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On my way to pick up a copy of the clear vinyl, I’m still excited despite listening to a download of the album 10 times already!
Where'd you buy it Paddy? Your in Vancouver, right?
Correct, I picked it up in Neptoon on Main St, I rang in earlier today and they kept a copy behind the counter for me it was the last one I was told. Audiopile on commercial had nothing and I got no answer from Red Cat they could be worth a try, sunrise in Metrotown could be another option along with back street down town.
I picked up last years Black Friday RSD release of the Heartbreakers LAMF demo sessions also which was a nice bonus!
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cimaz
I'm not trolling. It's just a different opinion than yours. A masterpiece about HD is really overrated. The big four are masterpieces. HD isn't.
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johnnythunders
Finally I have found someone who put into words what I was feeling -step forward Tim Stegall
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An AI version of the Stones sums it up nicely and yes it would make a great EP
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treaclefingers
Thinking about this today...if you took off two of the best songs, let's say the last two, SSoH and RsB what would you rate the album?
Still a great album right?
4 stars maybe, 4.5? So how do you rate it with SSoH and RsB which are monuments on their own?
It's a hot album.
I'm giving Hackney Diamonds are respectable 3.5 stars. It's not quite a 4; at least yet. 4 stars is Tattoo You territory, and it's not as good at that. With the two songs mentioned, I'd still rate it 3.5
Here is one example of ‘each to one’s own’.
Tattoo You, a firm fan favorite and your no.1 album among the Stones’ post-1980 releases, is one I can’t see the quality of.
I bought it when it came out. My instant reaction to it was, “This sounds like a revamp of the Stones’ early 70s material, Sticky Fingers and Exile era in particular.” And my initial instinct turned out to be right afterwards, more or less.
After the ambitious and innovative sound-making of Some Girls and Emotional Rescue, TY felt to me like regression to the past, the Stones going play-it-safe. A fair number of the songs are as if leftovers from the albums made 5-10 years ago were microwaved for reuse.
I know I’m in the minority of the Stones fan community, but after all these years, I still don’t like Tattoo You wholeheartedly. Rant over.
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johnnythunders
Finally I have found someone who put into words what I was feeling -step forward Tim Stegall
[open.substack.com]
An AI version of the Stones sums it up nicely and yes it would make a great EP
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treaclefingers
Thinking about this today...if you took off two of the best songs, let's say the last two, SSoH and RsB what would you rate the album?
Still a great album right?
4 stars maybe, 4.5? So how do you rate it with SSoH and RsB which are monuments on their own?
It's a hot album.
I'm giving Hackney Diamonds are respectable 3.5 stars. It's not quite a 4; at least yet. 4 stars is Tattoo You territory, and it's not as good at that. With the two songs mentioned, I'd still rate it 3.5
Here is one example of ‘each to one’s own’.
Tattoo You, a firm fan favorite and your no.1 album among the Stones’ post-1980 releases, is one I can’t see the quality of.
I bought it when it came out. My instant reaction to it was, “This sounds like a revamp of the Stones’ early 70s material, Sticky Fingers and Exile era in particular.” And my initial instinct turned out to be right afterwards, more or less.
After the ambitious and innovative sound-making of Some Girls and Emotional Rescue, TY felt to me like regression to the past, the Stones going play-it-safe. A fair number of the songs are as if leftovers from the albums made 5-10 years ago were microwaved for reuse.
I know I’m in the minority of the Stones fan community, but after all these years, I still don’t like Tattoo You wholeheartedly. Rant over.
Side 2?
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walkingthedog
I don't know why some people are so negative here. Maybe they have a too fixed idea of what the Stones should sound like. But in their prime they kept changing the music style constantly, from the early R&B to the pop period (65-67) to the big 4 period (68-72) and the funk/disco period (73-78). Although there is a lot of great music on their records from ER onwards, I think they are too similar in style and also contain a fair amount of Stones-by-numbers music. It was nice to get a return to the early period with Blue and Lonesome. I wouldn't say HD is a pop album, it's clearly Stones music. But it is leaning in the pop direction and is therefore somewhat a return to the 65-67 period. And all the songs are so damned catchy! Absolutely no fillers and no Stones-by-numbers. These songs keep popping up in my head all the time. I am 100% certain that HD will return to my turntable more often than anything they have produced since the seventies.
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I can't wait to read about all HD's - now non-existent - weaknesses when the next album comes out, as this will justify why the new album is better. As with ABB, which was yet the album of the century at the time.
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johnnythunders
Finally I have found someone who put into words what I was feeling -step forward Tim Stegall
[open.substack.com]
An AI version of the Stones sums it up nicely and yes it would make a great EP
Pretty accurate stuff. I would say less about Mess It Up and Live By The Sword, and more about Sweet Sounds of Heaven (my biggest issue with the review is no mention of that song whatsoever and its the best song on the album by far) but largely this is the most accurate review I've seen.
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walkingthedog
I don't know why some people are so negative here. Maybe they have a too fixed idea of what the Stones should sound like. But in their prime they kept changing the music style constantly, from the early R&B to the pop period (65-67) to the big 4 period (68-72) and the funk/disco period (73-78). Although there is a lot of great music on their records from ER onwards, I think they are too similar in style and also contain a fair amount of Stones-by-numbers music. It was nice to get a return to the early period with Blue and Lonesome. I wouldn't say HD is a pop album, it's clearly Stones music. But it is leaning in the pop direction and is therefore somewhat a return to the 65-67 period. And all the songs are so damned catchy! Absolutely no fillers and no Stones-by-numbers. These songs keep popping up in my head all the time. I am 100% certain that HD will return to my turntable more often than anything they have produced since the seventies.
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johnnythunders
Finally I have found someone who put into words what I was feeling -step forward Tim Stegall
[open.substack.com]
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Idorh
It's great isn't it folks. That now in 2023 we can still enjoy a new Rolling Stones album.
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powerage78
I can't wait to read about all HD's - now non-existent - weaknesses when the next album comes out, as this will justify why the new album is better. As with ABB, which was yet the album of the century at the time.
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powerage78
I can't wait to read about all HD's - now non-existent - weaknesses when the next album comes out, as this will justify why the new album is better. As with ABB, which was yet the album of the century at the time.
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powerage78
I'm just relaying the opinion of the band's fans. It must be an exhausting exercise.
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It's great isn't it folks. That now in 2023 we can still enjoy a new Rolling Stones album.
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powerage78
I'm just relaying the opinion of the band's fans. It must be an exhausting exercise.
yeah, there are fans in here
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I'm just relaying the opinion of the band's fans. It must be an exhausting exercise.
yeah, there are fans in here
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I can't wait to read about all HD's - now non-existent - weaknesses when the next album comes out, as this will justify why the new album is better. As with ABB, which was yet the album of the century at the time.
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donvis
The substack guy says that Keith did the solo after Paul’s bass solo. Isn’t that Ronnie?
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On my way to pick up a copy of the clear vinyl, I’m still excited despite listening to a download of the album 10 times already!
Where'd you buy it Paddy? Your in Vancouver, right?
Correct, I picked it up in Neptoon on Main St, I rang in earlier today and they kept a copy behind the counter for me it was the last one I was told. Audiopile on commercial had nothing and I got no answer from Red Cat they could be worth a try, sunrise in Metrotown could be another option along with back street down town.
I picked up last years Black Friday RSD release of the Heartbreakers LAMF demo sessions also which was a nice bonus!
Nicely done, i know all those shops, used to live pretty close to Audiopile. The clear vinyl is one of the few I haven't gotten.