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Unlike his sonically diverse solo debut Shes The Boss, for his second solo effort Mick Jagger went for a more unified sound, hiring Jeff Beck to play guitar on all of the sessions. He filled out the rhythm section with Doug Wimbish on bass and Simon Phillips on drums while the production duties were overseen by Trinidadian programmer Keith Diamond (writer/producer of Billy Oceans Caribbean Queen) and the Eurythmics David Stewart. Featuring the charting single Lets Work, all of the songs on the album contained strong melodies with themes of power and motion.

My new album is different from Shes The Boss because that album was more city fed, Jagger explained. Im not saying this is a country album, its just a little more considered and has a little wider range of music and lyrics. I wanted the guitar, bass and drums to be the same people. I had different keyboard players, different textures and so on, but I didnt think the core should shift. I had shifted that around on the first album and it didnt work as well as it could have. The musicians that played on this album were very talented and they had ideas, but most of the songs came out as I planned them on my demos.