Gazza wrote on Aug 23
rd, 2016 at 4:57pm:
Ian Billen wrote on Aug 22
nd, 2016 at 10:23pm:
It appears The Stones will not release a new studio album this year. In December they are going to release an all blues covers album. IORR is 'officially' reporting it. Sure... nothing is for certain but Bv is 'generally' accurate (<< not 100% of the time but ...generally speaking hes 'usually' correct).
Word has it Universal (and probably The Stones) want to wait until the market is better to release a new studio album (uhh ... really? ... Seriously?? .. Awwwwe ..poor Stones .. The market isn't good enough for them).
So ... after 12 years we are getting an album of covers .. How bloody fantastic ..
Sure.. I'll buy it and it will most likely be pretty cool .. but really.. that is the best they can do???
Yep. Something they cranked out in two days 8 months ago which could have been done with minimal effort at any time in the last 19 years when they managed just one album of new songs.
But hey, better late than never. Plus, Mick seems to be singing better these days than when he was plagued by a terrible outbreak of over-enunciating about five years ago (see that execrable cover of 'Watching the river flow' from around then).
In fact, why wait another three or four months. Just put the fucker out now if its ready. Its not as if they have to tie this release in with a 'tour' or anything.
Gazza. I agree here with you 100% on every account.
They could hold back The Blues album until next winter .. then release it. There has been talk the new studio album is now done .. Then Universal says they are working on it all the time?? (who knows.. ? They have been all over the map with their comments).
A blues album of covers is something not difficult for this group and we had to wait all this time to get 'that'...??
You are right... No they don't have to tour.. They could just put out an album... It's what we most want. Then they could even put out the Blues thing next December... but finish and release a F***G album will ya? Dammmmn.
All they do is retread old waters anymore...wow?
What is the whole point of the Vegas Show? All this makes no sense... and like I said I will certainly buy the blues album and I do look forward to it but geeze.. how bout a new album first (and instead) boys?
It isnt about The music.. it is about squeezing a few dollars out of the most prone time. IMO it wont make hardly a difference in their case. The people who are going to buy the record will buy it now...or whenever.. Nobody says to themselves "..Well .. I'm not into The Stones.. BUT ya know what... the record (album) market is coming back now a dayz.. looks like Ill go get or download The new Stones record after all.." (I mean come on).
The people who are going to get are going to do such regardless of the market. Having a good market isn't going to make that much of a dent on their sales either way. A good market won't make that much difference in their case.