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Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
bakersfield
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Date: November 16, 2023 17:00
Yes I knew I’d get comments about SOL - but it’s a strong melody on an album that is not exactly bursting with them. I also wonder if it isn’t autobiographical- Mick opening up about his ‘awful bad’ behaviour towards Jerry Hall. Interesting comparison with INXS -the drums and guitar fills on Look what the Cat Dragged In reminds me more of Undercover of the Night.
Dangerous Beauty might have been better if they’d got it to swing instead of plod. There’s a lot of plodding on ABB. Thank God they are swinging now on HD
Dangerous Beauty might have been better if they’d got it to swing instead of plod. There’s a lot of plodding on ABB. Thank God they are swinging now on HD
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Idorh
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Date: November 16, 2023 17:20
Is that definitive that Mess it up is coming out tomorrow?
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: November 16, 2023 19:55
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Idorh
Is that definitive that Mess it up is coming out tomorrow?
Yep, disco remix.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Idorh
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Date: November 16, 2023 21:04
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DandelionPowdermanQuote
Idorh
Is that definitive that Mess it up is coming out tomorrow?
Yep, disco remix.
Thanks.
So basically aimed at youth.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
KeithNacho
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Date: November 16, 2023 22:01
The only thing i am sure about this album is that there are two songs that go directly to a future greatest hits compilation, angry and ssoh
The oother thing i am sure is that i love depending, skies, driving and straight
The oother thing i am sure is that i love depending, skies, driving and straight
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Putty
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Date: November 16, 2023 22:58
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KeithNacho
The only thing i am sure about this album is that there are two songs that go directly to a future greatest hits compilation, angry and ssoh
The oother thing i am sure is that i love depending, skies, driving and straight
I have to agree with Angry and SSOH as the best songs.
Much better than anything I ever expected.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
DandelionPowderman
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Date: November 16, 2023 22:59
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IdorhQuote
DandelionPowdermanQuote
Idorh
Is that definitive that Mess it up is coming out tomorrow?
Yep, disco remix.
Thanks.
So basically aimed at youth.
Well, the disco generation is 50+ now, so I'm not so sure
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Idorh
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Date: November 16, 2023 23:46
Those are youngsters for my age of 76 hahaha.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Rockman
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Date: November 16, 2023 23:52
Eighty is the new forty ....... Hackney Diamonds
ROCKMAN
ROCKMAN
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
stargroover
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Date: November 17, 2023 01:52
I revisited ‘Tattoo you ‘today,it still sounds brilliant.Yet I am thinking Hackney Diamonds is slightly better.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
CJFP
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Date: November 17, 2023 03:11
What ever happened to the word about a documentary? Is that true?
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
LeonidP
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Date: November 17, 2023 04:07
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Rockman
Eighty is the new forty ....... Hackney Diamonds
Damn, was hoping for an 80 Licks
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
amg077
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Date: November 17, 2023 05:56
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stargroover
I revisited ‘Tattoo you ‘today,it still sounds brilliant.Yet I am thinking Hackney Diamonds is slightly better.
Agree
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
GasLightStreet
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Date: November 17, 2023 06:25
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MadMax
Anyone stating Depending On You is better than Streets Of Love or indeed Already Over Me is not getting what The Stones are about. Having said that it is a beautiful song but the lack of Charlie does a lot. Already over Me and SOL couldve been written by Gram Parsons and Marvin Gaye, larger than life ballads. As soon as Mess It Up and Live By The Sword kick in you know yer back in Stones Land. Quite a pity since I found Steve's drumming on Crosseyed Heart to be the best drumming (on record)regarding our boys since Voodoo Lounge.
On CH he emulates Charlie PERFECT! Dig him on TIC and MO too so it ain't an issue with Steve for me.
So proud of the fact that HD got to number 1 in my country and numerous others, it just ain't the same without Charlie.
Depending On You, Close To You, Driving Me Too Hard and Tell Me Straight, are miles above Streets Of Love.
Too Rude is miles above Streets Of Love. Till' The Next Goodbye is miles above Streets Of Love. Memory Motel. Fool To Cry. Worried About You. No Use In Crying. Laugh...
Streets Of Love is, as people love to say, a Mick solo song with The Rolling Stones... except that it's awful. Mick has had some stellar solo songs with The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil, Brown Sugar and Miss You come to mind.
Care to go on?
You do understand that if Mick hadn't've done solo albums you wouldn't be able to say such a thing, right?
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Stoneage
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Date: November 17, 2023 10:43
I think after 100 pages we can reach some kind of unanimous decision on the quality of this album. Until then the hyperbole will rule. Seems like a Newton law on fan sites.
In the meantime Beatles is getting more airplay than the Stones. At least here in Sweden.
In the meantime Beatles is getting more airplay than the Stones. At least here in Sweden.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Topi
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Date: November 17, 2023 11:06
Welcome back, Irix, we missed you!
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Doxa
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Date: November 17, 2023 12:29
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Stoneage
I think after 100 pages we can reach some kind of unanimous decision on the quality of this album.
