On Air
is a live album by
released on
December, 1st 2017.
The standard versions
of the album contain
18 live
and
studio recordings
of the band
aired on the BBC
in 1963–1965.
Deluxe Editions
of the album
contain an
additional 14 tracks.
It emerged 20 years
after initial
newspaper reports
that such an album
could be forthcoming.
Background
On Air
is a compilation album
containing live
in the studio performances
by
the Rolling Stones
that were broadcast
on various BBC
radio shows from
1963 to 1965,
including blues
and rock 'n' roll covers
and early
Jagger/Richards hits
such as
"The Last Time"
and
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction".
The album was released in
multiple formats,
including CD,
double-CD deluxe edition,
heavyweight vinyl
and special
limited-edition
coloured vinyl.
The release
follows that of a
coffee table book
by Richard Havers,
which shares
the same title.
The standard versions
of the album contain
18 tracks,
while the deluxe editions
contain 32 tracks.
Eight of the tracks
have never been
recorded or
released commercially
by the band.
The quality of the
individual recordings
varies considerably,
with some being
recorded in mono,
and others in stereo.
Despite this,
the Los Angeles Times
considered many
of the tracks to be
"crisp, clean and potent".
Critical Reception
The album received a
favourable
Metacritic score of 84,
with Uncut
calling it a
"essentially [a] sequel"
to the band's
previous album,
Blue & Lonesome,
which was released in
December 2016.
Uncut also stated that
On Air
captures the
"full flowering"
of the Jagger/Richards
songwriting relationship.
The Los Angeles Times
considered the album to be
comparable to similar,
previously released
BBC recordings
made by
the Beatles
during the period.
Robert Christgau
wrote in Vice:
"Billed 'R&B'
as they started
playing out in 1963,
the Stones were catchier
and quicker than blues,
and on these
32 radio transcriptions
they sound like
the premier bar band
of their time if not ever.
Where Blue & Lonesome
is a sodden thing
many old rockers have
recorded sharper,
spunkier, wiser music
this collection proves
what world-beaters they were
even before they got
serious about songwriting.
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