Music Review: More New Stones Tunes? ‘Foreign Tongues’ Expands on a Late, Stunning Creative Burst
The 25th studio album features political songs, guest turns from Bruno Mars and Paul McCartney, and a track recorded before Charlie Watts died.
- The Rolling Stones released their 25th studio album, 'Foreign Tongues', expanding on the improbable late-career creative burst launched by the Grammy-winning 2023 album 'Hackney Diamonds'.
- Formed by Mick and Keith in 1961, the 64-year-old band continues its partnership under the guidance of producer Andrew Watt, who also produced 'Hackney Diamonds'.
- Collaborations feature Bruno Mars on cowbell, Paul McCartney on bass, and Robert Smith on guitar; the late Charlie Watts appears on 'Hit Me in the Head', recorded in Los Angeles before his 2021 death.
- 'Ringing Hollow' chronicles a failing love story between the band and the United States, while the album includes covers of Amy Winehouse's 'You Know I'm No Good' and Chuck Berry's 'Beautiful Delilah'.
- Critics awarded 'Foreign Tongues' four stars out of five, noting every track contains something interesting, as fans wonder if this artistic visit might extend one day to the concert stage.
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Music Review: More new Stones tunes? ‘Foreign Tongues’ expands on a late, stunning creative burst
The Rolling Stones are at it again — and by “it” we mean new music. “Foreign Tongues” is the band’s second album of new material in three years, after the Grammy-winning “Hackney Diamonds.”
In tribute to Chuck Berry, reflections on their toxic years and disillusionment of a broken American dream, the rock veterans are still surprised with "Foreign Tongues". ...
On The Rolling Stones' new album, Charlie Watts is still drumming along, five years after his death. What do we actually hear when we hear a deceased...
Foreign Tongues by the Rolling Stones is an album a band 60 years younger would envy
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are on superb form on their latest collaboration with producer wunderkind Andrew Watt, melding pop polish with good old-fashioned rock’n’roll grit
Folha de S.Paulo
UOLFew bands challenged the logic of longevity as much as the Rolling Stones. For decades, the question was never whether there would be a last record, but when it would arrive. The death of Charlie Watts in 2021 seemed to end that story for good, but the group found an unexpected second breath with “Hackney Diamonds”, from 2023. Read more (07/09/2026)
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