Bridges to Babylon
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{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Bridges to Babylon
| type = studio
| artist = the Rolling Stones
| cover = BridgesBabylon97.jpg
| alt = A painting of a stone lion standing on two legs in the sand
| released = {{start date|1997|9|29|df=yes}}
| recorded = 13 March – July 1997
| studio = Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California)
| genre = Rock
| length = 62:27
| label = Virgin
| producer = Don Was, The Glimmer Twins, with Rob Fraboni, Danny Saber, Pierre de Beauport, and The Dust Brothers
| prev_title = Stripped
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = No Security
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bridges to Babylon
| type = studio
| single1 = Anybody Seen My Baby?
| single1date = 22 September 1997
| single3 = Saint of Me
| single3date = 26 January 1998
| single4 = Out of Control
| single4date = August 1998
}}
}}
Bridges to Babylon is the twenty-first studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released by Virgin Records on 29 September 1997. Released as a double album on vinyl and as a single CD, it was supported by the year-long worldwide Bridges to Babylon Tour that was met with much success.
Unlike the prior several albums, which the production and songwriting team of vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards had co-produced alongside a single outside producer, the Stones brought in an eclectic mix of superstar producers, including the Dust Brothers, Don Was, and Rob Fraboni, among others. Similarly, a wide array of guest musicians appeared on each of the tracks alongside band members Jagger, Richards, Ronnie Wood on guitar and Charlie Watts on drums. The sprawling album features a wide range of genres, including the Stones-standard blues rock, sample-laden hip hop and rap. The band was once again not on speaking terms during the recording of the album, with Jagger and Richards each recording their parts separately and rarely appearing in the studio together. However, they had repaired their relationship well enough to embark on a wildly successful tour to support the album.
Though critics gave the album mixed reviews, it sold well, reaching platinum or gold status in many markets, and produced the worldwide Top 40 single "Anybody Seen My Baby?".
Background and recording
Following the Voodoo Lounge Tour from 1994 to 1995, and the album Stripped, the Stones afforded themselves a brief respite before Mick Jagger and Keith Richards began composing new songs together in the summer of 1996, with demos to follow as they met in New York in November and London the following month. Another writing session took place in Barbados in January 1997.{{cite book|title=Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones|first=Stephen|last=Davis|publisher=Crown/Archetype|year=2001|pages=504–8|isbn=0767909569}}
In March 1997, the band arrived in Los Angeles to start the recording sessions at Ocean Way Studios. After many albums recorded in isolated islands, working in a big city allowed for the contribution of various musician friends of the band. Bridges to Babylon was recorded until July, and the four-month production made it one of their most concise periods of recording in years. The sessions were frequently all-nighters that lasted until Richards got tired by the morning.
Although Don Was produced again, Jagger arrived before the other members of the Stones to seek local producers. First were The Dust Brothers, who had impressed Jagger with their work on Beck's Odelay and the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique.{{Cite book|title=Rocks Off: 50 Tracks That Tell the Story of the Rolling Stones|first=Bill|last=Janovitz|publisher=MacMillan|chapter=48: Saint of Me|pages=360–5|year=2013|isbn=978-1250026323}} The Dust Brothers' contributions were initially five, but were reduced to three, which marked the only Stones songs to feature sampling. Danny Saber and Babyface were also brought in by Jagger, though the latter's contributions to the track "Already Over Me" were eventually discarded. Richards was not keen on the idea of working with 'loop gurus', going as far as expelling Saber from the studio once he found him overdubbing guitars. Richards brought in Rob Fraboni for his solo material, and Was made sure to work with Richards and Jagger in separate rooms. Drummer Charlie Watts would relieve the tense environment by working with percussionist Jim Keltner, whom he later drafted for a solo project. By the final week of recording, the Stones were not on speaking terms, with Jagger boycotting sessions arranged by Richards' crew and Watts leaving Los Angeles as soon as he finished his contributions.
