Steel Wheels

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{{About|the studio album by The Rolling Stones|the American roots and folk band|The Steel Wheels|the type of wheels|Artillery wheel}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2019}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Steel Wheels
| type = studio
| artist = [[the Rolling Stones]]
| cover = SteelWheels89.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 29 August 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeisonourside.com/chron1989.html|title=Chronicle 1989|website=Timeisonourside.com|access-date=3 June 2025}}</ref>
| recorded = 29 March – 5 May 1989
| studio =
* [[AIR Montserrat|AIR]], [[Montserrat]]
* Mixed at [[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
* The Palace of Ben Abbou (Tangier, Morocco)
| genre =
* [[Rock music|Rock]]
* [[hard rock]]
| length = 53:03
| label = {{hlist|[[Rolling Stones Records|Rolling Stones]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
| producer = [[Chris Kimsey]], [[The Glimmer Twins]]
| prev_title = [[Dirty Work (The Rolling Stones album)|Dirty Work]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [[Flashpoint (album)|Flashpoint]]
| next_year = 1991
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Steel Wheels
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones song)|Mixed Emotions]]
| single1date = August 1989
| single2 = [[Rock and a Hard Place (Rolling Stones song)|Rock and a Hard Place]]
| single2date = October 1989
| single3 = [[Almost Hear You Sigh]]
| single3date = January 1990 (US)
| single4 = [[Terrifying (song)|Terrifying]]
| single4date = July 1990 (UK)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/696/mode/2up|title=Great Rock Discography|date=12 February 1995 |page=695|isbn=978-0-86241-541-9 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref>
}}
}}

'''''Steel Wheels''''' is the nineteenth U.K. and twenty-first U.S. studio album by the English rock band [[the Rolling Stones]], released on 29 August 1989 in the US<ref>{{cite web |title=American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=The+Rolling+Stones&ti=Steel+Wheels&format=Album&type=#search_section |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> and on 11 September in the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=British album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/6272-44-2 |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=29 August 2022}}</ref> It was the final album of new material that the band recorded for [[Columbia Records]].

Hailed as a major comeback upon its release, ''Steel Wheels'' is notable for the patching up of the working relationship between [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]], a reversion to a more classic style of music and the launching of the band's biggest [[Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour|world tour]] to date. It is also the final full-length studio album to involve long-time bassist [[Bill Wyman]], preceding the announcement of his departure in January 1993. Wyman's final tenure with the band would be on two studio tracks for the 1991 album ''[[Flashpoint (album)|Flashpoint]]''. ''Steel Wheels'' was also the first album since ''[[Some Girls]]'' not to feature former member and frequent contributor [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]], who died shortly before the release of their previous album ''[[Dirty Work (Rolling Stones album)|Dirty Work]]''. It was produced by Richards and Jagger, along with [[Chris Kimsey]], who had previously produced the Stones' 1983 ''[[Undercover (Rolling Stones album)|Undercover]]''.

After the relative disappointment of their prior two albums, ''Steel Wheels'' was a hit, reaching multi-platinum status in the United States, Top 5 status in numerous markets around the world, and spawning two hit singles: "[[Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones song)|Mixed Emotions]]", which peaked at No. 1 in Canada and No. 5 in the United States, and "[[Rock and a Hard Place (Rolling Stones song)|Rock and a Hard Place]]", the band's last Top-40 hit in the US. Critics were generally lukewarm towards the album, exemplified by [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]'s retrospective assessment: "It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback."

==Background==
Following the release of 1986's ''[[Dirty Work (Rolling Stones album)|Dirty Work]]'', and Jagger's pursuit of a solo career, relations between him and the Stones-committed Richards worsened considerably.{{fact|date=August 2022}} While Jagger released the tepidly received ''[[Primitive Cool]]'' in 1987, Richards recorded ''[[Talk Is Cheap]]'', his solo debut, released in 1988 to positive reviews. The two years apart appeared to have healed the wounds sufficiently to begin resurrecting their partnership and band.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wood |first=Ronnie |title=Steel Wheels |url=https://www.ronniewood.com/music/steel-wheels/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ronniewood.com}}</ref> Ronnie Wood said of ''Steel Wheels'': "It’s the album that united the band again, after a three year hiatus that was almost permanent".

