SuperHeavy's debut finds Mick Jagger in excellent company – including reggae heir Damian Marley, R&B siren Joss Stone and Indian composer A.R. Rahman – and surrounded by a whirlpool of electro-funk, Jamaican dancehall and Bollywood glitz. Think of this not as a side project, but as a huge, freewheeling party.

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Thanks for posting...i had read that. Good to hear if you happen to like the album!

RS has always been very kind and generous to Mick Jagger regarding reviews. I believe Primitive Cool was given five stars, deeming it a "classic," saying it was the best thing he'd done since Some Girls. SuperHeavy was a fun concept, but imo it was a real bust musically. I found it annoying, even, to listen to. Some songs had potential, but at the end of the day I did not like the album. I've found all those RS best of lists to have a few "wtf" type moments, whether it be inexcusable omissions or exaggerated rankings of what seems to me like mediocre songs/albums/artists whatever the list may be.

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RS has always been very kind and generous to Mick Jagger regarding reviews. I believe Primitive Cool was given five stars, deeming it a "classic," saying it was the best thing he'd done since Some Girls. SuperHeavy was a fun concept, but imo it was a real bust musically. I found it annoying, even, to listen to. Some songs had potential, but at the end of the day I did not like the album. I've found all those RS best of lists to have a few "wtf" type moments, whether it be inexcusable omissions or exaggerated rankings of what seems to me like mediocre songs/albums/artists whatever the list may be.

Totally agree with you on RS...have been overly kind sometimes. I think Dirty Work received 4 stars, as another example.

With that said, I think they have SH nailed. An example of something bad recently released by contrast, would be the Will.i.am travesty T.H.E.

Mick gets paid any kind of mouth service from RS.

The only time RS is accurate about the Stones is when they do articles regarding them getting ready to do something, rehearsing, on tour and after a tour. Things they say and plan, etc.

Album reviews, Stones or solo, are generally full of shit and are strictly part of the lip service stroke that Jann Wenner promised to give Mick.

Any sane person, music fan or not, would have taken one listen to Miracle Worker and not bothered with the rest of the album. How it can make a top 50 that is supposedly the best releases of the year is mystifying at the least.

So now you're picking on Rolling Stone Magazine and Jann Wenner because he happens to enjoy Mick's work?? How absurdly prejudiced! Super Heavy happens to be a very good cd, so I'm guessing you either haven't bought it and really listened to it or you happen to be blinded by Keith's recent opinion of Mick. Either way it's BS.

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So now you're picking on Rolling Stone Magazine and Jann Wenner because he happens to enjoy Mick's work?? How absurdly prejudiced! Super Heavy happens to be a very good cd, so I'm guessing you either haven't bought it and really listened to it or you happen to be blinded by Keith's recent opinion of Mick. Either way it's BS.

helovestoplaytheblues... 'nuff said.

Right, gotcha!

people are complaining about SH #34 for the year 2011 being too high?

bet not one of the complainers can name 33 albums of this year they think are better.

i don't even listen to SH anymore and its still my #2 album of the year,
despite its many flaws.

RS's number 2 album of the year Kanye/JayZ and number 6 gaga are both crap
by comparison to SH, and I like dance/hiphop/pop.

SH would easily be in my top 34 albums of this CENTURY so far.

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blinded by Keith's recent opinion of Mick

I get it, it's Keith's fault ... again.

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