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The Very Best of Mick Jagger
By Mick Jagger
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ArtistMick Jagger
TypeCompilation
Released2 October 2007
RYM Rating 3.45 / 5.00.5 from 104 ratings
Ranked#160 for 2007, #6,511 overall
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gushwilly33 Nov 07 2010 4.00 stars
rounding up to four stars since the hits from the fairly lousy solo albums (everything but 'wandering spirit') are decent enough, and because the unearthed and new tunes are pretty darned good.
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 lennontable10 Feb 18 2022 3.50 stars
At first, this album jacket is attractive.

I like "Just Another Night". especially, guitar playing is good.

"Too Many Cooks" is historically important (John Lennon related), and good enough.
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etherman Jun 13 2012 3.50 stars
Another Stone Alone.

Sir Mick's "very best" compilation probably deserves that epithet, but that doesn't make it an outstanding listen. Perhaps even Jagger himself would admit that he was at his best with Keith Richards, but it's good to step away every now and then.

I wish Keith would've come up with more plays on Mick's album titles like Dogshit in the Doorway, because, with the exception of Wandering Spirit, Jagger doesn't offer much as a solo artist. Distilling the solo discs down to a single-disc compilation would seem to work because there is just enough decent material to support it, but I'm not sure that's what the compilers were up to here.

The tracklisting suffers from too many Dogshit cuts. The Wandering Spirit material still stands as the best stuff ("Put Me in the Trash" "Don't Tear Me Up" "Sweet Thing" "Evening Gown"). Missing from that disc is "Wired All Night" and the excellent Bill Withers cover "Use Me," which is a superior duet with Lenny Kravitz than the Dogshit single, "God Gave Me Everything."

Most importantly, this release compiles some singles and rarities that are difficult to find otherwise. If you don't own Best of Bowie, you'll finally get your chance to own "Dancing in the Street," and you'd be hard pressed to find "Too Many Cooks," a previously unreleased track. "Memo From Turner" is in better form than even the Stones could muster (see Metamorphosis, though Mick could've kept "Charmed Life" to himself.

Though flawed, The Very Best of Mick Jagger gives a decent look at Mick's work outside the Rolling Stones, and there is likely something for everyone in this eclectic mix.
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PRODUCT INFO
Arguably the most iconic and famous rock star of all time, Mick Jagger has gathered no moss during his time off from fronting the world's biggest rock band, The Rolling Stones. For the first time ever, his work as a solo artist is examined in an essential anthology spanning over thirty years of highlights, with tracks selected by Jagger himself. The retrospective reaches as far back as 1970 to include the Jagger/Richards-penned classic Memo From Turner that Mick recorded without his Glimmer Twin for the soundtrack to the 1970 cult film Performance. Jagger's indelible voice is spotlighted on other stand-outs including the 1985 hit Just Another Night from his solo album debut She's The Boss, duets with Peter Tosh, David Bowie and Bono, tracks with Lenny Kravitz and Dave Stewart, three previously unreleased tracks, including the John Lennon-produced treasure Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup), and more.


COMMENTS
The songs included in the "Very Best" album are all good, but I would have included a lot more, that's why I made a second disc. I still can't believe why songs like "Hard Woman" and "Say You Will" were not included.
This package includes all the tracks from "The Very Best of Mick Jagger" 2007 album (on disc 1, tracks 1 -17), plus other songs taken from silver CDs and (good quality) bootlegs.


TRACKLIST

DISC 1
01. God Gave Me Everything 3:32
02. Put Me In The Trash 3:34
03. Just Another Night 5:16
04. Don't Tear Me Up 4:13
05. Charmed Life 3:36
06. Sweet Thing 4:19
07. Old Habits Die Hard 4:24 (with Dave Stewart, from 2004 film "Alfie")
08. Dancing In The Street 3:19 (with David Bowie, single for 1985 Live Aid)
09. Too Many Cooks (Spoil The Soup) 4:04 (produced by John Lennon, 1974)
10. Memo From Turner 4:03 (from 1970 film "Performance")
11. Lucky In Love (shortened version) 5:03
12. Let's Work 4:44
13. Joy (with Bono) 4:40
14. Don't Call Me Up 5:13
15. Checkin' Up On My Baby 3:22 (with The Red Devils, 1992)
16. (You Got To Walk And) Don't Look Back 5:17 (Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger) (from Tosh album "Bush Doctor", 1978)
17. Evening Gown 3:33
18. Hard Woman (7" Version) 3:48

