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- Narrated by: Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley, Keith Richards
- Length: 23 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics, and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock-and-roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done.
Now, at last, the man himself tells us the story of life in the crossfire hurricane. And what a life. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records as a child in post-war Kent. Learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones' first fame and success as a bad-boy band. The notorious Redlands drug bust and subsequent series of confrontations with a nervous establishment that led to his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero. Creating immortal riffs such as the ones in 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'Street Fighting Man' and 'Honky Tonk Woman'. Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg, and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the US, Exile on Main Street and Some Girls. Ever increasing fame, isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Mick Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Solo albums and performances with his band the Xpensive Winos. Marriage, family, and the road that goes on for ever.
In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own, with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark, Keith Richard brings us the essential life story of our times.
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- Jo
- 15-06-2019
Tedious
I'm only seven chapters in but already am incredibly bored. It's the narration - if you listen carefully youll hear that every sentence has the same rhythmic pattern and after a very short time, it had a numbing effect. I know this is a legendary story and I was really looking forward to listening but this was not a good book at all.
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- Matthew
- 10-02-2019
An unbelievable life - Keith Richards
This was one of the first audiobooks I purchased and it couldn't have went better. Not a RS superfan (until the listen) - an incredible account of life from an undeniable genius. Main focus on Music, Relationships, Drugs (a lot), friendships and of course the stones. 5/5
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- V Carr
- 11-12-2020
if you weren't a keith fan. you'll soon be
its long but interesting. what a colourful life and musical talent under that rough exterior
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- a c garepo
- 17-10-2020
Superb story
I had a deep wish to fully understand the story behind Keith in the band. This book doesn’t disappoint, It’s so good I read it twice. It’s only rock and roll but I liked it!
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- Faye
- 08-02-2020
Absolute Gem of a read
loved every minute of this book. An insight into a by gone era. Gives a glimpse into the Avante Guard world off the times A true genius and master of the craft. it was always about the music (and the drugs) never about the ego. Brilliant!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2018
An epic life
Great stories, so many dodged bullets throughout. Unbelievable living (still) icon. Joe Hurley is outstanding.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-07-2018
Johnny Depp can act great. Joe Hurley is hopeless.
Johnny Depp can act great. Joe Hurley is hopeless. I had to fast forward to hear Johnny Depp came on again. Keith reading his book was very authentic and entertaining. Agreat effort.
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- Mr
- 07-06-2018
Better without Depp sections.
Joe Hurley is fantastic. Johnny Depp is absolutely appalling and basically just reads every sentence with no expression or variation.
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- MR M L MCCABE
- 08-05-2018
What a ride
What a story! Joe Hurley was the star of the performance and really should have done the whole thing.
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- Andy
- 08-01-2017
Insightful and entertaining
Irreverent and honest... with many great anecdotes from the Stones juggernaut. Easy to listen to but maybe not with the kiddies around!
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- David
- 09-02-2011
A rare insight into a rock legend
This is the finest audible book I've listened to. The narrators (Depp and Hurley) although diametrically opposed in terms of vocal style, both add so much to the listening experience. This is an experience not to be missed. Imagine yourself sitting with Keith in front of a roaring fire in the middle of winter and Keith is reminiscing about the many milestones in his professional and personal life.
The Audible novel puts you there.. seriously. On top of everything else, Keith shares his techniques, guitar tunings, and songwriting methods with ease. As an amateur guitarist, I have learned more about the instrument and various tuning methods (specifically Open G) in a week of listening to the book than I have in over 30 years of trying to teach myself.
In this book, Keith openly discusses his drug habits, but always counsels the listener to stay away from drugs. This is no mean feat.... the book is full of stories of what happened under the influence of Heroin, cocaine, marijuana and various other uppers and downers, but amazingly you come away from the experience with some understanding of why Keith (and others) would subject themselves to the problems that this lifestyle introduces, without the feeling that Keith is in any way endorsing this lifestyle.
I have to say, prior to the book, my impression of Keith Richards was that of an aging rock star who should have quit long ago in his prime. A rock personality who was almost always "out of it" on drugs or alcohol, and who was almost an anachronism in this day and age.
What I learnt however was that this is a highly intelligent and articulate man who has an amazing capacity to recall events from the past 40 years or so, and in the process has given us, the reader (or listener) an unprecedented insight into an amazing life at a turning point in 20th Century culture.
Read or listen to "Life".... you won't regret it.