During the album's mastering, the chorus of the projected lead single, "Anybody Seen My Baby?", was found to resemble the 1992 hit "Constant Craving" by k.d. lang, a discovery brought to Richards' attention by his daughter Angela. Seeking to avoid possible future legal entanglements, Lang and her co-writer Ben Mink were credited along with Jagger and Richards on the new tune.{{cite book|last=Richards|first=Keith|title=Life|author2=Fox James|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2010|isbn=978-0-297-85439-5|location=Great Britain|page=457}} It reached No. 22 in the UK and also became a U.S. radio rock hit.
A total of nine different musicians played bass on the sessions for the album: Jeff Sarli, Blondie Chaplin, Jamie Muhoberac, Pierre de Beauport, Don Was, Danny Saber, Darryl Jones, Me'shell Ndegeocello, and Doug Wimbish.
Packaging
Once the Rolling Stones had picked Stefan Sagmeister to be the album's art director, Jagger told him to seek inspiration from Babylonian art exhibited at the British Museum. Sagmeister was most impressed by a Lamassu sculpture featuring a lion with a human head and beard and commissioned artist Kevin Murphy to paint a similar Assyrian lion in an attack stance. The first million units of Bridges to Babylon were encased in a specially manufactured filigree slipcase that gave the impression that the lion was embedded into the design. The desert background of the cover was extended throughout the booklet, featuring ruins that were the basis for the stage design of the Bridges to Babylon Tour.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7QkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63|title=Billboard|page=63|date=8 November 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=20 May 2021|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web |url=http://sagmeisterwalsh.com/work/all/rolling-stones-bridges-to-babylon/ |title=Rolling Stones "Bridges to Babylon" |access-date=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328035910/https://sagmeisterwalsh.com/work/all/rolling-stones-bridges-to-babylon/ |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}
Release and reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Bridges to Babylon – The Rolling Stones|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bridges-to-babylon-mw0000026729|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=21 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021165157/https://www.allmusic.com/album/bridges-to-babylon-mw0000026729|archive-date=21 October 2023}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3 = NME
| rev3score = 7/10{{cite web|title=NME.COM – THE ROLLING STONES – Bridges To Babylon – 20/9/97 |website=NME |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001259reviews.html |date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817183312/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001259reviews.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 }}
| rev4 = Rolling Stone
| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last=Cross|first=Charles R.|author-link=Charles R. Cross|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|chapter=The Rolling Stones|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/696 696]}}
|rev6 = Tom Hull
| rev7 = Uncut
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Hogan |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Hogan |date=November 1997 |title=Sympathy for the devils |magazine=Uncut |pages=85 |issue=6}}
}}
Bridges to Babylon was released to mixed reviews. It reached No. 6 in the UK, No. 2 in France and No. 3 in the US, where it was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1997.{{cite web
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}} As of January 2010, Bridges to Babylon had sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S.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 Further singles "Saint of Me" and concert staple "Out of Control" were also minor hits.
By this point, the Stones had become a touring phenomenon. The Bridges to Babylon Tour in 1997 consisted of 108 concerts, with an elaborate stage design Jagger aimed to make similar to U2's PopMart Tour. Four of the album's thirteen songs made the tour's set list: "Flip the Switch", "Anybody Seen My Baby?", "Saint of Me" and "Out of Control".
In 2009, Bridges to Babylon was remastered and reissued by Universal Music.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Bridges to Babylon track listing
| all_writing = Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, with additional writers noted.
| title1 = Flip the Switch
| length1 = 3:28
| title2 = Anybody Seen My Baby?
