Crosseyed Heart is goddamned great,  Hope he tours.

Shame we can't have a Stones record like this.

It's growing on me. It's making me want to play guitar...

Nice one. A bit long with too many ballads imho. But solid effort Keef!! Let’s enjoy it !

They censored motherfucker out of the title track, or am I wrong? Sounded better with it in the doc.

Playing it again now. I'm liking it more and more with each spin.

It really is a heart felt album. My favorite right now is JUST A GIFT. I also think SOMETHING FOR NOTHING is so damn catchy that it could be an actual hit.

Just listened through for the first time. Spun Trouble just once then avoided all the other previews. Let me just say, Keith, bless his heart. He's a treasure and a wonder. Having new music from him under any circumstances is absolutely preferable to nothing. I have to say though that it struck me that practically everything on here seemed to be a rewrite of something previous. Plus a random array of old Winos and Stones melodies and licks from the days of yore. Even down to a lost Toronto demo. That said, I really enjoyed it, and the mere fact of Keith Richards making music is a spectacular thing. And it's great to see him looking so healthy these days. First album cover ever without a cigarette! Who knows, this one has the potential to really grow on me. . . .

Fine stuff from Keef. Gave this album 5 spins in the past 2 days. Love it.

Zack wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 11:25am:

Just listened through for the first time. Spun Trouble just once then avoided all the other previews. Let me just say, Keith, bless his heart. He's a treasure and a wonder. Having new music from him under any circumstances is absolutely preferable to nothing. I have to say though that it struck me that practically everything on here seemed to be a rewrite of something previous. Plus a random array of old Winos and Stones melodies and licks from the days of yore. Even down to a lost Toronto demo. That said, I really enjoyed it, and the mere fact of Keith Richards making music is a spectacular thing. And it's great to see him looking so healthy these days. First album cover ever without a cigarette! Who knows, this one has the potential to really grow on me. . . .

You're right about melodies and beats repeated from past songs.  But why I say it's a shame we can't have a Stones record like this is that Crosseyed Heart does it with soul and the kind of playfulness that leads to reinvention.  The Stones do it all with effort.  When the Stones repeat formulas, or even when they labor to pull out something new, like on ABB, it sounds strained and forced.  There are many songs on Crosseyed Heart that would be great for the Stones if the Stones did them without tarting them up or pushing them too hard.

In contrast, listen to Stones albums from, say, IORR forward, and hear how much they depend on effort and exertion compared to the albums of the decade before.  Effort bought them a lot on IORR, Black and Blue and Some Girls; and it saved Emotional Rescue and totally elevated the scraps that became the great Tattoo You.  But as the quality of the material declined with time and age, you hear not great songs but the effort to make an album that will sell.

If you listen to Keith's song demos, such as on the Voodoo Stew-Brew-Residue collections, you sense that Keith writes them, then lets Jagger be not just the final lyricist but the band's musical director, just shy of a co-producer of the albums.  Really, Keith should be the musical director, as his unreleased work for the Dirty Work sessions shows.  What's missing from the released Dirty Work would have created a totally different and more memorable record.

Crosseyed Heart could have done without "Goodnight Irene," which I've been tired of since the days of Pete Seeger.  But Keith puts his own vocal spin on the lyrics.  You can always cut that track when you program or burn, or put it at the end of the record where it belongs.  (Open with blues, close with blues.)

I was waiting to hear everyone's reviews before I went out to buy it, so it seems like everyone finds it worthwhile although not earth shattering fabulous.

I've been spinning nonstop now. It's a fun record. Great lead guitar work from Keith throughout the album.

Written, played and sung with emotion and confidence from beginning to end.Recorded beautifully.and honestly. Real music from a man who has led an unreal life. I think its a brilliant record. Its not the Wino's and its not the Stones.  It's Keith.  The best Keith ever. Thanks Keith. Well done.

I have to agree with Tele, this is Keith - all Keith.  A couple of tracks remind me of the Winos, but the feel of this record is not Talk is Cheap or Main Offender.  This one feels closer to home. 

I LOVE it!  Robbed Blind is ranking high on my favorites right now.  Keith's take of Goodnight Irene is fabulous.  Stark, dark and folksy.  I wish he would have used someone other than Nora Jones on that duet.  A woman with a bluesier/torch singer voice would have been better, but that's just my opinion.  A few more listens and my favorite tracks could change.

