这张专辑称得上是滚石乐队的代表作，被许多人认为是他们最成功的专辑之一。专辑占据美国专辑排行榜首位达9周，在英国也排名第二。其中 Start Me Up 和 Waiting on a Friend是很流行的歌曲。这也是滚石乐队最后一张在美国占据榜首的冠军专辑。专辑中最早的两首歌录制于1972年，但最后几首歌完成时间却在1981年，时间跨度之大实属罕见，但这张专辑的内容也因此丰富了。在这张专辑中，滚石把他们拿手的布鲁斯以及和声表现得十分充分，歌曲的旋律也很有流行性，非常容易接受。本专辑在滚石杂志评出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第211位。Like Emotional Rescue before it, Tattoo You was comprised primarily of leftovers, but unlike its predecessor, it never sounds that way. Instead, Tattoo You captures the Stones at their best as a professional stadium-rock band. Divided into a rock & roll side and a ballad side, the album delivers its share of thrills on the tight, dynamic first side. Start Me Up became the record's definitive Stonesy rocker, but the frenzied doo wop of Hang Fire, the reggae jam of Slave, the sleazy Chuck Berry rockers Little T&A and Neighbours, and the hard blues of Black Limousine are all terrific. The ballad side suffers in comparison, especially since Heaven and No Use in Crying are faceless. But Worried About You and Tops are effortless, excellent ballads, and Waiting on a Friend, with its Sonny Rollins sax solo, is an absolute masterpiece, with a moving lyric that captures Jagger in a shockingly reflective and affecting state of mind. Waiting on a Friend and the vigorous rock & roll of the first side make Tattoo You an essential latter-day Stones album, ranking just a few notches below Some Girls.