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| recorded  = 18 March – 6 September 1992
| recorded  = 18 March – 6 September 1992
| venue      =
| venue      =
| studio    = Master Sound Astoria ([[Astoria, New York]])
| studio    = * Master Sound Astoria ([[Astoria, New York]])
* Studio 900, Giant Studios and [[The Hit Factory]] (New York City, New York)
* The Site ([[San Rafael, California]])
* The Site, (San Rafael, Marin County, California)
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Rock & roll]]|[[hard rock]]|[[boogie rock]]|[[funk rock]]|[[reggae]]}}
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Rock & roll]]|[[hard rock]]|[[boogie rock]]|[[funk rock]]|[[reggae]]}}
| length    = 49:53
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'''''Main Offender''''' is the second studio album by [[Keith Richards]], released in 1992 between [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Steel Wheels]]'' and ''[[Voodoo Lounge]]'' projects.
'''''Main Offender''''' is the second studio album by [[Keith Richards]], released in 1992 between [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[Steel Wheels]]'' and ''[[Voodoo Lounge]]'' projects.


Richards teamed with ''[[Talk Is Cheap]]'' collaborator [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] and added [[Waddy Wachtel]] to the mix both in composing and [[Record producer|producing]] ''Main Offender''. Sessions with Richards' group of musician friends known as "The X-Pensive Winos" took place in [[California]] and [[New York City]] from March to September 1992, with touring in [[Europe]]'s autumn and early 1993 in [[North America]].{{fact|date=October 2024}}
Richards teamed with ''[[Talk Is Cheap]]'' collaborator [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] and added [[Waddy Wachtel]] to the mix both in composing and [[Record producer|producing]] ''Main Offender''. Sessions with Richards' group of musician friends known as "The X-Pensive Winos" took place in [[California]] and [[New York City]] from March to September 1992, with touring in [[Argentina]] and [[Europe]] in late 1992 and [[North America]] in early 1993.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zentgraf |first=Nico |title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones: 1992 |website=nzentgraf.de |url=https://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/1992.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Zentgraf |first=Nico |title=The Complete Works of the Rolling Stones: 1993 |website=nzentgraf.de |url=https://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/1993.htm}}</ref>


''Main Offender'' was released in October 1992 to generally positive reviews. However, it failed to match the commercial success of ''Talk Is Cheap'', reaching No. 45 in the UK, and No. 99 in the US. After the ''Main Offender'' tour, Richards returned to recording exclusively with the Rolling Stones and did not release another solo album until ''[[Crosseyed Heart]]'' in 2015. In 2022 the album was reissued to mark its 30th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=30th anniversary reissue of Keith Richards' second solo album, 'Main Offender,' released today |url=https://www.kshe95.com/real-rock-news/30th-anniversary-reissue-of-keith-richards-second-solo-album-main-offender-released-today/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=KSHE 95 |language=en-US}} {{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref> The reissue featured the previously unreleased concert album ''Winos Live in London ’92''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=25 January 2022 |title=Keith Richards' 'Main Offender' Gets 30th-Anniversary Reissue With Bonus Tracks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/keith-richards-main-offender-30th-anniversary-reissue-1290181/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>
''Main Offender'' was released in October 1992 to generally positive reviews. However, it failed to match the commercial success of ''Talk Is Cheap'', reaching No. 45 in the UK and No. 99 in the US. After the ''Main Offender'' tour, Richards returned to recording exclusively with the Rolling Stones and did not release another solo album until ''[[Crosseyed Heart]]'' in 2015. In 2022 the album was reissued to mark its 30th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=30th anniversary reissue of Keith Richards' second solo album, 'Main Offender,' released today |url=https://www.kshe95.com/real-rock-news/30th-anniversary-reissue-of-keith-richards-second-solo-album-main-offender-released-today/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=KSHE 95}} {{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref> The reissue featured the previously unreleased concert album ''Winos Live in London '92''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=25 January 2022 |title=Keith Richards' 'Main Offender' Gets 30th-Anniversary Reissue With Bonus Tracks |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/keith-richards-main-offender-30th-anniversary-reissue-1290181/ |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>