This is the kind of album I wish the Stones would make.  You can tell by listening to it that this is what Keith wanted to record and he took his time.  There's no commercial 'theme.'  Just a man making a record.  Buy it! :)

AngieBlue wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2015 at 8:04am:

I have to agree with Tele, this is Keith - all Keith.  A couple of tracks remind me of the Winos, but the feel of this record is not Talk is Cheap or Main Offender.  This one feels closer to home.  I LOVE it!  Robbed Blind is ranking high on my favorites right now.  Keith's take of Goodnight Irene is fabulous.  Stark, dark and folksy.  I wish he would have used someone other than Nora Jones on that duet.  A woman with a bluesier/torch singer voice would have been better, but that's just my opinion.  A few more listens and my favorite tracks could change. This is the kind of album I wish the Stones would make.  You can tell by listening to it that this is what Keith wanted to record and he took his time.  There's no commercial 'theme.'  Just a man making a record.  Buy it! :)

I'm there now.

I have not enjoyed this one. It seems too much like a throw away to me. just my opinion, if others can enjoy it that is great.

Some sales numbers so far:

UK Midweek chart (Friday-Monday)

1 David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (35.0k)
2 Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon (21.7k)
3 Cliff Richard - 75 at 75 – 75 Career Spanning Hits (10.5k)
4 Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh (9.8k)
5 Keith Richards - Crosseyed Heart (7.9k)

Keith's album was very front-loaded with only 500 copies sold yesterday, and with less than 1,000 copies between #5 and #7, we can expect a #7 or #8 debut by Friday with about 9.0-9.5k sold total.

Still a UK Top 10 debut it's an impressive result for him, Talk Is Cheap peaked at #37 (3 weeks on Top 100) and Main Offender at #45 (2 weeks on Top 100).
From all the Stones' solo albums, only She's The Boss went Top 10 peaking at #6.

Also, some debuts with only 3 days sales:

Japan:

#6 (NEW) 1 Crosseyed Heart (8,139 copies sold)

Argentina:

#6 (NEW) 1 Crosseyed Heart

Has anybody heard the Best Buy cd with the bonus cut?
It's listed as "Love Forever" which is on the regular album.
Alternate take?
Can somebody please post.
Wish they would have announced this beforehand.
Hate to have to buy the whole cd again.
Bastards!

I meant "Forever Love.

dadrob wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2015 at 9:25am:

I have not enjoyed this one. It seems too much like a throw away to me. just my opinion, if others can enjoy it that is great.

If the Stones would go into the studio and make a throwaway, they might be better off.  What is Exile but a long throwaway, essentially recorded on the fly and then overdubbed quick and dirty and uncertainly?  Read Glyn Johns' account in Mojo or in his book.

OK- bottom line. It is real good! I got to really check it out last night. I really like it. Song 13 is amazing! The album flows very well.

I totally screwed  up previous posting. Duh.

Best Buy here in US advertises the new KR as having a 16th bonus cut. On their track listing, it appears simply as  "Love Overdue [Bonus Track]."

Now "Love Overdue" is already listed as one of the 15 original tracks.

Apparently, the bonus track has Lee "Scratch" Perry on it.

Hope I'm not giving out info that everybody already knows.
Wouldn't be the first time.

It will be featured today during my travels.

Any utube song links?

Been too busy with work and stuff.

ITunes store does not show the Scratch Perry extra track. However with 132 reviews to date the album has 4.5 out of 5.0 rating.

Some Guy wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2015 at 8:00am:

OK- bottom line. It is real good! I got to really check it out last night. I really like it. Song 13 is amazing! The album flows very well.

song 12 guys, song 12. Love me some song 12!

So where are the link samples beforr I go to the public library.

The record is amazing. I cruised through a black neighborhood and a few sisters looked my way when I was blasting "Lover's Plea" through my car's speakers.

Getting better & better with each spin.

except "goodnight Eileen".. dreadful.

I can't get Something For Nothing...out of my head....I put Irene as the last song when I burned the disc

It is well worth owning.

Some Guy wrote on Sep 24^th, 2015 at 1:20pm:

Some Guy wrote on Sep 23rd, 2015 at 8:00am: OK- bottom line. It is real good! I got to really check it out last night. I really like it. Song 13 is amazing! The album flows very well. song 12 guys, song 12. Love me some song 12!

Just a Gift- yes! That's the one most dig-able currently.

:keithpunkyNothing on Me might be the best song on this album.

leonid wrote on Sep 25^th, 2015 at 1:37pm:

:keithpunkyNothing on Me might be the best song on this album.

love that little eee-wee-uuu in there!

Some Guy wrote on Sep 25^th, 2015 at 1:39pm:

leonid wrote on Sep 25th, 2015 at 1:37pm: :keithpunkyNothing on Me might be the best song on this album. love that little eee-wee-uuu in there!

