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Rolling Stones
"Bridges To Babylon"
© Virgin Records
Year of Release: 1999
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track listing
Flip The Switch
Anybody Seen My Baby
Low Down
Already Over Me
Gunface
You Don't Have To Mean It
Out Of Control
Saint Of Me
Might As Well Get Juiced
Always Suffering
Too Tight
Thief In The Night
How Can I Stop
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Rolling Stones "Bridges To Babylon"
It seems our choosing of weekly albums likes the Rolling Stones. Since
2001, numerous Stones releases have been chosen:
Beggars Banquet,
Aftermath, and
Dirty Work. This week, their 1997 release, Bridges To
Babylon is chosen, and like their later releases, it's either a hit
(for the die-hard Stones fan), or a miss (for the others in general).
"Flip And Switch" has the same sound as later releases, such as Dirty
Work, likewise "Anybody Seen My Baby" relates to Voodoo Lounge.
The true-grit sound of the Stones is heard on "Low Down," easily
recognized as a Rolling Stones song, the first few seconds you hear it.
"Already Over Me" is a good ballad, and its easy to hear how the
Stones have aged over the decades, in a good sense here. "Gunface" may
not be as good as previous rockers, yet it's the Stones at what they do best,
and that's mixing rock with blues grit. And another least favorite tune is
"You Don't Have To Mean It." Could it be because Keith is on lead vocal?
Not necessarily, it's just a different song in general for the Stones.
The next tune however, has great potential: "Out Of Control" is
mysterious and is a typical great Stones song from start to finish.
"Saint of Me" may need a few listens more to enjoy, but it does get
better as the tune sets in. "Might As Well Get Juiced" is another
song that is fair, may not get the juices exactly going, but it's a pretty
good tune. "Always Suffering" is another ballad, and it seems the
ballads on this release seem to have the better sound for the aging Stones.
"Too Tight" is a rocker, yet it shows the aging Stones as much as
they rock on this song, they have had better years. "Thief In The Night"
is a medium-paced song, and again, it's a pretty good song, but not enough to
rant and rave about. Yet the ending song is another ballad, and like previous
ballads on this release, "How Can I Stop" and the like have the better potentials.
The Stones may or may not have been better with age, yet it shows how they
try to rock, and the results being fair to good. However, the ballads seem to
have a better sound here, a good sign for the now 50-something Stones.
For the die-hard Stones fan, this album will always be enjoyable, but
the Stones already had their prime in the '60s and '70s. As much as they
continue to rock in their "golden years," they have proved It's Only Rock 'n'
Roll, and they like it. But... when you've had it for 20 years, and all of a
sudden, it tends to be less exciting, its best to just put it aside, and let
the fresh young artists take over. There aren't that many new artists to rant
and rave about these days as it used to be, but there are always a few standouts
that do deserve the recognition.
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