| length2 = 4:31
| writer2 = k.d. lang, Ben Mink
| title3 = Low Down
| length3 = 4:26
| title4 = Already Over Me
| length4 = 5:24
| title5 = Gunface
| length5 = 5:02
| title6 = You Don't Have to Mean It
| length6 = 3:44
| title7 = Out of Control
| length7 = 4:43
| title8 = Saint of Me
| length8 = 5:15
| title9 = Might as Well Get Juiced
| length9 = 5:23
| title10 = Always Suffering
| length10 = 4:43
| title11 = Too Tight
| length11 = 3:33
| title12 = Thief in the Night
| writer12 = Pierre de Beauport
| length12 = 5:15
| title13 = How Can I Stop
| length13 = 6:53
| total_length = 62:27
}}
Personnel
Personnel adapted from CD liner notes {{Cite AV media notes |title=Bridges To Babylon |others=The Rolling Stones |date=1997 |type=CD liner notes}}
The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals {{small|(all except 6, 12, 13)}}, guitar {{small|(2, 5, 10)}}, harmonica {{small|(7, 9)}}, keyboards {{small|(8, 9)}}, guitar [wah-wah] {{small|(7)}}, shaker {{small|(7)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(4, 8)}}
- Keith Richards – guitar {{small|(all except 8, 12)}}, backing vocals {{small|(1–4, 7, 10, 11)}}, lead vocals {{small|(6, 12, 13)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(12)}}, piano {{small|(12)}}, handclaps {{small|(1)}}
- Ronnie Wood – guitar {{small|(1–3, 6–8, 11–13)}}, slide guitar {{small|(3, 5, 9)}}, pedal steel guitar {{small|(10, 11)}}, Dobro {{small|(4)}}, baritone guitar {{small|(4)}}
- Charlie Watts – drums {{small|(all tracks)}}, backing vocals {{small|(10)}}
Additional musicians
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- Darryl Jones – bass {{small|(6, 10, 12)}}, backing vocals {{small|(10)}}
- Me'Shell Ndegeocello – bass {{small|(8)}}
- Danny Saber – bass {{small|(5, 7)}}, guitar {{small|(5)}}, keyboards {{small|(5)}}, clavinet {{small|(7)}}, "reality manipulations" {{small|(7)}}
- Jeff Sarli – bass guitar {{small|(1)}}, acoustic bass {{small|(11, 13)}}
- Don Was – bass {{small|(4)}}, keyboards {{small|(2, 7)}}, Wurlitzer piano {{small|(7, 13)}}
- Blondie Chaplin – bass {{small|(3)}}, backing vocals {{small|(all except 5, 9)}}, shaker {{small|(2)}} maracas {{small|(3)}}, piano {{small|(4, 11, 13)}}, tambourine {{small|(1, 10–12)}}
- Pierre de Beauport – bass six {{small|(8)}}, Wurlitzer piano {{small|(12)}}, Fender Rhodes piano {{small|(12)}}
- Jamie Muhoberac – bass {{small|(2)}}, keyboards {{small|(2, 7, 8)}}
- Doug Wimbish – backing vocals {{small|(10)}}, bass {{small|(9)}}
- Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar {{small|(1–3, 7, 9, 11)}}, guitar {{small|(8, 12, 13)}}, acoustic guitar {{small|(2, 10)}}, backing vocals {{small|(10)}}
- Clinton Clifford – piano {{small|(6)}}, Hammond B-3 organ {{small|(6)}}
- Billy Preston – organ {{small|(8)}}
- Benmont Tench – Hammond C-3 organ {{small|(4)}}, keyboards {{small|(4)}}, piano {{small|(10)}}, Hammond B-3 organ {{small|(10)}}
- Darrell Leonard – trumpet {{small|(3, 6, 12)}}
- Wayne Shorter – soprano saxophone {{small|(13)}}
- Joe Sublett – baritone saxophone {{small|(1)}}, saxophone {{small|(3, 6, 12)}}
- Biz Markie – rapping {{small|(2)}}
- Bernard Fowler – backing vocals {{small|(all except 5, 9)}}
- Jim Keltner – percussion {{small|(1, 4–7, 10–13)}}, shaker {{small|(3)}}, backing vocals {{small|(10)}}
- Kenny Aronoff – bucket {{small|(4)}}
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Production
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- The Glimmer Twins – production {{small|(all tracks)}}
- Don Was – production {{small|(all except 5, 8, 9)}}
- The Dust Brothers – production {{small|(2, 8 and 9)}}
- Rob Fraboni – production, mixing {{small|(6)}}, engineering
- Danny Saber – production {{small|(5)}}
- Pierre de Beauport – production {{small|(10)}}
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
- John X Volaitis – mixing {{small|(5)}}
- Wally Gagel – mixing {{small|(7)}}
- Bob Clearmountain – mixing {{small|(4)}}
- Stefan Sagmeister – art direction and design
- Hjalti Karlsson – design
- Max Vadukul – photography
- Kevin Murphy – illustration
- Gerard Howland (Floating Company) – illustration
- Alan Ayers – illustration
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+1997–1998 weekly chart performance for Bridges to Babylon ! scope="col"| Chart (1997–1998) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{Album chart|Australia|19|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Austria|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Flanders|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Wallonia|5|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|BillboardCanada|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten){{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-10-18.pdf|title=Top National Sellers: Denmark|work=Music & Media}}
| align="center"| 3 |
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| {{Album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Finland|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|France|2|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Germany4|1|id=2613|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| scope="row"|Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e Dischi|language=it|access-date=27 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Rolling Stones".
