Made in the Shade

Made in the Shade, released in 1975, is the first official compilation album by The Rolling Stones during their Atlantic Records contract. It covers material from Sticky Fingers (1971), Exile on Main St. (1972), Goats Head Soup (1973) and It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974).

Made in the Shade
Greatest hits album by
The Rolling Stones
Released6 June 1975
RecordedDecember 1969 – May 1974
GenreRock
Length39:35
LanguageEnglish
LabelRolling Stones/Atlantic
ProducerJimmy Miller, The Glimmer Twins
The Rolling Stones compilations chronology
Metamorphosis
(1975)		 Made in the Shade
(1975)		 Rolled Gold
(1975)

Background

The Stones had two previous "official" compilation albums on Decca Records, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) in 1966 and Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) in 1969. In addition, 1971's Hot Rocks 1964-1971 and 1972's More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) were released by Allen Klein's ABKCO Records without The Rolling Stones' authorisation.

The material on Made in the Shade surveys the highlights from the band's first four post-Decca/London era thus far, with no new material.

Although Made in the Shade bought The Rolling Stones time to deliver their next studio album (they were midway through recording Black and Blue upon this album's June 1975 release), it was also released to capitalize on the band's summer Tour of the Americas.

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]
Tom HullB+[3]

Made in the Shade, which had to compete with the latest cash-in ABKCO release—this time an outtakes compilation called Metamorphosis—reached No. 14 in the UK and No. 6 in the US, eventually going platinum.[4] Subsequent Rolling Stones compilation albums have also anthologised tracks included on this album.

Robert Christgau writes in his review: "Six tracks from two of the greatest albums of the decade and four from two of the more dubious ones. Not the four best, either."[2]

In 2005, Made in the Shade was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records.

Track listing

All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

  1. "Brown Sugar" 3:48
  2. "Tumbling Dice" 3:45
  3. "Happy" 3:04
  4. "Dance Little Sister" 4:11
  5. "Wild Horses" 5:42
  6. "Angie" 4:33
  7. "Bitch" 3:38
  8. "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" 5:07
  9. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" 3:26
  10. "Rip This Joint" 2:22

Personnel
The Rolling Stones

Charts

References
  1. AllMusic review
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: R". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 9 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Hull, Tom (30 June 2018). "Streamnotes (June 2018)". tomhull.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=THE+ROLLING+STONES&ti=MADE+IN+THE+SHADE
  5. "The Official Charts Company – Made in the Shade". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
  6. "Made in the Shade on Billboard". Rovi Corporation / Billboard. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
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