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GRRR!
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Greatest hits album by
the Rolling Stones
Released12 November 2012
Recorded1963–2012 [1]
Genre Rock
Length144:10 (2 CD)
212:03 (3 CD)
283:36 (4 CD)
Label
Producer
The Rolling Stones chronology
Live at Leeds
(2012)		GRRR!
(2012)		 Hyde Park Live
(2013)
Singles from GRRR!
  1. "Doom and Gloom"
    Released: 11 October 2012
  2. "One More Shot"
    Released: 8 November 2012
    1 January 2013 (re-released as single)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
BBC Music favourable [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Uncut 7/10 [7]

GRRR! is a greatest hits album by the Rolling Stones. Released on 12 November 2012, [8] it commemorates the band's 50th anniversary. The album features two new songs titled "Doom and Gloom" and "One More Shot", [9] which were recorded in August 2012. [10]

Contents

"Doom and Gloom" peaked at No. 61 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 26 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and No. 30 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart in October 2012. Rolling Stone magazine named "Doom and Gloom" the 18th best song of 2012.

The album reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 19 on the US Billboard 200.

In support of GRRR!, a Stones concert was recorded on 15 December 2012 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, as part of the band's 50 & Counting tour, and broadcast as the pay-per-view 2012 concert film One More Shot: The Rolling Stones Live. It was remixed and re-edited as the live album and concert film Grrr Live! , released on 10 February 2023. [11]

Editions

Artwork

Walton Ford was commissioned to do the album cover. [15] The artwork depicts a gorilla with the Stones' tongue and lips logo created by John Pasche, an adaptation of Ford's series of King Kong paintings titled "I Don't Like to Look at Him, Jack. It Makes Me Think of that Awful Day on the Island". Ford explained that he "saw the Rolling Stones as a sort of silverback", and the band could be compared to Kong due to "their kind of enormity of their accomplishment over the period of 50 years". The band approved the image, declaring that "The irreverence of Walton Ford's imagery captured the spirit of the tour", but fans were not so welcoming. Ford reacted to the criticism saying "the last people who I wanted to please were Rolling Stones fans", as he felt they "got their own grudges" and "just seem to be always angry at the Rolling Stones for a lot of reasons". Limited editions of the art were made by Ford and put on sale. [16] [17] An augmented reality app allowed to see an animated version of the GRRR! cover. [18] Hingston Studios handled the album's art direction, including the handwritten font used in the cover and its campaign. [19]

Track listings

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

Origin key

40-track version

50-track version

80-track version

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for GRRR!
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [66] 2× Platinum140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria) [67] Platinum20,000*
Belgium (BEA) [68] Gold15,000*
Germany (BVMI) [69] Gold100,000‡
Ireland (IRMA) [70] Gold7,500^
Italy (FIMI) [71] Gold30,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [72] Gold7,500^
Poland (ZPAV) [73] 2× Platinum40,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [74] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [75] Platinum300,000*
United States (RIAA) [76] Gold500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide (2012)—1,400,000 [77]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for GRRR!
RegionDate
Worldwide (excluding North America)12 November 2012
North America13 November 2012 [8]

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