curveballs like the falsettosung title track. Tattoo You,
highlighted by the instant
classics “Start Me Up” and
“Waiting on a Friend,”
remains among the most
revered of all late-period
Stones albums. Undercover,
from 1983, took a more
contemporary tack, especially
on the outre, New Wavish
single “Undercover of the
Night.”
At mid-decade, Jagger
launched a solo career with
the release of She’s the Boss.
A growing estrangement
between Jagger and Richards
culminated in a three-year
lull after the release of Dirty
Work (1986), during which
another solo release from
Jagger (Primitive Cool) and
Richards’ own solo debut
(Talk Is Cheap) were
released. The standoff ended
when Jagger and Richards