![]() In the win column, there’s the scrappy Bite My Head Off (even if it’s a little too close to The Sex Pistols’ Liar for its own good). And sure, it has just as many highlights and memorable tracks as A Bigger Bang, Bridges To Babylon, Voodoo Lounge and any other of their last half-dozen releases - which is to say, about a handful. And yeah, they still sound pretty good for a bunch of dudes in their 70s and 80s - mostly because they’ve been touring pretty regularly for decades. I mean, OK, it’s their best album in 20 years and all - but only because they haven’t made an album in about that long. But even if I am the most forgiving Stones fan in the world - and if I’m not, I’m fairly close - I just can’t go along with the latest inevitable crop of fawning reviews trumpeting Hackney Diamonds as their best album since (insert classic title / era / year here), and a great way to end their career if it turns out to be their swan song. ![]() And even if it will never be the same for me without Charlie. Even if it did take them at least a decade too long. ![]() So I’m more than happy that Mick, Keith and Ronnie finally got around to writing and recording some new songs. In my world, any new Rolling Stones album is better than no new Rolling Stones album.
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