ALBUM OF THE MONTH 8/10
Hackney Diamonds
UNIVERSAL
ALBUM OF THE MONTH
8/10
EVERYONE has a favourite Mick Jagger – which one is yours? England’s newest, troublemaking hitmaker? The godless lord of misrule? Or perhaps a more contemporary incarnation, leading The Rolling Stones through two-hour concert marathons with un-agging energy and focus?
Maybe you’re expecting to offer up a new Mick Jagger – this one more re-ective and questioning, still coming to terms with the unexpected death of his friend and bandmate Charlie Watts in 2021. Naturally, the truth is far more compelling. If Charlie’s passing has had any impact on Jagger and his bandmates it has been to galvanise them: strains at the leash to show just how vital and dynamic the Stones still are, with Jagger very much in pole
