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Bridges To Babylon (Album) by The Rolling Stones

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The Rolling Stones Is An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1962. Active For Six Decades They Are One Of The Most Popular And Enduring Bands Of The Rock Era. In The Early 1960s The Rolling Stones Pioneered The Gritty Rhythmically Driven Sound That Came To Define Hard Rock. Their First Stable Line-Up Consisted Of Vocalist Mick Jagger Multi-Instrumentalist Brian Jones Guitarist Keith Richards Bassist Bill Wyman And Drummer Charlie Watts. During Their Formative Years Jones Was The Primary Leader He Assembled The Band Named It Got Them Gigs And Drove Their Sound And Image. After Andrew Loog Oldham Became The Group's Manager In 1963 He Encouraged Them To Write Their Own Songs. Jagger And Richards Became The Primary Creative Force Behind The Band Alienating Jones Who Had Developed A Drug Addiction That Interfered With His Ability To Contribute Meaningfully. Rooted In Blues And Early Rock And Roll The Rolling Stones Started Out Playing Covers And Were At The Forefront Of The British Invasion In 1964 Becoming Identified With The Youthful And Rebellious Counterculture Of The 1960s. They Then Found Greater Success With Their Own Material As " I Can't Get No Satisfaction" 1965 "Get Off Of My Cloud" 1965 And "Paint It Black" 1966 Became International Number-One Hits. Aftermath 1966 – Their First Entirely Original Album – Is Considered By The Daily Telegraph To Be The Most Important Of Their Formative Records. In 1967 They Had The Double-Sided Hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend The Night Together" And Experimented With Psychedelic Rock On Their Satanic Majesties Request. They Returned To Their Rhythm And Blues Roots With Hit Songs Such As "Jumpin' Jack Flash" 1968 And "Honky Tonk Women" 1969 And Albums Such As Beggars Banquet 1968 Featuring "Sympathy For The Devil" And Let It Bleed 1969 Featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" And "Gimme Shelter". Let It Bleed Was The First Of Five Consecutive Number-One Albums In The UK. Jones Left The Band Shortly Before His Death In 1969 Having Been Replaced By Guitarist Mick Taylor. That Year They Were First Introduced On Stage As "The Greatest Rock And Roll Band In The World". Sticky Fingers 1971 Which Yielded "Brown Sugar" And Included The First Usage Of Their Tongue And Lips Logo Was Their First Of Eight Consecutive Number-One Studio Albums In The US. Exile On Main St. 1972 Featuring "Tumbling Dice" And Goats Head Soup 1973 Yielding The Hit Ballad "Angie" Were Also Best Sellers. Taylor Was Replaced By Ron Wood In 1974. The Band Continued To Release Successful Albums Including Their Two Largest Sellers Some Girls 1978 Featuring "Miss You" And Tattoo You 1981 Featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels 1989 Was Widely Considered A Comeback Album And Was Followed By Voodoo Lounge 1994 A Worldwide Number-One Album. Both Releases Were Promoted By Large Stadium And Arena Tours As The Stones Continued To Be A Huge Concert Attraction By 2007 They Had Recorded The All-Time Highest-Grossing Concert Tour Three Times And As Recently As 2021 They Were The Highest-Earning Live Act Of The Year. From Wyman's Departure In 1993 To Watts' Death In 2021 The Band Continued As A Four-Piece Core With Darryl Jones Playing Bass On Tour And On Most Studio Recordings While Steve Jordan Became Their Touring Drummer Following Watts' Death. Their 2016 Album Blue & Lonesome Became Their Twelfth UK Number-One Album. The Rolling Stones' Estimated Record Sales Of 200 Million Make Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Band Has Won Three Grammy Awards And A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1989 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2004. Billboard Magazine And Rolling Stone Have Ranked The Band As One Of The Greatest Of All Time. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones Studio Albums
The Rolling Stones / England's Newest Hit Makers 1964 12 X 5 1964 The Rolling Stones No. 2 / The Rolling Stones Now! 1965 Out Of Our Heads 1965 December's Children And Everybody's 1965 Aftermath 1966 Between The Buttons 1967 Their Satanic Majesties Request 1967 Beggars Banquet 1968 Let It Bleed 1969 Sticky Fingers 1971 Exile On Main St. 1972 Goats Head Soup 1973 It's Only Rock 'n Roll 1974 Black And Blue 1976 Some Girls 1978 Emotional Rescue 1980 Tattoo You 1981 Undercover 1983 Dirty Work 1986 Steel Wheels 1989 Voodoo Lounge 1994 Bridges To Babylon 1997 A Bigger Bang 2005 Blue & Lonesome 2016 Hackney Diamonds 2023

