The Rolling Stones Announce 25th Studio Album ‘Foreign Tongues’
The album features the final song the band recorded with Charlie Watts before his passing.
Image Nathaniel Mary Quinn
The Rolling Stones just keep on keeping on, with the British rock royalty announcing the release of their new studio album Foreign Tongues, out Friday 10 July via Capitol Records.
The band’s 25th record comprises 14 tracks and arrives less than three years after the Grammy Award-winning Hackney Diamonds. The album includes the previously released single ‘In the Stars’ and the opening track ‘Rough and Twisted’.
Recorded at Metropolis Studios in West London, Foreign Tongues was produced by Grammy-winner Andrew Watt, who also helmed Hackney Diamonds, and features a raft of collaborators, including Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, The Cure’s Robert Smith and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The album also features the final song Charlie Watts recorded with the band before his passing in 2021.
Reflecting on the recording process, Mick Jagger said, “I love doing these recording sessions in London at Metropolis. It was a very intense few weeks recording Foreign Tongues. We had 14 great tracks and we went as fast as we could. I like the room there as it’s not too big, so you can feel the passion in the room from everyone.”
Keith Richards added, “The Foreign Tongues album has a continuity from Hackney Diamonds and it was great to be working in London again, and to have that London vibe around us. It was a month of concentrated punch. To me, it's all about the enjoyment of it. I'm blessed to be able to do this and long may it last.”
Ronnie Wood commented, “The atmosphere in the room was so creative, and the whole band was on top form throughout the whole process. Very often we nailed it on the first take. I hope everyone loves it.”
The album’s striking cover artwork is a painting created by acclaimed American artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn, who commented: “Creating the album cover for the Rolling Stones is an artistic honour - a dialogue with one of the most enduring forces in cultural history”
Foreign Tongues will be available in a wide variety of formats and can be pre-ordered here.
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There isn’t much the Rolling Stones haven’t achieved in their more than 60-year career.
25 albums, 11 of which topped the Billboard 200 Albums Chart, sold more than 65 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards and had four albums and three songs placed in the Grammy Hall of Fame and performed at the world’s biggest and best festivals.
Despite the tragic loss of drummer Charlie Watts, the remaining members are forging on, with Foreign Tongues acting as both a tribute and a new chapter in the band’s history.
‘Rough & Twisted’ by The Rolling Stones is out now. Listen here. Foreign Tongues, out Friday 10 July via Capitol Records. Pre-order here.
