''Stripped'' is a live album by the English rock band
the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the g ...
released in November 1995 after the
Voodoo Lounge Tour
The Voodoo Lounge Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the Rolling Stones to promote their 1994 album '' Voodoo Lounge''. This was their first tour without bassist Bill Wyman, and their first with touring bassist Darryl Jones, as an addition ...
. It contains six live tracks and eight studio recordings. The live tracks were taken from four 1995 performances, at three small venues, and include a cover of
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
's "
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...
", which was the first single from the album. The remaining eight tracks were acoustic studio re-recordings of songs from the Stones' previous catalogue, the exception being a cover of
Willie Dixon's "Little Baby". The studio performances were recorded "live," i.e., without overdubs.
Overview
The two studio sessions took place from 3–5 March 1995 at
Toshiba-EMI
, formerly , was one of Japan's leading music companies. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of British music company EMI Group Ltd. on June 30, 2007, after Toshiba sold off its previous 45% stake. Its CEO and president was Kazuhiko Koike. When ...
Studios in
Tokyo
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,
Japan and 23–26 July 1995 at Estudios Valentim De Carvalho in
Lisbon,
Portugal
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, while the live recordings are from 26 and 27 May, 3 July, and 19 July 1995 performances at three small concert venues:
Paradiso,
L'Olympia
The Olympia (; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing Madeleine church and Opéra G ...
, and
Brixton Academy
Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South Wes ...
, respectively.
Some CD versions of ''Stripped'' included an enhanced portion for viewing on a computer, including videos of rehearsals of "
Tumbling Dice
"Tumbling Dice" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, the song has a blues, boogie-woogie rhythm that scholars and musicians have noted for its ...
" and "
Shattered" and an alternate performance of "
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...
", and interviews with
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
,
Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...
,
Charlie Watts and
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...
.
''Stripped'' was well-received and reached No. 9 in the UK and the US, where it went platinum. The lead single, a cover of Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", reached No. 12 in the UK, becoming a rock radio hit in the US. It was followed by "Wild Horses" in early 1996.
''Stripped'' was the Rolling Stones' second album with
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman (musician), Tom Newman. It ...
.
''Totally Stripped''
On 3 June 2016, ''Totally Stripped'', an expanded and reconceived edition of ''Stripped'' featuring a documentary film about the original project, was released in multiple formats. These included DVD or Blu-ray documentary-only editions, as well as DVD/Blu-ray & CD and DVD/Blu-ray & LP editions adding a single disc or double-LP of concert highlights (distinct from the tracks that comprised the original album) to the film. The selection of live highlights included 13 previously unreleased performances and one track from the original CD. A limited edition five-disc version (4 DVDs & 1 CD or 4 Blu-ray discs & 1 CD) of the expanded album added three DVD or SD Blu-ray films of the complete concerts and a 60-page booklet to the documentary and the newly compiled CD of concert highlights.
Artwork
The artwork for the album was provided by The Design Corporation,
with photography from
Anton Corbijn.
Track listing
All tracks written by
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
Standard edition
#"
Street Fighting Man
"Street Fighting Man" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, written by the songwriting team of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Considered one of the band's most popular and most controversial songs, it features Indian instrume ...
" – 3:41
#"
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...
" (
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
) – 5:39
#"
Not Fade Away" (
Norman Petty
Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll.
Biography
Petty was born in the small town of Clo ...
/
Charles Hardin) – 3:06
#"
Shine a Light" – 4:38
#"
The Spider and the Fly" – 3:29
#"
I'm Free" – 3:13
#"
Wild Horses" – 5:09
#"
Let It Bleed
''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...
" – 4:15
#"
Dead Flowers" – 4:13
#"
Slipping Away" – 4:55
#"
Angie" – 3:29
#"
Love in Vain
"Love in Vain" (originally "Love in Vain Blues") is a blues song written by American musician Robert Johnson. Johnson's performancevocal accompanied by his finger-style acoustic guitar playinghas been described as "devastatingly bleak". He rec ...
" (
Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...
) – 5:31
#"
Sweet Virginia" – 4:16
#"Little Baby" (
Willie Dixon) – 4:00
Outtakes
Officially released outtakes
Some outtakes from this album have also been (officially) released.
#"Honest I Do" (Jimmy Reed) (''Hope Floats'' Movie Soundtrack)
#"
All Down The Line" ("Like a Rolling Stone" single)
#"
Black Limousine
"Black Limousine" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1981 album ''Tattoo You''.
The song
"Black Limousine" is one of the few Rolling Stones' songs credited to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood (thoug ...
" (Jagger/Richards/
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...
) ("Like a Rolling Stone" single)
#"
Gimme Shelter
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. Released as the opening track from band's 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song covers topics of war, murder, rape and fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singe ...
" ("Wild Horses" single)
#"
Tumbling Dice
"Tumbling Dice" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, the song has a blues, boogie-woogie rhythm that scholars and musicians have noted for its ...
