After complete crash with "Tattoo You" "Undercover" was another bright spot, though a more subdued. In addition engagement heischenden, the miserable conditions in the Third World thematizing laments in disco rhythm that naturally come across when particularly credible in so poor devils like the Stones, there was finally a handful of songs that the guys they were themselves again, a skirt 'n' Roll band with substance and fun of it. With familiar, not just feminist lyrics in "She Was Hot", driving rhythms in "The Pain Of Love" and a really successful reggae in "Feel On Baby" they made it almost to rediscover the connection to "Emotional Rescue". The crisp drums of Charlie Watts was there once more solid and credible mainstay. Ever is his role in the "newer" productions of the band hardly be overestimated. "Too Much Blood" is a clued nightmare with horns and nappy soft keyboards such as in the early seventies. Pretty good, but not as to match the rest. With "Too Tough" or "Had It With You" they are again in the right fairway. Overall, I think the board for ill-compiled. Had the nicer ballads of "Tattoo You" with the strongest tracks from "Undercover" merged into one album, might be ... but these are of course only so Fanträume!