Originally issued in 1997, Bridges To Babylon made the Top 3 in the US and number 6 in the UK. The yearning and sinuous Anybody Seen My Baby? and the mean and moody Saint Of Me - both Top 30 hits in the UK - in particular, showed the band remained at the cutting edge. Energetic rockers Low Down and Too Tight repay further investigation as do the three tracks sung by Richards, in particular the closer How Can I Stop which features another jazz legend, Wayne Shorter, on saxophone.
- Flip The Switch
- Anybody Seen My Baby?
- Low Down
- Already Over Me
- Gunface
- You Don't Have To Mean It
- Out Of Control
- Saint Of Me
- Might As Well Get Juiced
- Always Suffering
- Too Tight
- Thief In The Night
- How Can I Stop
I start to feel good about records when I realize I can toss away the rule book. When I heard Mick's (Might As Well Get Juiced) demo, I knew there was a path to follow here. Then, by the time I got to the studio with Flip the Switch and Low Down, I started to hear how the band was playing: OK, from now on, I'm following this thing. I'm not trying to lead it anywhere. Just sit on its tail and hang on.
