1 	Crosseyed Heart 	
2 	Heartstopper 	
3 	Amnesia 	
4 	Robbed Blind 	
5 	Trouble 	
6 	Love Overdue 	
7 	Nothing On Me 	
8 	Suspicious 	
9 	Blues In The Morning 	
10 	Something For Nothing 	
11 	Illusion 	
12 	Just A Gift 	
13 	Goodnight Irene 	
14 	Substantial Damage 	
15 	Lover's Plea

Acoustic Guitar – Keith Richards (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B4, C2, C3, DD1 to D3)
Backing Vocals – Bernard Fowler (tracks: B1, B2, C3, D2, D4),
 Blondie Chaplin (tracks: C3, D1, D2, D4),
  Keith Richards (tracks: A3, B1, D3, D4),
   Meegan Voss (tracks: A3, B4),
    Steve Jordan (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B3, C1 to C3, D1 to D4)
Bass – Keith Richards (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B4, C1, C2, D3, D4)
Drums – Steve Jordan (tracks: A2 to A4, B1 to B4, C1 to C3, D1 to D4)
Electric Guitar – Keith Richards (tracks: A2, A3, B1 to B4, C1 to C3, D1, D3, D4),
 Waddy Wachtel (tracks: A2, B1, B4)
Lead Vocals – Keith Richards
Organ [Farfisa Organ] – Keith Richards (tracks: B4, C3)
Organ [Hammond] – Charles Hodges (tracks: B3, C2, D3, D4)
Pedal Steel Guitar – Larry Campbell (tracks: A2, A4)
Percussion – Steve Jordan (tracks: B1, B2)
Piano – Keith Richards (tracks: A2 to A4, B4, C1 to C3, D1)
Saxophone – Bobby Keys (tracks: A3, C1) 
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Keith Richards took his time to complete Crosseyed Heart. It arrives 23 years after Main Offender, his last solo studio album, but also 11 years after A Bigger Bang, the last official Rolling Stones record, but Richards hasn't exactly been quiet in all those years. He helped Mick Jagger flesh out the leftover demos for expanded editions of Exile on Main St. and Some Girls -- conspiracists argued some of the writing happened in the new millennium -- and toured with the Stones on various anniversaries, but the feather in his cap was Life, the 2010 memoir that established Keith as a razor-sharp raconteur for the masses that may never have paid attention to Talk Is Cheap. When compared to that publication date, Crosseyed Heart arrives a mere five years later, so that's not such a long wait. Certainly, Crosseyed Heart hardly feels like it was labored over; it's not the work of a perfectionist hoping every element lands in its right place. It sounds like it was knocked out in a week, which is about the highest compliment that can be paid to a record as casual as this. Main Offender felt like the result of endless hours of expensive studio jams, but Crosseyed Heart feels like it fell into place, with its songs arising out of jams with a drummer instead of being excuses for jams. Bookended by acoustic numbers -- the first is the charmingly tossed-off title track, a song that feels clipped in its conclusion, the last a version of Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene," with the lyrics slightly modified -- the album does indeed bear the suggestion of a construction, a record that slides from obsession to obsession without calling attention to transitions. Nothing here is surprising, not the overdriven Chess boogie of "Blues in the Morning" or the ska shuffle of "Love Overdue," but that familiarity is an asset, because Keith luxuriates in his detours so much he winds up synthesizing his affections into a signature, a move highlighted by the soulful crawl of the Norah Jones duet "Illusion," a song where both singers seem seduced by the slow groove. "Illusion" mildly recalls "Make No Mistake," but where that Talk Is Cheap number underlined its Stax connections, Crosseyed Heart isn't so edgy: Keith no longer has to prove what he has to contribute to either the Stones or the culture at large, so he settles into his favorite sounds, loving to play the blues, rock & roll, country, and folk he's always savored, then sliding into the open-chord boogie that's unmistakably his. He may not forcibly claim this ground here but that's the appeal of Crosseyed Heart: it's a winningly low-key record, where the atmosphere matters more than the songs, yet Richards doesn't neglect writing tunes this time around. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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01. Take It So Hard              play
02. Big Enough
03. You Don't Move Me
04. Struggle
05. Make No Mistake
06. Too Rude (live)
07. Time Is On My Side (live)
08. Happy (live)
09. Connection (live)            play
10. Wicked As It Seems
11. Eileen
12. Hate It When You Leave
13. Locked Away
14. Hurricane (previously unreleased)

Released in conjunction with Keith Richards’ 2010 autobiography Life, Vintage Vinos collects 14 highlights from the three solo records where he was backed by the X-Pensive Winos: 1988’s Talk Is Cheap; the 1991 live set Live at the Hollywood Palladium, recorded on the supporting tour for the 1988 debut; and 1992’s Main Offender. Five cuts were cherry-picked from each studio album and paired with four highlights from the live album (all songs recorded by the Rolling Stones, including “Time Is on My Side” and “Connection,” but they’re overshadowed by the reggae “Too Rude,” which allows the Winos to really stretch their muscles), and while there are some excellent songs left on the studio records (chief among them the Jagger-baiting ‘50s shuffle “I Could’ve Stood You Up”), the selections are expertly chosen and offer solid proof that when the Stones weren’t rolling, Keef served up some nifty rock and soul on his own, and even had a pair of minor classics in the hard-charging “Take It So Hard” and cool grooving Stax tribute “Make No Mistake.” ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Wydawnictwo "Vintage Vinos" ukazało się na rynku nakładem Mindless Records. Na płytę składają się zremasterowane nagrania pochodzące z solowych krążków Richardsa: "Talk Is Cheap" (1988), "Live At The Hollywood Palladium" (1988) oraz "Main Offender" (1992). W zestawie znajduje się ponadto "Hurricane" - akustyczne nagranie dostępne dotychczas tylko dla tych słuchaczy, którzy wsparli akcję pomocy humanitarnej dla ofiar huraganu Katrina (kampania odbywała się w trakcie ostatniej trasy Rolling Stones).

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