lördag 11 november 2023

ROLLING STONES/HACKNEY DIAMONDS 554 645-5 (-23) EU

 


Though a big Rolling Stones fan since the early days I had my doubts about this. It's been surrounded by tons of hype for quite some time, but as hype sometimes is used to hide a poor result that doesn't mean anything. In my world their last five star album was Goats Head Soup, while both Tattoo You and and Steel Wheels had enough good moments to please. Now with both Mick and Keith in their eighties my expectations were kept low, yet listening through for the first time it hit me and my smile just got wider, track by track. A couple of all right ballads as it should, but most of it dirty rock'n'roll. I've seen some bad reviews on the net already, but those people just don't get it. You can't value Rolling Stones against anything else than Rolling Stones and this shows they're still rolling. I like it all the way, but am especially caught by "Bite My Head Off". Who would have thought Paul McCartney joining the band playing punk rock with them? Also touched by "Live By The Sword" with Bill Wyman on bass and pre-recorded drums by Charlie Watts. Very last by the original gang. Issued all around the world on vinyl, CD, cassette and 12xFile. There are so many more or less rare CD and vinyl variations of differing colors in different sleeve designs I can't count them all. Shown here is the EU common black vinyl. It comes with label as shown here on heavy vinyl in a fully laminated fold/out stickered cover with logo/credit inner and black polylined inner-inner. (RÅ*)

                                                                                    
                                                                               

                                                                                  
                                                                                 
                                                                                  
                                                                                

                                                                                 

                                                                                  







 

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