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.