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KRiffhard
No new album
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GetYerAngie
I mean it took James Joyce seven years to finish Ulysses - and 17 years to finnish Finnegans Wake. I do not hope that we have to wait another 11 years though...
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NilsHolgersson
I hope there's not another tour without a new album.. everybody's heard Satisfaction and Brown Sugar by now
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KRiffhard
No new album
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This could end up been The Rolling Stones "Number 1 Album" thread of all time 1,111,111
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They are teasing with old song titles.. no hints of a new album in sight..
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They are teasing with old song titles.. no hints of a new album in sight..
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They are teasing with old song titles.. no hints of a new album in sight..
Are they? Was there some statement where prospective song titles were made known? I can't remember this.
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1,000,000 Views - Unprecedented
This could end up been The Rolling Stones "Number 1 Album" thread of all time 1,111,111
more views than album sales, likely!
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1,000,000 Views - Unprecedented
This could end up been The Rolling Stones "Number 1 Album" thread of all time 1,111,111
more views than album sales, likely!
If we had a count by IP address, I suspect the number would be far less impressive.
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GerardHennessy
There will be accountants, financial experts, business analysts, managers, strategists, and a whole army of other non-musical people all involved. They will be pointing out the potential costs likely to be incurred and recommending caution. That in itself won't stop a new album, but it is another obstacle to overcome for men in the twilight of their years.
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HopeYouGuessMyName
How's this for a suggestion for a couple of new albums:
ENGLAND'S OLDEST HIT MAKERS (first album re-recorded)
The Rolling Stones, Now and Again!
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GerardHennessy
There will be accountants, financial experts, business analysts, managers, strategists, and a whole army of other non-musical people all involved. They will be pointing out the potential costs likely to be incurred and recommending caution. That in itself won't stop a new album, but it is another obstacle to overcome for men in the twilight of their years.
I highly doubt that the accountants cautioning about the 'cost' of a new album has anything to do with it. The money from one tour date would more than cover the recording of any album.
Either they really don't have anything worth recording and releasing, or, and I think this is likelier, they can't agree on the material as there is a high degree of internal pressure to release an album that is a worthy wrap to their storied career.
Easier to just 'do nothing' than come to a consensus.
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They are teasing with old song titles.. no hints of a new album in sight..
Are they? Was there some statement where prospective song titles were made known? I can't remember this.
Actually I meant the teasers for the new tour.. old song titles on Billboards
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GerardHennessy
Nearly everyone who responded totally missed the point I was TRYING to make in my comment from a few days back seizing upon just one part of one sentence I wrote - viz. any new album will not sell in large quantities- and used it to to dismiss my overall argument. In fact I also went on to say about the inevitable critical mauling a new studio album would most likely get, AND, in addition, that they may no longer feel they have the time to complete a new album given their age. Especially as they seem to want to retain their energy for touring.
If my point was poorly made I apologise to those I seem to have annoyed. Personally I don't care if any new album sells in large quantities or not. Like many here I would LOVE them to make one last album - although I don't think they will. However if I'm wrong and they DO, I will certainly buy it. Just like I have bought pretty-much everything they have ever officially produced, and rather a lot that is not official at all
In commenting on potential sales, or the lack of them, I was merely pointing out one of the many obstacles that stand in the way of a new studio album. The band are one vast corporation now - the decision about producing anything new will not rest with the four members alone. There will be accountants, financial experts, business analysts, managers, strategists, and a whole army of other non-musical people all involved. They will be pointing out the potential costs likely to be incurred and recommending caution. That in itself won't stop a new album, but it is another obstacle to overcome for men in the twilight of their years.
A bigger obstacle I think is the concern the band might feel about producing something that would be considered sub-standard. Those of us here, who are major fans of the band, are likely to be understanding and sympathetic to their efforts. But we are a tiny proportion of their wider fan base, who, like it or not, will want the band to produce something full of warhorse-type clones. That is if the wider fan-base have any interest at all. I find it heartbreaking, at concert after concert, to see seats emptying each time the band try out something different or not-so-well known. Not to mention those with loud voices who spend all gig yelling for Brown Sugar, Start Me Up or Satisfaction and jeer everything else. I can imagine Mick, Keith, Ronnie and Charlie not wanting to go out with a whimper. Producing something that is a long way short of the standard they set for themselves. Or worse still, embarrassing themselves. I honestly believe they now think it is unlikely they will produce anything better than Blue & Lonesome as their swan-song.
Many good people here refer consistently to the flow of statements, hints, suggestions and teasing comments from the band themselves, and others in the inner circle, about them wanting to produce another album. And indeed having some material already available that they need to more work on. However only a small proportion of these statement are proactively offered by the band. The vast majority are responses to the endless questions they are asked about new material. Like true professionals they don't want to say ' No. We will not make another album' They play for time. They make vague statements about working on stuff. They may even believe with all their hearts they WILL make another album. But at their age, a year is a long time. Two or three years is half-a-lifetime. The energy and creativity they had in 2013-2016 will have diminished considerably in the time since. And because they are a band they cannot go away individually and put something together remotely. Mick can produce stuff on his own, and get his artistic rocks off in that way. Keith similarly. Ronnie has just done so with his Chuck Berry set. And Charlie does his guest spots with various jazz combos. But doing something together in the studio introduces a whole extra layer of organisation, timetabling, scheduling and demand.
For me, The Stones have come to a realisation, or semi-realisation, that another album is a step too far now. The can still go out on tour and play together. That seems to be their focus now. Most likely they want to prioritise on the 60 year anniversary, conserve their energy for that, and just maybe produce a new single, or 3-4 track mini-album in celebration of it, perhaps including a few live versions of numbers they have not played on stage before. Maybe even tracks taken from their very first album.
Now that really would be something!
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NilsHolgersson
Actually I meant the teasers for the new tour.. old song titles on Billboards
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Rocky Dijon
If we had a count by IP address, I suspect the number would be far less impressive.
Are you suggesting that it's just a massive conspiracy and BV just sits in his various hotel rooms, refreshing his screen?
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treaclefingers
Either they really don't have anything worth recording and releasing, or, and I think this is likelier, they can't agree on the material as there is a high degree of internal pressure to release an album that is a worthy wrap to their storied career.
Easier to just 'do nothing' than come to a consensus.
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It is coming. Just keep healthy so that you will be able to ROCk and ROLL when it is there.
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Bashlets
I think I may be in the minority here but I’d much rather have new music than a tour. Saw Gillette last summer and loved it and have great memories of lots of shows dating back to 1981. Yes I will see a show this tour but I want a new album more