She's the Boss

Infobox Album | Name = She's the Boss
Type = Album
Artist = Mick Jagger


Released = 25 February 1985
Recorded = May - November 1984
Genre = Rock
Length = 43:09
Label = Columbia
Producer = Mick Jagger, Bill Laswell
and Nile Rodgers
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bng9kebt7q7c link]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/177248/mickjagger?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1 link]
Last album =
This album = "She's the Boss"
(1985)
Next album = "Primitive Cool"
(1987) |

"She's the Boss" is the solo album debut by The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and was released in 1985. When The Rolling Stones signed with CBS Records in 1983, one of the options available to them was for individual projects, and Jagger - ready to spread his wings after recording exclusively with his famous band for twenty years - eagerly began working on "She's the Boss".

Following the release of "Undercover", Jagger began composing material for his first solo project, sanctioning the help of various musician friends in the studio when recording began in May 1984. Of those involved were Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck, Carlos Alomar and Herbie Hancock, while Jagger would share production duties with Bill Laswell and Nile Rodgers.

Keenly aware of the current musical trends - and taking advantage of his freedom - Jagger endeavored to make "She's the Boss" sound hip and contemporary, giving the album a very mid-1980s character with its use of synthesizers and drum machines.

Keith Richards, Jagger's longtime musical partner in The Rolling Stones, was not pleased that Jagger was pursuing solo work, feeling that their band should be each others' first priority. The growing friction between both musicians would erupt - in a most publicized way - in 1986, before they resolved their differences a couple of years later.

"She's the Boss" was released in February 1985 - preceded by its lead song "Just Another Night". Both the album and its first single became worldwide hits, with "Just Another Night" almost reaching the US Top 10 and "She's the Boss" going to #6 in the UK and #13 in the US, where it went platinum. Follow-up single "Lucky In Love" would be a Top 40 US hit. Although critical response to the album was warm, many later reviewers consider "She's the Boss" - with its distinct 1980s production techniques - to sound somewhat dated in style.Fact|date=December 2007

The success of the album - impacted by Jagger's solo appearance at Live Aid that July and his rush-recorded duet hit cover of "Dancing In The Street" with David Bowie - influenced Jagger to record a successor, "Primitive Cool", which would be released in 1987.

Although originally released by CBS, "She's the Boss" was acquired and reissued by Atlantic Records in 1993 following the release of Jagger's third album, "Wandering Spirit".

In 1986, Jamaican reggae singer Patrick Alley attempted to sue Jagger over the song "Just Another Night," which Alley claims he had recorded in 1979 and released on his 1982 album, A Touch of Patrick Alley. Alley claimed that Sly Dunbar (who played drums on She's the Boss) also played on his recording. The case was cleared in 1988, with Jagger stating "My reputation is really cleared. If you're well known, people stand up and take shots at you." [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3D91230F934A15757C0A96E948260 U.S. Jury Says Jagger Did Not Steal Hit Song] ]

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger, except where noted.

#"Lonely At The Top" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:47
#* "Originally a contender for The Rolling Stones' 1980 album Emotional Rescue and was re-recorded by Jagger for She's the Boss"
#"1/2 A Loaf" – 4:59
#"Running Out Of Luck" – 4:15
#"Turn The Girl Loose" – 3:53
#"Hard Woman" – 4:24
#"Just Another Night" – 5:15
#"Lucky In Love" (Mick Jagger, Carlos Alomar) – 6:13
#"Secrets" – 5:02
#"She's The Boss" (Mick Jagger,Carlos Alomar) – 5:15

Musicians

* Vocals - Mick Jagger
* Background Vocals - Bernard Fowler, Mick Jagger, Fonzi Thornton
* Rap - Alfa Pickett
* Guitar - Jeff Beck, Eddie Martinez, Nile Rodgers, G.E. Smith, Pete Townshend
* Bass - Bernard Edwards, Colin Hodgkinson, Bill Laswell, Robbie Shakespeare
* Piano - Jan Hammer, Robert Sabino
* Organ - Herbie Hancock, Chuck Leavell
* Keyboards - Robert Sabino
* Synthesizer - Wally Badarou, John "Rabbit" Bundrick, Guy Fletcher, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Ron Magness, Robert Sabino
* Drums - Sly Dunbar, Steve Ferrone, Anton Fig, Michael Shrieve, Tony Thompson
* Percussion - Ray Cooper, Anton Fier, Daniel Ponce
* Bata - Daniel Ponce
* Shaker - Aïyb Dieng
* Saxophone - Lenny Pickett

Charts

Album

Singles

References