PSYCHOcatholic Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 It should come as no surprise that it took sex, disease and death to shake the Rolling Stones out of their latest creative dry spell. Leading up to the making of A Bigger Bang, produced by Don Was, Mick Jagger endured a very public break-up with Jerry Hall, Charlie Watts battled throat cancer, and Ron Wood was devastated by the news of his ex-wife's suicide. Out of their collective struggles, the members of the venerable British rock band managed to piece together some of their best work in nearly two decades. It's a slick, slightly uneven affair bounding from raunchy blues to MOR rock songs that sound suspiciously like they were left over from the Alfie soundtrack, yes, but it also sounds vital at every turn. Even though they don't really need to, the jet-set vagabond rockers plunge into hot-button politics ("Sweet Neo Con"), rummage through their dirty laundry ("Oh No, Not You Again") and dip cautious toes back into ridicule-tempting "Miss You"-style funk ("Rain Fall Down"), without making any major missteps unless you count the ewwwww-factor of a 61-year-old Keith Richards singing "Come on honey, bare your breasts and make me feel at home" on "This Place Is Empty." It cant get more descriptive than that! Its a good Album...of course not the best Rolling Stones Album, but pretty darn good. I truthfully dont think they will ever die! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Nice review, Psycho! I haven't heard this album, and couldn't tell by the Rolling Stone review if it was any good. I mean, they said it was great, but they've been praising the Rolling Stones (even moreso) ever since they announced they were doing an anti-Bush song. But I can tell by your review that it actually is a good album. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSYCHOcatholic Posted October 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Thanks Dude, gotta love writing. I get lots of stuff from lots of different places, and put it together like a puzzle, its fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 17, 2005 Report Share Posted October 17, 2005 .I'm always scared with new albums that are supposed to be "all new", "better than ever" etc. I heard the album entirely last week. It really is, I liked it, and you did a great review!!! Way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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