With the September 18 release of Keith Richards’ latest solo album,Crosseyed Heart, approaching, the Rolling Stones guitarist reissued his first two solo efforts — 1988’s Talk Is Cheap and 1992’s Main Offender — Friday the 14th.

The two albums will be available as digital downloads and via streaming services for the first time ever, and will come out on Richards’ own Mindless Records label.

Talk Is Cheap, Richards’ solo debut, included the mainstream rock hits “Take It So Hard” and “You Don’t Move Me,” and went on to be certified gold for more than 500,000 sales in the U.S.

Keith worked on the album with his frequent collaborators Steve Jordan, Waddy Wachtel and Ivan Neville.  The project led to the formation of Richards’ touring band The X-Pensive Winos.

Among the guest artists featured on the record are ex-Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor, E Street Band backing singer Patti Scialfa, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell and Maceo Parker.

Main Offender also featured major contributions from Richards’ X-Pensive Winos collaborators, including Jordan and Wachtel.

The album yielded two songs that landed in the top 20 of Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Tracks tally — “Wicked As It Seems” and “Eileen.”

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