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2 | [[caption-width-right:320: Whether you like this album or not: ''You might as well get juiced.''.]] |
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4 | ''Bridges to Babylon'' is the twenty-first studio album (twenty-third American album) by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, released in 1997. By this stage of their career, the time-space between their albums was growing. Although this album came out three years after ''Music/VoodooLounge'', it would be eight years before their next studio album (''Music/ABiggerBang'') was released. |
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6 | Upon release, it was greeted by strong mixed reviews, particularly the main single "Anybody Seen My Baby?". The chorus of "Anybody Seen My Baby?" [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong sounds a lot like]] kd lang's "Constant Craving": It's reportedly a coincidence, and since this came to the band's attention before this album was released, they actually credited lang (and ''her'' co-writer, Ben Mink) as co-writing the song to help prevent any kind of lawsuit. |
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8 | A German concert of the tour, ''Bridges to Bremen'', was released on CD and DVD in 2019. |
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10 | !! Tracklist: |
11 | |
12 | # "Flip the Switch" (3:28) |
13 | # "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (4:31) |
14 | # "Low Down" (4:26) |
15 | # "Already Over Me" (5:24) |
16 | # "Gunface" (5:02) |
17 | # "You Don't Have to Mean It" (3:44) |
18 | # "Out of Control" (4:43) |
19 | # "Saint of Me" (5:15) |
20 | # "Might as Well Get Juiced" (5:23) |
21 | # "Always Suffering" (4:43) |
22 | # "Too Tight" (3:33) |
23 | # "Thief in the Night" (5:15) |
24 | # "How Can I Stop" (6:53) |
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26 | ---- |
27 | !!Principal Members: |
28 | |
29 | * Music/MickJagger - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, harmonica |
30 | * Music/KeithRichards - guitar, backing and lead vocals, piano |
31 | * Charlie Watts - drums, vocals |
32 | * [[Music/{{Faces}} Ronnie Wood]] - guitar, dobro |
33 | |
34 | ---- |
35 | !! Tropes In The Night: |
36 | |
37 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: "Always Suffering" |
38 | --> ''While the whole world was wandering'' |
39 | * AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''ridges To '''B'''abylon" and "'''T''''oo '''T'''ight". |
40 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: "Saint Of Me" |
41 | --> ''Saint Paul the persecutor'' |
42 | --> ''Was a cruel and sinful man'' |
43 | --> ''Jesus hit him with a blinding light'' |
44 | --> ''And then his life began'' |
45 | --> ''I said yeah'' |
46 | --> ''I said yeah'' |
47 | --> ''Augustin knew temptation'' |
48 | --> ''He loved women, wine and song'' |
49 | --> ''And all the special pleasures'' |
50 | --> ''Of doing something wrong'' |
51 | * BreakupSong: |
52 | ** "Anybody Seen My Baby?" is one where the girl seemingly left the city without even warning the narrator. |
53 | --> ''Anybody seen my baby'' |
54 | --> ''Anybody seen her around'' |
55 | --> ''Love has gone and made me blind'' |
56 | --> ''I've looked but I just can't find'' |
57 | --> ''She has gotten lost in the crowd'' |
58 | ** "Already Over You" |
59 | --> ''In the first flush of ecstasy'' |
60 | --> ''As you lay naked next to me'' |
61 | --> ''While our love put the dawn to flight'' |
62 | --> ''I just ignore all those warning lights'' |
63 | --> ''Cause when you laugh I just cry'' |
64 | --> ''When you left I just died'' |
65 | --> ''Are you already over me?'' |
66 | --> ''Are you already over me?'' |
