Killian Fox 

SuperHeavy: SuperHeavy – review

Rock, reggae and soul combine to pitiful effect on this debut by Mick Jagger's 'supergroup', writes Killian Fox
  
  


According to the First Law of Supergroups, there is an inverse relationship between the quality of an outfit and the fame of its constituents. This bodes ill for SuperHeavy, which unites Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart with Damian (son of Bob) Marley, Indian super-composer AR Rahman and Joss Stone. It seems to exist, primarily, as a vehicle for Jagger's vocal mugging, and if "I Can't Take It No More" is genuinely an exercise in self-parody, it's one of the album's few redeeming features. The combination of reggae, drivetime rock and Bollywood orchestration may work beautifully elsewhere, but not here – and Stone's soulful noodling only makes matters worse.

 

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