History Music / SteelWheels

Upon release, it was greeted with a positive response, and remains one of the more highly rated later Stones albums. Fan favourites include "Mixed Emotions" (which became their last major hit in the US), "Rock and a Hard Place", "Terrifying", and "Slipping Away".

# "Hold On To Your Hat" (3:32)
# "Hearts For Sale" (4:40)
# "Blinded By Love" (4:37)

# "Rock And A Hard Place" (5:25)

# "Break The Spell" (3:06)

Upon release, it was greeted with a positive response, and remains one of the more highly rated later Stones albums. Fan favourites include "Mixed Emotions" (Which became their last major hit in the US), "Rock And A Hard Place", "Terrifying", and "Slipping Away".

''Steel Wheels'' is the nineteenth studio album (twenty-first American album) by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, released in 1989. It is their final studio album to feature Bill Wyman, who chose to quit shortly after the live ''Flashpoint'', his departure made final in 1993. After 30 years with the band, Wyman decided he finally had enough. Reasons include his developing fear of flying ([[{{Irony}} despite being a former RAF cadet]]), his frustration at not being able to have much creative influence (or having any of his songs being used by the band), his interest in exploring other areas, and most importantly his need to get his personal life in order. He would be replaced by Darryl Jones, who remains an unofficial member to this day.

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[[caption-width-right:320: More between rock than a hard place...]]

''Steel Wheels'' is generally considered to be the band's comeback album. After the turmoil the Stones spent through much of TheEighties, Music/MickJagger and Music/KeithRichards finally (albeit temporarily) sorted out their differences early in 1989. Within a matter of weeks had finished writing and began recording the album, at a rate not seen since the [[TheSixties mid-60's]]. Although it marked (yet another) return to their roots, the sound is clearly [[TheEighties of it's era]], mainly due to the mildly prominent synthesizers and now-dated production.

* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''ad '''S'''ad '''S'''ad" and "'''H'''old On To Your '''H'''at".

''Steel Wheels'' is the nineteenth studio album (twenty-first American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1989. It is their final studio album to feature Bill Wyman, who chose to quit shortly after the live ''Flashpoint'', his departure made final in 1993. After 30 years with the band, Wyman decided he finally had enough. Reasons include his developing fear of flying ([[{{Irony}} despite being a former RAF cadet]]), his frustration at not being able to have much creative influence (or having any of his songs being used by the band), his interest in exploring other areas, and most importantly his need to get his personal life in order. He would be replaced by Darryl Jones, who remains an unofficial member to this day.

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[[caption-width-right:350: More between rock than a hard place...]]

'''''Steel Wheels''''' is the nineteenth studio album (twenty-first American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1989. It is their final studio album to feature Bill Wyman, who chose to quit shortly after the live ''Flashpoint'', his departure made final in 1993. After 30 years with the band, Wyman decided he finally had enough. Reasons include his developing fear of flying ([[{{Irony}} despite being a former RAF cadet]]), his frustration at not being able to have much creative influence (or having any of his songs being used by the band), his interest in exploring other areas, and most importantly his need to get his personal life in order. He would be replaced by Darryl Jones, who remains an unofficial member to this day.

'''''Steel Wheels''''' is the nineteenth studio album (twenty-first American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1989. It is their last studio album to feature Bill Wyman, who chose to quit shortly after the live ''Flashpoint'', his departure made final in 1993. After 30 years with the band, Wyman decided he finally had enough. Reasons include his developing fear of flying ([[{{Irony}} despite being a former RAF cadet]]), his frustration at not being able to have much creative influence (or having any of his songs being used by the band), his interest in exploring other areas, and most importantly his need to get his personal life in order. He would be replaced by Darryl Jones, who remains an unofficial member to this day.

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* SpecialGuest: The Master Musicians Of Jajouka [[note]] Before 1995 they were called ''Joujouka'', but they had a MeaningfulNameChange to avoid confusion with another Moroccan band who had a similar name.[[/note]] appear on "Continental Drift". In 1968 Music/BrianJones recorded an album with them, which was only posthumously released in 1971 as ''Music/BrianJonesPresentsThePipesOfPanAtJajouka''.

# "Sad Sad Sad"
# "Mixed Emotions"
# "Terrifying"
# "Hold On To Your Hat"
# "Hearts For Sale"
# "Blinded By Love"

# "Rock And A Hard Place"
# "Can't Be Seen"
# "Almost Hear You Sigh"
# "Continental Drift"
# "Break The Spell"
# "Slipping Away"

[[caption-width-right:350:''Steel Wheels''.]]

* NewSoundAlbum: At least, it's the Stones most 80's album.
* ShoutOut: In the 1995 ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Lisa's Wedding", set in the future year of 2010, a poster can be seen in Lisa's room with the text ''"The Rolling Stones Steel Wheelchair Tour"'', a pun on their ''Music/SteelWheels'' tour.
* SpecialGuest: The Master Musicians Of Joujouka (Who Music/BrianJones recorded an album with back in 1968, and released posthumously in 1971 as ''Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka'') appears on "Continental Drift".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Richards sings lead vocals on "Can't Be Seen" and "Slipping Away".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The guitar riff of Music/MichaelJackson's "Black Or White" is similar to that of "Rock And A Hard Place."
** Which is itself extremely similar to that of "Brown Sugar" from ''Music/StickyFingers''. It's a very regularly recycled riff in classic rock.

''Steel Wheels'' is generally considered to be the Stones comeback album. After the turmoil the Stones spent through much of TheEighties, Mick Jagger and Music/KeithRichards finally (albeit temporarily) sorted out their differences early in 1989. Within a matter of weeks had finished writing and began recording the album, at a rate not seen since the [[TheSixties mid-60's]]. Although it marked (yet another) return to their roots, the sound is clearly [[TheEighties of it's era]], mainly due to the mildly prominent synthesizers and now-dated production.

* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboard, percussion

* SpecialGuest: The Master Musicians Of Joujouka (Who Brian Jones recorded an album with back in 1968, and released posthumously in 1971 as ''Brian Jones Presents The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka'') appears on "Continental Drift".