The Rolling Stones – NEW ALBUM – Full Review … Should You Buy This?

What do we think of the songs released so far? After listening to the whole album, I am glad I've got it on pre-order… anyone else going to buy this?

I'm officially titilatted! 
My hair is spiking, my skin is prickled, I'm ready for more, I don't want to be tickled!

Rock n' roll is here to stay
It ain't going nowhere and I'm gonna say
With their next collection of premium sound
Let's be happy the boys are stickin' around!

Another album, another disappointment. To my ears, it’s just another Hackney Diamonds, another Dirty Work.

The rawness, grit and swagger that made the Stones untouchable just aren’t there anymore. Jagger seems to be trying too hard with his vocals—over-singing, over-styling, adding flourishes where none are needed. And musically, it’s just predictable 4/4 rock by numbers.

The Rolling Stones don’t have anything left to prove. I’d rather they stopped than keep releasing albums that fall so far short of their own legacy.

Masterpieces like Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., Goats Head Soup, and It’s Only Rock ’n Roll—the Mick Taylor years in particular—come along once in a lifetime. You can’t manufacture that magic again, and there’s no shame in leaving behind a catalogue that changed rock forever.

Last Stones album i bought was Black n Blue as i liked the Memory Motel in 1976…. I no longer have it.

You buy it and enjoy it, I like late 60s and 70s and 80s

Rolling Stones were finished by 1974

Making new albums is part of the rock'n'roll process, and I praise de Stones for that, contrary to all these older bands playing over and over their greatest hits and nothing else.

I agree with Johnny Ramone. Mandatory retirement at 40 for Rock Stars. If you didn't make it by then, retire. If you did make it, retire to make room for the new guys.

id love to know what you really think . but you want to remain on the inside and i dont blame you . the album is a lemon just like hackney . and im saying this as a life long stones fan who owns everything they have put out .by the way … how about the 20 something cartoon album covers . its all part of the big machine . keep your hands of my stack jack

I quite like what I've heard so far And that pseudo Francis Bacon cover Artt is pretty ace, too.

Please retire.

What I find amazing is if you were born in 1962 (The Birth year of the Stones)you will be coming up on 65 years old and retirement next year and the Stones are still rolling with a new album with new music. I've been a fan since I was 12/13 years old when Some Girls came out. Happy July 10th to my fellow Stones fans!!

Much better than I expected.

Great to see these fab reviews as a fan of both the Stones and your good self. It's a pity Charlie Watts is largely absent (though that can't be helped, of course, as he's no longer with us), and Bill Wyman too.

I'm surprised to say there's one very convincing AI Stones track that genuinely sounds as though it could have been recorded in 1970. It makes you wonder whether AI could one day be used in the studio to recreate the contribution of a long-lost member such as poor old Brian Jones, who was surely robbed of credit on songs like Paint It, Black.

As for politics, it was interesting to see Jagger's remarks about Justin Trudeau. When he said it was great to be welcomed by Trudeau, who was clearly a fan, the entire stadium booed. Obviously, the boos weren't directed at the Stones, but for a moment it made Jagger seem slightly out of touch with the mood in the stadium. Clearly, though, that wasn't really the case, which is good to see.

The song angry is not about Mick being angry, Its about someone being angry with him.

To all those who say the Stones haven’t produced anything relevant for a long time: Who do you think is making relevant rock music these days – in a meaningful sense? By which I mean, music that’s both innovative and genuinely successful?
Just imagine for a moment that the Stones’ latest songs were by a young, up-and-coming band. Wouldn’t almost everyone say: ‘Finally, some good rock music again! Rock ’n’ roll is alive and kicking?’

I love this song, timeless

But why does In The Stars remind me of the Gogglebox theme?

Ive been an Australian Stones fan since 1964. But here's something I don't understand about them that Mr Album Review does too. The Stones worship American music. They know its boogie-woogie with a short O sound. But they insist in calling it boooogie wooogie with a long O. You know its wrong but you keep doing it. Its not your accent, its mispronunciation.

Lousy quality. I wish they would have waited a while and bring out something better.

”Does it feel like a classic Stones album?” Oh please! They haven’t done a ”classic” album since Some Girls in 1978 or maybe also Tattoo You in the 80’s (which by the fact was a combo of 70’s leftovers and newer stuff).

I will be diving in head first, as I did with HD's. I will keep an open mind, as HD's didn't stay on my playlist for very long. This new album, on the surface, seems far more intriguing than its predecessor, spurred on as usual by Barry's enthusiastic dissection, analysis, and presentation!

I’ve been a fan for 6 decades and own every release to this point including 300 plus bootlegs. I’m not buying this one as to me it has nothing to do with The Stones. Neither did Hackney Diamonds. I hate it when people compare this last two releases with Some Girls or Exile. Classic Stones? No. The producer Watt likes polished pop loaded with digital gimmicks including massive use of autotune and loops. This is not the Stones. I’ll stick with older releases that are The Stones. This is trash.