I played it this morning and REALLY enjoyed it...after further examination of my iTunes...I discovered that I edited out three songs and now I really enjoy it
so much more than the actual CD.

Edited out:
Flip The Switch ( NEVER liked this song)
Thief In The Night ( I like this song, but not on the album. I have it in 2 other playlists)
How Can I Stop? ( again...way to long as 7 min closing number...on another playlist, as well)

What do you think of B2B?
Do you ever play it ever / anymore?

How do you rank it overall...since 1981? Since 1993?

And Yes...I do like Might As Well Get Juiced...I love The Dust Brothers body of work. Fight Club OST is AMAZING!!!
The concept of a Blues song made into an Industrialized song is really cool, IMO

The three songs you edited out are probably my three favourites on the entire album - well, the last two are anyway.

Excellent songs for the most part, great mix too. Love it. The best Stones album of the last 30 years by some distance.

I was just listening to this album the other day and was reminded how good parts of it were; Saint of Me & Out of Control are two of the strongest songs to come out of this camp since Tattoo You, plus they sounded great live too

Not sure why anyone wouldn't like Flip the Switch, it's a pretty good raw and raunchy Stones rocker, perfectly kicks off the album with a great jolt of energy

Out of Control is Poppa Was a Rolling Stone imho........I'm surprised they werent sued or had to pay royalties on that one. Love the Keef tunes and Saint of Me is great but as mentioned kinda like 2 solo albums meshed together.

Yeah, the live version of Flip the Switch was flat. Same with I Go Wild. Guitars were too clean in both cases.

stonesgimmekeef wrote on Oct 22^nd, 2011 at 5:23pm:


They lifted a bar or two off 'Riders on the Storm' as well, most notably on the bassline. Much less obvious than 'Papa', though. For all the caution they exercised on the lesser link between 'Anbody seen my baby' and 'Constant Craving', it's more surprising that less fuss was made about this one.  If they got it okayed with Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, I've never seen it mentioned anywhere.

It was glorious when they played it in concert (and great to see an audience respond so well to a new song - as they did with Saint Of Me). Fantastic version from Buenos Aires on 'No Security' .

Although this one from St Louis is pretty blinding as well. Keith is an absolute monster on it, and the interplay between him and Mick during the harmonica solo is terrific.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3egNz_Q2fYM&feature=related

steel driving hammer wrote on Oct 23^rd, 2011 at 8:49am:


That's a Keith solo.

I'm not sure Ronnie had a proper solo on the entire album -- apart from a few stray non-Waddy Wachtel licks on Saint of Me and some passable slide work on Already Over Me and Lowdown.

Stellar album, the last time the Stones really still mattered too, just before they gave up (UK 98 tax cancellations -> NS -> Forty Licks, etc...) and became an oldies band.

The big difference with anything they've done this side of Tattoo You is that they got help from ambitious producers and excellent musicians. Waddy Wachtel is on fire on a lot of the tracks, notably "Saint of Me" that has one of my all time preferred guitar parts. Benmont Tench adds a great organ to "Already Over Me" too. I'm pretty sure that ABB would have been a lot better with that type of help...and decent Keith contributions of course.

I was non plussed about Keith's closing tracks at first but quite like them now. The only track I never liked is "Always Suffering", trite lyrically and boring musically.

great album, great tour... i missed voodoo lounge tour due to a commitment to the state of california to right some wrongs... was stoked as fuck to see a show in oakland california... it had been since AC 1989, so it was a long time between shows!!!

gotdablouse wrote on Oct 24^th, 2011 at 6:14pm:



oakland was the balls was there the first night maybe 13th row, full moon, boz scaggs sittin behind us and a flask that woulndt open, went third night(rain) somehow ended up in a locker room at some point.......

Steel Wheels wrote on Oct 24^th, 2011 at 7:51pm:



was wondering when someone would complain there's a rap part on the song... I know it is me being repeatative, but that break is not rap, it's a shout out. There's no rhyming, just calling out of locations. This style goes way back in music. This is a song they worried they ripped off of KD Laing, so they gave her a writting credit... back to the topic of rapping, it requires rhyming and a certain type of delivery, that works best over a hip hop beat... none are happening on this song!

A very "complex" album. A calculated affair that is a twisted ride, much more than any sort of straight run. Sort of lonely and even gloomy in areas. Production is a mix of slick, meets thick. Thick as it can exude a full back drop of sound... while slick, edgy guitars and placed nuances are laid on top.

A very "cold" listen, and a bit of a darker feel. Serious in tone..nothing warm and fun.


As we know, they altered the way standard Stones songs work in several songs. Experimental for The Stones in production, and in the mixing.

-With that said, I feel it is a "good" album. A strong enough release that meant something, rather than spinning in another standard style Rolling Stones effort.

Still, it isn't 110% my cup of tea. Don't get me wrong, I like Bridges, but I am not totally crazy over it. I feel it certainly has it's own place on the shelf and to this day, I find it quite an interesting release. It has resurfaced in my disc player every rare moon. I play it usually in colder weather and when I am in the mood for it...which is very rarely... but only because it is so unique. Quite different.


Ian