Bridges to Babylon | ||||
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The Rolling Stones | ||||
Released | 29 September 1997 | |||
Recorded | 13 March – July 1997 in California | |||
Genre | dance-rock | |||
Length | 62:27 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | The Dust Brothers | |||
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Singles from Bridges to Babylon | ||||
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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 would prove to be the band’s final studio album of the 1990s and their last full-length release of new songs until 2005’s A Bigger Bang. The album was supported by the year-long worldwide Bridges to Babylon Tour that met with much success.
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[edit] Background and recording
Following the sampling. Additional producers would also contribute, giving the project a more rounded feel.
Bridges to Babylon was recorded during the spring into summer months of 1997 in Los Angeles in a matter of four months, one of their most concise periods of recording in years. As it was being mastered, the projected lead single “Anybody Seen My Baby?” was found to resemble k.d. lang‘s 1992 hit “Constant Craving” in its chorus,[1] a discovery brought to Richards’ attention by his daughter Angela. Seeking to avoid possible future legal entanglements, lang and her co-writer Ben Mink were credited along with Jagger and Richards on the new song. Upon its release, it would reach #22 in the UK and become a US radio rock hit.
A total of eight different musicians played bass on the sessions for the album: Jeff Sarli, Doug Wimbish.
The Stones had a number of the album’s songs remixed in extended versions but have as yet not released any of them e.g. “Out Of Control / Papa was A Rolling Stone”: 10 minutes, 10 seconds, “Might As Well Get Juiced” aka “Keith’s Revenge Mix”: 10:54, “Always Suffering” aka “Sentimental Mix”: 9:27, “Already Over Me” aka “Ancient Remix”: 9:27
[edit] Release and reception
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Bridges to Babylon, containing an unprecedented three solo vocals by Richards, was released to mixed reviews. It reached #6 in the UK, #2 in France and #3 in the US, where it was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1997.[3] As of January 2010, Bridges to Babylon has sold 1.1 million copies in the US.[4] Further singles “Saint of Me” and “Out of Control” were also minor hits.
The Stones had become a touring phenomenon by this point. The Bridges to Babylon Tour in 1997 consisted of 108 shows, making it the second largest grossing North American tour of all time.
In 2009, Bridges to Babylon was remastered and reissued by Universal Music.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
Side one | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
1. | “Flip the Switch” | 3:28 | ||||||||
2. | “Anybody Seen My Baby?” (Jagger/Richards/k.d. lang/Ben Mink) | 4:31 | ||||||||
3. | “Low Down” | 4:26 | ||||||||
4. | “Already Over Me” | 5:24 |
Side two | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
5. | “Gunface” | 5:02 | ||||||||
6. | “You Don’t Have to Mean It” | 3:44 | ||||||||
7. | “Out of Control” | 4:43 |
Side three | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
8. | “Saint of Me” | 5:14 | ||||||||
9. | “Might as Well Get Juiced” | 5:23 | ||||||||
10. | “Always Suffering” | 4:43 |
Side four | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
11. | “Too Tight” | 3:33 | ||||||||
12. | “Thief in the Night” (Jagger/Richards/Pierre de Beauport) | 5:15 | ||||||||
13. | “How Can I Stop” | 6:53 |
[edit] Personnel
- The Rolling Stones
- harmonica
- piano, lead vocals on “You Don’t Have to Mean It”, “Thief in the Night” and “How Can I Stop”
- dobro
- drums, backing vocals on “Always Suffering”
- Additional personnel
- bass guitar
- Kenny Aronoff – bucket
- maracas
- Matt Clifford – piano, organ
- Pierre de Beauport – six-string bass, piano
- Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
- Jim Keltner – percussion, shaker
- trumpet
- rapping
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards, bass guitar
- Me’Shell Ndegeocello – bass guitar
- Billy Preston – organ
- clavinet, keyboards
- Jeff Sarli – bass guitar
- saxophone
- Joe Sublett – saxophone
- Benmont Tench – organ, piano, keyboards
- Waddy Wachtel – electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Don Was – piano, bass guitar, keyboards
- Doug Wimbish – backing vocals, bass guitar
- The cover art was designed by Jay Bryan.
[edit] Charts and certifications
[edit] Charts
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[edit] Certifications
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[edit] References
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