=Rolling Stones Records/[[Columbia Records]]|___location=US|type=CD booklet|id=CK-40449}}</ref> In 1994, with the acquisition of the Rolling Stones Records catalogue by [[Virgin Records]], ''Some Girls'' was remastered and re-issued. The first pressing was packaged in a replica of the die-cut vinyl packaging, representing the redesigned 1978 cover in a pale color scheme. In 2009, the album was remastered and reissued by [[Universal Music]]; the reissue restored one of the brighter color schemes of the redesigned 1978 cover.
''Some Girls'' was re-issued on 21 November 2011 as a 2-CD deluxe edition, including twelve songs originally recorded during the two sessions for the album (with the exception of "[[Tallahassee Lassie]]" from August–September 1978 and "We Had It All" from 1979). A Super-Deluxe edition also included a DVD with live footage & promo videos, a 100-page book, five postcards, a poster, and a 7" 180-gram replica vinyl single of "Beast of Burden".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/nme/59958|title=The Rolling Stones announce reissue of "Some Girls"|work=NME|date=21 October 2011|access-date=25 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214025853/http://www.nme.com/news/nme/59958|archive-date=14 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the backing tracks were recorded in Paris between October 1977 and March 1978 with mostly newly recorded vocals by Jagger, which were recorded sometime during 2010 and 2011. The album re-entered the charts at No. 58 in the UK and No. 46 in the US.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20111127/7502/|title=UK albums chart|date=28 November 2011|access-date=28 November 2011|archive-date=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421133239/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20111127/7502/|url-status=live}}</ref> "[[No Spare Parts]]" was released as a single on 13 November, which went to No. 2 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki/>'s Hot Singles Sales. "So Young" was the second single from the ''Some Girls'' reissue, released briefly for free on iTunes the same day "No Spare Parts" was released. A video for "No Spare Parts" was produced and later released on 19 December 2011.
In 2012, it was released by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese-only [[Super Audio CD|SHM-SACD]] version.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Jagger/Richards|Mick Jagger and Keith Richards]], except where noted
| headline = Side one
| title1 = [[Miss You (Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = [[When the Whip Comes Down]]
| length2 = 4:20
| title3 = [[Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)#Origins|Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)]]
| writer3 = [[Norman Whitfield]], [[Barrett Strong]]
| length3 = 4:38
| title4 = [[Some Girls (Rolling Stones song)|Some Girls]]
| length4 = 4:36
| title5 = [[Lies (Rolling Stones song)|Lies]]
| length5 = 3:11
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = [[Far Away Eyes]]
| length1 = 4:24
| title2 = [[Respectable (Rolling Stones song)|Respectable]]
| length2 = 3:06
| title3 = [[Before They Make Me Run]]
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = [[Beast of Burden (song)|Beast of Burden]]
| length4 = 4:25
| title5 = [[Shattered (song)|Shattered]]
| length5 = 3:48
| total_length = 40:45
}}
'''Note'''
*North American copies of the album on [[8-track tape]] format contain extended versions of "Miss You" and "Beast of Burden" and edited versions of the songs "Far Away Eyes", "Shattered" and "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)".
=== 2011 Deluxe Edition ===
{{Track listing
| headline = Disc two - Bonus Material
| title1 = Claudine
| length1 = 3:42
| title2 = So Young
| length2 = 3:18
| title3 = Do You Think I Really Care?
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = When You're Gone
| writer4 = Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, [[Ronnie Wood]]
| length4 = 3:51
| title5 = [[No Spare Parts]]
| length5 = 4:30
| title6 = Don't Be a Stranger
| length6 = 4:06
| title7 = [[We Had It All (song)|We Had It All]]
| writer7 = [[Troy Seals]], [[Donnie Fritts]]
| length7 = 2:54
| title8 = [[Tallahassee Lassie]]
| writer8 = [[Bob Crewe]], [[Frank Slay]], [[Freddy Cannon]]
| length8 = 2:37
| title9 = I Love You Too Much
| length9 = 3:10
| title10 = Keep Up Blues
| length10 = 4:20
| title11 = [[You Win Again (Hank Williams song)|You Win Again]]
| writer11 = [[Hank Williams]]
| length11 = 3:00
| title12 = Petrol Blues
| length12 = 1:35
}}
==Personnel==
Album credits per the 2011 deluxe edition liner notes.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|title=Some Girls ''(Super Deluxe Edition)''|others=[[The Rolling Stones]]|year=2011|publisher=[[Universal Republic Records]]|___location=US|type=CD liner notes|id=B0016230-00}}</ref> Track numbers noted in parentheses below are based on the CD track numbering.
