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Rock blueprint’s first album of original material in 18 years.
According to Mick Jagger, producer/bassist Andrew Watt “kicked us up the arse”. Watt’s USP is his ability to put artists back in touch with who they actually are. He recently coaxed theout of Iggy Pop by asking him: “Are you ready to be yourself?” And it seems he’s done it again, because the Stones haven’t delivered an album this quintessentially Stonesy in 40 years. That said, is no museum piece. It’s a 21st-century record for a 21st-century audience that, with an oldschool 48-minute duration, only ever leaves the listener hungry for more.