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10.0
145042
10.0 |
Record Collector
It’s almost unbelievable how a band can still be making vibrant rock’n’roll albums over 60 years after their first. Yet Foreign Tongues can stand tall among The Rolling Stones‘ most compellingly evocative works; once you get used to Andrew Watt’s polished production dropkicking the band into modern times while they tangibly revisit their seven-decade past
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8.0
144904
8.0 |
The Irish Times
The new Rolling Stones album is freewheeling, frisky and fabulous. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood make growing old sound like the best fun ever
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8.0
144915
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
More guitar-centric and holistically Stones-y than their last outing, the latest from the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band is built to satisfy
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8.0
144956
8.0 |
Uncut
While Hackney Diamonds was about return and resurgence, Foreign Tongues offers something more nuanced. Above all, the Stones' 25th studio album carries an unforced pleasure in playing together. Print edition only
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8.0
144983
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
It leaps out of the speakers from the off, sticking out its Kali tongue and raging against any dying of the light
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8.0
145028
8.0 |
The Independent
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are on superb form on their latest collaboration with producer wunderkind Andrew Watt, melding pop polish with good old-fashioned rock’n’roll grit
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8.0
145029
8.0 |
The Guardian
Continuing the rejuvenated sound of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, there’s touching vulnerability from Keith Richards while Jagger confronts war and autocracy
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8.0
145030
8.0 |
Hot Press
Rousing rock ‘n’ roll from old masters
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spill Magazine
It demonstrates the timelessness of the blues, especially when in the right hands. In the case of Richards and Jagger, this remains ever true as one of the greatest songwriting duos proves their worth once more
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8.0
145091
8.0 |
The Skinny
The legends of rock'n'roll balance politics and playfulness on their best record in decades
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8.0
145139
8.0 |
musicOMH
25th album from one of the world's greatest rock'n'roll bands shows they still have something to say, and they're doing so quite thrillingly
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7.0
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7.0 |
God Is In The TV
Along with their last album, 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, it’s proof that the Stones intend to keep rocking until the end. Reportedly, they’re still working on new music and planning live dates…we shall see
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
Though lacking a standout smash, the legends’ 25th studio set is stuffed with late-career gems
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7.0
145070
7.0 |
Exclaim
Foreign Tongues is good, even if it's overcrowded and occasionally over-eager; a feat most bands would kill for. They may lean into their strengths a little too hard at times, but the Rolling Stones are still coming out on top
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7.0
145031
7.0 |
Clash
‘Foreign Tongues’ isn’t perfect, but it’s unquestionably a triumph
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6.9
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6.9 |
Spectrum Culture
Even without Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones’ latest, Foreign Tongues, is a much more joyful project than one might expect from three musicians who could have thrown in the towel five years ago
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6.7
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6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
A bloated, though often fun, mixed bag
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6.1
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6.1 |
Pitchfork
On their second new album in recent years, the Stones find a funkier, more robust rhythm in the Hackney Diamonds overflow
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
Amid some clutter and blare, the spirit of the Stones shines through
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5.0
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5.0 |
Far Out
The material offers pearls of greatness amid a chunk of banal blues retreads we’ve all heard before
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5.0
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5.0 |
PopMatters
Foreign Tongues may please some Rolling Stones fans, as the individual members share inspired moments. One can hear their earnestness and desire to please
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3.3
145043
3.3 |
Paste Magazine
The band’s third album of original material this century feels impulsive and haphazard, as if they had a bunch of leftover material from the Hackney Diamonds sessions that they didn’t know what to do with
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