'''The Rolling Stones'''
*[[Mick Jagger]] – lead vocals {{small|(all but 8)}}, backing vocals {{small|(1–3, 6, 8–10)}}, electric guitar {{small|(1–5, 7)}}, piano {{small|(6)}}, percussion {{small|(10)}}
*[[Keith Richards]] – electric guitar {{small|(all tracks)}}, backing vocals {{small|(1–3, 6, 8–10)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(4, 6, 8-9)}}, bass guitar {{small|(4, 8)}}, piano {{small|(6)}}, lead vocals {{small|(8)}}
*[[Ronnie Wood]] – electric guitar {{small|(all but 6)}}, backing vocals {{small|(1–3, 6, 8, 10)}}, [[pedal steel guitar|pedal steel]] {{small|(2, 6, 10)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(4, 9)}}, bass guitar {{small|(10)}}, [[bass drum]] {{small|(10)}}
*[[Bill Wyman]] – bass guitar {{small|(1–3, 5–7, 9)}}, [[synthesiser]] {{small|(4)}}
*[[Charlie Watts]] – drums {{small|(all tracks)}}
'''Additional personnel'''
*[[Sugar Blue]] – harmonica {{small|(1, 4)}}
*[[Ian McLagan]] – [[electric piano]] {{small|(1)}}, organ {{small|(3)}}
*[[Mel Collins]] – saxophone {{small|(1)}}
*[[Simon Kirke]] – [[conga]]s {{small|(10)}}
* [[Chris Kimsey]] – mixing engineer
* [[Ted Jensen]] – vinyl mastering
* [[Greg Calbi]] – 1986 CD mastering at Sterling Sound
* [[Bob Ludwig]] – 1994 remastering at Gateway Mastering
* [[Stephen Marcussen]], Stewart Whitmore – 2009 remastering at Marcussen Mastering
'''Additional personnel on 2011 bonus disc'''
*[[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] – ''bonus tracks'': piano on "Claudine", "So Young", "Do You Think I Really Care?", "Tallahassee Lassie", "You Win Again", and "Petrol Blues"
*[[Chuck Leavell]] – ''bonus tracks'': piano solo on "So Young"
*[[Don Was]] – ''bonus tracks'': bass guitar on "Don't Be a Stranger"; handclaps on "Tallahassee Lassie"
*[[John Fogerty]] – ''bonus tracks'': handclaps on "Tallahassee Lassie"
*Matt Clifford – ''bonus tracks'': percussion on "Don't Be a Stranger"
*Sugar Blue – ''bonus tracks'': harmonica on "Don't Be a Stranger" and "We Had It All"
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
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'''Original release'''
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1978–79 weekly chart performance for ''Some Girls''
|-
! Chart (1978)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=AUS>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| align="center"| 3
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|4|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|chartid=4638a|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|___location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5| language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 11
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|6|id=9035|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=27 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Rolling Stones".</ref>
| align="center"| 6
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|___location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 11
|-
{{Album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|___location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| align="center"| 5
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|}
{{col-2}}
'''Reissue'''
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+2011 weekly chart performance for ''Some Girls''
|-
! Chart (2011)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]]|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|___location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| align="center"| 93
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|38|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Flanders|83|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|25|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|France|61|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|14|id=9035|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/940949/1/|title=ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ-リリース-ORICON STYLE-ミュージック|trans-title=Highest position and charting weeks of ''Some Girls'' (2011 deluxe edition) by The Rolling Stones|language=ja|work=oricon.co.jp|publisher=[[Oricon]] Style|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003011426/http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/release/d/940949/1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center"| 46
|-
{{Album chart|New Zealand|33|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|39|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Spain|59|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|41|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|48|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK|58|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Some Girls|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|46|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 December 2022}}
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+1978 year-end chart performance for ''Some Girls''
! scope="col"| Chart (1978)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[List of Top 25 albums for 1978 in Australia|Australian Albums]] (Kent Music Report)<ref name="auchart" />
|9
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/1978_album.asp|title=Austriancharts.at – Jahreshitparade 1978|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2 May 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029184143/http://www.austriancharts.at/1978_album.asp|archive-date=29 October 2009}}</ref>
|10
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0069&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1978|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=30 December 1978|access-date=1 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619211343/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0069&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archive-date=19 June 2013}}</ref>
|3
