Emotional Rescue
by The Rolling Stones

Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-06-20
Overall rank: 4,821st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 313 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (82nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (700th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,821st)

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The Rolling Stones bestography

Emotional Rescue is ranked 22nd best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,222.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (4,149th)
Steel Wheels
This album (4,821st)
Emotional Rescue
Lower ranked (4,837th) »
December's Children (And Everybody's)

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Emotional Rescue rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,821st | 1980s rank: 700th | 1980 rank: 82nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 313 votes)
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From 01/21/2024 08:47 | #301361
Below average STones (Edited)
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From 02/14/2022 12:27 | #281287
Meio perdido, sem foco.
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I can only imagine how disappointing this was after the success of some girls (Edited)
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From 01/02/2021 03:55 | #263633
With the exception of Dance Part 1 (one of the most underrated Stones tracks ever) and She's So Cold, there's nothing really much here worth revisiting, but certainly not a bad album by any means.
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From 02/09/2018 22:51 | #207492
Non sono mai stato d'accordo con chi ritiene "Emotional rescue" essere uno dei dischi peggiori dei Rolling Stones: ma proprio per niente ! E' un disco leggero e allora ? Forse che non lo è la maggior parte della musica pop e molta musica rock ? E poi il testo di "Indian girl" o l'intera, bellissima, "Down in the hole" sono leggeri ? L'equivoco in cui cade chi ritiene questo album un disco dance è dato dalla prima canzone ( "Dance" di nome e di fatto: in effetti poca roba… ) e dalla title track, che però è disco music della più originale. Il resto sono rock, ballate, un pizzico di country, blues e pure un atipico reggae in battere: belle canzoni ( la maggior parte ), che non stancano, che divertono ( il basso di "She's so cold", per dire… ), ben suonate e… ebbene si, leggere. Ribadisco: e allora ?
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