Rated 2/10
It's so funny being on the user albums list with such a wide variety of stuff and then being dragged back to the main list and having to listen to... this. Here's 3 reasons why this is one of the worst inclusions on the list.
1. This album sucks. The production is awful and the bland, overplayed blues riffs make it sound like it was made as background music for a millennial burger restaurant. And while everyone plays their instruments fine, Mick Jagger cannot sing to save his life. All the power in his voice is long gone, and no amount of reverb/vocal distortion can save him.
2. Even as a legacy album this is a terrible inclusion. It isn't a final statement like Blackstar or You Want It Darker. (Which was removed from this list, what the hell!) It doesn't show the evolution of their style or songwriting like The Rising or For That Beautiful Feeling. It's just "good-old fashioned" Stones again! If anything, this only shows the Rolling Stones as dramatically weaker than their prime.
3. Seriously? No Olivia Rodrigo? No Chappell Roan? No Black Country, New Road? No Lady Gaga? (Her collab on this album DOESN'T COUNT!) This decade has brought so many great faces and great albums, but we're STILL getting oldhead white boy blues no one asked for and has had no relevance over the past decade.
In conclusion, I am 99% sure this album was included for Robert Dimery and no one else. If this book gets any new editions in the future, please dear God give it to someone who isn't a senior citizen.
