Let It Bleed

Fine. Like Rolling Stones fine.

Solid Rolling Stones

It was fine. It's the Rolling Stones. It's just fine.

Strong opener and closer

Great

I'm usually not a fan of the rolling Stones but this one hits right

Hard to rate this one as it’s got mostly ok songs but with two all time bangers in there. Also maybe a very basic take but I feel like Kieth Richard’s voice is what makes mick jaggers- my favourite songs are all them working in tandem. Need that high note. Specific rating - 4.3 Fav song - You can’t always get what you want Least fav - you got the silver

Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 Probably my favorite stones album. Side two is amazing.

The Stones were always cooler than The Beatles but they're really making a statement here. "Let It Bleed" vs "Let It Be", and the album cover's subversive nod to Sgt. Pepper's on the cake seem like direct call-outs for the Fab Four. I'm sure there are additional layers involved in the tire, clock, and film can stacked on the cake plate as well, but I'm not smart enough to unpack those on my own. by November 1969 when this was released, The Beatles had already done most of the recording for what would end up being "Let It Be" and filmed the process for a made-for-television documentary that still hadn't seen daylight yet. The legendary, and very public, rooftop concert had also already happened. While The Beatles as a group seemed to be stalling out, The Stones were firing on all cylinders here! "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are all-timers and the rest of the album doesn't feel too far off, even if there aren't any other hits.

What a great album. Between the opening Martin Scorsese boner song (Gimme Shelter) to the final track, it's such a solid Stones album.

I love You Can’t Always Get What You Want enough for this to be a 4.

From my StoryWorth article about my top ten albums of all time: This album has historical significance since it was released in December of 1969, and the horrific free Altamont concert in Northern California took place one day after the album’s release. At the concert a spectator was stabbed to death by a Hell’s Angels member (inexplicably hired as security) and it was all caught on film as part of the documentary “Gimme Shelter”. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065780/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 So there were a lot of newspaper and magazine articles about “the end of the 60’s”, “rock has died”, etc. In terms of this list all that means nothing to me. This is just a great album from start to finish. It is bracketed by the hits “Gimme Shelter” opening Side 1 and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want ” at the end. It covers genres from country to blues to plaintive love songs. It is one of the few Stones albums where Keith Richards assumed almost all the guitar work. Brian Jones had died in July of 1969 and only contributed congas and autoharp on two tracks. Brian’s eventual replacement on guitar, Mick Taylor, only played on two tracks. It is one of the first Stones track where Keith sings lead. To sum up, the album sleeve has in bold letters: This Record Should Be Played Loud

This is a tough one. Love the first and last songs. Liked “you got the silver” well enough. Everything else, meh, except for pure hatred in my heart for “midnight rambler.” Felt like a 3/4 borderline case.

To me the stones have always been an ok band. This album absolutely falls in to that category as well. Some good stand out songs but mostly songs that I have already forgotten after the album was over.

Gimme Shelter - still a good song Love in Vain - don't care about white boy blues Country Honk - more appropriation / cosplaying You Got the Silver - first non-classic song that captured my attention -- it sounds like they were doing more than aping another style. General: Mostly appropriation / cosplaying at blues / country / Americana. There are classics here, of course. But mostly this feels stale and schlocky. Where I continually go back to the Beatles, I can't imagine ever wanting to listen to most of these songs again.

This is like when you get a good Dylan album and you’re like “There are too many Dylan albums on this list. This one belongs, no doubt. But some of them don’t.” There are too many Rolling Stones albums on this list. This one belongs, no doubt. But some of them don’t. But yeah, this is a strong album. It might be my second favorite Stones album. They aren’t one of my favorite bands but I like them pretty well so it is saying something for this to be my second favorite of their albums. Good job Rolling Stones.

One of the all-time great rock albums.

I definitely see the appeal, but this bluesy-country stuff just isn't for me.

Really good opening track, really good closing track, everything in between is kinda middling and not really standing out to me

Last week I joked, after getting Sticky Fingers, that maybe I didn't actually like The Rolling Stones and I had hallucinated all the good sounds I think they did. Let It Bleed reminds me that, no, I actually do like The Rolling Stones. The album begins and ends with its best two songs, Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and they're two killer tracks. The rest of the album is good enough. Let It Bleed and Midnight Rambler are both solid, and the rest were enjoyable songs. Maybe I actually do like The Rolling Stones.

