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stones2000
Hi. I'm considering buying Bridges to Babylon, but I was hoping I could get some advice on the album from other users. What do you think of the album? Thanks
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alhavu1
Umm, it's just not. It's OK and overproduced like Steel Wheels PLUS they blew it as they had better songs they decide not to include
What "better songs" ? The rumored "Everchanging World" flipside? Those Karnbach mentioned in his book and that no one's ever heard?
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alhavu1
Fantastic ? Like Exile? Please. It's so so. SHOULD have been much better but then they excluded some gems and overproduced
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DandelionPowderman
The best tracks on B2B could have been on any Stones album.
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DandelionPowderman
People in their 50s/60s don't have to influence culture to make great songs. The rest of your criterias aren't what I use for measuring quality.
How Can I Stop is one of my five favourite Stones tracks, hence I think it's good enough to be on any Stones album.
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DandelionPowderman
People in their 50s/60s don't have to influence culture to make great songs. The rest of your criterias aren't what I use for measuring quality.
How Can I Stop is one of my five favourite Stones tracks, hence I think it's good enough to be on any Stones album.
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71Tele
Was that the tour where Keith wore shades and that leopardskin coat, or was that Voodoo? Memory fails me.
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71Tele
Was that the tour where Keith wore shades and that leopardskin coat, or was that Voodoo? Memory fails me.
Yep, The B2B tour.
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stones2000
Just got the album brand new for fifteen bucks at a cd store!
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stones2000
Just got the album brand new for fifteen bucks at a cd store!
Suckerrrr!....We were just kidding, the record is horrible and now we have less competition for the good seats on the 2015 tour.
peace
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alhavu1
Fantastic ? Like Exile? Please. It's so so. SHOULD have been much better but then they excluded some gems and overproduced
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71Tele
What bothers me most about the record is that it is so clearly Mick and Keith working on their own tracks, using the other band members (or sometimes non-band members) as sideman, and Don Was mediating between the Mick and Keith camps, rather than "producing" in the usual sense. It wouldn't be the first record made this way (see Beatles White Album), but in this case the results are tainted by the process. Sounds very commitee-like, despite some good tracks. I never understood Don Was as a producer for the Stones. It seems like he was chosen more for his ability to be non-offensive to both Mick and Keith, rather than for being the most appropriate person musically, the same way Chuck got his gig.
LOL, i was thinking the same thing. People really still overpay for albums these days? I use ebay/amazon, and often find albums still new/shrinkwrapped for $3, and I'm sure i could find both voodoo and bridges for that.Quote
mitch
Is it a joke?
You are asking advices for an album you can buy for $3 on ebay or amazon!
Buy it and write us your review instead waisting your time asking what to do.
you're not alone, i also find it great. especially "i wrote that f*cking book"Quote
Shantipole
I must be the only person that absolutely loves "Too Tight." Great up-tempo track.