A Bigger Bang
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Bigger Bang
| type = studio
| artist = The Rolling Stones
| cover = A bigger band album cover (Wikipedia).jpg
| alt = A painting of the band members with an explosion of light in the center
| released = {{startdate|2005|9|5|df=yes}}{{cite web |title=BPI Certification |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/173-44-2 |website=British Phonographic Industry |access-date=11 July 2024}}
| recorded =
- November 2004
- 7–9 March 2005
- 6–28 June 2005
| studio =
- Pocé sur Cisse and La Fourchette in France
- Ocean Way Recording and The Village Recorder in Los Angeles
| genre = Rock
| length = 64:23
| label =
| producer =
- Don Was
- The Glimmer Twins
- Matt Clifford
| prev_title = Live Licks
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Rarities 1971–2003
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = The Rolling Stones studio album
| type = studio
| prev_title = Bridges to Babylon
| prev_year = 1997
| title = A Bigger Bang
| year = 2005
| next_title = Blue & Lonesome
| next_year = 2016
}}
{{Singles
| name = A Bigger Bang
| type = studio
| single1 = Streets of Love"/"Rough Justice
| single1date = 22 August 2005
| single2 = Rain Fall Down
| single2date = 5 December 2005
| single3 = Biggest Mistake
| single3date = 21 August 2006
}}
}}
A Bigger Bang is the twenty-second studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released through Virgin Records on 5 September 2005. It was the band's last album of original material recorded entirely with Charlie Watts on drums before his death in 2021.{{Cite web |last=McGrath |first=Kristin |date=24 August 2021 |title=Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80: Playing the drums was all he ever wanted |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-at-80/336569002/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619161427/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/08/24/charlie-watts-rolling-stones-drummer-dead-at-80/336569002/ |url-status=live }}
Unlike their prior effort eight years before, the sprawling and eclectic Bridges to Babylon, which had an array of producers, musical styles, and guest musicians, the Stones set out to make a basic, hard rock album that hearkened back to their 1960s–1970s heyday. A single producer, Don Was, was brought in to co-produce the album alongside the band's principal songwriting and production team of vocalist Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Joining the two were band members Ronnie Wood on guitar and Charlie Watts on drums, contract players Darryl Jones on bass and Chuck Leavell on keyboards, and multi-instrumentalist Matt Clifford. Most of the basic tracks were recorded as a simple trio of Jagger, Richards, and Watts, with overdubs added later by other players.
The back-to-basics method of recording the album paid off for the Stones, who saw the album reach number three in the US, number two in the UK, and number one in eleven countries around the world. The lead single, "Streets of Love", failed to chart in the US, but was otherwise successful around the world, reaching number 15 in the UK and top-40 in over a dozen other countries. Two other singles were released to moderate worldwide sales. Reviews of the album were generally favourable; while critics noted that the album was not up to the standards of the Stones classic period, it nonetheless was among the best reviewed of their later albums. The follow-up tour, which lasted two years, would become the highest-grossing tour of all time by its completion. A Martin Scorsese-directed concert film titled Shine a Light documented the tour.
History
The album used a stripped-down style reminiscent of Some Girls (1978), but with a harder, more contemporary edge. Although initial reports stated that the Stones had "returned to their roots" with the record, the minimal instrumentation, rough mix, tough blues and "garage" rock hybrid bear certain similarities to the style of contemporary artists like the White Stripes and the Black Keys.
Many songs were recorded with just the core band of Jagger, Richards and Watts. Ronnie Wood was absent from many sessions, playing on only ten of the sixteen tracks, with only occasional contributions from outside musicians comprising the recording of the album. This is also the first album where Jagger plays bass guitar on some tracks.
