Voodoo Lounge
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| Studio album by The Rolling Stones | ||||||||||
| Released | 11 July 1994 | |||||||||
| Recorded | September, 3 November – 11 December 1993, 15 January – 23 April 1994 | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock, roots rock | |||||||||
| Length | 62:08 | |||||||||
| Language | English | |||||||||
| Label | Virgin | |||||||||
| Producer | Don Was, The Glimmer Twins | |||||||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    |
| Chicago Tribune | positive |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+; originally B |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| The New York Times | positive |
| People | unfavourable |
| Robert Christgau |  |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Vox | 8/10 |
Voodoo Lounge is the 20th British and 22nd American studio album by British rock band The Rolling Stones, released in July 1994. As their first new release under their new alliance with Virgin Records, it ended a five-year gap since their last studio album, Steel Wheels in 1989. Voodoo Lounge is also the band's first album without long-time bassist Bill Wyman. He left the band in early 1991, though the Stones did not formally announce the departure until 1993. In 2009, the album was remastered and reissued by Universal Music. This album was released as a double album on vinyl and a single CD and cassette.
Following the release of Keith Richards' Main Offender and Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit in 1992 and 1993, respectively, both leaders of the Rolling Stones began composing new songs in April 1993, deciding upon Don Was (who has produced several Grammy-winning records) as co-producer for the upcoming sessions. In November, after rehearsing and recording at Ronnie Wood's house in Ireland that September, the Stones shifted to Windmill Lane Studios in Dublin and began cutting Voodoo Lounge. Although not joining the band officially, Darryl Jones would be taking Bill Wyman's place as the group's regular bassist, at the suggestion of drummer Charlie Watts.
Don Was, noted for his retro rock production sensibilities, was reportedly responsible for pushing the band towards more conventional territory in an attempt to reproduce the archetypal "Rolling Stones" sound. Although this approach pleased critics and the Stones rock-oriented fan base, Jagger in particular expressed some dissatisfaction with Was's aesthetic, commenting in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone:
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