This is a highly credible effort from one of rock's ultimate icons. It has many modern overtones as well as some classic sounding tracks. Blues, funk, rock, ballad - there's a little bit of everything here.
Instrumentally, the band play far better on studio records than they do live. This ... Read review
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Advantages: Great rocking tracks Disadvantages: A couple of bland ballds
This is a highly credible effort from one of rock's ultimate icons. It has many modern overtones as well as some classic sounding tracks. Blues, funk, rock, ballad - there's a little bit of everything here.
Instrumentally, the band play far better on studio records than they do live. This may be typical of most bands, but the Stones do sound strikingly different live to their studio efforts.
The album opens with the ... ...and delivery "once upon a time I was your little rooster, now am I just one of your cocks".
The plodding protest "It Won't Take Long" is equally balls in its lyric but is a steady hard rocker in pace.
"Rain Fall Down" is a modern funk departure while "Back Of My Hand" is classic Stones blues.
"Driving Too Fast" is a modern-sounding fresh, summer-like rocker ... more
This is a highly credible effort from one of rock's ultimate icons. It has many modern overtones as well as some classic sounding tracks. Blues, funk, rock, ballad - there's a little bit of everything here.
Instrumentally, the band play far better on studio records than they do live. This may be typical of most bands, but the Stones do sound strikingly different live to their studio efforts.
The album opens with the cleverly-worded "Rough Justice", a balls rocker with typical Stones swagger and delivery "once upon a time I was your little rooster, now am I just one of your cocks".
The plodding protest "It Won't Take Long" is equally balls in its lyric but is a steady hard rocker in pace.
"Rain Fall Down" is a modern funk departure while "Back Of My Hand" is classic Stones blues.
"Driving Too Fast" is a modern-sounding fresh, summer-like rocker and is my personal highlight of the album.
I'm not keen on "This Place Is Empty" (sung by Keith) and "Laugh, I Nearly Died" they are typically bleak ballads.
Keith's other number of the CD is "Infamy", a clever lyric and a catchy, up tempo beat.
Also worth mentioning is the anti-American right "Sweet Neo-Con", the Stones most controversial song for decades.
Largely this is a really good album but it lacks an overall theme and is somewhat inconsistent in mood and occasionally quality.
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Product details
Title
Bigger Bang, A [PA]
Performer
Rolling Stones (The)
Genre
Rock & Pop
Release Date
05/09/2005
Recomended Retail Price
16.99 GBP
Original Release Year
2005
Label / Distributor
Virgin / EMI Operations/CEVA Logistics
Engineer
Dean Nelson; Krish Sharma
Producer
Don Was; Glimmer Twins; Matt Cliffo
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
94633006720
Catalogue Number
CDV 3012
Additional notes
Album Notes
The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vibraphone, bass guitar, percussion); Keith Richards (guitar, piano, bass guitar, background vocals); Ron Wood (guitar); Daryl Jones (bass guitar); Charlie Watts (drums). Additional personnel: Chuck Leavell (piano, organ); Don Was (piano); Matt Clifford (keyboards, vibraphone, programming); Lenny Castro (percussion); Blondie Chaplin (background vocals). In 2005, given their advanced age and the seemingly endless trajectory of their rollercoaster career, it is hard to believe that the Rolling Stones would have energy enough to remain standing, much less create an album of new, inspired, and vital material. But the World's Greatest Rock Band have been challenging assumptions since their earliest days, and with 2005's A BIGGER BANG, their first studio record since 1997's BRIDGES TO BABYLON, they surprise yet again by returning to classic form with all guns blazing. For starters, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are writing together again, and the album's 16 songs show a return to the revved-up, bluesy sound of the immortal STICKY FINGERS and EXILE ON MAIN STREET. Like those albums, this one bears potent doses of raw Chicago blues ("Back of My Hand"), honky-tonk balladry ("This Place is Empty"), mid-tempo melodic rock ("Let Me Down Slow"), simmering soul ("Laugh, I Nearly Died"), and barnstorming rock ("Rough Justice"), but what impresses most is how energized and fierce the band sounds, with churning rhythms, rollicking guitar riffs, and Mick yowling like it's 1971. A BIGGER BANG is the Stones' best and most cohesive effort since 1981's TATTOO YOU.
Album Reviews
Rolling Stone (No. 983, p.101) - 4.5 out of 5 stars - "...A BIGGER BANG is just a straight-up, damn fine Rolling Stones albums, with no qualifiers or apologies necessary..." Mojo (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]rguably their most satisfying work since 1978's SOME GIRLS....[With] more spontaneous-sounding numbers that thrive on Charlie's authoritative tub-thumping and Keith and Ronnie's raucous, dovetailing guitars." Uncut (p.92) - 5 stars out of 5 - "What makes A BIGGER BANG so terrific is the Stones turning the clock back to the raw bravado of their prime and partying like it's 1972."
Titles on disc 1
1.
Rough Justice
2.
Let Me Down Slow
3.
It Won't Take Long
4.
Rain Fall Down
5.
Streets Of Love
6.
Back Of My Hand
7.
She Saw Me Coming
8.
Biggest Mistake
9.
This Place Is Empty
10.
Oh No Not You Again
11.
Dangerous Beauty
12.
Laugh I Nearly Died
13.
Sweet Neo Con
14.
Look What The Cat Dragged In
15.
Driving Too Fast
16.
Infamy
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