Release and Reception
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| Allmusic | link |
| Blender | link |
| Robert Christgau | (B+) link |
| Rolling Stone (1980) | (Negative) link |
| Rolling Stone (2004) | link |
Released in June with the disco-infused hit title track as the lead single, Emotional Rescue was an immediate smash. The title track hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album gave the Rolling Stones their first UK #1 album since 1973's Goats Head Soup and spent seven weeks atop the US charts. The follow-up single "She's So Cold" was a top 30 hit while "Dance Pt. 1" reached #9 on Billboard's Dance chart.
Richards' "All About You" would be the first of several album closers featuring his increasingly gravelly lead vocal. Tattoo You (released the following year), Undercover (released in 1983) and the CD version of 1994's Voodoo Lounge have subsequently been the only exceptions.
In 1994, Emotional Rescue was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records, and again in 2009 by Universal Music. In 2011 it was released by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese only SHM-SACD version.
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