| align="center"| 6 |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 10 |
| {{Album chart|New Zealand|10|artist=The Rolling Stones|album= Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Norway|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| scope="row"|Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}
| align="center"| 2 |
| {{Album chart|Sweden|1|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Switzerland|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|UK|6|artist=The Rolling Stones|album=Bridges to Babylon|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=The Rolling Stones|rowheader=true|accessdate=12 March 2023}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+1997 year-end chart performance for Bridges to Babylon ! scope="col"| Chart (1997) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"|German Albums Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1997|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=9 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509161529/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1997|url-status=live}}
|align="center"|10 |
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| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+1998 year-end chart performance for Bridges to Babylon ! scope="col"| Chart (1998) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"|German Albums Chart{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1998|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-date=15 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315212814/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1998|url-status=live}}
|align="center"|26 |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stonse|award=Gold|relyear=1997|certyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Gold|number=2|certyear=2004}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|type=album|relyear=1997|salesamount=90,000|region=Italy|nocert=true|salesref={{cite journal|title=Gli Stones a Milano, ma senza compenso|url=http://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/view.shtml#!/NjovZXMvaXQvcmNzZGF0aS9AMjQ2MTM%3D|date=29 April 1998|language=Italian|website=Corriere della Sera|quote=“Ma il loro ultimo album “Bridges to Babylon”, in Italia ha venduto 90 mila copie|access-date=29 November 2021}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1997|certmonth=10|access-date=28 May 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1997|region= Mexico|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Bridges to Babylon|certyear=1997|award=Gold|certref={{cite web |url=https://www.julienslive.com/lot-details/index/catalog/78/lot/31071|date=20 December 2022|title=A presentation "gold" record award for The Rolling Stones album Bridges to Babylon (Virgin Records, 1997). Presented to Ronnie Wood by EMI Music Mexico, to commemorate the sale of more than 50,000 units of the album.
}}|salesamount=50,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|access-date=19 June 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stones|award=Gold|relyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Gold|domestic=false|relyear=1997|relmonth=09|certyear=1998|access-date=18 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=The Rolling Stones|title=Bridges to Babylon|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1997|certyear=1998|certref={{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/pd758fesp2w7i7f/Spanish+Certifications+for+1996-1999.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |page=947 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=6 October 2019 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221020633/http://www.mediafire.com/file/pd758fesp2w7i7f/Spanish+Certifications+for+1996-1999.pdf |url-status=live }}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Gold|certyear=1997|relyear=1997}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|relyear=1997|domestic=false}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stones|award=Gold|id=1083-44-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stones, The|award=Platinum|salesamount=1,160,000|salesref={{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aggEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rapper%27s+delight+copies+france+billboard&pg=PA34|title=Rock Royalty|magazine=Billboard|first=Melinda|last=Newman|volume=117|issue=32|page=18|date=6 August 2005|issn=0006-2510|accessdate=25 February 2022}}}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=The Rolling Stones|award=Platinum|certyear=1998}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|type=album|title=Bridges to Babylon|artist=Rolling Stones, The|nocert=true|salesamount=3,500,000|salesref=}}
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|30324}}
- [https://sagmeister.com/work/rolling-stones-bridges-to-babylon/ Overview of the packaging] from Stefan Sagmeister
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