" ("Wild Horses" single)
#"
Live With Me" ("Wild Horses" single)
#"
It's All Over Now
"It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover versio ...
" (Womack/Womack) (e-download only)
Other circulating outtakes
These include studio reworkings of:
*"
Let's Spend the Night Together
"Let's Spend the Night Together" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and originally released by the Rolling Stones as a double A-sided single together with " Ruby Tuesday" in January 1967. It also appears as the opening track ...
",
*"
No Expectations
"No Expectations" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1968 album ''Beggars Banquet''. It was first released as the B-side of the " Street Fighting Man" single in August 1968. The song was recorded in May 1968. Bria ...
",
*"
Beast of Burden
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",
*"
Memory Motel", and
*"
Let It Bleed
''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...
".
2016 ''Totally Stripped'' five-disc limited edition
source
Track listing
#"
Not Fade Away" (
Norman Petty
Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, radio station owner, and considered to be one of the founding fathers of early rock & roll.
Biography
Petty was born in the small town of Clo ...
/
Charles Hardin) –
#"
Honky Tonk Women" –
#"
Dead Flowers" –
#"Far Away Eyes" –
#"
Shine a Light" –
#"
I Go Wild" –
#"
Miss You" –
#"
Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...
" (
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
) –
#"
Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is unrefined or partially refined soft sugar.
Brown Sugar may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Brown Sugar'' (1922 film), a 1922 British silent film directed by Fred Paul
* ''Brown Sugar'' (1931 film), a 1931 ...
" –
#"
Midnight Rambler
"Midnight Rambler" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released on their 1969 album '' Let It Bleed''. The song is a loose biography of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to being the Boston Strangler.
Keith Richards has called the nu ...
" –
#"
Jumping Jack Flash" –
#"
Gimme Shelter
"Gimme Shelter" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones. Released as the opening track from band's 1969 album ''Let It Bleed''. The song covers topics of war, murder, rape and fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singe ...
" –
#"
Rip This Joint" –
#"
Street Fighting Man
"Street Fighting Man" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, written by the songwriting team of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Considered one of the band's most popular and most controversial songs, it features Indian instrume ...
" –
DVD / SD Blu-ray #1: ''Totally Stripped'' documentary (new version)
This new version includes 30 minutes of never-before-released rehearsals and interviews footages.
Stripped
#"
Love in Vain
"Love in Vain" (originally "Love in Vain Blues") is a blues song written by American musician Robert Johnson. Johnson's performancevocal accompanied by his finger-style acoustic guitar playinghas been described as "devastatingly bleak". He rec ...
"
#"
The Spider and the Fly"
#"
Wild Horses"
#"
Let It Bleed
''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...
"
The Paradiso, Amsterdam
#"Down in the Bottom"
#"
Tumbling Dice
"Tumbling Dice" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, the song has a blues, boogie-woogie rhythm that scholars and musicians have noted for its ...
"
#"Not Fade Away"
#"Dead Flowers"
#"Gimme Shelter"
Olympia, Paris
#"
You Got Me Rocking
"You Got Me Rocking" is a song by the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones, on their 1994 album, ''Voodoo Lounge''.
Begun early in 1993, "You Got Me Rocking" was initially a blues flavoured number; bootlegs have Jagger and Richards wor ...
"
#"I Go Wild"
#"Shine a Light"
#"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Brixton Academy, London
#"
I Can't Get Next to You"
#"Honky Tonk Women"
#"
Far Away Eyes"
#"Like a Rolling Stone"
DVD / SD Blu-ray #2: Paradiso,
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
, 26 May 1995
#"Not Fade Away"
#"
It's All Over Now
"It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover versio ...
" (
Bobby Womack
Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing gui ...
/Shirley Womack)
#"Live with Me"
#"Let It Bleed"
#"The Spider and the Fly"
#"
Beast of Burden
A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks instead of being slaughtered to harvest animal products. Some are used for their physical strength (e.g. oxen and draft horses) or for ...
"
#"
Angie"
#"Wild Horses"
#"Sweet Virginia"
#"Dead Flowers"
#"Shine a Light"
#"Like a Rolling Stone"
#"
Connection"
#"
Slipping Away"
#"
The Worst
The Worst or Worst may refer to:
* ''The Worst'', a 1997 album by Sarcófago, or its title track
* ''The Worst'', a 2000 album by Tech N9ne, or its title track
* ''The Worst'', a 2004 EP by Lower Class Brats, or its title track
* "The Worst" (On ...
"
#"Gimme Shelter"
#"
All Down the Line"
#"
Respectable"
#"Rip This Joint"
#"
Street Fighting Man
"Street Fighting Man" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, written by the songwriting team of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Considered one of the band's most popular and most controversial songs, it features Indian instrume ...
"
DVD / SD Blu-ray #3:
L'Olympia
The Olympia (; commonly known as L'Olympia or in the English-speaking world as Olympia Hall) is a concert venue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France, located at 28 Boulevard des Capucines, equally distancing Madeleine church and Opéra G ...
