Rolling Stones “Foreign Tongues” Has Dropped
The Rolling Stones twenty-fifth studio album “Foreign Tongues,” is out. The 14-song collection, arrives less than three years after the band’s “Hackney Diamonds.”
“Rough And Twisted,” the album’s lead single, was released under the pseudonym the Cockroaches. The set also features the single “In The Stars.”
Rough and Twisted
In The Stars
“Jealous Lover,” the third single from the album, has the legendary Steve Winwood and blends soulful R&B grooves with Mick Jagger’s falsetto vocals. The track’s lyrics “deliver a pointed warning to an over-inquisitive lover.”
As the song was being recorded, Jagger had a revelation. ” ‘Who’s a good soul piano player,” he asked rhetorically. “I just thought of Steve.”
Winwood is a veteran of the Spencer Davis Group (“Gimme Some Lovin’”), Traffic (“Dear Mr. Fantasy”), the short-lived Blind Faith with Eric Clapton (“Can’t Find My Way Home”) and has had a successful solo career (“While You See A Chance” and “Roll With It”).
In addition, The Stones also unleashed “Divine Intervention,” which features The Cure frontman Robert Smith on electric guitar.
Jealous Lover
Divine Intervention
Singer Mick Jagger and guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood shared their individual views on the album and the recording process.
“I love doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis,” stated Jagger. “It was a very intense few weeks recording ‘Foreign Tongues‘. We had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it’s not too big so you can feel the passion in the room from everyone.”
“The ‘Foreign Tongues’ album has a continuity from ‘Hackney Diamonds’ and it was great to be working in London again, and to have that London vibe around us,” noted Richards. “It was a month of concentrated punch. To me, it’s all about the enjoyment of it. I’m blessed to be able to do this and long may it last.”
Foreign Tongues
Wood chimed in stating: “The atmosphere in the room was so creative, and the whole band was on top form throughout the whole process. Very often we nailed it on the first take.”
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