Main Offender

Occupation

• Guitar, Vocals: Keith Richards
• Guitar: Waddy Wachtel
• Drums: Steve Jordan
• Bass: Charley Drayton
• Keyboard: Ivan Neville
• Backing Vocals: Sarah Dash
• Saxophone: Bobby Keys

Main Offender is the third solo album of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. The album was produced in collaboration with the band X - Pensive Winos, and was published on 20 October 1992; as singles appeared in 1992 Wicked as It Seems 1993 and Eileen.

Formation

The band Pensive Winos X was already involved in the recording of Richards 's first solo album, Talk Is Cheap (1988) and the subsequent live album Live At The Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 ( 1991). In addition, is a singer Bernard Fowler, who had already worked as a background singer for the Rolling Stones, to hear guest vocals on some songs. Each of the ten track was recorded separately, part of the Master Sound Studios ( Queens ) and part at The Site studio in San Rafael, California. Thereafter, the instrumental tracks are arranged, and subsequently joined together.

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Reviews

Cub Koda of Allmusic called the album focuses pleasant and expresses that the next album by the Rolling Stones should rock like hard. Timothy White of Billboard Magazine certifies Richards to have left with the album, the self-imposed limits of his profession. Richards show on Main Offender that could arise amazing Sophisticated by focusing on the essentials something. Billy Altmann of Entertainment Weekly called the album surprisingly exciting, even though the musicians involved had done their best, the songs take their structures and compares the music with early albums by the Rolling Stones.