|  By
Cornbread
 The
Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
{9/6/05 | Virgin Records}
The
Stones latest studio album, A Bigger Bang boasts
sixteen new tracks combining high-powered rock
and some blues. It’s been nine years since
the Stones released their last studio CD (Bridges
To Babylon).
The
Stones (in case you’ve been sleeping are
overly drug induced lack of memory for the last
forty some odd years) are Mick Jagger (vocals),
Keith Richards (guitar), Charlie Watts (drums)
and Ron Wood (guitar & slide guitar). For
added flavor, Darryl Jones is back on bass and
Chuck Leavell on keys.
All
songs written by Jagger and Richards:
1. Rough Justice – a
hard rockin’ medly as if they are saying
we’re back.
2. Let Me Down Slow – a catchy
tune; you can understand the words and likely
be hummin’ the melody long after the song
ends.
3. It Won’t Take Long
4. Rain Fall Down – lots
of bass, thanks Darryl.
5. Streets Of Love –
this is new old Stones. A delight to my ears.
6. Back Of My Hand –
done up Delta blues-like.
7. She Saw Me Coming –
not a lot of depth, just a rock song and that’s
OK!
8. Biggest Mistake –
a fairly mellow tune, Mick sounds great.
9. This Place Is Empty –
Keith Richards singing lead, playing guitar,
piano and bass. This song is kinda’ folky
in a Dylon’esque way.
10. Oh No, Not You Again –
“it’s only Rock and Roll and I like
it”
11. Dangerous Beauty –
this is a time warp back to the 60’s and
70’s, your dad will like this one.
12. Laugh, I Nearly Died –
steady beat, kinda dark sounding, has mellow
guitar snippets.
13. Sweet Neo Con
14. Look What The Cat Dragged In
– good feel and bounce to this electric
shuffle.
15. Driving Too Fast –
this song allows for plenty of guitar.
16. Infamy – Richards
singing lead on this one too as well as playing
guitar, keyboard, bass and percussion. Both
Richards songs are rich in a bluesy feel and
much more tame than the other tracks.
Keith
Richards joined Hubert Sumlin earlier this year
on the release If These Shoes. With the release
of Bigger Bang the Stones kicked off yet another
tour, this time at Fenway Park in Boston 8/21/2005.
Like Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton, the Stones
are still playing hard into their sixties –
all are releasing new CD’s in Aug/Sept
‘05.
While
not a traditional blues CD, pay attention to
tracks 6, 12, 14 and 16. If you like the traditional
Stones stuff, you’ll really dig this –
it’s classic Rolling Stones. I enjoyed
this CD a lot. It’s a new CD with classic
Rolling Stones old school way of doing things.
I think the diehard fans will agree and like
this.
Ciao'
for now, peace.
Peter 'Cornbread'
Cohen, CBP
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Cornbread@STLBlues.net ~
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