The Stones said in a statement that the album's title reflects "their fascination with the scientific theory about the origin of the universe."{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4723593.stm |title=Rolling Stones back with a Bang |work=BBC News |date=28 July 2005 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193128/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4723593.stm |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jul-28-wk-quick28.5-story.html |title=Stones promise 'A Bigger Bang' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Associated Press |date=28 July 2005 |access-date=15 November 2015 |archive-date=17 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117032747/http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/28/news/wk-quick28.5 |url-status=live }}
Writing and recording
Songs for A Bigger Bang were composed by Jagger and Richards in June 2004 at Jagger's chateau in Pocé-sur-Cisse, France. At the château, they learned of Charlie Watts' throat cancer diagnosis and debated about postponing the writing, but ultimately went ahead after determining that Watts was not required to be present until later. As a result of this, Jagger played the drums during early guide track recordings; all but one of these was later rerecorded by Watts, but Jagger's beat remained. Jagger and Richards shared guitar, bass, and keyboard parts between each other. The album was produced by Don Was and the sound engineering was done by Krish Sharma. Mixing for the album was performed by Jack Joseph Puig and Dave Sardy.{{Cite book|last1=Margotin|first1=Philippe|title=The Rolling Stones All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track|last2=Guesdon|first2=Jean-Michel|publisher=Running Press|year=2016|isbn=978-0-316-31773-3|pages=668–669}}
=Lyrical content=
The song "Sweet Neo Con" is a criticism of the conservative Christian movement in American politics.{{cite news |title=Satisfaction Guaranteed |first=Lorraine |last=Ali |author-link=Lorraine Ali |newspaper=Newsweek |date=15 August 2005 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2005/08/14/satisfaction-guaranteed.html |access-date=17 June 2010 |archive-date=29 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029182350/http://www.newsweek.com/2005/08/14/satisfaction-guaranteed.html |url-status=live }}
"Dangerous Beauty" is widely understood to refer to US Army Reserve Lynndie England, who was convicted of mistreating detainees during the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraq War.[https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/dangerous-beauty Dangerous Beauty by the Rolling Stones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514144454/https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-rolling-stones/dangerous-beauty |date=14 May 2020 }}. Songfacts. Retrieved 3 September 2023.{{better source needed|date=September 2023}}
Release and reception
{{Music ratings
| MC = 73/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-bigger-bang/the-rolling-stones |title=Reviews for A Bigger Bang by The Rolling Stones |work=Metacritic |access-date=14 November 2012 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017151551/http://www.metacritic.com/music/a-bigger-bang/the-rolling-stones |url-status=live }}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-bigger-bang-mw0000408720 |title=A Bigger Bang – The Rolling Stones |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=AllMusic |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=20 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420111509/http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-bigger-bang-mw0000408720 |url-status=live }}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/rollingstones-ble.php |title=Hard Again |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=October 2005 |journal=Blender |issue=41 |page=142 |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529085654/https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/rollingstones-ble.php |url-status=live }}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3score = B−{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1100693,00.html |title=A Bigger Bang |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |date=5 September 2005 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=13 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331040349/http://ew.com/article/2005/09/05/bigger-bang/ |archive-date=31 March 2018 |url-status=dead}}
| rev4 = The Guardian
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/02/popandrock.shopping4 |title=The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis |date=2 September 2005 |work=The Guardian |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529083936/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/sep/02/popandrock.shopping4 |url-status=live }}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |title=The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang |date=October 2005 |journal=Mojo |issue=143 |page=100}}
| rev6 = NME
| rev6score = 6/10{{cite journal |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-rolling-stones/7763 |title=The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang |last=Martin |first=Dan |date=19 September 2005 |journal=NME |access-date=13 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215071350/http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-rolling-stones/7763 |archive-date=15 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}
| rev7 = Q
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal |title=The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang |date=October 2005 |journal=Q |issue=231 |page=110}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/7590942/review/7600360/abiggerbang |title=A Bigger Bang: The Rolling Stones: Review |last=Light |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Light |date=22 September 2005 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=13 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421003622/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/7590942/review/7600360/abiggerbang |archive-date=21 April 2009 |url-status=dead}}
| rev9 = Uncut
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal |title=The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang |date=October 2005 |journal=Uncut |issue=101 |page=92}}
| rev10 = The Village Voice
| rev10score = A−{{cite news |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv905-05.php |title=Consumer Guide: Crafts and Lies |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=27 September 2005 |work=The Village Voice |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529085654/https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv905-05.php |url-status=live }}
}}
The first single, "Streets of Love"/"Rough Justice", reached No. 15 on the UK Singles Chart, while A Bigger Bang peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart.{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28195/rolling-stones/ |title=Rolling Stones |work=Official Charts |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419103024/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/rolling%20stones/ |url-status=live }}
In August 2005, the Rolling Stones embarked on the 90-show A Bigger Bang Tour in support of the album. It was met with sold-out tickets at every destination, usually within minutes of going on sale. The tour was extended into 2007 because Richards got hurt falling out of a tree in Fiji and required surgery in New Zealand. The tour concluded in August 2007 at the O2 Arena in London.
