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New Licks: Tribute to the Rolling Stones

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Yes I do agree with 2 reviews with ONE star rating. but it is not that bad and I think it's a MUST for Stones fans.

this album sucked. it sounded like every track was by the same whining folk pop singer whoever she is. Just awful.

Fine Rolling Stones tribute album. Well known Stones songs recorded only with guitar and female vocals. The female singer shows in "Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown" about as much devoted anticipatory pleasure as in "Let's Spend The Night Together". Sounds quite turned on. Most I like "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Gimme Shelter", "Satisfaction", "Let's Spend The Night Together" and "Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown" (see above).

This is an utterly boring album. It should have a warning label letting you know that every one of the artists on this album is an identical-sounding woman doing a sleep-inducing typical Jewel-like performance of a 'Stones track accompanied by the SAME EXACT acoustic guitar ON EVERY SINGLE TRACK! No drums. No bass. No percussion. No nuthin'.
The women on this album are all gifted singers, and the acoustic guitar arrangements are adequate, but I was expecting some (ANY!) variety. The first song was okay, the second one was better, the third one got old, and 9 songs later (where I am right now) I'm ready to puncture my eardrums!!
But that's just me. If you can't get enough of generic, lilty women's voices accompanying acoustic guitars plodding though your favorite Rolling Stones track, this is the album for you.
P.S. Another dissapointment: Their selection of songs. I don't own any Rolling Stones albums. I just know the songs I've heard over the years on the radio. BUT, I knew EVERY SINGLE SONG on this album! I wish they could have been more creative in their song selection and picked a gem or two that I wasn't already familiar with. Big disappointment.