She's the Boss

she's the boss

Track Listings

1. Lonely at the Top

2. 1/2 a Loaf

3. Running Out of Luck

4. Turn the Girl Loose

5. Hard Woman

6. Just Another Night

7. Lucky in Love

8. Secrets

9. She's the Boss

She's the Boss,Mick Jagger,Atlantic / Wea,Adult Contemporary,Pop,Pop/Rock,Popular Music,Rock,Rock & Roll

She's the Boss

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She's the Boss
brilliance &%**( brilliance
He's the boss on his first solo album (except the title song)
Okay, maybe worth three stars
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She's the Boss
Mick Jagger
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002IXG
Release Date: 1993-11-16

Tracks:

Lonely At The Top
1/2 A Loaf
Running Out Of Luck
Turn The Girl Loose
Hard Woman
Just Another Night
Lucky In Love
Secrets
She's The Boss

Customer Reviews:

She's the Boss.......2007-02-01

I have been looking for this CD long time. I had it once and lost it. I am very very happy that I could find it. It was actually only Amazon who had this.

brilliance &%**( brilliance.......2005-08-02

Jagger shines when removed from the ramshackled ineptitude of his sophomiric R&B infused garage band. His songwriting seems to elevate itself with the absence of drug riddled back up man Keith Richards. The production is crystal clear in clear contrast to Stones releases of the time. It clearly outshines any of Richards solo works. Jagger is the true musician behind the Stones biggest hits as evidence by the sheer exuberance of this solo outing. (in case anyone missed the sentiment of this review, I have added this parenthetical note noting the sarcasm of the sentiment of this review)

He's the boss on his first solo album (except the title song).......2005-07-26

Before the Stones' Dirty Work hit the shelves in 1986, Mick Jagger released his first solo album a year before. Like Phil Collins doing a different sound to distinguish his solo material from Genesis, so too does Mick to differentiate She's The Boss from another Rolling Stones album with guitar chores from Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend and some keyboard work by jazz great Herbie Hancock. It has a smoother sound yet manages to rock with a pop polish. Most of the songs are produced by Bill Laswell, but Nile Rodgers of Chic does his hand on three of the tracks.

Those are "½ a Loaf", which features a sound one might recognize on Like A Virgin, also helmed by Rodgers, who also does guitar here, with former bandmate Bernard Edwards on bass. Having a clandestine affair is deemed "half a glass, half a dream, half a life" and in the bridge, a frustrated Mick just says to heck with it and let it all hang out. He then calls upon some overprotective guardian to "Turn The Girl Loose." Featuring a strong bass, Mick really belts it out when he yells "let her out of jail." It even has Alfa Anderson doing a sassy rap declaring her independence and free will at the end. "Secrets" shows that a respectable wife isn't that respectable but has been really out on the town.

Even though not produced by Rodgers, the sound on the first danceable single "Just Another Night" is a disguised cousin of "Material Girl" in terms of sound. It hit #12 on the singles chart, somewhat low considering his long history with the Stones, but it was a #1 mainstream rock hit. Jagger seems to be shucking off the bad boy persona of the Stones: "Can't you see that I'm human" and "I get hungry, I get thirsty, I get moody, I need attention." Some great percussive effects by Sly Dunbar here.

The closest thing to the Stones comes from Keith Richards' co-penning of the energetic rocker "Lonely At The Top" a warning on how fame, the thing "that leads young girls astray" eventually strips away one's soul once one reaches that pinnacle. One might indulge Jagger, as his band is considered one of the greatest bands in the rock and roll pantheons.

Another lively track, "Running Out of Luck" has Mick on harmonica. This also spawned an extended concept video of the same name, and which I presume had the videos for "Just Another Night" and "Lucky In Love" on it.

Where the Stones were chauvinistic on some of their previous albums, a few songs champion the woman. Other than "Turn The Girl Loose," there's "Hard Woman," a tender and melodic ballad with some strings that's actually one of my favourites tracks and could've been a single. Lots of famed players are here, Tony Thompson of Chic and the Power Station on drums, Jan Hammer on piano, and Beck and Townshend on guitars. Despite the woman being materialistic, cruel and unfaithful, he has no regrets of the time spent: "Alone at last, I could've loved in vain for a thousand years, I have to let her go." The tongue-in-cheek title track, this time is a humorous role reversal, with Mick as the submissive half: "she's the boss in the office, she's the boss in the kitchen, she's the boss in bed, she's the boss in my head." In a spoken bedroom banter later in the song, he says stuff like "I got a headache," "I gotta wash my hair" and that old favourite, "it's my time of the month." OK, Mick, I don't think we needed to know that.

"Lucky In Love," the other single, is a humorous tale of someone who doesn't come up trumps in gambling but when it comes to the ladies... Well, Mick is one with the ladies, to be sure. And the challenging rap at the end, with Mick betting and raising with the full house he's been set up with is amusing. I like this better than the first single, so why it managed a #38 showing is beyond me. Top Ten for sure!

Hardcore Stones fans may not take too kindly to this smoother pop/rock sound. The solid and consistent She's the Boss showed Mick could successfully break away and do his own thing without his bandmates.

Okay, maybe worth three stars.......2005-04-14

Mick Jagger's first solo outing is now a very dated 80's relic. Not without its charms but difficult to take seriously.

I sort of like Just Another Night and Lucky in Love but the production is so Miami Vice / Pastel / Cheery / Reaganesque that it is virtually unlistenable now. I can just see Keith and Ronnie giggling over this one. And Jeff Beck playing guitar? Why? I wonder if he was snickering as he picked up his paycheck.

This record has its moments and in no way is it as bad as the follow up, Primitive Cool. That stinker killed any momentum and goodwill Mick had built for a solo career.

Mick Solo.......2003-12-03

She's the Boss (1985) was Mick Jagger's first solo album. In my view it is much better than Goddes in the Doorway or Primitive Cool, but not as good as Wandering Spirit--which is an excellent record.
She's the Boss is a good record, but it's not great. Just Another Night, Lucky in Love are kind of catchy songs, but the album does not have much personality, not much depth. It pales in comparison to Keith's first solo effort.
That said, I enjoyed listening to this record for the past 17 years. Mick's voice is still at his best, some songs are truly nice (Hard Woman is in the tradition of the great Rolling Stones slow songs), and Jeff Beck's solos are sheer talent--listen for example to the solo on Hard Woman or on the otherwise mediocre Running out of luck.
It's a 4 stars

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She's the Boss
Mick Jagger
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008FRO1
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Lonely at the Top
1/2 a Loaf
Running Out of Luck
Turn the Girl Loose
Hard Woman
Just Another Night
Lucky in Love
Secrets
She's the Boss

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Great CD for Indy Music Lovers!

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Great CD for Indy Music Lovers!.......2007-05-05

This CD represent what I believe to be one of the best Indy music periods that existed in New Jersey. Great artists, great songs, and represents a time when artists helped each other in achieving greatness. These songs are truly unique and ROCK!

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