The Rolling Stones : Blue & Lonesome

I'M JUST YOUR FOOL,

CAN'T HELP MYSELF

I LOVE YOU, BABY, 

AND NO ONE ELSE

I AIN'T CRAZY,

YOU ARE MY BABY

I'M JUST YOUR FOOL

 Blue & Lonesome

 is the 

23rd studio album

 by English

 rock band

 The Rolling Stones

released on 

 December, 2nd 2016.

 Consisting entirely of 

blues music, 

it is the band's 

first album to 

feature only 

cover songs. 

The album is also

 their first studio release 

since 2005's

 A Bigger Bang, 

with its 11-year gap

 being the longest 

between two albums 

from the band. 

Despite the short running 

of approximately

 43 minutes,

 the album was released

 as a double LP.

 "Just Your Fool", 

a Buddy Johnson cover

 though the Rolling Stones version

 is based on

 Little Walter's arrangement 

was released as the

 first single

 from the album on

 October 6th

The name of the album 

is from a song which

 Little Walter wrote, 

"Blue and Lonesome".

The album included 

the same production

 and musician team as 

A Bigger Bang. 

Joining vocalist 

Mick Jagger 

and guitarist

 Keith Richards 

as producers was 

Don Was, 

who'd been working

 with the group

 for most of the prior 

two decades.

 In the studio 

were band members 

Ronnie Wood 

(guitar) 

and Charlie Watts 

(drums), 

alongside 

contract players 

Darryl Jones

 (bass), 

Chuck Leavell 

(keyboards) 

and 

Matt Clifford 

(multi-instrumentalist). 

Eric Clapton

 played guitar 

on two tracks 

and drummer 

Jim Keltner 

played percussion 

on another.

The album was recorded 

during three sessions in 

December 2015 

and sold well 

after its release 

a year later.

 It reached number one

 on the album charts 

in the UK 

and over a dozen 

other countries, 

and number four 

in the United States.

 It was certified

 gold or platinum

 in several countries. 

The first Stones album 

of the streaming media age, 

many of the songs

 from the album

 charted on several 

top-40 digital music charts, 

and the lead single 

"Just Your Fool" 

was a top-40 hit 

on several airplay 

and genre-specific charts.

 The album received

 four- and five-star 

ratings from 

many music journalists, 

and accolades 

from jazz and

 blues publications.

 It was awarded

 the Grammy Award

 for Best

 Traditional Blues Album 

in 2018, 

the band's

 first Grammy

 in 23 years.

It was the final 

studio album

 to be released before

 the death of drummer

 Charlie Watts in 2021.

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