Meeting in January 1989, just preceding the Stones' induction into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], with the chemistry between Jagger and Richards reasserting itself, "their differences were ultimately overcome by the power of their long partnership".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=29 August 2015 |title=How the Rolling Stones Finally Regrouped for 'Steel Wheels' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-steel-wheels/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref> After composing some 50 songs in a matter of weeks, [[Ronnie Wood]], Wyman and [[Charlie Watts]] were called in to begin recording what would become ''Steel Wheels'', beckoning ''[[Undercover (Rolling Stones album)|Undercover]]'' co-producer [[Chris Kimsey]] to perform the same role.

Recording in [[Montserrat]] and London during the spring, ''Steel Wheels'' was designed to emulate a classic Rolling Stones sound. One notable exception was "Continental Drift", an [[Eastern world|Eastern]]-flavoured piece, with [[The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar]], recorded in June 1989 in [[Tangier]], coordinated by Cherie Nutting. With much of the past disagreements behind them, sessions for ''Steel Wheels'' were fairly harmonious.{{fact|date=August 2022}}

==Release and reception==
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |author1-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=''Steel Wheels'' – The Rolling Stones |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/steel-wheels-mw0000653629 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419044516/https://www.allmusic.com/album/steel-wheels-mw0000653629 |archive-date=19 April 2021}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
|rev2Score = B−<ref name="CG80s">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|chapter=R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=80|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=[[Pantheon Books]]|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
|rev3Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Strong |first1=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |date=2004 |publisher=Canongate |location=New York |page=1294 |ol=18807297M |edition=7th}}</ref>
|rev4 = [[MusicHound]]
|rev4score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/952 952]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/952}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="SteelWheels/Muze">{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7944702&style=music&fulldesc=T |title=The Rolling Stones – Steel Wheels CD|publisher=[[CD Universe]]/[[Muze]]|access-date=15 November 2014}}</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
|rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="SteelWheels/Muze" />
|rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/steel-wheels-19890921|title=Steel Wheels|first=Anthony|last=DeCurtis|date=29 August 1989|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=15 September 2017|archive-date=12 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612044935/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/steel-wheels-19890921|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110412195111/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-rolling-stones/albumguide "The Rolling Stones: Album Guide"]. [[Rolling Stone|rollingstone.com]]. Archived version retrieved 15 November 2014.</ref>
|rev9 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]]
|rev9Score = B−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=n.d.|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=The+Rolling+Stones|title=Grade List: The Rolling Stones|website=tomhull.com|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606072508/http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=The+Rolling+Stones|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev10 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev10Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus |page=1197 |edition=5th concise |ol=11913831M}}</ref>
}}
The massive, worldwide [[Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour|Steel Wheels Tour]] was launched in late August 1989, concurrently with ''Steel Wheels{{'}}'' arrival and the release of lead single "Mixed Emotions," a partially biographical reference to Jagger and Richards' recent woes that proved to be the Rolling Stones' last major hit single in the United States, reaching No. 5. Critical reaction was warm, with ''Steel Wheels'' reaching No. 2 in the UK and No. 3 in the US where it went double-platinum. Follow-up singles were "Rock and a Hard Place", "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Terrifying".

The Steel Wheels Tour, which finished in mid-1990 after being re-titled the [[Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour|Urban Jungle Tour]], was a financial success. In 1990, FOX aired a 3-D television special of the Steel Wheels tour. Unlike anaglyphic 3-D which requires the familiar red and green glasses, the method used was the [[Pulfrich effect#Use in stereoscopy|Pulfrich Effect]] which permitted full-colour video. The [[Stones at the Max|film]] was shot by Gerald Marks of PullTime 3-D in NYC. An [[IMAX]] film of the tour was released the next year, which still{{when|date=November 2019}} plays sporadically at IMAX venues{{examples|date=November 2019}} around the world{{where|date=November 2019}}.

[[Anthony DeCurtis]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' writes "All the ambivalence, recriminations, attempted rapprochement and psychological one-upmanship evident on ''Steel Wheels'' testify that the Stones are right in the element that has historically spawned their best music – a murky, dangerously charged environment in which nothing is merely what it seems. Against all odds, and at this late date, the Stones have once again generated an album that will have the world dancing to deeply troubling, unresolved emotions."