Good stuff all around. Hats off to Keith.

Official, #7 debut on the UK.

http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/david-gilmour-scores-second-solo-number-1-album-with-rattle-that-lock-im-delighted-__10834/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums


It the second Top 10 album by a solo Stone there, She's The Boss reached #6 in 1985.


UK Sales:
1 David Gilmour 48,075
2 Lana Del Rey 28,391
3 Jess Glynne 16,262
4 Cliff Richard 16,131
5 The Stereophonics 12,362
6 Drake & Future 12,038
7 Keith Richards 11,302
8 Ed Sheeran 10,365
9 Bring Me The Horizon 9,073
10 James Bay 8,128

From Music Week:

"A charter member of The Rolling Stones, who delivered their 22nd and most recent studio album A Bigger Bang a little over 10 years ago, Keith Richard has always been a little more reticent in releasing solo albums, and prior efforts Talk is Cheap (1988) and Main Offender (1992) haven't really set the chart alight, with respective peaks of number 37 and number 45. However, with Radio Two airing first single Trouble upwards of 50 times already (it peaked at #64 on the Airplay Top 100 chart), the 71 year old's third album Crosseyed Heart debuts at number seven (11,302 sales). Including Rolling Stones releases, it is his 51st chart album. Its debut comes 15 weeks after the releases of deluxe and super deluxe editions saw The Rolling Stones' classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers return to the Top 10 at #7 too."

Steel Wheels wrote on Sep 24^th, 2015 at 7:05pm:

The record is amazing. I cruised through a black neighborhood and a few sisters looked my way when I was blasting "Lover's Plea" through my car's speakers.

very caucasian. Thanks!

I;m convinced Illusion with Nora Jones could be a huge hit if released to the right radio outlets.

It's growing on me.
Blues in the Morning is a good one.

Rick

"Had a hard-on babe but now it's come and gone." KR

Agree with you guys about "something for nothing »... love the intro, the groove and the riff..reminds me a lot Frank Black’s work with the catholics.

Keef gets my thumbs up on this one, perfect mixture of the essence of his soul.

The album debuted at #11 on the Billboard charts.

Steel Wheels wrote on Sep 24^th, 2015 at 7:05pm:

The record is amazing. I cruised through a black neighborhood and a few sisters looked my way when I was blasting "Lover's Plea" through my car's speakers.

That's mighty white of you.

gimmekeef wrote on Sep 25^th, 2015 at 5:37pm:

I;m convinced Illusion with Nora Jones could be a huge hit if released to the right radio outlets.

Reminds me of Thru and Thru.

I went to Best Buy and they didn't have any left. Any volunteers? 

Chart debuts so far:

Austria: 1
Argentina: 6-1
Germany: 3
Mediatraffic Worldchart: 4 (93,000)
Netherlands: 4
Swiss: 4
Norway: 4
New Zealand: 5
Czech Republic: 6
Japan: 6-13
UK: 7 (Sales only #6)
Italy: 7
Sweden: 7
France: 7
Denmark: 8
Belgium (Walloon): 8
Belgium (Flemish): 10
USA: 11 (Sales only #8)
Canada: 11
Spain: 12
Portugal: 14
Australia: 15
Poland: 16
Ireland: 19
Finland: 29

Bitch wrote on Sep 30^th, 2015 at 8:00pm:

I went to Best Buy and they didn't have any left. Any volunteers?

There are no other record stores or online retailers?

http://www.amazon.com/Crosseyed-Heart-Keith-Richards/dp/B010QDP8CA/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1443744459&sr=1-1&keywords=crosseyed+heart+keith+richards

Order now!

Soldatti wrote on Oct 1^st, 2015 at 6:07pm:

Chart debuts so far: Austria: 1 Argentina: 6-1 Germany: 3 Mediatraffic Worldchart: 4 (93,000) Netherlands: 4 Swiss: 4 Norway: 4 New Zealand: 5 Czech Republic: 6 Japan: 6-13 UK: 7 (Sales only #6) Italy: 7 Sweden: 7 France: 7 Denmark: 8 Belgium (Walloon): 8 Belgium (Flemish): 10 USA: 11 (Sales only #8) Canada: 11 Spain: 12 Portugal: 14 Australia: 15 Poland: 16 Ireland: 19 Finland: 29

I've always said Austrians know their shit.

Except the ones that take over Germany.

This is Keith's Thriller.

Brilliant.

