Black and Blue
The Rolling Stones
- First released
- 23 April 1976
- Tracks on this edition
- 8
- Running time
- 41:25
The cover
Hiro photographed Black and Blue’s band portraits on Sanibel Island in Florida, according to IORR’s cover history. The front and back form a continuous group photograph when the sleeve opens. The archive also reports an inner-sleeve layout credit for Bea Feitler.
Photography: Hiro (IORR archive account); Lay-out: Bea Feitler (IORR archive account)
Image via Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz source release
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What critics said
Stephen Thomas Erlewine’s AllMusic review values Black and Blue for its grooves and the pleasure of hearing the band play together. He thinks reggae, funk and disco fit naturally into the Stones’ sound, while conceding that memorable tunes are scarce. The ballads “Memory Motel” and “Fool to Cry” are his clear highlights.
Tracklist
UK edition · 23 April 1976
Select a song for details
- A1Hot Stuff5:21
- A2Hand of Fate4:28
- A3Cherry Oh Baby3:57
- A4Memory Motel7:09
- B1Hey Negrita4:59
- B2Melody5:50
- B3Fool to Cry5:06
- B4Crazy Mama4:34
Sources & coverage
About these numbers
Concert figures describe 2,181 distinct archive record IDs from 1962-07-12 to 2024-07-21. Separate same-day record IDs remain separate; they have not all been reviewed as unique performed concerts.
1,506 records have stored song entries; 675 do not. Complete-setlist coverage is not established. Missing entries do not establish that a song was not played.
Song observations count distinct record IDs with a matching title after playback entries are excluded. These are documented appearances, not verified full-song performances. Tour groupings can include warm-up dates.
- MusicBrainz — album identities, editions and track programmes
The catalogue import contains core metadata only. Cover artwork and critical responses have separate sources in the sections above. Annotations, genre associations and database ratings remain excluded.
MusicBrainz data licence - setlist.fm — concert history and setlists
Concert dates, venues and setlists from the editor-supplied archive. Every concert page credits setlist.fm and links to its original record. Song observations are calculated by Glimmer Wire from those entries, with playback excluded.
Snapshot: 2026-10-03T21:42:51Z. Original database supplied and factually approved by the editor; normalized and calculated by Glimmer Wire. Counts can change when records or identities are corrected.
Calculation record
Concert records: distinct concert.setlist_id. Country groups: concert.country_code. Stored entries: records with non-playback setlist_song rows. Song appearances: distinct concert_song.setlist_id matched to setlist_song by record ID, position and exact raw title, excluding tape = 1. This does not use a complete-setlist percentage denominator.
Snapshot SHA-256: 7e86a3e2d0670574fd1e8bf42cd9e4dc99d3325db8db1b471707805387b00e5a
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