Some Girls /

Some Girls is the 14th British and 16th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978. Considered a highlight of their output and the best of their post-Exile on Main St. records, the album revitalized the band's career upon its release and re-established the Stones as a vital rock and roll band in an era infused with punk rock and disco. It also became the band's biggest-selling album in the US, with more than six million copies to date. Some Girls is ranked number 269 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. With the advent of punk rock, The Rolling Stones, among many of their musical contemporaries, were being targeted by some in the movement as cultural dinosaurs, compromising their standing. Mick Jagger felt invigorated by the provocations and was determined to answer them lyrically. It helped, however, that almost all the punks had, openly or not, idolized the Stones in the 1960s and were heavily influenced by the band's rebellious records from that era. At least as important for the band's reinvigoration was the addition of Ronnie Wood to the lineup, as Some Girls was the first album recorded with him as a full member. His