Having not listend to A Bigger Bang for a couple of years, I was in a bar in Prague (Chapeau Rouge) at the weekend and they were playing the whole album.

You know, it sounded so good to hear again. Especially in a busy, buzzing bar late at night. Such a great groove throughout the albbum - made me feel warm and fuzzy about listening to the Stones again!

Got it cranked right now - only one duff track as far as I can see and that's Streets of Love.

Thoughts...???

it sounds great to me too every time i put it on. the whole thing kicks off so fine,
and She Saw Me Coming always gives me this huge grin that won't go away
and This Place Is Empty is like an ingenious little wood carving with all these enchanting moving parts
and Dangerous Beauty roars so beautifully and ... and so on :E
my neighbours dig it too - play it loud



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i wish the stones played look what the cat dragged in live in concert that would have been killer .

To me it's a shit album.

It has it's moments, most of which seem to be Jagger solo efforts, but overall it is a rushed and ultimately flawed album.

I like the album but the production and several songs suck

aside from she saw me coming, virtually no redemption at all. a throwaway that belongs in the heap along with dirty work and steel wheels. sadly, it appears it will be their swan song, too....

Overall I like the album but can do without Street of Love and She Saw Me Coming. Sadly they didn't play many songs on this album live that would have been better on stage. Dangerous Beauty, Look What The Cat Dragged In and Let Me Down Real Slow could have all been great live.

Poor album, few decent songs and MANY bad ones. Easily on the Top 3 of worst albums.

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Easily on the Top 3 of worst albums.

top 3 of worst? how about bottom 3 of best?

i've never liked it.
Lazy lyrics and poor songwriting that does nothing for the bands legacy.

Great album throughout - except maybe Streets of Love.
I wish they did play more in concerts i saw.
"Back Of My Hand" in Ottawa was a classic.

No matter what most of you think, I find it a very enjoyable album, full of very good songs and some absolute gems, with a very distinctive sound. I listen to it alot.

Sure it has its low points (but I see that what I don't like other peolpe like and vice versa), the production could have been better, some ideas could have been better elaborated etc. etc., but with the exception of exile all albums could have been better for one reason or the other.

It's only rock and roll and I like it!


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I keep returning to it and think it has a number of really good stones songs.
Rough Justice, Let me Down, Back of my Hand, Dangerous Beauty, Laugh I nearly died.

There doesn't seem to be much out there these days that I would call Rock n Roll as we know it. It seems to be on it's last legs so I personally am glad of anything which keeps me in touch with my past preferences. The music business even plagiarised the term R & B!

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Easily on the Top 3 of worst albums.

top 3 of worst? how about bottom 3 of best?

Yep, down there with Satanic Majesties and Dirty Work but... 2000 Light Years, She's A Rainbow or One Hit are better than anything on ABB.
Funny thing: the band is on the front cover of the 3 albums.

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Easily on the Top 3 of worst albums.

top 3 of worst? how about bottom 3 of best?

Yep, down there with Satanic Majesties and Dirty Work but... 2000 Light Years, She's A Rainbow or One Hit are better than anything on ABB.
Funny thing: the band is on the front cover of the 3 albums.

i'll trade you one satanic majesty for some steel wheels. this is a limited time offer...operators standing by....

Not their best, but not their worst either.

Rough Justice - not a bad song, not great either..I fear it may turn into a warhorse like You Got Me Rocking...which to me is of the same caliber.

Let Me Down Slow - better suited for one of Mick's solo efforts

It Won't Take Long - has potential...but falls flat.

Rain Fall Down - enough with the dance tunes

Streets Of Love - ugh!

Back Of My Hand - Stones and the blues, one of the best on the album...conjures the devil right to the crossroads.

She Saw Me Coming - another high point for the album...tounge in cheek Stones.

Biggest Mistake - mistake to include this Jagger solo tune...seems like a cast-off from Goddess in the Doorway.

This Place is Empty - latter day Keith...not as good as Voodoo Lounge's Thru & Thru, but it still conveys the ragged pirate run down, but not out.

Oh No Not You Again - follows the formula, but does so much better than the Steel Wheels Mixed Emotions ever did....another high point, just not as high.

Dangerous Beauty - slinky, funky, 7 out of 10, not quite Slave, but not unlistenalbe.

Laugh, I Nearly Died - an odd tune that recieved alot of praise; however, I never really liked it, nor disliked it...sort of bland to me.

Sweet Neo Con - trying too hard to be political....not a bad song, or a bad message, but it didn't really catch the lightening like Gimmie Shelter, Sympathy, Sweet Black Angel or even Highwire....

Look What the Cat Dragged In, great song ruined by the lyrics.

Driving Too Fast - a song I've always liked....right up there with So Young.