{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
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|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/main-offender-mw0000087884 |title=Main Offender - Keith Richards  |last=Koda |first=Cub |website=[[AllMusic]] |author-link=Cub Koda|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/main-offender-mw0000087884 |title=Main Offender - Keith Richards  |last=Koda |first=Cub |website=[[AllMusic]] |author-link=Cub Koda|access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-10-22/features/9204050714_1_ju-ju-hounds-star-izzy-stradlin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121210417/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-10-22/features/9204050714_1_ju-ju-hounds-star-izzy-stradlin |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2015 |title=Keith Richards Main Offender (Virgin)/Izzy Stradlin Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds (Geffen) |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=1992-10-22 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2018-07-08 |language=en |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-10-22/features/9204050714_1_ju-ju-hounds-star-izzy-stradlin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121210417/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1992-10-22/features/9204050714_1_ju-ju-hounds-star-izzy-stradlin |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2015 |title=Keith Richards Main Offender (Virgin)/Izzy Stradlin Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds (Geffen) |last=Kot |first=Greg |date=1992-10-22 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=2018-07-08 |author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev3score = B+<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Altman |first=Billy |date=1992-11-06 |title=Main Offender |url=http://ew.com/article/1992/11/06/main-offender/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
|rev3score = B+<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Altman |first=Billy |date=1992-11-06 |title=Main Offender |url=http://ew.com/article/1992/11/06/main-offender/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
|rev4 = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/11/06/keith-richards-ronnie-wood-izzy-stradlin/ |title=Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Izzy Stradlin |last=Gettelman |first=Parry |date=1992-11-06 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |access-date=2018-07-08 |language=en}}</ref>
|rev4score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/11/06/keith-richards-ronnie-wood-izzy-stradlin/ |title=Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Izzy Stradlin |last=Gettelman |first=Parry |date=1992-11-06 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |access-date=2018-07-08}}</ref>
}}
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#"[[Key to the Highway]]" ([[Charlie Segar]], [[Big Bill Broonzy]])&nbsp;– 3:21 (Japanese issue bonus track)
#"[[Key to the Highway]]" ([[Charlie Segar]], [[Big Bill Broonzy]])&nbsp;– 3:21 (Japanese issue bonus track)


=== ''Winos Live In London ‘92'' ===
=== ''Winos Live in London '92'' ===
Released as part of the 30th Anniversary reissue.
Released as part of the 30th Anniversary reissue.


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#"Before They Make Me Run" (Jagger, Richards)&nbsp;– 3:31
#"Before They Make Me Run" (Jagger, Richards)&nbsp;– 3:31
#"Eileen" (Richards, Jordan)&nbsp;– 5:42
#"Eileen" (Richards, Jordan)&nbsp;– 5:42
#"Will But You Won’t" (Richards, Jordan)&nbsp;– 7:30
#"Will But You Won't" (Richards, Jordan)&nbsp;– 7:30
#"Bodytalks" (Richards, Jordan, Drayton, Dash)&nbsp;– 6:53
#"Bodytalks" (Richards, Jordan, Drayton, Dash)&nbsp;– 6:53
#"Happy" (Jagger, Richards)&nbsp;– 8:28
#"Happy" (Jagger, Richards)&nbsp;– 8:28
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
* Keith Richards – lead vocals, backing vocals (1-3, 5-10), guitars, rattlesnake sounds (2), bass (3-5), percussion (5, 9), keyboards (7), acoustic piano (8)
* Keith Richards – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–3, 5–10), guitars, rattlesnake sounds (2), bass (3–5), percussion (5, 9), keyboards (7), acoustic piano (8)
* [[Ivan Neville]] – [[Electric organ|organ]] (1, 4), [[clavinet]] (1, 2, 4, 9), acoustic piano (4, 8, 10), [[vibraphone]] (5), voice (6), bass (7), [[harpsichord]] (8)
* [[Ivan Neville]] – [[Electric organ|organ]] (1, 4), [[clavinet]] (1, 2, 4, 9), acoustic piano (4, 8, 10), [[vibraphone]] (5), voice (6), bass (7), [[harpsichord]] (8)
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – guitars, backing vocals (1-4, 6-10), acoustic piano (3), [[celesta]] (7), percussion (9)
* [[Waddy Wachtel]] – guitars, backing vocals (1–4, 6–10), acoustic piano (3), [[celesta]] (7), percussion (9)
* [[Charley Drayton]] – bass (1, 2, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (3, 7), drums (4), [[baritone guitar]] (5), acoustic piano (7), [[Hammond B3 organ]] (7)
* [[Charley Drayton]] – bass (1, 2, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (3, 7), drums (4), [[baritone guitar]] (5), acoustic piano (7), [[Hammond B3 organ]] (7)
* [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] – drums (1-3, 5-10), backing vocals, percussion (2, 4-6, 8-10), guitars (4), [[castanet]]s (3), [[Farfisa organ]] (7), [[conga]]s (7)
* [[Steve Jordan (drummer)|Steve Jordan]] – drums (1–3, 5–10), backing vocals, percussion (2, 4–6, 8–10), guitars (4), [[castanet]]s (3), [[Farfisa organ]] (7), [[conga]]s (7)
* Jack Bashkow – [[woodwind]]s (7)
* Jack Bashkow – [[woodwind]]s (7)
* Crispin Cioe – woodwinds (7)
* Crispin Cioe – woodwinds (7)
* Arno Hecht – woodwinds (7)
* Arno Hecht – woodwinds (7)
* Sarah Dash – backing vocals (1, 6)
* Sarah Dash – backing vocals (1, 6)
* [[Bernard Fowler]] – backing vocals (2, 4-10)
* [[Bernard Fowler]] – backing vocals (2, 4–10)
* Babi Floyd – backing vocals (2, 4-8, 10), vocals (9)
* Babi Floyd – backing vocals (2, 4–8, 10), vocals (9)


=== Production ===
=== Production ===

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Main Offender is the second studio album by Keith Richards, released in 1992 between the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge projects.

