By 1985, Jagger was spending most of his time on solo recordings. Much of the material on 1986's Dirty Work was spearheaded by Richards, with more contributions from Ronnie Wood than ever before. Per UDiscoverMusic, the studio release was recorded in Paris, and Jagger was often absent from the studio, prompting Richards to keep the recording sessions running smoothly.
As NME tells us, drummer Charlie Watts was also straddling addiction issues during the 1980s. "I was lucky that I never got hooked, but I went through a period of taking heroin," Watts told BBC 6 Music." Jagger, on the other hand, grew less and less fond of the band, obviously preferring solo recognition over the team's effort. In 1987, he announced that he would be touring solo to support his one-man record.
While the Stones did have a steady-ish output of new records during the 1980s, things remained volatile until 1989's Steel Wheels and its subsequent tour. Still, as Rolling Stone (the magazine) notes, the band's relationship at the time was hanging on a thread, and amicable moments during the period can only be described as an "uneasy truce."
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