Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Miss You" 4:48
2. "When the Whip Comes Down" 4:20
3. "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" 4:38
4. "Some Girls" 4:36
5. "Lies" 3:11
Side two
1. "Far Away Eyes" 4:24
2. "Respectable" 3:06
3. "Before They Make Me Run" 3:25
4. "Beast of Burden" 4:25
5. "Shattered" 3:48
Total length: 40:45
The Rolling Stones Band Members / Musicians
Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 8), backing vocals (1–3, 6, 8–10), electric guitar (1–5, 7), piano (6), percussion (10)
Keith Richards – electric guitar (all tracks), backing vocals (1–3, 6, 8–10), acoustic guitar (4, 6, 8, 9), bass guitar (4, 8), piano (6), lead vocals (8)
Ronnie Wood – electric guitar (all but 6), backing vocals (1–3, 6, 8, 10), pedal steel (2, 6, 10), acoustic guitar (4, 9), bass guitar (10), bass drum (10)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (1–3, 5–7, 9), synthesiser (4)
Charlie Watts – drums (all tracks)
Sugar Blue – harmonica (1, 4)
Ian McLagan – electric piano (1), organ (3)
Mel Collins – saxophone (1)
Simon Kirke – congas (10)
Chris Kimsey – mixing engineer
Ted Jensen – vinyl mastering
Greg Calbi – 1986 CD mastering at Sterling Sound
Bob Ludwig – 1994 remastering at Gateway Mastering
Stephen Marcussen, Stewart Whitmore – 2009 remastering at Marcussen Mastering
Ian Stewart – bonus tracks: piano on "Claudine", "So Young", "Do You Think I Really Care?", "Tallahassee Lassie", "You Win Again", and "Petrol Blues"
Chuck Leavell – bonus tracks: piano solo on "So Young"
Don Was – bonus tracks: bass guitar on "Don't Be a Stranger"; handclaps on "Tallahassee Lassie"
John Fogerty – bonus tracks: handclaps on "Tallahassee Lassie"
Matt Clifford – bonus tracks: percussion on "Don't Be a Stranger"
Sugar Blue – bonus tracks: harmonica on "Don't Be a Stranger" and "We Had It All"
Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 9 June 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. By 1976, the Rolling Stones' popularity was in decline as the music industry was dominated by disco and newer rock bands. In addition, the punk rock movement was an emerging cultural force in the UK. Due to legal troubles surrounding guitarist Keith Richards, Mick Jagger is generally regarded as the principal creative force behind Some Girls, with him taking influence by dance music, most notably disco, during the sessions. With recording taking place at Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris, the sessions were highly productive, resulting in numerous outtakes that would appear on subsequent albums.
It was the first album to feature guitarist Ronnie Wood as a full-time member; Wood had contributed to some tracks on the band's prior two albums, It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) and Black and Blue (1976). With a stable lineup in place for the first time in several years, the album marked a return to basics for the Rolling Stones and did not feature many guest musicians, unlike many of their prior albums. Notable contributions to the album, however, come from blues harmonica player Sugar Blue on "Miss You" and the title track.