Total Playtime: 76:00

DISC 2
01. Lonely At The Top 3:47
02. 1/2 A Loaf 4:59
03. Hard Woman 4:26
04. Throwaway 5:04
05. Say You Will 5:07
06. Primitive Cool 5:50
07. Kow Tow 4:55
08. Peace For The Wicked 4:04
09. Wired All Night 4:06
10. Out Of Focus 4:36
11. Visions Of Paradise 4:01
12. Dancing In The Starlight 4:06
13. Goddess In The Doorway 4:56
14. Too Far Gone 4:36
15. State of Shock 4:08 (with The Jacksons, 1984)
16. Ruthless People 4:32 (from 1986 film "Ruthless People)
17. Catch As Catch Can 5:21 (b-side from "Let's Work", 1987)

Total Playtime: 78:33


OBSERVATIONS
Silver CDs used to make this compilation:
1985. She's The Boss
1987. Primitive Cool
1993. Wandering Spirit
2001. Goddess In The Doorway
2007. The Very Best of Mick Jagger
xxxx. The Versions (bootleg)
xxxx. Anybody Seen My Baby (bootleg)
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 soundtrack Nov 15 2007 4.50 stars
When you take all his otherwise-relatively-crappy solo albums and glean the best tracks from them, then add a few never before officially released songs ("Charmed Life," "Too Many Cooks," "Checkin Up on My Baby") - well, you come up with a damn fine album. My sole complaint on song selection is the sophomoric "Let's Work": I don't need a lecture from Mick Jagger on work ethic; as Charlie Watts so famously reminded us, four-fifths of a rock star's time is spent sitting on his ass doing nothing. But that's a minor complaint. There are highlights aplenty - besides the aforementioned unreleased tracks, "God Gave Me Everything," "Sweet Thing," "Memo From Turner,"Checkin' Up on My Baby," "Evening Gown" and "Joy" are infectious, and will keep you coming back for more.

Anywho, pretty cool... I was hoping for at least a not-as-bad-as-it-could-have-been Jagger greatest hits, and instead got pretty much all of his best solo stuff in a nicely paced package (with a bonus DVD to boot). Highly recommended.
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 JWPepper Nov 15 2007 3.50 stars
I called a friend of mine whilst I listened to this, and I said, "Hey, dude. Robert loaned me his Best Of Mick Jagger. Get him to let you check it out," to which my friend responded, "Mick's solo stuff is terrible, isn't it?" Which is exactly what I'd always thought... For some reason, I'd spent the last however many years under the impression that Mick's solo work was woefully inferior to the even the Stones' most misguided efforts... But, at least based on these seventeen tunes, Jagger minus Richards, Watts, Wyman, and Wood/Taylor/Jones is still pretty damn good. Now, granted, these may be the best of his various efforts, and many of them aren't even album tracks, coming from collaborations with others or from soundtrack albums or whatever, but as a solid listening experience, The Very Best Of Mick Jagger succeeds with flying colors, from the Lenny Kravitz-dominated opening number, through the Stones-y Memo From Turner and Evening Gown, the Bowie duet Dancing In The Street, the Bono duet Joy, the Tosh duet Don't Look Back... Some great stuff here... Yeah, it ain't the Stones, but it's only rock'n'roll, and you know how I feel about that...
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fairyeee Nov 14 2007 3.00 stars
I have a problem with Mick Jagger. I just can't help disliking his voice, or more accurately, the way he sings. That is one of the reasons why I don't like the Rolling Stones very much. Still, I think Mick seems to be as much all right on his own than beside Keef Richards. The Very Best of Mick Jagger doesn't contain many fine performances, but "Sweet Thing" (from Wandering Spirit, 1993) is certainly one. "Let's Work" (from Primitive Cool, 1987) is one of the best. "God Gave Me Everything" (from Goddess in a Doorway, 2001; featuring Lenny Kravitz) is not bad at all, and the same goes with the WS outtake "Charmed Life." "Just Another Night" (from She's the Boss, 1985) would be nice if it wasn't overlengthy. The rest is mostly boring, definitely including the appearances by Peter Tosh and Bono. By the way, where is "State of Shock" featuring The Jacksons? It would have been nice to hear now...
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Buzg Oct 10 2007 4.50 stars
Great collection.. But I think he's milking it!!!!
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