What? Have we reached any kind of unanimous decision on anything here no matter how many pages and years/decades we have used... Probably the only thing we agree comes by the shared presupposition that the Stones are a pretty good band somehow...
See the recent UNDERCOVER thread - the latest from dozens - what is the decision there? Once again, some like it, some not...
- Doxa
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Testify
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Date: November 17, 2023 12:54
Io has never compared Stones albums, especially when they belong to such different periods.
Every album is different, I prefer some to others, but I usually listen to them based on my mood, I have to say that I'm really enjoying HD....incredible!
Every album is different, I prefer some to others, but I usually listen to them based on my mood, I have to say that I'm really enjoying HD....incredible!
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Putty
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Date: November 17, 2023 14:40
The 3 hits from HD where well chosen and
released in the right order.
A video for Mess it up would have
made it perfect.
released in the right order.
A video for Mess it up would have
made it perfect.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
treaclefingers
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Date: November 17, 2023 15:45
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Putty
The 3 hits from HD where well chosen and
released in the right order.
A video for Mess it up would have
made it perfect.
Well a video for for SSoH would have been nice too, and not just the lyrics video they released.
Great promotion overall for the album and the first single - great video - but they sort of didn't seem to want to go a bit further with it.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Spud
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Date: November 17, 2023 16:19
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
After such a long gap since they last released new recorded music, it was always going to be difficult to know how to pitch the marketing.
Go totally over the top and risk the embarrassment of a "damp squib" ?
Under-sell it and miss the full potential.?
I suspect the reception has been as good as they could have hoped and better than they could have feared.
Yes, they could have pushed it harder...but could have ended up looking a bit silly.
After such a long gap since they last released new recorded music, it was always going to be difficult to know how to pitch the marketing.
Go totally over the top and risk the embarrassment of a "damp squib" ?
Under-sell it and miss the full potential.?
I suspect the reception has been as good as they could have hoped and better than they could have feared.
Yes, they could have pushed it harder...but could have ended up looking a bit silly.
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Doxa
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Date: November 17, 2023 18:11
So no any longer sticker status. The album is old news...
- Doxa
- Doxa
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
bv
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Date: November 17, 2023 18:20
This thread is not sticky anymore, but it should be easy to find it, as it is linked up in the main Hackney Diamond ditorial pages, see link on the IORR Home page.
Bjornulf
Bjornulf
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
kkhoranstoned
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Date: November 17, 2023 18:51
its been about amonth..great album very enjoyable.grew on me quickly
kudos..to the band....love that charlie drum
kudos..to the band....love that charlie drum
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
treaclefingers
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Date: November 17, 2023 20:10
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Doxa
So no any longer sticker status. The album is old news...
- Doxa
You sir, are an agitator!
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
soufsouf129
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Date: November 17, 2023 21:38
Hackney Diamonds has been certified gold in the UK today
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
HardRiffin
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Date: November 17, 2023 22:23
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soufsouf129
Hackney Diamonds has been certified gold in the UK today
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
Rockman
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Date: November 17, 2023 22:29
Mick'll be dancin' on diamonds ........
ROCKMAN
ROCKMAN
Re: Hackney Diamonds - Album Talk
Posted by:
georgelicks
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Date: November 18, 2023 00:12
UK albums chart, 4th week in the Top 10 for HD:
01 16,773 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2,647 CDs, 2,196 vinyl albums, eight cassettes, 246 digital downloads and 11,676 sales-equivalent streams)
02 14,954 The Beatles - The Beatles 1967–1970 (The Blue Album) (7,164 CDs, 3,189 vinyl albums, 987 digital downloads and 3,614 sales-equivalent streams) [total sales since 1994: 1,068,820 including 303,047 sales-equivalent streams]
03 13,432 The Beatles - The Beatles 1962–1966 (The Red Album) [total sales since 1994: 899,885 including 150,638 sales-equivalent streams]
04 10,755 Chase & Status - 2 RUFF, Vol. 1
05 8,742 Baby Queen - Quarter Life Crisis
06 8,259 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
07 8,175 Passenger - All the Little Lights [Anniversary Edition]
08 7,281 The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
09 7,247 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
10 6,672 New Order - Substance
01 16,773 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) (2,647 CDs, 2,196 vinyl albums, eight cassettes, 246 digital downloads and 11,676 sales-equivalent streams)
02 14,954 The Beatles - The Beatles 1967–1970 (The Blue Album) (7,164 CDs, 3,189 vinyl albums, 987 digital downloads and 3,614 sales-equivalent streams) [total sales since 1994: 1,068,820 including 303,047 sales-equivalent streams]
03 13,432 The Beatles - The Beatles 1962–1966 (The Red Album) [total sales since 1994: 899,885 including 150,638 sales-equivalent streams]
04 10,755 Chase & Status - 2 RUFF, Vol. 1
05 8,742 Baby Queen - Quarter Life Crisis
06 8,259 Noah Kahan - Stick Season
07 8,175 Passenger - All the Little Lights [Anniversary Edition]
08 7,281 The Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds
09 7,247 Olivia Rodrigo - GUTS
10 6,672 New Order - Substance
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