QuoteHairball "Elvis Presley’s The Wonder Of You focuses on the iconic artist’s unmistakable voice with lush new orchestral accompaniment". - Elvis Seems a bit odd,has anybody heard any of this? It's actually a sequel to last year's "If I Can Dream" album. The concept takes original Elvis vocals and pairs them with newly-recorded music from the Royal Philharmon
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Hits Daily Double has it at #4 on the Sales Plus Streaming chart and #2 on the Album Sales chart. What's impressive is that this was accomplished without a supertour or the kind of massive marketing push that accompanied albums like Voodoo Lounge, Forty Licks, and A Bigger Bang.
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QuoteKRiffhard Mick told that he wants an 'eclectic' album. He is totally anti-nostalgia and he loves modern sound. I don't think his 40 demos are 'honest and raw' as B&L. We can only hope that B&L changes his mind! Mick loves to be relevant though, which is not the same as wanting to be tied to any specific flavor of the month. If B&L had simply sold w
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Quotemailexile67 sure...But the "concept" is the same! A better comparison would be Johnny Cash's American Recordings series, as Blue And Lonesome is very true to the essence of the Stones and has garnered critical acclaim. If they do decide to cash in on this success with a bunch of similar albums over the next few years, I can think of far worse scenarios. It would certainl
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QuoteLorenz No please, no more cover albums. 1 was cool, more would be lame and cement their reputation as not having any creative force left. Yes, I suspect Mick will be more motivated now to deliver an album of new material and will want to avoid becoming stuck in a rut of making cover albums. I always had the impression that a blues album was his way of testing the waters. Some fans want
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QuoterustyThe Stones records 5 songs 11 Dec. 6 songs 14 Dec. But only 1 song on the last day.??????? Can't believe it. Wasn't the last track Hoo Doo Blues? (Don't have the booklet with me right now.) If so, Mick has said Ronnie wasn't too familiar with that song and implied it took a while for the band to work out their arrangement. That may explain why the last
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QuotegeorgelicksDon't take Hits' number as the real ones, also the last update (Friday) is the main one. Yet, the official numbers will be released on Sanday night. Does this mean the album is still projected to hit around 120-125k?
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QuoteHairballA country covers album might be a better option, but again I don't see it happening. If they don't complete an album of new originals, I could easily see a sequel to Blue and Lonesome given the welcome reception and success of this one. Yes, I'm not really sure there's going to be a big demand for the Stones to branch out into covering other genres. Rod Stewar
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Quotemr_dja Only if Mick agreed to do the country album without attempting to affect a "psudo-country/southern accent". The reggae album I'm not really all that sure about. Two others that I'd like to hear: 1) A soul/r&b covers album 2) A rock & roll covers album both with new covers as opposed to new version of the soul/r&b/r&r songs they've al
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QuoteHarlem Shuffler"Best first week EVER". This is amazing. Do you or your contacts have any theories as to why it so popular, georgelicks? I'd also be curious to hear what georgelicks' contacts at Universal are saying after this debut. Personally, I think it's a combination of being the kind of novelty concept that tends to be an easy sell around the holidays (thin
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QuoteMisterDDDD Went to my local Best Buy here in the Northwest (USA) and they had "just sold out" of it.. was surprised. It's also showing as "backordered" on BestBuy.com. Amazon (US) as well, which now says "Usually ships within 1 to 2 months"!!!
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My hope was that a blues album would do for the Stones what American Recordings and Great American Songbook did for Johnny Cash and Rod Stewart, respectively. All of them are the kind of simple, easy=to-sell concept albums that tend to do well for classic artists. (RCA is currently enjoying a similar kind of success with the Elvis and Royal Philharmonic series.) It'll be interesting to
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Commit A Crime All Of Your Love Hate To See You Go Little Rain
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Quotewhitem8Unnecessary when you could have done so much more. Apparently not, as this video attracted more views in a day than Hate To See You go has in nearly a month. So credit to Kristen Stewart for helping sell the album, as she generated plenty of headlines of her own just for appearing in the video. Had it been another moody, black and white video of the band in a club it's doub
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Quote35love I did not get that the Zebra was post nuclear world (can't spell 'A' word) So the Zebra escaped the zoo? Or was released by someone. The empty streets, burning car, and scarcity of gasoline are all meant to convey the setting. Much like the references to zombies in Doom And Gloom, we can probably chalk it up to Mick recognizing the popularity of post-apocalyptic
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Quotemr_djaI didn't realize that the dude was a cop. I thought that the dude was just driving a cop car. You were right the first time- it's just a guy that has stolen a cop car. He's asking where she managed to find gasoline (and she's prepared to kill him with a tire iron) because the video is taking place in a post-apocalyptic setting. My first thought when the zebra
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Quotetomcasagranda One odd thing has happened with Blue & Lonesome, which doesn't normally happen with recent Stones studio albums, be they band or solo, and that is that I haven't skipped any of the tracks. Yeah, I feel like all the tracks have the same energy, which means it doesn't really matter which one happens to be playing. I may intend to play a certain track but if
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To me it's like an entire album of Tallahassee Lassie...that sort of loose, sloppy, primal energy that just makes you feel like you gotta f***, fight, or do anything you want. It wouldn't surprise me if this ends up being a sleeper hit as it basically distills everything that's cool about the Stones into just over 40 minutes. At this point saying it's the band's best
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I think we just have to chalk it up to the dangers of visiting a discussion forum. It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while there's a chance an actual discussion could break out.
