A Bigger Bang |
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Released: September 6, 2005 Peak: 3 US, 2 UK, 11 CN, 4 AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.1 UK, 3.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: classic rock veteran |
Tracks: Song Title [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.
Songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Total Running Time: 64:23 The Players:
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Rating:  3.549 out of 5.00 (average of 23 ratings)
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About the Album: It had been eight years since the Rolling Stones released their previous studio album, Bridges to Babylon. They stayed busy, however, touring in support of their 2002 compilation Forty Licks. “They played with a strength and swagger they hadn’t had in years…[and] A Bigger Bang finds that reinvigorated band carrying its latter-day renaissance into the studio, turning in a sinewy, confident, satisfying album that’s the band’s best in years.” AMG “What distinguishes A Bigger Bang is that it captures the Stones simply being the Stones, playing without guest stars, not trying to have a hit, not trying to adopt the production style of the day, not doing anything but lying back and playing.” AMG “The album rocks really hard, tearing out of the gate with Rough Justice, the toughest, sleaziest, and flat-out best song Jagger and Richards have come up with in years.” AMG “It’s not a red herring, either — She Saw Me Coming, Look What the Cat Dragged In, and the terrific Oh No Not You Again, which finds Mick spitting out lyrics with venom and zeal, are equally as hard and exciting, but the album isn’t simply a collection of rockers. The band delves into straight blues with Back of My Hand, turns toward pop with Let Me Down Slow, rides a disco groove reminiscent of ‘Emotional Rescue’ on Rain Fall Down, and has a number of ballads, highlighted by Streets of Love and Keith’s late-night barroom anthem This Place Is Empty, that benefit greatly from the stripped-down, uncluttered production by Don Was and the Glimmer Twins.” AMG “Throughout the album, the interplay of the band is at the forefront.” AMG This is “a strong, engaging, cohesive Rolling Stones album that finds everybody in prime form. Keith is loose and limber, Charlie is tight and controlled, Ronnie lays down some thrilling, greasy slide guitar, and Mick is having a grand time, making dirty jokes, baiting neo-cons, and sounding more committed to the Stones than he has in years.” AMG “A Bigger Bang doesn’t succeed simply because the Stones are great musicians, it also works because this is a strong set of Jagger-Richards originals – naturally, the songs don’t rival their standards from the ‘60s and ‘70s, but the best songs here more than hold their own with the best of their post-Exile work, and there are more good songs here than on any Stones album since Some Girls.” AMG “Even the songs that drift toward the generic are redeemed by the sound of the greatest rock & roll band ever playing at a latter-day peak. And, make no mistake about it, the Stones sound better as a band than they have in years: there's an ease and assurance to their performances that are a joy to hear, whether they’re settling into a soulful groove or rocking harder than any group of 60-year-olds should.” AMG “The band acknowledges its age and doesn’t make a big deal about it…But that’s what makes A Bigger Bang a big deal: it’s the Stones back in fighting form for the first time in years.” AMG |
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First posted 3/23/2008; last updated 10/25/2021. |
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