Undercover (studio album) by The Rolling Stones

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Undercover is ranked 35th best out of 101 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 44 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 20,946.

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Undercover track list

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Average Rating: 
62/100 (from 195 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.2/100, a mean average of 61.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.

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70/100
From 10/25/2023 13:47
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.
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35/100
From 03/13/2021 18:27
A poor attempt to stay relevent
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40/100
From 01/02/2021 07:01
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.
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75/100
From 06/18/2020 14:38
Not thier best but a few great tracks.
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60/100
From 02/11/2018 16:09
I've always thought this is the worst Stones album
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70/100
From 01/11/2017 23:24
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.
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From 08/06/2016 19:13
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.
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75/100
From 03/26/2016 12:03
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.
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55/100
From 02/06/2016 12:50
A forgettable record. It's got the 80's malady, stupid pointless songs with crappy production.
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From 10/13/2014 19:28
1980s Stones were pretty mediocre. This album is a perfect example of that.
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