[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] writes "The Stones sound good, and Mick and Keith both get off a killer ballad apiece with "Almost Hear You Sigh" and "Slipping Away", respectively. It doesn't make for a great Stones album, but it's not bad, and it feels like a comeback – which it was supposed to, after all."<ref name="AllMusic" />

In 2000 it was voted number 568 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=192}}</ref>

The album was the Rolling Stones' first [[digital recording]]. In 1994, ''Steel Wheels'' was remastered and reissued by [[Virgin Records]], and again in 2009 by [[Universal Music]]. An SHM-CD version was released on 2 December 2015 by Universal Japan, mastered from the original British master tape.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universal-music.co.jp/rolling-stones/products/uicy-40162/|title=スティール・ホイールズ – ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ|website=ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ|access-date=10 November 2015|archive-date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224122245/http://www.universal-music.co.jp/rolling-stones/products/uicy-40162/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Tracklist
| all_writing = [[Jagger/Richards|Mick Jagger and Keith Richards]], except "[[Almost Hear You Sigh]]" co-written by [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]].
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Sad Sad Sad
| length1 = 3:35
| title2 = [[Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones song)|Mixed Emotions]]
| length2 = 4:38
| title3 = [[Terrifying (song)|Terrifying]]
| length3 = 4:53
| title4 = Hold on to Your Hat
| length4 = 3:32
| title5 = Hearts for Sale
| length5 = 4:40
| title6 = Blinded by Love
| length6 = 4:37
| total_length = 25:55
}}
{{Tracklist
| headline = Side two
| title7 = [[Rock and a Hard Place (Rolling Stones song)|Rock and a Hard Place]]
| length7 = 5:25
| title8 = Can't Be Seen
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = [[Almost Hear You Sigh]]
| length9 = 4:37
| title10 = Continental Drift
| length10 = 5:14
| title11 = Break the Spell
| length11 = 3:06
| title12 = [[Slipping Away (Rolling Stones song)|Slipping Away]]
| length12 = 4:29
| total_length = 27:00
}}

==Personnel==
Adapted from ''Steel Wheels'' liner notes.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Steel Wheels |others= The Rolling Stones |year=1989 |type=CD booklet |publisher=Rolling Stones Records/CBS Records |id=465752-2}}</ref>

'''The Rolling Stones'''
*[[Mick Jagger]] – lead vocals (except 8 & 12), backing vocals (1-2, 9, 12), guitar (1-2, 4–7, 11), harmonica (5, 11), shakers (2-3), keyboards (10)
*[[Keith Richards]] – guitar (except 10), backing vocals (2-3, 6, 8-9, 12), acoustic guitar (10), classical guitar (9), lead vocals (8 & 12), bicycle spokes (10)
*[[Ronnie Wood]] – guitar (2-3, 5–9, 12), bass guitar (1, 4, 11), acoustic bass (10), [[Dobro]] (11), backing vocals (9)
*[[Bill Wyman]] – bass guitar (2-3, 5–9, 12)
*[[Charlie Watts]] – drums (all tracks)

'''Additional musicians'''
*[[Chuck Leavell]] – [[Organ (music)|organ]] (1–3, 6, 8, 12), piano (1-2, 12), keyboards (7, 9), Wurlitzer (8)
*Matt Clifford – [[electric piano]] (12), piano (6), keyboards (3, 5, 7, 9, 11), [[clavinet]] (8), [[Pump organ|harmonium]] (6), percussion programming (10), orchestration (10), strings (12)
*[[Sarah Dash]] – backing vocals (2, 7, 9-10, 12)
*[[Lisa Fischer]] – backing vocals (2-3, 7, 9-10, 12)
*[[Bernard Fowler]] – backing vocals (1-2, 5–10, 12)
*[[Luís Jardim]] – percussion (2, 6, 8-9)
*[[Phil Beer]] – [[mandolin]] (6), [[fiddle]] (6)
*[[Kick Horns|The Kick Horns]] – [[brass instrument|brass]] (1-2, 7, 12)
*[[Roddy Lorimer]] – trumpet (3)
*[[The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar]] Farafina – African-Moroccan instruments (10)
*Sonia Morgan – backing vocals (10)
*[[Tessa Niles]] – backing vocals (10)
*[[Chris Jagger]] – literary editor (6, 9)

