# Fantastic Four-Album Streaks: The Rolling Stones From 1976 to 1981

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/fantastic-four-album-streaks-the-rolling-stones-from-1976-to-1981/
- Published: 2026-11-11T16:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T16:27:21+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/fantastic-four-album-streaks-the-rolling-stones-from-1976-to-1981/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- The article highlights a four-album Rolling Stones run from 1976 to 1981.
- Ronnie Wood joined after Mick Taylor left.
- *Tattoo You* paired rockers with ballads from older recordings.

## Summary

The Rolling Stones produced four notable albums between 1976 and 1981: *Black and Blue*, *Some Girls*, *Emotional Rescue* and *Tattoo You*. The article argues that this later run deserves recognition alongside the band’s more celebrated late-1960s and early-1970s work, showing how they adapted their sound while retaining their distinctive character.

*Black and Blue* introduced auditioning guitarists, with Ronnie Wood joining the band after Mick Taylor’s departure. *Some Girls* brought disco and funk influences, while *Emotional Rescue* mixed those styles with rock and soul despite criticism of its title track. For *Tattoo You*, the band drew on older recordings amid tensions between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, arranging its first side around rockers and its second around ballads.

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