| Monkey Grip | ||||
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| Released | 10 May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | November 1973 – February 1974 | |||
| Studio | Record Plant (Sausalito, California) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 37:05 | |||
| Label | Rolling Stones/Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Bill Wyman | |||
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Monkey Grip is the debut album by Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. It was released in 1974 by Rolling Stones Records. [1]
Although Wyman sings on every track on the album; he had only sung lead on one song in the Rolling Stones, the 1967 song "In Another Land".
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Creem | D [3] |
| Džuboks | (Favorable) [4] |
In a retrospective review, AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five. They noted "I Wanna Get Me a Gun", "White Lightnin" and "I'll Pull You Thro" as the best songs on the album and hinted approval of Wyman's vocals, describing them as "loose and joy-filled". They also praised the album for avoiding the usual egotism of solo albums: "Though these types of albums can be self-absorbed affairs, Monkey Grip is meant to be a relaxed, unpretentious outlet for the compositions that would never see the light of day in Wyman's main band – and, as a credit to the bassist, it comes off exactly that way." [5]
All tracks composed and arranged by Bill Wyman, except "What a Blow", co-written by Malcolm Rebenack.
| # | Track title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Wanna Get Me a Gun" | 4:57 |
| 2. | "Crazy Woman" | 2:41 |
| 3. | "Pussy" | 2:10 |
| 4. | "Mighty Fine Time" | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Monkey Grip Glue" | 4:56 |
| 6. | "What a Blow" | 5:22 |
| 7. | "White Lightnin'" | 2:42 |
| 8. | "I'll Pull You Thro'" | 4:23 |
| 9. | "It's a Wonder" | 5:30 |
| Bonus Tracks | ||
| 10. | "Wine and Wimmen" [Instrumental] | 3:42 |
| 11. | "It's Just a Matter of Time" | 3:03 |
| 12. | "If You've Got the Feelin'" | 3:39 |
| 13. | "Five Card Stud" | 3:47 |
| 14. | "Monkey Grip Glue" [Single Edit] | 3:18 |
| 15. | "What a Blow" [Single Edit] | 3:46 |
| 16. | "White Lightnin'" [Single Edit] | 2:44 |
| 17. | "Pussy" [Single Mix] | 2:11 |
Boneroo Horns (Tracks 1, 2, 4-6 & 8)
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] | 36 |
| United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) | 39 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 99 |