Thanks Keef for a great body of work and an amazing biography.
Keep on rockin'!
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- sarah
- 17-12-2010
fantastic Mr Richards.
This is the second best audiobook I've ever listened to. The section Keith reads himself is simply marvellous- cooking tips, pet care, it's all in there! Fabulous!
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- Adam
- 10-12-2010
Amazing
I would have read LIFE, but I am so happy that I did not. Listening to Richards, Depp, and Hurley was simply so engaging that I think this a case where listening beats reading. The book itself is of real substance. I think this is a autobiography at its best.
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- Phil
- 24-01-2013
Too long, too much rambling!
I love me a rock bio TRUST me! but I couldn't get through this to be honest. The man is a legend I admit and has had a pretty cool life but you have to wade through so much rambling that it gets hard to stay focused. Gave it a while but couldn't last. Sorry Keef!!
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- Natalie
- 26-12-2012
I just loved it! Am now in the Richards fan club..
What an amazing guy. What I loved most about this book, was the fact that you discovered how incredibly talented Keith was/is, but you also learned he is a good, kind hearted and giving man, despite his flaws. He was so different in so many ways to Mick it would seem, no wonder they each brought something so different to their writing partnership, as The Glimmer Twins. I wasn't so fond of the first narrator (ie Joe Hurley), I think it wold have been better to have just had one narrator throughout. This book has really opened my eyes up to The Stones and what makes them so bloody great. They certainly know how to work hard!
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- alexey
- 23-11-2011
Keith Richards' Life: free any old time.
An audio edition of Keith Richards’ best-selling autobiography Life should silence most sceptical critics of audio books, who regard the format as an oversimplified substitution of reading. The Rolling Stones' founder and lead guitarist proves that, at least one literature genre–memoirs¬–is better listened to, than read. Even though, he himself rarely features on the twenty-three hour record.
Instead, Joe Hurley, New York singer, imitates Richard's voice, while Jonny Depp leads the narration with a trademark lucidity, ensuring that the record beat any competition at the Audiobook of the Year award in 2011.
Despite a very provocative character of the story, taken to the extremes by skilful narrators, Life is far from being just an audio guide for heroin addicts or a collection of satirical monologues about Mick Jagger. Depp and Hurley dramatize a lifelong experiment that Keith Richards endured to create the Rolling Stones and keep the band rolling for fifty odd years. In this experiment, he managed to find the right combination of hard work, passion for music, and sheer desire to create something outstanding, which yielded miracles like Jumping Jack Flash and Gimme Shelter.
Life is also about another realm that exists in parallel with our world, hidden behind fences of ocean villas, VIP clubs and private parties. Occupied by rich and famous, the realm is built on the absolute freedom. Free to have anything, to say anything, to take anything, 'to do what I want', Keith's point is that humans are not designed to cope with such amount of freedom.
At 68, he sounds genuinely astounded with the fact that he survived his experiment. While most of the others who were unfortunate enough to taste freedom with the Rolling Stones, did not.
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- Carolina
- 14-02-2011
Very interesting
Interesting book to learn more about the life of a character such as KR. In terms of the narrators, I found that Jonny Deep was pretty good with the parts that he did, even though a bit monotone sometimes. Joe Hurley took a bit to get used to as he has a very strong accent, but he could really translate the personality of Keith Richards and that enriched the storey. I got a bit lost sometimes when he transitioned to different characters as it was not very clear all the time whether is was Keith talking or somebody else. Keith himself does the final chapters, and his english is not very clear, so I suppose it is good that he did not read the entire book. Overall, a very good audiobook.
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- Michael
- 25-07-2020
Well Worth the Read
This book is one of the greatest autobiographies out there on a rock star. If you love that genre, you'll love Life.
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- Joselo
- 11-03-2020
Soul Survivor
This is among the very first audiobooks that I listened to, back in 2013. It made me realize how much fun an audiobook could be when left in the hands of a proper narrator (or narrators, in this case). This is partly why it feels so special to me. Actor Johnny Depp, musician Joe Hurley and Keith Richards himself, all take turns bringing to life the story of a true rock n' roll legend. While I listened to this memoir, and for a long time afterwards, I became fairly obsessed with the Rolling Stones, and in particular, with the album Exile on Main Street, which to this day remains one of my favorites. I already liked the Stones, and the album, but when I learned all the details about how it was made, it became all the more powerful. Thanks to this audiobook, I began to also listen to some of Richard's solo work. It's all there, how a young kid from Dartford, England grew up to love the blues, country and rock, mastered the guitar and worked the whole world into a frenzy. Richards shares with his fans some of the pain and the glory that he's been through, and a little bit of the mischief that he's known for. All in all, a stupendous listen.
