The Rolling Stones' new album 2023

Had a fucking blast with Hackney Diamonds this morning The tune where mick goes all cockney... the rocking one with Macca doing a Hives bassline.

So much better than it has any right to be. Second half didn't seem as good but still, 10/10 ALL NEET

This is just a great album.

Not sure how this ends up being a refreshing stones album, but it is.

Keith’s tune is an early favourite.

BITE MY HEAD OFF TOO 😁

Had a right laff at the Pitchfork review calling the album a "cash grab", as if there were any money to be made selling albums these days, and also ignoring the fact that if Mick & Keith wanted to make a quick fortune before they pass on, they would simply sell their catalogue of songs!

I'm having loads of fun with Hackney Diamonds. I expected this to be like a final statement, a moody brooding on life, death and 60+ years of career. It's not! It's just a rock'n'roll record with powerful songs. They sound so into it, I don't even think this will be their last album.

And it mystifyingly sounds like a Stones record. This is an album Primal Scream would have been happy to release in their late 30s, but they could not, because they are not The Rolling Stones.
I will be celebrating this LP for the rest of the year.

There’s Be Here Now levels of euphoria pouring out of it.

Anyone who wants to attach any kind of lazy ageing rocker narrative to it is a nark.

Really looking forward to giving this a listen whenever I spend more than 2 hours at home. From your comments it sounds too powerful for a casual listen on the move, I might levitate

Album of the decade. It’s absolutely massive!

Yes Jimmy!

I never saw this coming, a united soapbox!

It's happening. Angry I already liked, Get Close has that SAD SWAGGER, this is already a victory lap

EDIT: That was even before the sax solo, best song ever

Bite My Head Off, my God. Hope we get a video of it with Macca

A couple regular downtempo moments, fine. Mess It Up is so catchy, I feel like dancing. Am I unironically enjoying this? Yes

Seing a pattern here, WILL IT MAKE THE TOP10 BY THE END OF THE YEAR???

Bite My Head Off is what I Can See A Liar wanted to be but it couldn't, because it could not.
End-of-the-year-top-10 fo sho.

From Stereogum, what I tried to say but from someone who gets paid for it -> "... It’s a solid start, and “Get Close” is even better. The track triangulates the distance between “Sway” and “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” with a hip-swinging mid-tempo beat and a saucy two-chord riff spiked with melancholia. Yeah, the liquid guitar tone makes the song sound more expensive than I’d prefer, but when that sax solo hits on the bridge, the feeling is damn near euphoric."

Still loving the record. Such a shock it's so addictive. God bless the Stones!

SRK best like this record or I'm going to be ANGREH!

A great Stones album in 2023? What a time to be alive.

Did you design the artwork tucker?