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schillid
If I were given a choice between
( A ) Stones not releasing a new album
( B ) Stones release a new album but with mediocre album art
... I would choose ( B ).
That said, I think the cover is bland, boring...unimaginative
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henrik87
Just Your Fool is available in 16bit CD quality on qobuz.
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HMS
In olden days when vinyl ruled cover-art was very important, unfortunately that has changed obviously. On the other hand the Stones were never famous for having great cover-art, most of their albums have horrible cover.
But I don´t really care as long as there are still new Stones-albums to come. They can sell it in a plastic bag if they want, I don´t mind.
Whaaat?? EOMS, Beggars, Sticky Fingers, to name a few...all stunningly original album covers that are instantly recognizable to this day.
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GasLightStreet
They have a a number of outstanding LP covers: BEGGARS BANQUET (I like both of them), LET IT BLEED (probably their funniest LP cover since it was to be called AUTOMATIC CHANGER), STICKY FINGERS, IORR, SOME GIRLS and TATTOO YOU.
They have a few that are pretty good: EOMS, UNDERCOVER, BETWEEN THE BUTTONS. GOATS HEAD SOUP is memorable because of that yellow, I would think, not because of Mick's face on the cover (the first one of two with just his face on the cover). BLACK AND BLUE.
EMOTIONAL RESCUE is probably their weirdest cover.
Probably their most striking and memorable covers are SOME GIRLS and TATTOO YOU because of the color scheme. It helps that they're kick ass albums as well.
The pre-BUTTONS covers are pretty much bland and everything post-UNDERCOVER is just flat out painful and embarrassing (DIRTY WORK), confusing and stupid (STEEL WHEELS, VOODOO LOUNGE) or just not very good (BRIDGES, BANG).
I picked 12 that are great to good, 1 that is neither, and that leaves 13 covers that are "horrible", which, mathematically, is "most".
They've not released an LP with just the logo on it. So now they're doing it. At least it sticks out and is not as ugly as the last, oh, 5 LPs.
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Maindefender
The album cover, jeez. First of all what's on the disc is priority #1 for me. No doubt this will be a great cool blues album. Listening to the original Just Your Fool and the stones single, it's been said here the single is bland and too direct. It may be direct but to my ears very much has the Stonesy touch to it where they own it!!
Okay the album cover: An evening Chicago street scene, but the lights on the lamp poles are blue with a faint detail of the blue tongue. Ooooo la la
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Maindefender
The album cover, jeez. First of all what's on the disc is priority #1 for me. No doubt this will be a great cool blues album. Listening to the original Just Your Fool and the stones single, it's been said here the single is bland and too direct. It may be direct but to my ears very much has the Stonesy touch to it where they own it!!
Okay the album cover: An evening Chicago street scene, but the lights on the lamp poles are blue with a faint detail of the blue tongue. Ooooo la la
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Maindefender
The album cover, jeez. First of all what's on the disc is priority #1 for me. No doubt this will be a great cool blues album. Listening to the original Just Your Fool and the stones single, it's been said here the single is bland and too direct. It may be direct but to my ears very much has the Stonesy touch to it where they own it!!
Okay the album cover: An evening Chicago street scene, but the lights on the lamp poles are blue with a faint detail of the blue tongue. Ooooo la la
i like it,and have the band standing on the street,back-ups and everybody just hanging out...or something,anything but the cover of 40 licks with a different color tongue.of course the music is the main concern but why not just nail it this time,the full package -art promoting art.
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rbk
The majority of sales will be downloads. The cover is designed to function 1 inch square.
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StonedAsia
Why are the digital downloads not available to those of us outside the US?? Pisses me off.
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KRiffhard
JJF intro, SFTD solo, Mixed Emotions...Keef what are you doing?!
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TooTough
Will Japan get a bonus track??
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rbk
The majority of sales will be downloads. The cover is designed to function 1 inch square.
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fela
I hope (wish) Keith sings "Blue & Lonesome"..
I love MJagger but I think his today singing is not adapted to this "bad stuff".
Did he feel the blues anymore ?
My opinion is maybe influenced by the fact that I listened this song many times this summer watching Keith puting the vinyl records on the Netflix reportage.. this part is maybe my favorite stones footage ever... its like you'r with him in the room... it is so deep