The Rolling Stones - Voodoo Lounge (1994)

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Near Mint Original U.S. Version

Virgin Records: V 2750 (8 39782 1 2)
Format: 2X12" Gatefold LP, Standard Black Vinyl
US Version: Pressed in the U.K. but has "paste over" UPC Code and "Marketed by Caroline" sticker on back
Includes: Original Custom Lyrics/Liner Notes Inner Sleeves
Cover Condition: NEAR MINT! Very Nice! No splits, cut-outs, ring wear, or discoloration. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NEAR MINT! Very clean vinyl! Nice labels. Inner sleeves also near mint.

Release Info: Voodoo Lounge is the 20th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in July 1994. As their first new release under their new alliance with Virgin Records, it ended a five-year gap since their last studio album, Steel Wheels in 1989. Voodoo Lounge is also The Rolling Stones' first album without long-time bassist Bill Wyman, who departed the line-up in early 1993. In 2009, Voodoo Lounge was remastered and reissued by Universal Music.

Following the release of Keith Richards' Main Offender and Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit in 1992 and 1993 respectively, both leaders of The Rolling Stones began composing new songs in April 1993, deciding upon Don Was as co-producer for the upcoming sessions. In November, after rehearsing and recording at Ronnie Wood's house in Ireland that September, The Rolling Stones shifted their gear to Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin and began cutting Voodoo Lounge. Although not joining the band officially, Darryl Jones would be taking Bill Wyman's place as the group's regular bassist.

Producer Don Was—noted for his retro rock production sensibilities—was reportedly responsible for pushing the band towards more conventional territory in an attempt to reproduce the archetypal "Rolling Stones" sound. Although this approach pleased critics and the Stones rock-oriented fanbase, Jagger in particular expressed some dissatisfaction with Was' aesthetic, commenting in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone; "...there were a lot of things that we wrote for “Voodoo Lounge” that Don steered us away from: groove songs, African influences and things like that. And he steered us very clear of all that. And I think it was a mistake."

Was responded that he was not, "...anti-groove, just anti-groove without substance, in the context of this album. They had a number of great grooves. But it was like, 'OK, what goes on top of it? Where does it go?' I just felt that it's not what people were looking for from the Stones. I was looking for a sign that they can great real serious about this, still play better than anybody and write better than anybody."

The result was an essentially classicist recording that drew on the blues, R&B, and country that had informed the Stones classic late 1960s/early 1970s recordings. Jagger would insist on a more diverse, contemporary production cast for the subsequent Bridges to Babylon. Nevertheless, Was (who has produced several Grammy-winning records) remains the Stones producer to this day. After a period of recording in Los Angeles in the first few months of 1994, Voodoo Lounge was complete and The Rolling Stones moved onto the rehearsals for the (yet another massive, worldwide) Voodoo Lounge Tour which would begin in August.

In early 1995, while the Voodoo Lounge Tour was still in full force (not finishing until August that year) Voodoo Lounge won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

1."Love Is Strong" – 3:46

2."You Got Me Rocking" – 3:40

3."Sparks Will Fly" – 3:15

4."The Worst" – 2:25

5."New Faces" – 2:50

6."Moon Is Up" – 3:41

7."Out of Tears" – 5:25

8."I Go Wild" – 4:23

9."Brand New Car" – 4:13

10."Sweethearts Together" – 4:45

11."Suck on the Jugular" – 4:26

12."Blinded by Rainbows" – 4:33

13."Baby Break It Down" – 4:08

14."Thru and Thru" – 6:00

15."Mean Disposition" – 4:08