The Rolling Stones are back with Hackney Diamonds, their first new album of original material in 18 years. Listen to the project below via Apple Music or Spotify.
Produced by Andrew Watt (Justin Bieber, Pearl Jam, Ozzy Osbourne), Hackney Diamonds was recorded across studios in Los Angeles, London, Bahamas, and New York City. It marks the Stones’ first new record since the 2016 blues covers LP Blue & Lonesome (and first original full-length since 2005’s A Bigger Bang), and the band promoted it accordingly: they posted a snippet of album cut “Angry” to a rage-inducing website that wouldn’t load properly.
Hackney Diamonds also features the Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder-featuring Song of the Week “Sweet Sounds of Heaven,” as well as contributions from late drummer Charlie Watts, former bassist Bill Wyman, and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Outside of his new album, Mick Jagger has made recent headlines by contemplating a posthumous Rolling Stones tour, and hinting that he may donate the proceeds from the band’s legendary catalog to charity rather than cashing out like most artists. The group’s early days are set to be memorialized in The Stones and Brian Jones, a documentary by Nick Broomfield that comes out in November.
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Hackney Diamonds Tracklist:
01. Angry
02. Get Close
03. Depending on You
04. Bite My Head Off
05. Whole Wide World
06. Dreamy Skies
07. Mess It Up
08. Live By the Sword
09. Driving Me Too Hard
10. Tell Me Straight
11. Sweet Sound of Heaven
12. Rolling Stones Blue
