The Rolling Stones
Blue & Lonesome

This album has the honor of being the first CD I purchased, a sort of cornerstone (coincidentally of the rolling stones) for my so far humble musical culture (read: "sharp-wittedness").

This is where the good things end.

For heaven's sake, maybe I'm exaggerating, maybe I missed the poetry behind a CD of blues covers of old blues tracks redone by veterans, or maybe, simply, when I bought it, I was blind not to understand the album's content despite the cover being blue and despite the title containing the word blue.

And is all this to say that I don't like blues?

Of course not, I mean that an entirely blues album is a bit... how can I say... tedious.

Let's draw a parallel, let's take that great album Let It Bleed: it has some blues tracks, but these are found in a sense as 'breaks' between more energetic pieces, almost to catch a breath.

This, on the other hand, is so heavy...

Tracks that seem never-ending, Keith Richards playing the usual blues chords, Mick Jagger's voice sounds whiny and the whole is really slow.

But let's get into more detail.

The album starts with "Just Your Fool," a cover with strong blues influences, like the following "Commit a Crime." Now there's the self-title "Blue and Lonesome," characterized by this blues vein that will run through the entire track. Not to mention the very bluesy "Hoo Doo Blues," a very blues piece.

Got the point?

I feel like giving it two stars because in the booklet, the members spend some words to make us understand how important blues is, how much it transmits unique emotions and so on.

All in all, a blues album with a blue cover that could appeal to all blues lovers (Eric Clapton, a true bluesman, also participated in the recordings).

May the BLUES be with you during the listening of this album.