Life

By: Keith Richards

Narrated by: Johnny Depp, Joe Hurley, Keith Richards

Length: 23 hrs

Publisher's summary

The once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.

'Electrifying'
New York Times

'A masterpiece'
The Word

'Funny, poignant, brutally honest'
Sunday Telegraph

'Densely packed with incident... immensely readable'
Sunday Times

'Once you begin this, wild, wild horses couldn't drag you away'
Independent

'Life is pretty faultless as the quintessential depiction of the man in full and his extraordinary life and times to date'
The Times

'I was hooked from the start'
Harper's Bazaar

As a member of 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. In Life, Keith narrates his loves and losses, stratospheric fame and success, and the endless stories which have led to his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero.

In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own, with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark, Keith Richards brings us the essential life story of our times.

'This is a good, gossipy read. But the best stuff is Keith on music. Check out his wonderful passage on Charlie Watt's drumming'
Evening Standard

'Dark, honest and gleefully indiscreet'
Shortlist

'Life may be the best rock star autobiography ever'
Classic Rock

'A hilarious, ribald and often shocking tale told elegantly and with much candidness'
Catholic Herald

'The fact that Keith is still alive to tell the story is incredible'
Sunday Express S Magazine

©2010 Keith Richards (P)2010 Orion Publishing Group Limited

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.

A lesson in music history

Loved the book, a great piece of music history, so glad I consumed it. Johnny and Kieth were great but Joe had to be listened to at 1.5 speed, he dragged his words terribly. I felt as though I gained a friend when listening to this.
Long live Kieth Richards

brilliant raconteur

the narrators do such a brilliant job of replicating nuances of language and expression.
A fabulous biography with lots of depth, personal, cultural, and musical, and never self indulgent. Keith gives credit to many people who contributed to his success. The story also manages to set the scene for the sixties and beyond, in which the Stones and those who collected around them appeared to live charmed lives.
I thoroughly enjoyed this listen.

A great story, let down by the narrators.

I'm a fan of Johnny Depp but I have to say his part in the narration of an incredible life story is monotonal, deadpan and flawed with continual mispronunciations of Cockney slang. Sorry Johnny: I'm Australian, but even I know how to pronounce the London boroughs and and expressions that you continuously seemed to stumble over. Couldn't 'Uncle' Keef at least have primed you?

Joe Hurley's style is so radically different from Johnny's that I had trouble adjusting to it at first, then got comfortable with it as he went on. Then all too soon JD steps back in and that plodding style has taken the wind right out of the sails once again.

I've been unable to finish it so far: I pick it up every now and then but as much as I'm enthralled by the story of a true rock'n'roll star whose life is so far removed from the common man, Johnny's drone just distracts me from the real-life drama. My theory is that he was getting into character for 'The Tourist'.

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!!