Voodoo Lounge [30th Anniversary Edition]

by The Rolling Stones

Overview

Funny that the much-touted "reunion/comeback" album Steel Wheels followed Dirty Work by just three years, while it took the Stones five years to turn out its sequel, Voodoo Lounge -- a time frame that seems much more appropriate for a "comeback." To pile on the irony, Voodoo Lounge feels more like a return to form than its predecessor, even if it's every bit as calculated and Bill Wyman has flown the coup. With Don Was, a neo-classic rock producer who always attempts to reclaim his artist's original claim to greatness, helming the boards with the Glimmer Twins, the Stones strip their sound back to its spare, hard-rocking basics. The Stones act in kind, turning out a set of songs that are pretty traditionalist. There are no new twists or turns in either the rockers or ballads (apart maybe from the quiet menace of "Thru and Thru," later used to great effect on The Sopranos), even if they revive some of the English folk and acoustic country-blues that was on Beggars Banquet. Still, this approach works because they are turning out songs that may not be classics but are first-rate examples of the value of craft. If this was released ten years, even five years earlier, this would be a near-triumph of classicist rock, but since Voodoo Lounge came out in the CD age, it's padded out to 15 tracks, five of which could have been chopped to make the album much stronger. Instead, it runs on for nearly an hour, an ironically bloated length for an album whose greatest strengths are its lean, concentrated classic sound and songcraft. Still, it makes for a stronger record than its predecessor. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/12/2024
Label:	Interscope Records
UPC:	0602465212099
Rank:	120613

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Rolling Stones   Primary Artist
Bernard Fowler   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Chuck Leavell   Guest Artist,Piano,Harmonium,Wurlitzer,Harpsichord,Multi Instruments
Mark Isham   Guest Artist,Trumpet
Robert Cray   Guest Artist
Flaco Jimenez   Guest Artist,Button Accordion
Bo Diddley   Guest Artist
Ivan Neville   Guest Artist,Organ (Hammond),Vocals (Background)
Whoopi Goldberg   Guest Artist
Bobby Womack   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Benmont Tench   Multi Instruments,Organ (Hammond),Piano
Phil Jones   Percussion
Mick Jagger   Vocals,Multi Instruments,Vocals (Background)
Pierre de Beauport   Guitar (Acoustic)
Phil & Debi Jones   Percussion
Luis Jardim   Shaker,Percussion
Frankie Gavin   Fiddle,Penny Whistle
Lenny Castro   Percussion
Ron Wood   Multi Instruments
Max Baca   Bajo Sexto
Darryl Jones   Bass
Dave McMurray   Saxophone
Keith Richards   Multi Instruments,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Tony Russell   Logistics
Don Was   Producer
Mick Jagger   Composer
Stewart Whitmore   Mastering
David Campbell   String Arrangements
Mike Baumgartner   Mixing Assistant
Sante d'Orazio   Photography
Jennifer Monnar   Mixing Assistant
David Radin   Digital Editing
Mark Norton   Design,Cover Design,Art Direction
Pierre de Beauport   Pre-Production,Technical Support,Pre-Production Coordinator
Chuch Magee   Technical Support
David Paul Campbell   String Arrangements
Chad Munsey   Assistant Engineer
Stephen Marcussen   Mastering
Bob Clearmountain   Mixing
The Glimmer Twins   Producer
Ed Korengo   Mixing Assistant
Greg Goldman   Mixing Assistant
Don Smith   Mixing,Engineer
Krish Sharma   Assistant Engineer
Alastair McMillan   Assistant Engineer
Dan Bosworth   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Keith Richards   Composer
Charlie Watts   Group Member