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The new Rolling Stones album actually sounds like the Rolling Stones
āHackney Diamondsā might start in a defensive crouch ā Mick Jagger, hands up, wailing: āDonāt get angry with me!ā ā but then the music pounces to life with an elasticity no Rolling Stones album has possessed since the big ba-boing of āTattoo Youā circa A.D. 1981.
Who could be angry with that? Maybe those who find it sacrilegious that one of the most singular bands ever produced by civilization decided to continue on after the 2021 death of its inimitable drummer, Charlie Watts. And, hey, fair. But in the heat of this moment, Jagger isnāt having it. In the outro of that hot-brained, full-blooded leadoff track, āAngry,ā he finds a way to storm out of his own tantrum, reminding us that heās still alive, still hungry, still testy, still funny: āIām still taking the pills and Iām off to Brazil!ā