Emotional Rescue (studio album)
by The Rolling Stones

Emotional Rescue by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 4,680th   
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 308 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (80th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (687th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,680th)

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The Rolling Stones bestography

Emotional Rescue is ranked 22nd best out of 102 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 45 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,709.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (4,172nd)
Steel Wheels
This album (4,680th)
Emotional Rescue
Lower ranked (4,953rd) »
December's Children (And Everybody's)

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Emotional Rescue track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Emotional Rescue rankings

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Overall rank: 4,680th | 1980s rank: 687th | 1980 rank: 80th

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 308 votes)
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Emotional Rescue comments

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70/100
From 01/21/2024 08:47 | #301361
Below average STones
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75/100
From 02/14/2022 12:27 | #281287
Meio perdido, sem foco.
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55/100
From 03/13/2021 18:33 | #267327
I can only imagine how disappointing this was after the success of some girls
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60/100
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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70/100
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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60/100
From 01/11/2017 23:09 | #182300
The Stones pretty much fell off the cliff with this one. Sure, they would put out a few more bad albums in the coming decades, but this was when we still had hope for them.
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From 08/06/2016 19:43 | #172416
Half the album are pretty good tunes with She's so cold being the best one. Other half are fillers.

Still a good album if you like the Stones.
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90/100
From 05/29/2016 17:15 | #167165
I have always figured that I was the only one who loves this record. I think people would give it more credit if they thought about how much better it is than the dreck that was soon to come.
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60/100
From 03/26/2016 17:55 | #162680
After the brilliance of some girls this is a major disappointment. The previous album felt so fresh and vibrant, where emotional rescue sounds stale and lazy. Having said that, about half the album is really good. The title track and down in the hole are excellent. Dance, send it to me and she's so cold are also good but the rest ranges from ok to terrible. The worst track without a doubt is summer romance and where the boys go is nearly just as bad, although it is kind of funny. This album was one of the stones biggest seller's. Strange.
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75/100
From 09/14/2015 13:29 | #149736
Having dismissed this one for years as the lesser sibling of 'Some Girls' and 'Tattoo You', I think I was unfair in rating this so low. OK it tried to repeat the trick of 'Some Girls' with its punky moments, funk beats and a nod to disco, and doesn't do it quite as well, but it's an enjoyable Stones album. Certainly not to be lumped with their later works that are either just boring (Steel Wheels) or downright disgusting.
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