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''Some Girls'' is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. It reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, and became the band's top selling album in the United States, certified by the RIAA as having six million copies sold as of 2000. It was a major critical success, becoming the only Rolling Stones album to be nominated for a Grammy in the Album of the Year category. Many reviewers called it a classic return to form and their best album since 1972's ''Exile on Main St.'' ==History== By 1976, the Rolling Stones' popularity was in decline as the charts were dominated by disco music and newer bands such as Aerosmith and Kiss. In the UK, the punk rock movement was a rising force and made most artists connected with the 1960s era seem obsolete. The group had also failed to produce a critically acclaimed album since 1972's ''Exile On Main St''. At least as important for the band's re-invigoration was the addition of Ronnie Wood to the line-up, as ''Some Girls'' was the first album recorded with him as a full member.〔 His guitar playing style meshed with that of Keith Richards and slide guitar playing would become one of the band's hallmarks. Not only did his unconventional uses of the instrument featured prominently on ''Some Girls'' he also contributed to the writing process.〔 In addition, Jagger, who had learned to play guitar over the previous decade, contributed a third guitar part to many songs. This gave songs like "Respectable" a three-guitar line-up. Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind ''Some Girls''. Richards was in legal trouble for much of 1977 (see below) which resulted in the band being inactive on the touring circuit during that year except for two shows in Canada during the spring for the live album ''Love You Live''.〔 He was able to attend the recording sessions for the album. Jagger claimed in a 1995 interview to have written a great number of the album's songs (though when the amount was pointed out to him he denied that the record was mostly his own), including its signature song, "Miss You". In addition to punk, Jagger claims to have been influenced by dance music, most notably disco, during the recording of ''Some Girls'', and cites New York City as a major inspiration for the album, an explanation for his lyrical preoccupation with the city throughout.〔 For the first time since 1968's ''Beggars Banquet'', the core band — now Jagger, Richards, Wood, Charlie Watts, and Bill Wyman — would be the main musicians on a Rolling Stones album, with few extra contributors. Ian McLagan, Wood's bandmate from the Faces, played keyboards, and harmonica player Sugar Blue contributed to several songs. In addition to saxophonist Mel Collins and Simon Kirke, who played percussion.〔 Jagger's guitar contributions caused the band's road manager, Ian Stewart, to be absent from many of the sessions as he felt piano would be superfluous, making this a rare Rolling Stones album on which he did not appear. A serious concern was the issue of Keith Richards and his highly publicised heroin possession bust in Toronto, Ontario in early 1977, resulting in the possibility that he might be sent to jail for years. However, due to the judgement that Richards was very separate from the usual theft and anti-social culture that is associated with heroin use, he was sentenced very lightly. He was ordered to perform a charity show for The Canadian National Institute for the Blind.〔Bazay, David. ''The National''. () 24 October 1978.〕 The sessions for ''Some Girls'' began in October 1977, breaking before Christmas and starting up again after New Year's before finishing in March 1978. Under their new British recording contract with EMI (remaining with Warner Music in North America only), they were able to record at EMI's Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris, a venue at which they would record frequently for the next several years.〔 The Rolling Stones ended up recording about 50 new songs, several of which would turn up in altered forms on ''Emotional Rescue'' (1980) and ''Tattoo You'' (1981). Engineer for the sessions was Chris Kimsey, whose approach to recording breathed life into the somewhat dense sounding recordings like ''Goats Head Soup'' (1973) and ''It's Only Rock 'n' Roll'' (1974) albums. Kimsey's direct method of recording, together with the entrance of the then state-of-the-art Mesa/Boogie Mark I amps instead of the Ampeg SVT line of amps, yielded a bright, direct and aggressive guitar sound.〔 There was some controversy surrounding the lyrics to the title song, an extended musing on women of various nationalities and races. Atlantic Records attempted to persuade the band to drop the song from the record, but Jagger maintained the song was intended as a parody of racist attitudes, saying "I've always said, you can't take a joke, it's too fucking bad,".〔Flippo, Chet. "Rolling Stones Gather Momentum" ''Rolling Stone'' July 27, 1978: 22〕 The line "Black girls just wanna get fucked all night" drew strong protests from various groups, including Jesse Jackson's PUSH, which sought a boycott of the song on black-oriented radio.〔Williams, Jean. "PUSH Hot To Boycott Stones' Cut" ''Billboard'' September 16, 1978: 52〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Some Girls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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