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THE ROLLING STONES
Drop New Album “Foreign Tongues”
July 10th, 2026 by Amaris Becker
Sixty-three years after their first single, the Rolling Stones just dropped a new album, and it proves once and for all: things only get better with age.
The Stones are best known for their larger-than-life songs that defined a generation. This band has done it all. Their sonic magic ranges from monster radio hits to songs heard on tv commercials and the big screen.
Songs we have all heard at some point in our lives that are Stones classics include, “Beast of Burden,” “Honky Tonk Woman,” “Start Me Up,” “[I Can’t Get No] Satisfaction,” “Under My Thumb,” “She’s So Cold,” “Let’s Spend the Night Together,” and “Paint It, Black.” Ask any of their fans and they will tell you that it is the way they have lived their lives that made them legends.
“Foreign Tongues” was produced by Andrew Watt, the same mind behind their 2023 Grammy-winning album “Hackney Diamonds” and recorded in their hometown of London at Metropolis Studios over one-month. The album just dropped today!
The album was recorded live on the floor, with the excitement and emotion of the musicians coming through in every track.
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, two men who’ve been arguing musically for over 60 years, still haven’t run out of things to say to each other on this 14-track record, with Ronnie Wood there to witness it all.
Guest credits include Paul McCartney, Steve Winwood, The Cure’s Robert Smith, and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The late Charlie Watts, who passed away in 2021, is remembered on track eight, “Hit Me in the Head,” which features one of his final drum sessions.
It’s a striking touch: a band confronting its own mortality, the effects of long-term fame, and the rockstar lifestyle throughout the album, is propelled forward by their longtime friend and creative collaborator’s drumming.
It holds everything that makes a Stones record great, and it couldn’t have been made by any other band.
“Foreign Tongues” retains the classic political elements of the ’60s and ’70s, taking jabs at Musk-style moguls and autocrats throughout the album, and overall, it just sounds like a Rolling Stones album.
After listening to the album approximately three times in the past 24 hours it’s been released, I have declared it the soundtrack to my summer. And I will not apologize, but I will warn my friends: you will be hearing a lot of the Stones this summer.
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