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QuoteHairballAnd what's not to like about the cover of Crosseyed Heart? A simple black and white picture of a grinning Keith w/his arms crossed and his gnarled fingers on full display. Every picture tells a story, and this one says alot about Keith and his solo album. Yes, I don't recall any kind of consensus about Crosseyed Heart being a terrible cover upon release. It not only d
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QuoteebalmNot sure how one can knock the fact that it was recorded in 3 days (not 2 like the article says) and knock the fact there were no overdubs. Perhaps he should go back and listen to Superheavy. Yeah even though he's trying to spin it as laziness on the band's part, it's still laughable that he would single out that aspect of the recording. That's like someone critic
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QuoteHairballKeith might deserve some of the credit as well just by letting the minimal production of his last solo album do the talking. There's something to be said about keeping things simple: Yes, I'd love to think Crosseyed Heart's production impressed Mick enough to try something more stripped-down. It's even more exciting to think how Blue And Lonesome could end up
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QuoteWuudy I like the artwork. It's simple and conveys the message. I don't understand why people here have such a problem with it. Who cares, it's just an album cover. Most people won't even buy the physical album but buy it online. I think that sentiment is the fundamental issue some fans have: The cover implies something disposable, which also means it fails to accurately
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Quotebitusa2012Back up vocals? Other instruments? God NO. THAT is exactly the trouble with so many records, and certainly true of all the Stones albums since and including Voodoo. Yeah, I was a little worried about this album being too polished, as most of the Stones' blues efforts have been for the past 30 years. So I definitely think Don Was and Mick deserve some credit for resisting th
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QuotemaumauNo I am referring to the link to the product someone posted here from bol.com (which later has disappeared from the website) which listed a double LP. The vinyl version will be a double LP, but will contain the same number of songs as the regular release.
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The blue logo itself is fine, but placing it on a similar background just makes it a bit of an eyesore. The image below reveals how the logo was being projected onto the buildings around London and, imo, pairing it with a black background transforms the cover into a far more iconic design. If nothing else, it appears to reflect the raw, timeless music that will be contained within better than t
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Wow, first thought is that Mick actually took my advice and recorded "Commit A Crime" with the Stones! He did a great version with Jeff Beck a few years ago for a White House event: I still think the blue tongue on a black background would make a much classier album cover (and be much easier on the eyes) but that's a very minor complaint all things considered. This looks lik
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QuoteMaindefender QuoteIrix Quotekish_stoned the reason why this has gone to 134 pages cause no news from stones camp,the listing of the songs or cover of the album,so fans get fed up and write lot of rubbish. Yeah - Jann S. Wenner seems to be in vacation and the Rolling Stone has now to quote IORR instead .... Kudos to BV, but what does this say about the industry to have RS quote a me
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QuoteRocky Dijon If this is really all about the band refusing to accept their shrinking market, their best option is to include a copy of the new album with each concert ticket sold. Other artists have done it to guarantee they will sell more than 500,000 copies. I've always wondered why they never experimented with this strategy sooner, especially given how wildly successful their modern
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Quotegeorgelicks*Additional options could be exclusive deals with streaming services or exclusive versions on Target, Itunes, etc with bonus tracks as the blues stuff. Thanks for the update georgelicks! My assumption was that the rumored blues album was being pitched as the Stones' version of an American Recordings, Van Lear Rose, or even Great American Songbook: An album built around
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