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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:
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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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27	!!Principal Members:
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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
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35	!! Tropes In The Night:
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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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