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The Rolling Stones aim to sparkle with their new album which will feature an array of musical greats ... from Paul McCartney to Lady Gaga and more.
Hackney Diamonds, which Mick Jagger explained is slang for what happens to windshields when someone gets rowdy on a night out, is the band’s first full album of original music since 2005’s A Bigger Bang, and their first since the passing of their drummer Charlie Watts.
“We didn’t want to make just any record and put it out,” Mick shared with media. “Before we went in, we said we all want to make a record that we really love, ourselves. People may like it, other people may not. But we must say this, we are quite pleased with it. … We hope you’ll like it.”
The 12-track album, which was cut up all over the world and helmed by producer Andrew Watt, includes a song where Lady Gaga sings and Stevie Wonder plays keys and piano on Sweet Sounds of Heaven and Paul plays bass on Bite My Head off. Elton John will play piano on Get Close and Live by the Sword.
The band, made up of Mick, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, had recorded two tracks called Mess It Up and Live by the Sword, before Watts passing, in which the latter features the return of the band’s original bassist, Bill Wyman. Wyman left the group in the early 90s.
Guitarist Richards sings Tell Me Straight which he jokingly shared has no idea what it’s about.
The album, which was released on October 20, was recorded at Los Angeles’ Henson Recording Studios, London’s Metropolis Studios, Nassau, Bahamas’ Sanctuary Studios, and a couple of New York institutions, Electric Lady Studios and the Hit Factory/Germano Studios.
