Bridges to Babylon (Reis) [Original recording remastered]

The Rolling Stones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 14, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Umvd Labels
• ASIN: B00272NH0O
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,989 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Originally issued in 1997, Bridges To Babylon made the Top 3 in the US and number 6 in the UK. The yearning and sinuous Anybody Seen My Baby? and the mean and moody Saint Of Me - both Top 30 hits in the UK - in particular, showed the band remained at the cutting edge. Energetic rockers Low Down and Too Tight repay further investigation as do the three tracks sung by Richards, in particular the closer How Can I Stop which features another jazz legend, Wayne Shorter, on saxophone.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Album by the Stones, July 15, 2009

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Matthew Curione (Toms River, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bridges to Babylon (Reis) (Audio CD)

I remember a few years ago when I pilfered this from my mother's cd collection, I was immediately drawn to how interesting and strange the album can be at times. The Dust Brothers seem like a really good fit for these guys, added odd bass loops and samples to the songs they helped with.

Seeing as how this album came out in 1997, you might wonder if a remaster is really all that necessary...well I've compared this 2009 remaster with my mother's original cd and I can say that it's a welcome addition to my collection.

From the smooth/roughness of the opening track to Might as Well Get Juiced, the remaster definitly brings some things to the forefront of the recording that weren't there before.

Overall, a great album and one that shows that if anything the Stones have only gotten stronger with age.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars War-Horses Never Surrender, September 29, 2009

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B.A. Evans (IN, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bridges to Babylon (Reis) (Audio CD)

Don't write this one off, folks. Give it a few listens & you just might find it to be the most solid album of the recent recordings of The Stones. It does not have the Chuck Berry/country flavor of Voodoo Lounge or the percussion crunch of A Bigger Bang; but it is a consistent & surprising rock album that leaves no one alive in its wake.

Charlie's cracking the drums with electricity & perfect timing. Keef chinks & chunks the notes at you like sneering smoke in your face. Ron's back there doing something - you don't know what it is, but it sure as hellfire works. Then there's the featherweight prize fighter Mick. He's not backing down or bluffing. Get out of his way. There's some other plays too - some jazz sax, some backing vocals, etc. It all comes together well with more hits than misses.

Just listen & enjoy.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best, October 4, 2010

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bob hommel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bridges to Babylon (Reis) (Audio CD)

This stones album is a late career masterpiece. Listening to this album crystallizes the idea that this is the best rock and roll band of all time. They are so mature in this music. Clean, with minimalist licks. Anyone who says the stones peaked at any point before this is living in the past. Rock and roll doesn't get any better than this....yet.