Undercover
by The Rolling Stones
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Undercover is ranked 35th best out of 104 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,492.
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Undercover track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 71 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/03/2026 18:06 |  VictorVale | 3,879 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 16:48 | matterhornrider | 5,118 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 01:30 |  hoyquarlow | 540 | 76/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 14:47 | Jakor | 5,448 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 07:56 | acoustic-horn | 246 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.4/100, a mean average of 61.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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VictorVale 08/03/2026 18:06 | #315516
As referências contemporâneas empobreceram o som dos Stones.
Of course 80's haters are gonna hate this. It's not their best album but it's still good. Tracks 1, 2, 6, 8 and 10 are great.
A poor attempt to stay relevent
Don't really know what they were going for on this thing, not really a single song I like. Easily the worst Stones record i've heard yet.
llibnanoon 06/18/2020 14:38 | #253814
Not thier best but a few great tracks.
Sandrof1969 02/11/2018 16:09 | #207661 | TOP COMMENT
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I've always thought this is the worst Stones album
Fischman 01/11/2017 23:24 | #182309 | TOP COMMENT
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This album could have fared better with better production and some more meat and classic Stones attitude in a few of the songs. It's not dreadful, but it's nothing to get excited about either.
Them crappy 80s sounds.
The songs are not as bad. Undercover and She was hot where pretty good stonesque-classic-rocks. There's some interesting guitar work on Too much blood and the chorus of Tie you up with that free-tempo landings and laidbackness couldn't have been made by anyone besides the Stones.
Still overall sounds as plastic as pretty much every other rock album made during that era.
I think Undercover is yet another underrated stones album. They never seem to get any credit for trying new sounds. This is a much more contemporary record with a really interesting use of percussion, especially on the title track, which I have to admit is the last of the truly great stones tracks. Having said that, there are other standouts such as the hilarious too much blood and the grooving feel on baby. Sure, there's a few stones by numbers but at least half the album is fantastic. There's nothing really awful but it does need a few spins to fully appreciate it.
A forgettable record. It's got the 80's malady, stupid pointless songs with crappy production.
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