Infamy - How can you dislike a Keith song?....well for me all I have to do is listen to this one....stay away from the dance tunes.

Under the Raday - man this should have been on the album.

We Don't Wanna Go Home - too much like Oh No Not You Again & Look What the Cat Dragged In...best suited for an outtake.

so lets see.

One potential warhorse in Rough Justice
Great Blues tunes in Back Of My Hand
Stones having fun being the Stones with Oh No & She Saw Me Comming
Keef showing his weary ragged side with This Place is Empty
Semi-decent politcal song - Sweet Neo Con
Rocker with Driving Too Fast
and excellent outtake with Under the Radar

8 good songs out of 18?

thats 44.44% effort which to me means...A Bigger Bang would have made a great EP.

the shoot 'em dead, brainbell jangler!

I like a bigger bang a lot, even streets of love. Was great live too.good memories let me down slow, is my favorite.

An obvious rush job, none of the creativity we got in BtoB

I still think it is their best album since Tatoo You. It is a compact opus with a true Stones sound with no surrender to contemporary music. In that sense, ABB can easily go thru the years. It only lacks Keith in the forefront. If HE had been pushed there, it could have been to the level of Some Girls.

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Not their best, but not their worst either.

Rough Justice - not a bad song, not great either..I fear it may turn into a warhorse like You Got Me Rocking...which to me is of the same caliber.

Let Me Down Slow - better suited for one of Mick's solo efforts

It Won't Take Long - has potential...but falls flat.

Rain Fall Down - enough with the dance tunes

Streets Of Love - ugh!

Back Of My Hand - Stones and the blues, one of the best on the album...conjures the devil right to the crossroads.

She Saw Me Coming - another high point for the album...tounge in cheek Stones.

Biggest Mistake - mistake to include this Jagger solo tune...seems like a cast-off from Goddess in the Doorway.

This Place is Empty - latter day Keith...not as good as Voodoo Lounge's Thru & Thru, but it still conveys the ragged pirate run down, but not out.

Oh No Not You Again - follows the formula, but does so much better than the Steel Wheels Mixed Emotions ever did....another high point, just not as high.

Dangerous Beauty - slinky, funky, 7 out of 10, not quite Slave, but not unlistenalbe.

Laugh, I Nearly Died - an odd tune that recieved alot of praise; however, I never really liked it, nor disliked it...sort of bland to me.

Sweet Neo Con - trying too hard to be political....not a bad song, or a bad message, but it didn't really catch the lightening like Gimmie Shelter, Sympathy, Sweet Black Angel or even Highwire....

Look What the Cat Dragged In, great song ruined by the lyrics.

Driving Too Fast - a song I've always liked....right up there with So Young.

Infamy - How can you dislike a Keith song?....well for me all I have to do is listen to this one....stay away from the dance tunes.

Under the Raday - man this should have been on the album.

We Don't Wanna Go Home - too much like Oh No Not You Again & Look What the Cat Dragged In...best suited for an outtake.

so lets see.

One potential warhorse in Rough Justice
Great Blues tunes in Back Of My Hand
Stones having fun being the Stones with Oh No & She Saw Me Comming
Keef showing his weary ragged side with This Place is Empty
Semi-decent politcal song - Sweet Neo Con
Rocker with Driving Too Fast
and excellent outtake with Under the Radar

8 good songs out of 18?

thats 44.44% effort which to me means...A Bigger Bang would have made a great EP.

44.44% of your words are crap.

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Not their best, but not their worst either.

Rough Justice - not a bad song, not great either..I fear it may turn into a warhorse like You Got Me Rocking...which to me is of the same caliber.

Let Me Down Slow - better suited for one of Mick's solo efforts

It Won't Take Long - has potential...but falls flat.

Rain Fall Down - enough with the dance tunes

Streets Of Love - ugh!

Back Of My Hand - Stones and the blues, one of the best on the album...conjures the devil right to the crossroads.

She Saw Me Coming - another high point for the album...tounge in cheek Stones.

Biggest Mistake - mistake to include this Jagger solo tune...seems like a cast-off from Goddess in the Doorway.

This Place is Empty - latter day Keith...not as good as Voodoo Lounge's Thru & Thru, but it still conveys the ragged pirate run down, but not out.

Oh No Not You Again - follows the formula, but does so much better than the Steel Wheels Mixed Emotions ever did....another high point, just not as high.

Dangerous Beauty - slinky, funky, 7 out of 10, not quite Slave, but not unlistenalbe.

Laugh, I Nearly Died - an odd tune that recieved alot of praise; however, I never really liked it, nor disliked it...sort of bland to me.

