The Rolling Stones: Shine a Light

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Rob Sheffield wrote in Rolling Stone: "[T]he Stones thrive on stage by celebrating the thrill of rediscovery — you can hear them seize forgotten gems from deep in their torn-and-frayed past or open up new pleasure zones in songs you figured they'd already played to death. Like any live Stones album, this one is about the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band rediscovering how great they are. Shine a Light is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese concert film, catching the Stones at two New York shows in 2006. … It documents the Stones on a historic roll, reveling in their mastery. Jack White duets with Mick Jagger on 'Loving Cup.' … Jagger's comic timing in 'Some Girls' and 'Shattered' is as limber as his hips. … He does a surprisingly autumnal 'As Tears Go By.' … But the weirdest emotional highlight is 'She Was Hot,' a long-forgotten groupie tale from 1983's Undercover — the Stones rescue the melancholy melody and build it up into an ode to nostalgia, regret and loneliness, with Jagger yelping for salvation and Charlie Watts banging away. It's a bold stroke from a live album that's full of them" (4/17/08).