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It wasn’t until 1988 that Keith Richards, at the age of 45, finally launched his solo career. Mick Jagger had recently preceded him with the albums She’s the Boss in 1985 and Primitive Cool in 1987, both of which were met with some commercial success, but are now somewhat forgotten from the history of rock’n’roll. With a smaller public reception, Talk is Cheap is evidently more rock oriented than Jagger’s albums. The master of riffs brings his influential know-how to a collection of relaxed tracks. He is supported by Steve Jordan’s solid drum rhythms and Charley Drayton’s bass. Somewhere between classic Stones rock, vintage honky-tonk, and hints of New-Orleans delta blues, Richards displays himself as more a crafter of melodies than a conventional songwriter. This solo debut resembles, above anything, an enormous, joyous jam session between friends. Such friends include: Ivan Neville (piano), Bobby Keys (sax), Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Bootsy Collins (bass), Chuck Leavell (keys), Maceo Parker (saxo), Mick Taylor (guitar), Bernie Worrell (keys) and Willie Mitchell. All in all, without his eternal other half, Keith Richards copes fairly well. Hence his return one year later with the album Steel Wheels … © Max Dembo/Qobuz
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Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - MACEO PARKER, Alto Saxophone - Bernie Worrell, Organ, Clavinet - Sarah Dash, Background Vocals - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Waddy Wachtel, Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Piano - Charley Drayton, Drums - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Waddy Wachtel, Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Keyboards - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Mick Taylor, Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, Tenor Saxophone - Chuck Leavell, Organ - Johnnie Johnson, Piano - Joey Spampinato, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Ben Cauley, Horn - Andrew Love, Horn - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals, Congas - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist - WILLIE MITCHELL, Arranger, Horn - Jack Hale, Horn - James Mitchell, Horn - Bernie Worrell, Organ, Clavinet - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar - Sarah Dash, Vocals - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer - Gray E. Topper, Horn - Jimmi Kinnard, Horn
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Waddy Wachtel, Slide Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocals - Stanley Dural, Accordion - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Bernie Worrell, Organ - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Patti Scialfa, Background Vocals - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Piano - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - Stanley Dural, Accordion - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Bernie Worrell, Clavinet - Charley Drayton, Background Vocals - Sam Butler, Background Vocals - Sarah Dash, Background Vocals - Joey Spampinato, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Patti Scialfa, Background Vocals - Waddy Wachtel, Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - Stanley Dural, Accordion - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Piano - Michael Doucet, Violin - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Keyboards - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Mick Taylor, Composer - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, Composer, Tenor Saxophone - Chuck Leavell, Composer, Organ - Johnnie Johnson, Composer, Piano - Joey Spampinato, Composer, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
STEVE JORDAN, Drums - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - WILLIE DIXON, Composer - Bobby Keys, Tenor Saxophone - Chuck Leavell, Organ - Johnnie Johnson, Piano - Joey Spampinato, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Mick Taylor, Composer - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, Composer, Tenor Saxophone - Chuck Leavell, Composer, Organ - Johnnie Johnson, Composer, Piano - Joey Spampinato, Composer, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Mick Taylor, Composer - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, Composer, Tenor Saxophone - Chuck Leavell, Composer, Organ - Johnnie Johnson, Composer, Piano - Joey Spampinato, Composer, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Waddy Wachtel, Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Background Vocals - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Ivan Neville, Keyboards - Charley Drayton, Bass Guitar - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Bootsy Collins, Bass Guitar - STEVE JORDAN, Composer, Drums, Guitar - KEITH RICHARDS, Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist - Bernie Worrell, Organ - Jane Rose, Producer - Lawrence Peryer, Producer
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Album review
It wasn’t until 1988 that Keith Richards, at the age of 45, finally launched his solo career. Mick Jagger had recently preceded him with the albums She’s the Boss in 1985 and Primitive Cool in 1987, both of which were met with some commercial success, but are now somewhat forgotten from the history of rock’n’roll. With a smaller public reception, Talk is Cheap is evidently more rock oriented than Jagger’s albums. The master of riffs brings his influential know-how to a collection of relaxed tracks. He is supported by Steve Jordan’s solid drum rhythms and Charley Drayton’s bass. Somewhere between classic Stones rock, vintage honky-tonk, and hints of New-Orleans delta blues, Richards displays himself as more a crafter of melodies than a conventional songwriter. This solo debut resembles, above anything, an enormous, joyous jam session between friends. Such friends include: Ivan Neville (piano), Bobby Keys (sax), Waddy Wachtel (guitar), Bootsy Collins (bass), Chuck Leavell (keys), Maceo Parker (saxo), Mick Taylor (guitar), Bernie Worrell (keys) and Willie Mitchell. All in all, without his eternal other half, Keith Richards copes fairly well. Hence his return one year later with the album Steel Wheels … © Max Dembo/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:19
- Main artists: Keith Richards
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2019 Mindless Records, LLC under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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