A Bigger Bang is the 22nd British and 24th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released on Virgin Records in September 2005. It is the follow-up to their previous full-length studio album Bridges to Babylon from 1997; that gap of eight years was up to that time the longest between studio albums of the band's recording career. Released as a double album on vinyl and a single CD, it was produced by Don Was and the Glimmer Twins. Read more on Last.fm.
The Rolling Stones is an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock. Their first stable line-up consisted of vocalist Mick Jagger, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, guitarist Keith Richards, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts. During their formative years Read more on Last.fm
Who knew at 60 plus years, Mick, Kieth, Charlie and Ronnie could craft a worthy album that doesn’t run out of gas, slow down for old age or have a weak track (with the possible exception of the odd “Sweet Neo-Con”)? This is Rolling Stones record on par with everything they’ve ever done, period. There’s a kiss of Exile On Mainstreet, some guitar noodling that reminds you of Black And Blue. It’s a tight, tight little record. This is the kind of album that people will pull out of a bin in ten years and share with their friends.