Coasting on the success of
Some Girls
,
the Stones
offered more of the same on
Emotional Rescue
. Comprised of leftovers from the previous album's sessions and hastily written new numbers,
may consist mainly of filler, but it's expertly written and performed filler.
The Stones
toss off throwaways like the
reggae
-fueled, mail-order bride anthem
"Send It to Me"
or rockers like
"Summer Romance"
and
"Where the Boys Go"
with an authority that makes the record a guilty pleasure, even if it's clear that only two songs -- the icy but sexy
disco
-
rock
of
"Emotional Rescue"
and the revamped
Chuck Berry
rocker
"She's So Cold"
-- come close to being classic
Stones
. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine