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Title: Tragedy Brings Out Their Best
Review: Two potential catastrophes in the band this summer -Charlie Watts' brush with Throat Cancer, Ron Wood's brief descent into Crack over his ex-wife's suicide-formed the catalyst for Mick and Keith to stop chasing fads and deliver this, their most potent set since 'Tattoo You.' Enthralling, stripped-down melodies abound throughout the album, but I'd list my favorites as 'Back Of My Hand,' with Mick playing remarkable bottleneck slide (it's true!) and drawling with 'Sticky Fingers'-like majesty, and Keith's "Infamy," with a rising chord progression which sounds cribbed from their great '70s Paris bootleg, "I Need You." It's seems, at last, that they've figured out they only have to draw from themselves to find the old magic. Welcome back, boys.
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