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Release date: Nov. 3, 1998 No Security is the Stones' seventh live album. If it still can be classified as a "live" album that is. I suppose it must be considered live because that's how the main tracks were recorded but I wonder exactly how much "fixing" was done in the mix. All 14 tracks are taken from shows performed during the Bridges To Babylon tour. I had the pleasure of seeing one show during the tour where the sound was just okay and had that performance been recorded, it wouldn't sound anything like the tracks on this CD. I've always thought that you went to a rock concert for the experience. If you wanted perfect sound you stayed home and listened to your stereo. That's why I'm vaguely disappointed in No Security . I don't get "the experience" of being in the audience. It's too technically perfect. The sound is too "produced". I can't help comparing it to Love You Live recorded back in 1977. Live has a raw, imperfect sound that makes Security sound like a studio album with some audience noise attached. There are rumors that much of Mick's vocal work was re-recorded in studio but we'll probably never know either way. As for the songs the Stones picked for this offering, I'm glad not to get another live version of "Satisfaction", "Tumbling Dice" or "Honky Tonk Women". Don't get me wrong, I love those songs, I just happen to have enough copies of them in my collection, thanks. "Memory Motel", "Sister Morphine" and "Waiting On A Friend" are among my favorite Stones songs, so I'm glad to see them on this CD. Having said that, I have to comment on the "guests" who performed with the Stones on a few tracks. I can't say the Dave Matthews' voice is bad, because it's not. Having never heard any of his own stuff, I can't really comment on the quality of his performance with the Stones. Having said that, I really wish he wasn't on this CD. "Memory Motel" is not a duet and dividing the lyrics is awkward. When I hear a Stones song, I want to hear Mick Jagger's voice (or Keith's) singing lead - all the way through. If they really want to work with other vocalists, then maybe Jagger/Richards should write a duet or two. That way, purist, snobs like me couldn't complain. I'll admit that having Taj Mahal on "Corinna" didn't bother me because it isn't a "Stones
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