RT - Forty Licks

Forty Licks

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Released: 30 September 2002
Recorded: January 1964 - June 2002
Genre: Rock
Length: 155:52
Label: Virgin/ABKCO/Decca
Producer: Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Miller, The Glimmer Twins, Chris Kimsey, Don Was, The Dust Brothers
"The must-have album for any Stones beginner."

Recording

The idea for the album was generated in celebration of the Stones' 40th anniversary as a band. It contains four previously unreleased tracks - Don't Stop, Keys to Your Love, Stealing My Heart and Losing My Touch, the last of which is sung by Keith Richards.

Release & Aftermath

Upon the album's release the band conducted a major one-year, three-leg, 117-show tour in support of it.

Charts

The album reached #2 in both the UK and US album charts in 2002 and performed well n other countries two. It reached number one in Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, France and Belgium.