Critical reaction was mostly positive. The aggregate score of the album by Metacritic was rated 73 out of 100, categorising the reviews as "generally favourable". A Bigger Bang was touted as the best Rolling Stones album in years.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/the-rolling-stones-a-bigger-bang-1798201027 |title=The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang |last=Phipps |first=Keith |date=14 September 2005 |work=The A.V. Club |access-date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=18 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118051731/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-rolling-stones-a-bigger-bang%2C9940/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rolling_Stones/AlbumReviews/2005/09/01/1196902.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115110427/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Rolling_Stones/AlbumReviews/2005/09/01/1196902.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=CANOE – Jam! Music – Artists – Album Review: A Bigger Bang |last=Sterdan |first=Darryl |date=1 September 2005 |work=jam.canoe.ca |access-date=13 November 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-rolling-stones/a-bigger-bang.htm |title=The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang – Review |last=Soto |first=Alfred |date=9 September 2005 |work=Stylus Magazine |access-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509182704/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/the-rolling-stones/a-bigger-bang.htm |archive-date=9 May 2012 }} Nevertheless, all of the Stones albums since 1989's Steel Wheels had been similarly lauded,{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/rollingstones-bigger2 |title=The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang |last1=Shymanik |first1=Steve |last2=MacNeil |first2=Jason |date=12 September 2005 |work=PopMatters |access-date=13 November 2012 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023094208/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/rollingstones-bigger2/ |url-status=live }} and many critics and fans felt that the Stones had yet to record a late-period album truly up to their high standards. It was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005, and ranked the second-best album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine, behind rapper Kanye West's Late Registration.{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/special/8952414/the_top_50_records_of_2005 | title = The Top 50 Records of 2005 | access-date =6 May 2007 |magazine=Rolling Stone | quote = 2. The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang | url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070202234303/http://www.rollingstone.com/special/8952414/the_top_50_records_of_2005 |archive-date = 2 February 2007}} A review by the Associated Press referred to the album as "a winner" that "hammers home the fact that The Rolling Stones still have 'it'".{{Cite news|last=Coyle|first=Jake|date=2005-09-09|title=Rolling Stones bang out a winner|pages=90|work=Florida Today|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78948411/rolling-stones-bang-out-a-winner/|access-date=2021-06-04|via=The Associated Press|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604210059/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78948411/rolling-stones-bang-out-a-winner/|url-status=live}}
A Bigger Bang went platinum in the US{{Certification Cite|region=United States|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=The Rolling Stones}} and Germany,{{Certification Cite|region=Germany|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=The Rolling Stones}} and gold in Japan. According to Nielsen SoundScan it sold 546,000 copies in the US,Christman, Ed, et al. [http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/upfront/e3ie77b4ee401b87ca1761794f03cb0fb17 "Future Shock"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130104215/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/magazine/upfront/e3ie77b4ee401b87ca1761794f03cb0fb17 |date=30 January 2010 }}. Billboard. 23 January 2010 and as of 31 March 2006, 2.4 million copies worldwide according to EMI.{{cite web|url=http://www.undercover.fm/news/1275-emi-share-price-drops-on-restructure-announcement |title=EMI Share Price Drops on Restructure Announcement |author=Cashmere, Paul |author-link=Paul Cashmere |date=13 January 2007 |publisher=Undercover Media Pty Ltd |access-date=21 March 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616090624/http://www.undercover.fm/news/1275-emi-share-price-drops-on-restructure-announcement |archive-date=16 June 2013 }}
In 2009, A Bigger Bang was reissued by Universal Music Group. The US re-release was handled by Interscope Records, while Polydor Records handled all other territories.
