Foreign Tongues
Twenty-seventh American studio album by the Rolling Stones.
Foreign Tongues is the twenty-fifth British and twenty-seventh American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released on 10 July 2026 and produced by Andrew Watt. The album features contributions from Steve Jordan, Darryl Jones, Steve Winwood, Robert Smith, Paul McCartney, Benmont Tench, Bruno Mars, and Chad Smith, among others, and includes a song recorded with drummer Charlie Watts prior to his death.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- the Rolling Stones
- Released
- 10 July 2026
- Studio
- Henson (Los Angeles); Metropolis (London)
- Genre
- Rock and roll
- Length
- 62:33
- Label
- Polydor; Capitol
- Producer
- Andrew Watt
Facts from the source article.
Background
Foreign Tongues was first confirmed by Ronnie Wood in late September 2025, who told a UK publication that a new album would arrive the following year. The album was teased through a marketing campaign for the single "Rough and Twisted", credited to the pseudonym The Cockroaches, which was released on 11 April 2026 in only 1,000 vinyl copies. On 25 April 2026, the band posted twenty photographs on Facebook showing street views with posters announcing the words "Foreign Tongues" in different languages, later revealed as the album title.
The cover art, a 2025 pastel drawing by American artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn titled Trinity, depicts a composite portrait of Wood, Richards, and Jagger with faces that "seem to merge into one". The album primarily consists of new material, with four compositions recorded during the band's previous album Hackney Diamonds, including "Covered In You". It also includes material from the band's final session with Charlie Watts in 2021.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rough and Twisted | 4:40 | |
| 2 | In the Stars | 4:13 | |
| 3 | Jealous Lover | 3:50 | |
| 4 | Mr. Charm | 4:34 | |
| 5 | Divine Intervention | 4:46 | |
| 6 | Ringing Hollow | 5:18 | |
| 7 | Never Wanna Lose You | Jagger–Richards, Matt Clifford | 4:31 |
| 8 | Hit Me in the Head | 2:57 | |
| 9 | You Know I'm No Good | Amy Winehouse | 4:54 |
| 10 | Some of Us | 4:01 | |
| 11 | Covered in You | Jagger–Richards, Clifford | 4:32 |
| 12 | Side Effects | Jagger–Richards, Andrew Watt | 4:35 |
| 13 | Back in Your Life | Jagger–Richards, Watt | 6:13 |
| 14 | Beautiful Delilah | Chuck Berry | 3:29 |
| Total length | 62:33 | ||
Track listing from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The album includes a song recorded with Charlie Watts during a session in Los Angeles shortly before his death in 2021.
- The lead single "Rough and Twisted" was initially released under the pseudonym The Cockroaches, a name the band used in the 1970s for secret shows.
- The album's cover art, a 2025 painting by Nathaniel Mary Quinn titled Trinity, was described as reminiscent of a 'better version of the cover to Metallica's 2016 album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'.
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