,
Paris
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, 3 July 1995
#"
Honky Tonk Women"
#"
Tumbling Dice
"Tumbling Dice" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. A product of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' songwriting partnership, the song has a blues, boogie-woogie rhythm that scholars and musicians have noted for its ...
"
#"
You Got Me Rocking
"You Got Me Rocking" is a song by the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones, on their 1994 album, ''Voodoo Lounge''.
Begun early in 1993, "You Got Me Rocking" was initially a blues flavoured number; bootlegs have Jagger and Richards wor ...
"
#"
All Down the Line"
#"
Shattered"
#"
Beast of Burden
A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks instead of being slaughtered to harvest animal products. Some are used for their physical strength (e.g. oxen and draft horses) or for ...
"
#"
Let It Bleed
''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released 28 November 1969 on London Records in the United States and shortly thereafter by Decca Records in the United Kingdom. ...
"
#"
Angie"
#"Wild Horses"
#"Meet Me In The Bottom" (Willie Dixon)
#"Shine a Light"
#"Like a Rolling Stone"
#"I Go Wild"
#"Miss You"
#"Connection"
#"Slipping Away"
#"Midnight Rambler"
#"Rip This Joint"
#"
Start Me Up"
#"
It's Only Rock 'n Roll
''It's Only Rock 'n Roll'' is the 12th British and 14th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 18 October 1974 by Rolling Stones Records. It was the last Rolling Stones album to feature guitarist Mick Ta ...
"
#"Brown Sugar"
#"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
DVD / SD Blu-ray #4:
Brixton Academy
Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South Wes ...
,
London
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, 19 July 1995
#"Honky Tonk Women"
#"Tumbling Dice"
#"You Got Me Rocking"
#"Live With Me"
#"
Black Limousine
"Black Limousine" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1981 album ''Tattoo You''.
The song
"Black Limousine" is one of the few Rolling Stones' songs credited to Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood (thoug ...
" (Jagger/Richards/
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...
)
#"Dead Flowers"
#"Sweet Virginia"
#"Far Away Eyes"
#"Love in Vain"
#"
Down In The Bottom" (
Willie Dixon)
#"Shine a Light"
#"Like a Rolling Stone"
#"
Monkey Man
Monkey Man may refer to:
Fiction
*Monkey Man (film), ''Monkey Man'' (film), a film starring and directed by Dev Patel
* Axwell Tiberius, the eponymous simian character in the 1993–1999 comic book series ''Monkeyman and O'Brien''
Songs
*Monkey M ...
"
#"
I Go Wild"
#"Miss You"
#"Connection"
#"Slipping Away"
#"Midnight Rambler"
#"Rip This Joint"
#"Start Me Up"
#"Brown Sugar"
#"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Personnel
The Rolling Stones
*
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnershi ...
– lead vocals, harmonica, guitar, maracas on "Not Fade Away"
*
Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943), often referred to during the 1960s and 1970s as "Keith Richard", is an English musician and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the co-founder, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-princi ...
– guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Slipping Away"
*
Ronnie Wood
Ronald David Wood (born 1 June 1947) is an English rock musician, best known as an official member of the Rolling Stones since 1975, as well as a member of Faces and the Jeff Beck Group.
Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a ...
– guitar,
lap slide
*
Charlie Watts – drums
Additional musicians
*
Darryl Jones
Darryl Jones (born December 11, 1961) is an American bass guitarist. He has been recording and touring with the Rolling Stones since 1993. He has also played in bands with Miles Davis and Sting, among others.
Career
Darryl Jones was born on ...
– bass guitar, backing vocals on "Slipping Away"
*
Chuck Leavell – keyboards, backing vocals
*
Lisa Fischer – backing vocals
*
Bernard Fowler
Bernard Fowler (born January 2, 1960) is an American musician. He is known for a long association with The Rolling Stones, providing backing vocals since 1989 and on their studio recordings and live tours. Fowler has been a featured guest vocali ...
– backing vocals, percussion
*
Bobby Keys
Robert Henry Keys (December 18, 1943 – December 2, 2014) was an American saxophonist who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Ni ...
– saxophone
*
Michael Davis –
trombone
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*Kent Smith – trumpet
*
Andy Snitzer – saxophone
*
Don Was
Don Edward Fagenson (born September 13, 1952), known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was co-founded the funk-rock band Was (Not Was). In later years he produced so ...
–
Hammond B-3 Organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated ...
on "Shine a Light"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications and sales
References
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1995 live albums
2016 live albums
2016 video albums
Albums produced by Don Was
Albums produced by the Glimmer Twins
Eagle Rock Entertainment live albums
Eagle Rock Entertainment video albums
Live video albums
The Rolling Stones documentary films
The Rolling Stones live albums
The Rolling Stones video albums
Virgin Records live albums