Richards teamed with Talk Is Cheap collaborator Steve Jordan and added Waddy Wachtel to the mix both in composing and producing Main Offender. Sessions with Richards' group of musician friends known as "The X-Pensive Winos" took place in California and New York City from March to September 1992, with touring in Argentina and Europe in late 1992 and North America in early 1993.[1][2]

Main Offender was released in October 1992 to generally positive reviews. However, it failed to match the commercial success of Talk Is Cheap, reaching No. 45 in the UK and No. 99 in the US. After the Main Offender tour, Richards returned to recording exclusively with the Rolling Stones and did not release another solo album until Crosseyed Heart in 2015. In 2022 the album was reissued to mark its 30th anniversary.[3] The reissue featured the previously unreleased concert album Winos Live in London '92.[4]

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Track listing

  1. "999" (Keith Richards, Steve Jordan, Waddy Wachtel) – 5:50
  2. "Wicked as It Seems" (Richards, Jordan, Charley Drayton) – 4:45
  3. "Eileen" (Richards, Jordan) – 4:29
  4. "Words of Wonder" (Richards, Jordan, Wachtel) – 6:35
  5. "Yap Yap" (Richards, Jordan, Wachtel) – 4:43
  6. "Bodytalks" (Richards, Jordan, Drayton, Sarah Dash) – 5:20
  7. "Hate It When You Leave" (Richards, Jordan, Wachtel) – 4:59
  8. "Runnin' Too Deep" (Richards, Jordan) – 3:20
  9. "Will but You Won't" (Richards, Jordan) – 5:05
  10. "Demon" (Richards, Jordan) – 4:45
  11. "Key to the Highway" (Charlie Segar, Big Bill Broonzy) – 3:21 (Japanese issue bonus track)

Winos Live in London '92

Released as part of the 30th Anniversary reissue.

  1. "Take It So Hard" (Richards, Jordan) – 4:15
  2. "999" (Richards, Jordan, Wachtel) – 6:45
  3. "Wicked As It Seems" (Richards, Jordan, Drayton) – 5:14
  4. "How I Wish" (Richards, Jordan) – 4:31
  5. "Gimme Shelter" (Mick Jagger, Richards) – 6:10
  6. "Hate It When You Leave" (Richards, Jordan, Wachtel) – 6:39
  7. "Before They Make Me Run" (Jagger, Richards) – 3:31
  8. "Eileen" (Richards, Jordan) – 5:42
  9. "Will But You Won't" (Richards, Jordan) – 7:30
  10. "Bodytalks" (Richards, Jordan, Drayton, Dash) – 6:53
  11. "Happy" (Jagger, Richards) – 8:28
  12. "Whip It Up" (Richards, Jordan) – 8:33

Personnel

  • Keith Richards – lead vocals, backing vocals (1–3, 5–10), guitars, rattlesnake sounds (2), bass (3–5), percussion (5, 9), keyboards (7), acoustic piano (8)
  • Ivan Neville – organ (1, 4), clavinet (1, 2, 4, 9), acoustic piano (4, 8, 10), vibraphone (5), voice (6), bass (7), harpsichord (8)
  • Waddy Wachtel – guitars, backing vocals (1–4, 6–10), acoustic piano (3), celesta (7), percussion (9)
  • Charley Drayton – bass (1, 2, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (3, 7), drums (4), baritone guitar (5), acoustic piano (7), Hammond B3 organ (7)
  • Steve Jordan – drums (1–3, 5–10), backing vocals, percussion (2, 4–6, 8–10), guitars (4), castanets (3), Farfisa organ (7), congas (7)
  • Jack Bashkow – woodwinds (7)
  • Crispin Cioe – woodwinds (7)
  • Arno Hecht – woodwinds (7)
  • Sarah Dash – backing vocals (1, 6)
  • Bernard Fowler – backing vocals (2, 4–10)
  • Babi Floyd – backing vocals (2, 4–8, 10), vocals (9)

Production

  • Steve Jordan – producer
  • Keith Richards – producer
  • Waddy Wachtel – producer
  • Joe Blaney – recording, mixing (4)
  • Don Smith – recording, mixing (3, 8)
  • Niko Bolas – mixing (1, 2, 4-7, 9, 10)
  • Ron Allaire – assistant engineer
  • Tom Fritze – assistant engineer
  • Carl Glanville – assistant engineer
  • Andrew Grassi – assistant engineer
  • Tim Hatfield – assistant engineer, additional engineer
  • David Merrill – assistant engineer
  • Steve Neat – assistant engineer
  • Julio Pena – assistant engineer
  • Kevin Scott – assistant engineer
  • Richard Scott – assistant engineer
  • Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Robyn Lipp – recording coordinator
  • Linda Smith – recording coordinator
  • Tony Russell – production coordinator
  • Mick Haggerty – art direction
  • Dewey Nicks – black and white photography
  • David LaChapelle – color photography

Charts

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Chart performance for Main Offender
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 96
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Chart (2022) Peak
position

References

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