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Primitive Cool by Mick Jagger
Primitive Cool is an album by Mick Jagger, released in 1987. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Throw Away”, on 1 list with a best position of #94.
Primitive Cool, Mick Jagger's second solo album, arrived on Columbia in September 1987, two years after She's the Boss, and it's another shot at proving he could be a star without the rest of the Rolling Stones behind him. He co-produced it with David A. Stewart, and the pairing gives it a sleek, very late-'80s sheen: punchy drums, bright guitars and Jagger strutting through the lot with all his familiar sneer and swagger.
"Let's Work" and "Throw Away" carried it onto the radio that year. The backdrop is hard to ignore, though: his relationship with his Stones bandmates, above all Keith Richards, had soured over the decade, and whatever he made on his own, the band remained where his real success lay.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Primitive Cool on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw Away | 1 | #94 | – | 1987 | |
| 2 | Let's Work | 1 | #104 | – | 1987 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.