Black and Blue
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Black and Blue
Black and Blue is the 13th British and 15th American studio album by the band the Rolling Stones, released in 1976. It was the band's first studio album released with Ronnie Wood as the replacement for Mick Taylor. Wood had played 12-string acoustic guitar on the track "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" from the It's Only Rock 'n Roll album and appears on half of the Black and Blue album tracks (mostly backing vocals) with Wayne Perkins and Harvey Mandel playing guitar on the remaining titles. Keith Richards would later comment "Rehearsing guitar players, that's what that one was about." -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
Black and Blue leaves me remembering the first important lesson I learned from the Stones: “Empty heart is like an empty life.” This may not be the same band which told us that, but those sullen teenagers would recognize this one, and be proud.
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The Vinyl District
Black and Blue was the first Rolling Stones album I ever truly regretted owning
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All Music
Apart from the ballads, there might not be many memorable tunes, but there are times that you listen to the Stones just to hear them play, and this is one of them.
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Blog Critics
the album had little focus and for the most part even less passion
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Keno's ROLLING STONES Web Site
I'm not nuts over it, but it's okay. "Fool To Cry", "Crazy Mama" and "Memory Motel" are the best cuts on this one
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Pitchfork
On their bashed-out new album of blues covers, the Stones sound, for the first time in eons, like a band playing together in the same room rather than one that travels on separate jets.
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Spectrum Culture
it’s been a depressing listening experience
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
It's not profound or anything, but it's well-produced, well-played, fresh-sounding, not dated at all, and VERY VERY FUN.
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Only Solitaire
this is one of the finest 'lightweight' albums in existence, and I applaud the Stones, and Mick in particular, for deciding to let it out as it was, without overslicking the performances and without depending too much on contemporary fashion to avoid any possible accusations of 'bandwagon-jumping'
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
The record rocks
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The Guardian
It’s essentially a collection of jams recorded while auditioning for a new guitarist. When they actually wrote songs – Fool to Cry, Memory Motel – they still sounded great.
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Robert Christgau
not dead by a long shot.
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Adrian's Music Reviews
Apart from a couple of tracks, well, one.... this album sounds almost completely unlike what we'd come to expect from the group. That's actually a positive, but another song or two in the classic Rolling Stones vein would have been welcome.
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Don Ignacio
But, you see, the thing about the grooves they come up with is that they are compelling enough to actually be engaging for massive amounts of time!
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Mark's Record Reviews
this is the last time that the Stones were willing to experiment with an entire album
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