67 | --> ''Are you already sick me?'' |
68 | --> ''What a fool I've been'' |
69 | ** "Thief In The Night" |
70 | --> ''I know where your place is'' |
71 | --> ''And it's not with him'' |
72 | --> ''I'm the one who is out here baby'' |
73 | --> ''Out here, just looking in'' |
74 | --> ''He ain't gonna like it at all'' |
75 | * CelebrityCameo: Creator/AngelinaJolie appears as a stripper in the music video of "Anybody Seen My Baby?" |
76 | * CrapsackWorld: "Always Suffering" |
77 | --> ''Now the rain is falling slow'' |
78 | --> ''And the nights grow long'' |
79 | --> ''And the train'' |
80 | --> ''Cries out so hauntingly'' |
81 | --> ''She is gone'' |
82 | --> ''Now we're always suffering'' |
83 | --> ''Already lost'' |
84 | * EpicRocking: The 6:53 and aptly titled "How Can I Stop?". |
85 | * FadingIntoTheNextSong: In at least the latest CD edition of this album, "Out Of Control" cross-fades into "Saint Of Me". It's especially noteworthy because in the cassette and vinyl editions those two songs were separated by ''a side break''. |
86 | * IntercourseWithYou: "Too Tight" |
87 | --> ''Baby you're tight for me'' |
88 | --> ''(I warn you) yeah'' |
89 | --> ''Far too tight for me'' |
90 | --> ''Yeah'' |
91 | --> ''Untie those sheep shanks, yes'' |
92 | --> ''And all those fancy knots'' |
93 | --> ''I'm not Houdini, honey'' |
94 | --> ''C'mon now and loosen up'' |
95 | --> ''(Tight)'' |
96 | --> ''(Too tight)'' |
97 | * NewSoundAlbum: Most likely due to the use of multiple producers. The sound is firmly in TheNineties. |
98 | * OdeToIntoxication: "Might As Well Get Juiced" |
99 | --> ''The wheels of life are passing you by'' |
100 | --> ''You might as well get juiced'' |
101 | --> ''Might as well get juiced'' |
102 | --> ''Some people like to get high on love'' |
103 | --> ''Buss it off with alcohol'' |
104 | * OneWordTitle: "Gunface". |
105 | * PantheraAwesome: The Assyrian lion on the cover, which has a Pharaoh-like beard because the art director drew influence from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamassu Lamassu]]. |
106 | * QuestioningTitle: "Anybody Seen My Baby?" and "How Can I Stop?". |
107 | * {{Sampling}}: The only Stones album to do so. Used in the songs "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (featuring a brief Biz Markie rap), "Saint Of Me" and "Might As Well Get Juiced". |
108 | * ShoutOut: |
109 | ** "Too Tight" |
110 | --> ''I am not [[Creator/HarryHoudini Houdini]]'' |
111 | ** "Saint Of Me" references biblical characters Saint Paul, Jesus, Augustin, John the Baptist, Herodes and Salome. |
112 | * SpecialGuest: By recording in Los Angeles, various musicians friends could attend the sessions, such as Billy Preston and Blondie Chaplin . |
113 | * StalkerWithACrush: "Thief In The Night" |
114 | --> ''I'm gonna steal what's mine'' |
115 | --> ''Oh I'm gonna break the laws'' |
116 | --> ''But I'll get through you door'' |
117 | --> ''But you wait and see'' |
118 | --> ''Yeah, I'm gonna get ya, get you free'' |
119 | --> ''(Like a thief)'' |
120 | --> ''I found out where he keeps you'' |
121 | --> ''I've even been inside'' |
122 | --> ''you check under your pillow baby'' |
123 | --> ''You'll get the message'' |
124 | * StepUpToTheMicrophone: Keith Richards sings lead vocals on "You Don't Have To Mean It", "Thief In The Night" and "How Can I Stop". |
125 | * VillainSong: "Saint Of Me" |
126 | --> ''And I do believe in miracles'' |
127 | --> ''And I want to save my soul'' |
128 | --> ''And I know that I'm a sinner'' |
129 | --> ''I'm gonna die here in the cold'' |
130 | --> ''I said yes, I said yeah'' |
131 | --> ''I said yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah'' |
132 | --> ''You'll never make a saint of me'' |
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