Gazza wrote on Jul 28
th, 2015 at 12:45pm:
Bitch wrote on Jul 28
th, 2015 at 7:52am:
It should be easy for them to squeeze out one more if they put their minds to it. I'm sure there are lots of unfinished material that they can finish up and package. But maybe MICK is worried about quality and not just do it to do it. He does have some pride and a big ego. If it is not going to be a critically acclaimed success maybe he would rather not take chances with people saying the new album is shit, like so many did with ABB even though it had some great songs on it.
I doubt critical acclaim is a big deal. Critics have been slagging the Stones off as past it for 40 years. I'd imagine its water of a duck's back by now - and ABB actually got mostly VERY positive reviews, as I recall. He also did a pretty good job with the new lyrics he put on the deluxe reissues. I doubt he sees himself as being washed up. He says he still writes regularly. I doubt he'd do that if he didnt think he still 'had it'.
Sales arent an issue. Its The Rolling Stones. Of course it'll sell very well. They're not exactly a cult act.
I really hope they don't just 'finish up unreleased material' and pass it off as a 'new' record. That kind of thing was understandable in the 70s when you had maybe 10-12 months between albums - now you have 10-12 years.
A 'new' studio album consisting largely of 20-30 year old leftovers (or worse) would be the ultimate example of barrel scraping. They're not
that desperate and (I hope) neither are we, surely.
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Their new record will sell about 3-5 million in the states and about 2-4 elesewhere. Nothing HUGE ...but it will sell enough. They are not going to do an album in order to make money ... there is not much in it for them with sales like that... not for a band of their stature and what they command usually.
As well, as was mentioned.... the money is in touring today .. unless you are Taylor Swift or something in which you get a nice chunk of change as well as from your touring as a solo artist from an album that sells 10 million copies. The Stones won't sell as well as that and as well they are a four person act. As with most... the money is in the live shows in todays day and age. For The Stones... that's the way it's been since 1989.
I agree with Gazza.... I will be really let down if they have to dig in the can for a new record. With Exile... Some Girls... and now Sticky Fingers.. how much digging in the can do they want to do over a ten year period??
It is time for something brand spanking new... and something fresh. The 50th thing and all the nostalgia and digging in the can and the re-releases has ran it's course. I am suprised Mick didn't 'insist' on recording a new album before any new tour such as they did this summer with Zip Code (but hey .. I saw the show and gues what.. I sure as hell ain't complainin ...ha!!).
<Time for something fresh, new... and exciting.. an ALL NEW project (album)>
and guess what... I think that's what is going to be on plans here from them to start on come later on this year.
Ian