11 Jaar na hun laatste studio album ‘A Bigger Bang’ brengen The Rolling Stones weer een nieuw studio album uit. Op 2 december verschijnt het nieuwe album ‘Blue and Lonesome’.
Op het album keren de Stones terug naar hun roots van de blues. In slechts 3 dagen namen de Stones in december vorig jaar een aantal blues klassiekers op. 12 Hiervan zullen op het album verschijnen. Aan twee nummers, ‘Hoo Doo Blues’ en ‘I Can’t Quit You Baby’, heeft Eric Clapton zijn medewerking verleend. Producer Don Was nam de productie voor zijn rekening. Hij produceerde in 1994 ook al het album ‘Voodoo Lounge’ van de band.
De tracklist van het album zal er als volgt uit komen te zien:
1. Just Your Fool
(Original written and recorded in 1960 by Little Walter)
2. Commit A Crime
(Original written and recorded in 1966 by Howlin’ Wolf – Chester Burnett)
3. Blue And Lonesome
(Original written and recorded in 1959 by Little Walter)
4. All Of Your Love
(Original written and recorded in 1967 by Magic Sam – Samuel Maghett)
(Original written and recorded in 1955 by Little Walter)
6. *Everybody Knows About My Good Thing
(Original recorded in 1971 by Little Johnny Taylor, composed by Miles Grayson & Lermon Horton)
7. Ride ‘Em On Down
(Original written and recorded in 1955 by Eddie Taylor)
8. Hate To See You Go
(Original written and recorded in 1955 by Little Walter)
9. Hoo Doo Blues
(Original recorded in 1958 by Lightnin’ Slim, composed by Otis Hicks & Jerry West)
10. Little Rain
(Original recorded in 1957 by Jimmy Reed, composed by Ewart.G.Abner Jr. and Jimmy Reed)
11. Just Like I Treat You
(Original written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin’ Wolf in December 1961)
12. I Can’t Quit You Baby
(Original written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Otis Rush in 1956)