Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

RECORDINGS | OPINION: Rolling Stones “Black and Blue” — revisiting the album that marked their mid-’70s identity crisis

It's tempting to call "Black and Blue" the Rolling Stones' first bad album. Yet that judgment collapses too much complexity into a single word. Bad, after all, implies failure, and "Black and Blue" ...
American Songwriter

Check Out the Funky, Previously Unreleased Rolling Stones Song “I Love Ladies,” from the Band’s New Deluxe ‘Black and Blue’ Reissue

One of these rare recordings is a soulful, grooving Mick Jagger-Keith Richards composition called “I Love Ladies.” Coinciding with the release of the Black and Blue reissues, a visualizer video for “I ...
Rolling Stone

How the Rolling Stones Found Their Third Act With ‘Black and Blue’

Featuring audition jams with Jeff Beck and Harvey Mandel, as well as rare tracks and concert recordings, a new expanded reissue of the band's 1976 album gives us a 360 look at a crucial turning point ...
American Songwriter

Mick Jagger Reveals Cool Details About The Rolling Stones’ Cover of a Disco Hit Featured on Deluxe ‘Black and Blue’ Reissue

In a message on his social media pages, Jagger wrote, “We first tried out [‘Shame, Shame, Shame’] around the time of Black and Blue… it was fun to return to it now and add something to it!” The post ...