Playing it daily and still loving it.  You know a record is good when you get up to pee in the middle of the night and a song is rattlling around in your head " why should we break up, some kind of shake up .................. 

72Tele wrote on Oct 7^th, 2015 at 10:47am:

Playing it daily and still loving it.  You know a record is good when you get up to pee in the middle of the night and a song is rattlling around in your head " why should we break up, some kind of shake up ..................

100% correct.

I played this again last night. Sounds real good!

It stands up to the old tried and true repeated listens test. It covers a lot of ground and pulls it off well. Sure, there's some familiar sounds, but it has its own identity as an album I think. An excellent record.  I play it often and enjoy it every time.

I'm still spinning it daily in my car!

Just not a huge fan of robbed blind,
and as said before Irene is dreadful.

And a bit strange how it opens with crosseyed heart,
which to me is more a song to end the album with..

You gotta be in a good place to get it.

I was going to the store and was gonna pop in CH. Then realized I left it in the basement. I turned around and went back to get it.

Some Guy wrote on Oct 27^th, 2015 at 11:02am:

I was going to the store and was gonna pop in CH. Then realized I left it in the basement. I turned around and went back to get it.

Mom's basement?

gimmekeef wrote on Oct 27^th, 2015 at 11:42am:

Some Guy wrote on Oct 27th, 2015 at 11:02am: I was going to the store and was gonna pop in CH. Then realized I left it in the basement. I turned around and went back to get it. Mom's basement?

Baby's basement.

Gazza wrote on Oct 1^st, 2015 at 6:33pm:

Bitch wrote on Sep 30th, 2015 at 8:00pm: I went to Best Buy and they didn't have any left. Any volunteers?  There are no other record stores or online retailers?

Yeah sure, but I dont do online purchases due to identity theft 4 different times so I go shopping. After 5 different stores I found a Best Buy who had 2 copies left, I think they only stocked 12 per store. Anyway I was not always a big fan of KEEF's solo efforts in the past, but I like this one. The true test for me is listening to it at different times of day and different states of mind. I like it in the morning, when I'm calm. Not so much after work, when it seems too slow or dare I say boring. It's too low key when I'm drunk, but when I'm stoned I appreciate it the most, its very thoughtfully put together and KEEF has an ironic side which I love. This is my favorite KEEF solo album.

The big question now- how is it when you are drunk and stoned?

Some Guy wrote on Nov 15^th, 2015 at 10:27am:

The big question now- how is it when you are drunk and stoned?

On the weekends and holidays, of course! And if I go out to concerts/parties/social events on weeknights.

What I meant was, the test of a good album is listening to it during different states of mind and liking it all or most of the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orkd6ZpBx8

Keith Richards has revealed the video for his latest solo single.

'Long Overdue' will be released on December 11 and featured on ‘Crosseyed Heart’, Richards' album released earlier this year. The album is the Rolling Stones guitarist's first solo effort in over 20 years.

'Crosseyed Heart' follows Richards' previous individual efforts 'Main Offender' (1992) and 'Talk Is Cheap' (1988).

Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/nme/89796#YT542hEHCyL1ORsR.99

Strange choice, some radios are playing "Heartstopper" right now, it debuted at #46 on Billboard's Mexico Ingles Airplay this week.

My favorite is "Substantial Damage." One of those songs that made me immediately think "Oh, yeah, I know how that feels." "Robbed Blind" is interesting in that it sounds like something that actually happened.

something for nothing should be a single.

I like to pretend that it could do well in the charts.

I will play it today on the drive to Gran ma's house.

Some Guy wrote on Nov 26^th, 2015 at 9:55am:

I will play it today on the drive to Gran ma's house.

I just picked it up yesterday. I'm on the first of what will be several listens in a row.

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Nov 26^th, 2015 at 11:41am:

Some Guy wrote on Nov 26th, 2015 at 9:55am: I will play it today on the drive to Gran ma's house. I just picked it up yesterday. I'm on the first of what will be several listens in a row.

I revisited it today while doing laundry with beers. Man, I'm here to tell ya- that is a damn good album.

job wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2015 at 10:25am:

Except the ones that take over Germany.

Despite what P. Ratzinger and the PC media want you to believe, he was invited.

Listening tonight to Crosseyed Heart with the benefit of Grey Goose, it strikes me that I will burn my CD-R with the last three tracks in this order:

13) Lover's Plea
14) Substantial Damage
15) Goodnight Irene

Check it and see.

Also, the Lee "Scratch" Perry overdub version of Love Overdue has been heretofore underrated in excitement value.  Starting with Keith.