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10.0
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The Arts Desk
On 'Hackney Diamonds', they’re doing what they do best, but at full throttle
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10.0
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Spill Magazine
Hackney Diamonds is an absolutely incredible musical experience
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musicOMH
With a galaxy of guest stars, from Stevie Wonder via Elton John to Lady Gaga, if this astonishingly fresh album really is the legends’ last, it’s an incredible swansong
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Paste Magazine
The greatest rock band of all time still has a lot left in the tank on their 24th studio album—an ambitious, familiar and explosive return after going 18 years without releasing an album of new material
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8.0
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American Songwriter
Hackney Diamonds is quintessential Stones, a fine comeback by any measure. Some 60 years on, the Stones are rolling as effortlessly as ever. Welcome back, boys
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The FT
Paul McCartney, Elton John and Lady Gaga guest on a record that shows fresh life in the Jagger-Richards writing partnership
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The Guardian
The Stones’ first album of original material in 18 years crackles with a sense of purpose, with fabulous Keith Richards riffs and Mick Jagger sounding genuinely energised
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The Irish Times
No one expects the band’s quality control to scale the heights of yesteryear, but this collection is more than a pleasant surprise
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The Independent
A late-career Exile on Main Street? Their best since the Seventies? Arguably, but such hyperbole undeniably rests on the broad shoulders of the seven-minute “Sweet Sounds of Heaven”, the album’s spectacular spiritual crescendo
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Rolling Stone
Hackney Diamonds isn’t just another new Stones album, but a vibrant and cohesive record — the first Stones album in ages you’ll want to crank more than once before filing away
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NME
Rejoice! The rock legends' first album of original material in almost two decades is an absolute barnstormer
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Mojo
Hackney Diamonds feels like a self-aware, historically mindful party, Jagger’s remarkable vocal thrust utterly unimpaired. Print edition only
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Record Collector
Sparkles brightest when it touches base with bygone precious gems. And, let’s be honest, isn’t that what most of us were hoping for?
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Punk News
So, the Stones are still the Stones and sometimes on this album they are THE Stones. That’s pretty good for a late career, two decades in the works, LP
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Beats Per Minute
Hackney Diamonds is a really great late Stones album, albeit just a pretty good rock album in the canon of history
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PopMatters
The Rolling Stones’ Hackney Diamonds sounds like a great band making a good record well past the point we thought it possible
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Slant Magazine
The album captures a genuinely contemporary flair that the band hasn’t successfully embodied since the late 1970s
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7.0
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Clash
More releases may yet emerge from this batch of recordings, but ‘Hackney Diamonds’ presents a group whose virility, ambition, and desire to connect remains undimmed
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Exclaim
Hackney Diamonds may not go down as an iconic Stones LP, but this late in the game it's basically a triumph by nearly every measure
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The Observer
With plenty of strut and starry backup, the band’s first album of originals in nearly two decades peaks in its quieter moments
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Pitchfork
Speckled with guest stars and produced by Andrew Watt, the Stones’ second original album this century is a bunch of hackneyed duds, polished until the character has disappeared
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