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Bridges To Babylon Is An Album By The Rolling Stones And Was Released In 1997. It Would Prove To Be Their Final Studio Album Of The 1990s And Their Last Full-Length Release Of New Songs Until 2005. The Album Was Supported By A Massive Year-Long Worldwide Tour That Met With Much Success. Following The Voodoo Lounge Voodoo Lounge Tour And Stripped Projects Of 1994/1995 The Stones Afforded Themselves A Brief Respite From Their Recent Spate Of Prolific Work Before Leaders Mick Jagger And Keith Richards Began Devising New Numbers Together In The Summer Of 1996 With Demos To Follow At The End Of The Year. Although The Band Would Use Don Was As A Producer Again Jagger—impressed With Their Work On Beck's Odelay—wanted To Bring The Dust Brothers In To Work With The Band. Richards Typically Wasn't Keen On The Idea Thus The Only Tracks That Would Bear Their Influence Would Be "Anybody Seen My Baby" "Saint Of Me" And "Might As Well Get Juiced" It Was Thus The First And So Far Only Stones Album To Feature Sampling. A Few Extra Producers Would Also Contribute To Give The Project A More Rounded Feel. Bridges To Babylon Was Recorded During The Spring Into Summer Months Of 1997 In Los Angeles In A Matter Of Four Months—one Of Their Most Concise Periods Of Recording In Years—and Was Being Mastered Just As Projected Lead Single "Anybody Seen My Baby?" Was Discovered To Sound Like Another Famous Song. Richards' Daughter Angela Brought It To Her Father's Attention That The Rolling Stones' New Song Bore A Striking Resemblance To K.D. Lang's 1992 Hit "Constant Craving" In Its Chorus. Seeking To Avoid Any Possible Future Legal Entanglements Lang And Her Co-Writer Ben Mink Were Credited With Jagger And Richards On The Potentially Offending Song. Upon Its Release It Would Reach #22 In The UK And Become A US Radio Rock Hit. Bridges To Babylon Containing An Unprecedented Three Solo Moments By Keith Richards Was Released To Mixed Reviews And It Reached #6 In The UK And #3 In The US Where It Went Platinum. Further Singles "Saint Of Me" And "Out Of Control" Were Also Minor Hits. Eight Different Musicians Played Bass On The Album Jeff Sarli Jamie Muhoberac Blondie Chaplin Don Was Danny Saber Darryl Jones Me'shell Ndegeocello And Doug Wimbish. The Stones Had Become A Touring Phenomenon By This Point. The Bridges To Babylon Tour In 1997 Consisted Of 108 Shows Making It The Second Largest Grossing North American Tour Of All Time. Cover Art By Stefan Sagmeister. In 2009 Bridges To Babylon Was Remastered And Reissued By Universal Music. Track Listing
All Songs By Mick Jagger And Keith Richards Except Where Noted. "Flip The Switch" – 3 27 "Anybody Seen My Baby?" Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/k.D. Lang/Ben Mink – 4 31 "Low Down" – 4 26 "Already Over Me" – 5 24 "Gunface" – 5 02 "You Don't Have To Mean It" – 3 44 "Out Of Control" – 4 43 "Saint Of Me" – 5 14 "Might As Well Get Juiced" – 5 23 "Always Suffering" – 4 43 "Too Tight" – 3 37 "Thief In The Night" Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/Pierre De Beauport – 5 15 "How Can I Stop" – 6 54 Japanese Edition Bonus Track "Angie" Live At The Tokyo Dome 5 March 1995 – 3 39 Personnel
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – Lead And Backing Vocals Electric And Acoustic Guitar Keyboards Harmonica And Shaker Keith Richards – Electric And Acoustic Guitar Vocals And Piano Charlie Watts – Drums And Backing Vocals Ronnie Wood – Electric Slide And Pedal Steel Guitar And Dobro Additional Musicians Kenny Aronoff – Bucket Blondie Chaplin – Backing Vocals Tambourine Piano Bass Guitar Percussion Shaker And Maracas Matt Clifford – Piano And Organ Pierre De Beauport – Six-String Bass And Piano Bernard Fowler – Backing Vocals Jim Keltner – Percussion And Shaker Darryl Jones – Bass Guitar Darrell Leonard – Trumpet Biz Markee – Rapping Jamie Muhoberac – Keyboards And Bass Guitar Me'Shell Ndegeocello – Bass Guitar Billy Preston – Organ Danny Saber – Bass Guitar Electric Guitar Clavinet And Keyboards Jeff Sarli – Bass Guitar Wayne Shorter – Saxophone Joe Sublett – Saxophone Benmont Tench – Organ Piano And Keyboards Waddy Wachtel – Electric And Acoustic Guitar And Backing Vocals Don Was – Piano Bass Guitar And Keyboards Doug Wimbish – Backing Vocals And Bass Guitar Chart Positions
Album Year Chart Position 1997 UK Top 75 Albums 6 1997 The Billboard 200 3 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1997 "Anybody Seen My Baby?" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1997 "Anybody Seen My Baby?" UK Top 75 Singles 22
1997 "Flip The Switch" Mainstream Rock Tracks 14
1998 "Saint Of Me" UK Top 75 Singles 26
1998 "Saint Of Me" The Billboard Hot 10
1998 "Saint Of Me" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 23
1998 "Saint Of Me" Mainstream Rock Tracks 13
1998 "Out Of Control" UK Top 75 Singles 51

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