Usage in other media
Songs from A Bigger Bang have seen commercial use in television, including multiple appearances in Days of Our Lives.{{Cite news|last=Strachan|first=Alex|date=2005-10-18|title=I tell you, that Earl's a prince|pages=53|work=The Ottawa Citizen|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78953923/i-tell-you-that-earls-a-prince/|access-date=2021-06-04|archive-date=4 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604222556/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78953923/i-tell-you-that-earls-a-prince/|url-status=live}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = A Bigger Bang track listing
| all_writing = Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
| title1 = Rough Justice
| length1 = 3:11
| title2 = Let Me Down Slow
| length2 = 4:16
| title3 = It Won't Take Long
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Rain Fall Down
| length4 = 4:54
| title5 = Streets of Love
| length5 = 5:10
| title6 = Back of My Hand
| length6 = 3:32
| title7 = She Saw Me Coming
| length7 = 3:12
| title8 = Biggest Mistake
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = This Place Is Empty
| length9 = 3:12
| title10 = Oh No, Not You Again
| length10 = 3:46
| title11 = Dangerous Beauty
| length11 = 3:48
| title12 = Laugh, I Nearly Died
| length12 = 4:54
| title13 = Sweet Neo Con
| length13 = 4:33
| title14 = Look What the Cat Dragged In
| length14 = 3:57
| title15 = Driving Too Fast
| length15 = 3:56
| title16 = Infamy
| length16 = 3:47
| total_length = 64:23
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from album liner notes.{{cite book |title=A Bigger Bang |date=2005 |publisher=Virgin Records |pages=14–15}}
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – vocals (all tracks), guitars (1–5, 8, 10–16), keyboard (4, 12, 13, 16), vibraphone (4), bass guitar (6, 7, 11, 13, 14), harmonica (6, 13, 16), percussion (6, 7, 12, 15, 16), slide guitar (6, 9), production (all tracks)
- Keith Richards – guitars (all tracks), backing vocals (2, 3, 7, 8), lead vocals (9, 16), bass guitar (9, 10, 16), piano (9), keyboard (16), production (all tracks)
- Charlie Watts – drums (all tracks)
- Ronnie Wood – slide guitar (1, 2), guitars (3–5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15)
Additional musicians
- Darryl Jones – bass guitar (1–5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15)
- Chuck Leavell – piano (1, 5, 15), organ (3, 5, 8)
- Matt Clifford – keyboard (4, 5), vibraphone (4, 5), organ (5), piano (5), programming (4, 5), string arrangement (5), production (5)
- Blondie Chaplin – vocals (7, 16)
- Don Was – piano (9)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (14)
=Production=
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- Don Was – production (all tracks)
- Ryan Castle – engineer (1)
- Andy Brohard – assistant engineer (1)
- Dave Sardy – mixing (1)
- Krish Sharma – engineer (all tracks), mixing (4, 6, 12–14, 16)
- Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (2, 3, 5, 7–11, 15)
- Dean Nelson – assistant engineer (2, 3, 5, 7–11, 15)
- J.D. Andrew – additional engineer and editing (4, 6, 12–14, 16)
- German Villacorta – 2nd assistant engineer (4, 6, 12–14, 16)
- Pierre de Beauport – guitar technician, demo engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Stewart Whitmore – digital editor for Marcussen Mastering
- Tony King – artwork coordination
- Nick Knight – photography
- Michael Nash Associates – design and art direction
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Charts
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| {{Album chart|Australia|4|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Austria|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Flanders|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Wallonia|4|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web |url=https://mam.cz/novinky/2005-09/oficialni-ceska-hitparada-ifpi-cr-37-tyden-2005/ |title=Oficiální česká hitparáda IFPI ČR – 37. týden 2005 |work=Marketing & Media |language=cs |date=September 16, 2005 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105214035/https://mam.cz/novinky/2005-09/oficialni-ceska-hitparada-ifpi-cr-37-tyden-2005/ |archive-date=January 5, 2024}}
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| {{Album chart|Denmark|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Finland|4|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|France|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Germany4|1|id=23020|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Ireland2|18|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Italy|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Norway|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Portugal|5|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Spain|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Sweden|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|UK|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=A Bigger Bang|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|certref={{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004417/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?AnoFiltro=2006&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP&ACCION=+Buscar+ |url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?AnoFiltro=2006&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP&ACCION=+Buscar+ |archive-date=27 September 2007 |language=es |work=capif.org.ar |title=Discos de Oro y Platino – 2006 |access-date=12 June 2012}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=Rolling Stones|award=Gold|relyear=2005|relmonth=09|access-date=13 November 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=2005|access-date=13 November 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Gold|relyear=2005|source=chart|certyear=2006|id=37|access-date=13 November 2012}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=A Bigger Bang|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Gold|certyear=2005|certmonth=10|access-date=13 November 2012}}
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