'''Technical and design'''
*Recording engineer – [[Chris Potter (producer)|Christopher Marc Potter]]
*Assistant engineer – Rupert Coulson
*Recorded at [[AIR Montserrat|AIR Studios]], [[Montserrat]]
*Mixed by [[Michael Brauer]], Christopher Marc Potter, Chris Kimsey
*Art direction and design – John Warwicker
*Logo design – Mark Morton
*Mastering – [[Ted Jensen]] at Sterling Sound, NYC

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Weekly chart performance for ''Steel Wheels''
! Chart (1989–1990)
! Peak<br />position
|-
{{Album chart|Australia|7|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Austria|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|chartid=6567|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5| language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 1
|-
!scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_R.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – R |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_R.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} ''Select ''Elton Rolling Stones'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref>
| align="center"| 6
|-
{{Album chart|Germany|2|id=927|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e Dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=27 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Rolling Stones".</ref>
| align="center"| 5
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 5
|-
{{Album chart|New Zealand|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|PROMUSICAE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| align="center"| 6
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|UK|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1989 year-end chart performance for ''Steel Wheels''
! Chart (1989)
! Position
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|13|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|chartid=6625|rowheader=true|refname=CAN1|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums ([[Album Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1989&cat=a|title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1989|format=ASP|language=nl|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512112221/http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1989&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center"| 37
|-
!scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref name="frayearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1989.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1989 par InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023045245/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1989.php |archive-date=23 October 2014 }}</ref>
| align="center"| 36
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums Chart<ref name="JPYearend">{{cite web| url=http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1989a.html| title=1989年アルバム年間TOP100| trans-title=Oricon Year-end Albums Chart of 1989| language=ja| access-date=20 December 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001220/http://www.geocities.jp/object_ori/1989a.html| archive-date=31 December 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"| 89
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1990 year-end chart performance for ''Steel Wheels''
! Chart (1990)
! Position
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|13|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Steel Wheels|chartid=9145|rowheader=true|refname=CAN2|access-date=12 March 2023}}
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums ([[Album Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=a|title=Dutch charts jaaroverzichten 1990|format=ASP|language=nl|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-date=24 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124043854/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1990&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center"| 66
|-
!scope="row"|[[Billboard Year-End|US ''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1990/the-billboard-200|title=Billboard.BIZ – Year-end Charts – Billboard 200 – 1990|magazine=Billboard|access-date=18 September 2011|archive-date=28 June 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110628182447/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/1990/the-billboard-200|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| align="center"| 50
|}
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==Certifications and sales==
{{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Steel Wheels''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|award=Platinum|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/rolling-stones-bill-wyman-steel-3952920591|access-date=12 March 2023|title=The Rolling Stones Bill Wyman Steel Wheels Australian In-House Record Award}}</ref>|relyear=1971|certyear=1971|salesamount=75,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-01-20.pdf|title=Pacing the Majors|magazine=Billboard|page=A-10|date=20 January 1990|access-date=4 September 2020|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204174106/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-01-20.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Steel Wheels|artist=The Rolling Stones|type=album|relyear=1989|region=Austria|award=Gold|access-date=25 December 2013}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Steel Wheels|artist=The Rolling Stones|type=album|relyear=1989|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=3|access-date=25 December 2013}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Steel Wheels|artist=Rolling Stones|type=album|relyear=1989|certyear=1990|region=Finland|award=Gold|salesamount=25,227|access-date=25 December 2010}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Steel Wheels|artist=The Rolling Stones|type=album|relyear=1989|region=France|award=Gold|number=2|source=infodisc|certyear=1990}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Steel Wheels|artist=The Rolling Stones|type=album|relyear=1989|region=Germany|award=Gold|access-date=25 December 2013}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1989|region= Italy|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Steel Wheels|award=Gold|certref=<ref name=julienslive>{{cite web |url=https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/341/lot/143821|date=20 December 2022|title=A "gold" disc presented to Bill Wyman for sales over 100,000 units of the Rolling Stones Steel Wheels album in Italy}}</ref>|salesamount=100,000|salesref=<ref name=julienslive/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|artist=ザ・ローリング・ストーンズ|title=スティール・ホイールズ|award=Gold|relyear=1989|certyear=1989|certmonth=9|salesamount=167,000|salesref=<ref name="JPCB">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9}}</ref>}}
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==References==
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==External links==
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