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- Amazon Kunde
- 30-11-2019
One of the best experiences on audible!
The cast, the narrative, the storyline, the lifestyle, the history, the attitude and the stories, a musician’s pure gem!
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- Sukhbir
- 17-01-2011
Disappointed by the change of reader
I bought this after having really enjoyed Clapton's autobiography on Audible.
And i wasn't disappointed with this one either - with Johnny Depp doing an excellent job of reading the book.
But just as I was getting really hooked on, the reader suddenly changed (about a third of the way into the book). And that ruined everything. The other reader is just rubbish - sounds like a mafia boss from a Guy Richie movie - trying too hard to sound like a rock star and frankly, just ends up sounding really really annoying.
So annoying that i've had to stop listening to this book. Which is a shame because the writing itself is not bad and i was really looking forward to it.
Very disappointed with the publisher's choice of the second reader for this book. You cannot do this after letting the user get used to Johnny Depp's voice.
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- mr
- 16-01-2011
Good in parts
Some interesting stories which entertain & reveal but what lets this audio book down is the narration. Johnny Depp does excellent work as usual, but Joe Hurley is not as good and really disappointing in comparison.
Why have two different narrators? Dumb if you ask me.
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- Alison St Pierre
- 04-08-2013
Insightful glimpse of a hedonistic existence
Detailed, humorous insight into the lives of the Stones. Brutally honest, outrageously funny in places and raw in others. Too much detail about the drugs for my liking. Unless you have shared an addiction to heroin, I don't think most people would enjoy the third of the book dedicated the the finer details of being a smack head. Fabulous insight into the inter relationships within the group. Overall a good read but not in the same league as Rods.
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- Gill
- 24-11-2010
Narration was truly awful.........
Jonny Depp was perhaps an odd choice but he was vastly preferable to Hurley who grated so much that I found I just couldn't listen. Wish I'd read the book instead..............
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- Ioan
- 30-09-2011
Joe Hurley ruins it.
The stories are amazing but the main issue with this audiobook is reader Joe Hurley.
Buy the book, skip the audio..
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- Andy
- 23-11-2010
Poor narration ruins this great book
I'm afraid I'm finding listening to this book both hugely enjoyable and deeply annoying.
I can put up with Johnny Depp's occasional mispronunciation of place names - he wisely chooses to avoid a Keef impersonation unless enacting a conversation and is an engaging narrator.
Unfortunately he is replaced about a third of the way through by Joe Hurley who DOES attempt an impersonation to disastrous effect.
This is a great book but I'm finding the terrible mockney accent of the presumably American Hurley almost unbearable.
I've skipped ahead to find that Depp does reappear towards the end of the book. For the finale the man himself takes over. I'm hoping I can last that long.
What A Shame.
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- Ben
- 31-10-2011
A great book, utterly ruined by the narration
Book - fantastic. Narration? Great, until they switch from Johnny Depp to Joe Hurley. Firstly, it's jarring and takes you out of the story, so always a bad idea to do this.
Secondly, Hurley's narration is ridiculous and actually made me so angry I had to switch it off. He does this OTT parody of a punch drunk rocker's slur which comes across as totally contrived and insincere, and PERFORMING every line, drawling, slurring, laughing wryly - it's distracting and daft and ruined the rest of this book for me. My advice? Read the book or find another audiobook version. DO NOT BUY THIS you will be so, so dissapointed.
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- G M F
- 10-12-2019
If you only listen to one autobiography...
I have listened/ read hundreds of autobiographies form Max Bygraves to Marilyn Manson. This is the best, I've listened to it several times and will again. What a life, this will never happen again.
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- miss sally kaye miller
- 29-08-2019
Rambling and boring . Painfully long with nothing happening .
Self indulgent - 16 hours long??? Been listening for hours - nothing interesting has happened!! Dull dull dull.
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- Anne
- 01-05-2012
Awful
I was looking forward to listening to this. I was somewhat surprised at first when it was Johnny Depp reading but then completely shocked when suddenly someone else took over. Joe Hurley was awful with his ersatz cockney and stoned out rock'n'roller drone. I gave up on this and couldn't listen any more. My advice - read the book!!
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