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1978&cat=a|title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1978|publisher=Dutchcharts.nl|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423022538/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1978&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
|22
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1978.php|title=Les Albums (CD) de 1978 par InfoDisc|language=fr|format=PHP|publisher=infodisc.fr|access-date=1 May 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711073702/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1978.php|archive-date=11 July 2013}}</ref>
|26
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1978|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment Charts]]|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100248/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|archive-date=23 October 2021}}</ref>
| 24
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1978-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music New Zealand]]|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>
|6
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111074744/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html|url=http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html|title=Complete UK Year-End Album Charts|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|26
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231092504/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855508?imw=Y|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855508?imw=Y|title=Top Pop Albums of 1978|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=31 December 2012|access-date=2 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|43
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+1979 year-end chart performance for ''Some Girls''
! scope="col"| Chart (1979)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6920&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1979|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=22 December 1979|access-date=3 May 2011|archive-date=5 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205230432/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6920&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|url-status=live}}</ref>
|89
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Stones+Some+Girls&pg=PT59|title=Billboard.com – Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200|date=22 December 1979|access-date=4 May 2013|archive-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405183729/https://books.google.com/books?id=CSQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT59&lpg=PT59&dq=Stones+Some+Girls|url-status=live}}</ref>
|22
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Some Girls''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Some Girls|relyear=1978|certyear=1978|award=Gold|source=infodisc}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|nocert=true|type=album|relyear=1978|artist=Rolling Stones|title=Some Girls|salesamount=15,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1978/Billboard%201978-11-18.pdf|title=From the Music Capitols of the World – Athens|magazine=Billboard|page=73|date=18 November 1978|via=World Radio History|access-date=25 January 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bid.stairgalleries.com/online-auctions/stair-galleries/rolling-stones-gold-record-award-emi-japan-award-presented-to-earl-mcgrath-for-the-rolling-stones-album-and-single-some-girl-815744|access-date=12 March 2023|title=Rolling Stones Gold Record Award, EMI Japan Award Presented to Earl McGrath for The Rolling Stones album and single Some Girls}}</ref>|relyear=1978|certyear=1978}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Some Girls|relyear=1978|award=Platinum}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=album|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Some Girls|relyear=1978|award=Platinum|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2011-11-25|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=18 April 2014|title=NZ Top 40 Albums Chart – 28 November 2011|archive-date=24 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424234231/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=1750|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Some Girls|relyear=1978|award=Gold|id=6066-44-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Some Girls|relyear=1978|award=Platinum|number=6}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
==See also==
* ''[[Some Girls: Live in Texas '78]]''
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Sources===
* {{cite book |last1=Aeppli |first1=Felix |title=Heart of Stone: The Definitive Rolling Stones Discography, 1962–1983 |year=1985 |publisher=Pierian Press |___location=Ann Arbor, Michigan |isbn=0-87650-192-7}}
* {{Cite book|title=The Mammoth Book of The Rolling Stones|last=Egan|first=Sean|publisher=Constable & Robinson Ltd.|year=2013|isbn=978-1-78033-646-6|___location=London|chapter=Some Girls|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnOqMQEACAAJ}}
* {{Cite book|last1=Margotin|first1=Philippe|title=The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track|last2=Guesdon|first2=Jean-Michel|publisher=[[Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers|Black Dog & Leventhal]]|year=2016|isbn=978-0316317740}}
* {{cite book |last=Patell |first=Cyrus R.K.|title=The Rolling Stones' Some Girls |series=[[33⅓]] |date=2011 |___location=New York City |publisher=[[Continuum International Publishing Group]] |isbn=978-1-44119-280-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Esn-I1RJauoC&q=Patell%2C+Some+girls%2C+Jan+Wenner&pg=PA131}}
* {{cite book |last1=Richards|first1=Keith|author-link1=Keith Richards|last2=Fox|first2=James|author2-link=James Fox (journalist)|title=Life|date=2010 |___location=New York|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|isbn=978-0-316-03438-8}}
==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|___location=London|year=2008|pages=182–183|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}
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