BRIDGES TO BABYLON
| The Rolling Stones
BRIDGES TO BABYLON
Bridges to Babylon is the 21st British and 23rd American studio album by British rock band The Rolling Stones, released by Virgin Records on 29 September 1997. It was their last full-length release of new songs until 2005's A Bigger Bang. Released as a double album on vinyl and a single CD, the album was supported by the year-long worldwide Bridges to Babylon Tour that met with much success.-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
It’s the Stones we loved back in the day, the Stones who made albums that were neither too self-consciously up-to-date nor too giddily nostalgic. Now we can really be satisfied.
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All Music
the real key to the success of Bridges to Babylon is the solid, craftsmanlike songwriting
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Albumism
Bridges to Babylon isn't their strongest offering, but that's not to say it's not a shimmering rose in their musical garden nevertheless
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Countdown Kid
There’s nothing here that’s an out-and-out embarrassment nor is there anything essential to the catalog.
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Keno's ROLLING STONES Web Site
I like it. Mick Jagger's voice still sounds great after all these years. "Saint Of Me" is a true classic, with an excellent guitar played by Waddy Wachtel.
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Entertainment Weekly
ends up with a great album.
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Mark's Music Reviews
Not only does this record refuse to create the goodtime jovial hell yeah mood you expect from a Stones album, but it also refuses to present any solid new riffs.
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Don Ignacio
While this album as a whole remains pretty solid and entertaining, much of it seems rather “blank” to me.
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Adrian's Music Reviews
has its moments but has much needless filler too
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The Guardian
Mick Jagger attempts to gussy up the Rolling Stones’ sound with samples and loops courtesy of trip-hop producer Danny Saber, and an intransigent Keith Richards responds by throwing Saber out of the studio. Results are as uneven as you might expect.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
wheezing through a set of digitally enhanced tunes that match an utter lack of imagination with the lowest energy levels in the band's four-decade history
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Only Solitaire
A pretty normal latest album, but it's just a bit too dark and Jaggerish for me.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
When this album is good, it cooks at an unimaginably high level (especially for such a late date). But beyond a few spikes of greatness, this album simmers at a level of mediocrity that could only come from a band trying too hard to be cool
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People
While there’s no denying the pleasure of hearing Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Co. on a roll, this time the Stones have built a Bridge to nowhere.
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Daily Republic
but with the bar set so high by earlier efforts, “Bridges” settles for being a curio in the Stones’ immense catalog
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Clem's Music Reviews
This album picks up where Voodoo Lounge left off, finding them experimenting new contemporary sounds without leaving their trademark stamp behind.
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