Capsule review: Rolling stones - Black and blue (1976)

No, they don't need Mick Taylor to continue their gentle downward slope.
Two great ballads 'Memory motel' (worth its full 7 minutes) and 'Fool to cry'. One good variation on their '70s disco-groove formula 'Hot stuff'' (it's no 'Emotional rescue' but what is?). Nobody should pride themselves on having 'inspired' any of the other songs. This is what Keith Richards means when he says they don't write songs, they wait to 'receive' them from the ether. He means they don't write songs.