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I really like this track…Sleeper for the best song on the album.

Yes it is the best also for me

Great riff

I felt a Flip the Switch vibe. Good stuff.

HBK

The streets I use to walk on
are filled with Hackney diamonds .........



ROCKMAN

No need to be as spesific as "Dark wave". The Clash, U2 and The Alarm... -Say no more. Those who had their most fragile youth in the early 80s, here`s something for you. House occupants with black hair like sun beams, and pale skin, I guess there`s still somebody left of you...

Love the message...no matter how bad your life is, how bad things get or how bad you feel, it's only just begun.

But damn, Ronnie sounds like a young gun slinger. Actually those two short but old-school, well-written and effective solos - not so typical in a Rolling Stones recording - reminds me of Jimi's classic "All Along The Watchtower" solos. I didn't expect THAT to come. Could be my favourite Wood solos ever.

- Doxa



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...my favourite of the album!

Catchy chorus, modern sounding riff.......Ronnie on fire!

the more representative song of Hackney Diamonds
sticky refrain
sweet noise by ronnie
great bridge
bravo stones

One of the best songs on there. Very Jagger, but luckily I love him. The lyrics are awesome too.

JumpingKentFlash

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JumpingKentFlash
One of the best songs on there. Very Jagger, but luckily I love him. The lyrics are awesome too.

But with a killer Keith-riff

growing on me A LOT

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JumpingKentFlash
One of the best songs on there. Very Jagger, but luckily I love him. The lyrics are awesome too.

But with a killer Keith-riff

YES!!!! And I still think that riff could’ve gone on either Heathen or Reality by Bowie.

JumpingKentFlash

Sounds like someone's been listening to Franz Ferdinand (ironically they were huge when ABB came out), but the Stones do it with panache - or maybe they invented it with Shattered...

I probably sound like a broken record, but I don't really like the chorus. I find it quite lazy with that chord sequence. But the verses and that riff are indeed killer. And it is a pleasure to see Keith firing on all cylinders when he played the riff at the Racket show. Always great when he digs their new tunes on stage!

this is one of my faves on the album

I'm really looking forward to hearing this one in concert





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Seems to be about the Redlands bust and the night in jail/prison. That era.

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Elmo Lewis
Seems to be about the Redlands bust and the night in jail/prison. That era.

Earlier as well because in the first verse he is singing about the Edith Grove days.

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Elmo Lewis
Seems to be about the Redlands bust and the night in jail/prison. That era.

Earlier as well because in the first verse he is singing about the Edith Grove days.

Good point, big4

"No Anchovies, Please"

The riff is too modern sounding to me. The sweet noise (Ronnie?) too. Is this song Stonesey? It sounds a bit foreign.

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The riff is too modern sounding to me. The sweet noise (Ronnie?) too. Is this song Stonesey? It sounds a bit foreign.

Don't tell to anybody but it sounds like a mixture of Cafe On The Left Bank and The Final Countdown .



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Riff modern sound?? Ask Iggy Pop

Don't forget "Never Too Into" !

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Meh

This is the Achilles heel of the album. I heard it from day one.

This is not a grower for me. Seized me the instant I first heard it.
My favorite on HD.

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This is not a grower for me. Seized me the instant I first heard it.
My favorite on HD.

I could say the same. The others are catching up, but this one was the tune I loved by the first listening, and it still holds the pole position. There is a certain charm in letting a tune grow on you, until you discover its beauty, but it is also great to have tunes like this one that hits you hard straight away, and you know you gonna love it for good.

Now to think of that, there had not been that many latter-day Stones tunes I immediately felt love with, with no any doubt of its greatness. It usually had asked some more listenings to see the greatness. In the past there were so many of them (instant favourites).

- Doxa