Sweet Neo Con - trying too hard to be political....not a bad song, or a bad message, but it didn't really catch the lightening like Gimmie Shelter, Sympathy, Sweet Black Angel or even Highwire....

Look What the Cat Dragged In, great song ruined by the lyrics.

Driving Too Fast - a song I've always liked....right up there with So Young.

Infamy - How can you dislike a Keith song?....well for me all I have to do is listen to this one....stay away from the dance tunes.

Under the Raday - man this should have been on the album.

We Don't Wanna Go Home - too much like Oh No Not You Again & Look What the Cat Dragged In...best suited for an outtake.

so lets see.

One potential warhorse in Rough Justice
Great Blues tunes in Back Of My Hand
Stones having fun being the Stones with Oh No & She Saw Me Comming
Keef showing his weary ragged side with This Place is Empty
Semi-decent politcal song - Sweet Neo Con
Rocker with Driving Too Fast
and excellent outtake with Under the Radar

8 good songs out of 18?

thats 44.44% effort which to me means...A Bigger Bang would have made a great EP.

44.44% of your words are crap.

20% of yours are

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Not their best, but not their worst either.

Rough Justice - not a bad song, not great either..I fear it may turn into a warhorse like You Got Me Rocking...which to me is of the same caliber.

Let Me Down Slow - better suited for one of Mick's solo efforts

It Won't Take Long - has potential...but falls flat.

Rain Fall Down - enough with the dance tunes

Streets Of Love - ugh!

Back Of My Hand - Stones and the blues, one of the best on the album...conjures the devil right to the crossroads.

She Saw Me Coming - another high point for the album...tounge in cheek Stones.

Biggest Mistake - mistake to include this Jagger solo tune...seems like a cast-off from Goddess in the Doorway.

This Place is Empty - latter day Keith...not as good as Voodoo Lounge's Thru & Thru, but it still conveys the ragged pirate run down, but not out.

Oh No Not You Again - follows the formula, but does so much better than the Steel Wheels Mixed Emotions ever did....another high point, just not as high.

Dangerous Beauty - slinky, funky, 7 out of 10, not quite Slave, but not unlistenalbe.

Laugh, I Nearly Died - an odd tune that recieved alot of praise; however, I never really liked it, nor disliked it...sort of bland to me.

Sweet Neo Con - trying too hard to be political....not a bad song, or a bad message, but it didn't really catch the lightening like Gimmie Shelter, Sympathy, Sweet Black Angel or even Highwire....

Look What the Cat Dragged In, great song ruined by the lyrics.

Driving Too Fast - a song I've always liked....right up there with So Young.

Infamy - How can you dislike a Keith song?....well for me all I have to do is listen to this one....stay away from the dance tunes.

Under the Raday - man this should have been on the album.

We Don't Wanna Go Home - too much like Oh No Not You Again & Look What the Cat Dragged In...best suited for an outtake.

so lets see.

One potential warhorse in Rough Justice
Great Blues tunes in Back Of My Hand
Stones having fun being the Stones with Oh No & She Saw Me Comming
Keef showing his weary ragged side with This Place is Empty
Semi-decent politcal song - Sweet Neo Con
Rocker with Driving Too Fast
and excellent outtake with Under the Radar

8 good songs out of 18?

thats 44.44% effort which to me means...A Bigger Bang would have made a great EP.

True honest , the best Bigger Bang review for me.
Thanks!

One of the best album since the 70´s!!
Not a bad song, I love it!

I don't think it sounds that great these days. I mostly listen to Driving Too Fast, Look What The Cat Dragged In, She Saw Me Coming and This Place is Empty.
I wish I was as excited about this album as I was in 2005 when finally a new Stones cd was released after 8 long years of waiting.

Well I did the same last week. Haven't played it for some time but got an urge from somewhere deep in my mind. It said "Do it man, do it. Put on that record again"
And it f*****g blew my mind once again.

It's a really, really great album to which they have to work hard to top.

To me Driving to fast, She saw me coming, Dangerous beauty, Laugh I nearly died are the top songs. But there loads of them in that album.

Dig it!

Been Stoned since 1964 and still am!



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We SO wanted the album to be a good one, but alas it wasn't.

this is the worst record of all for me. i like sol and lind best.

the production on that record is so bad that it hurts. fire don was , now!

Almost totally love it, even got to like Dangrous Beauty after a year or 2....

Only a few good songs and sorry but Mick Jagger playing dominate guitar on almost every song....that is not the Stones to me. That's the Mick Jagger project.

The Stones have ALWAYS been about the guitars to me. Mick is a fine rythmn player but last time I checked he was the singer.

Keith didn't bring enough to the table and Ronnie was excluded for most of it except for some overdubbing.

Wrong way to make a great Stones album and alas...it wasn't.