You got the Silver and Country Honk are two of my favourite Stones songs

A nearly perfect album. 90% of this record absolutely slaps. It has such a wonderful energy fit for a long road trip in a convertible underneath the sun. Gimme Shelter & You Can’t Always Get What You Want are one of the best opener/closer combos I’ve heard. All in all, I love the album. Unfortunately there are just 2-3 tracks that feel confused & let the side down, dropping the album to a strong 8/10, soft 9/10.

A lot of great albums lately. Save something for the next 700! The third stones album of the last few weeks. And another classic. So many great songs in this troubled time for the band. Keith Richards really stepped in as a guitarist on this one. Just listen to (the perfect banger) Gimme shelter. All those lovely guitar parts were played by him. In the Beggars Banquet-Let it Bleed-Sticky Fingers Trio, I think let it bleed is actually my least favorite, but it just tells the level of the band at the time. Mick and Keith became incredible songwriters, and the performances show that it's true- they are the best rock & roll band in the world. Love them A high 4.

3/5

Oli hyvä, ehkä rollarit ei ookkaa yliarvostettu

En usko että rollareilla on täydellistä 5/5 albumia. Tekevät aivan tajuttoman hyvää musiikkia mutta albumina kokonaisuus on jotenkin haastavaa niille

Not bad

Not a dud on the album and Gimme Shelter is the best song they ever recorded.

Pretty average album, saved by 3 great tracks (Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want)

A few misses but a fantastic album

Stones don’t do much for me but this is a well put together album

Album is bookended by two of my favorite Rolling Stones songs, but I liked the rest of it less.

7/10… rock / brit blues / *1969

Just a goddam banger.

I don’t know if I’ve ever listened to a Stones album that’s not a greatest hits compilation… This album is buttoned up with hits at the top and bottom. Theres a lot of roots country here. Mandolin and fiddle forward tunes. Steel guitar, harmonica and sax, organs, bells, of course overdriven guitars and … great instrumentation! I like this version of Honky Tonk Woman. The band is locked in, they control the energy well… they stretch out and consistently carry the slower parts of the album into upbeat, and then heavy sections. During the 6+ minute Midnight Rambler, I learned to trust them to always bring the energy back around. Lyrics might not have aged super well in some parts, but they are delivered so well. It’s fun, laid back, and earnest. I feel like this era is so spoiled with amazing music. Not sure why I’m surprised, but it’s awesome- maybe perfect. 5

One or two songs did it dirty

Ah yeah. My favourite Stones album. Such incredible atmosphere - from the tiptoe in the opening to Gimme Shelter (that guiro!) to the frantic piano and ecstatic choral ending of "You Can't Always Get What You Want", it's a wild ride, full of brilliant textures, feelings and grooves. The sound of the band is so *present* it's staggering. When an album is bookended with two of the greatest songs ever made, it's inevitably going to sag a bit in the middle. But there are highlights throughout - "You Got the Silver" is heartbreaking, the intro to Monkey Man is pure goosebumps, every time, and the constant accelerando of "Midnight Rambler" is a masterpiece in rhythmic tension. Maybe "Country Honk" is a bit weak, possibly since the addition of fiddle takes the Cosplay Tennessean act too far, but it's worth it for the jolt of energy when Wyman and Watts absolutely monster us with the opening to "Live With Me". Man, the Stones did intros so well. I used to worry about the authenticity thing, but I realise there's a double standard here: Keef is totally fine to rip off whatever he likes, slide guitar, harmonica and all, since he's a guitarist. Whereas Jagger drawling a line like "With a suitcase in my haaaaiiiiieeeeend" does feel daft coming from a lad from Dagenham. But if you're the front man of a band as fucking good as this, you can do whatever accent you want.

The beat stones album, just. At the height of their powers. A brilliant album. 10/10

2nd Stone album for this project and I just don't get it. Feels like pastiche. Doesn't move me physically or emotionally. Baffled at their enormous success.

"Gimme shelter" and "You cant always have what you want"

Has some iconic tracks pretty standard with some weird ones

Non hanno mai retto il confronto coi beatles

What to say? One of the best Stones album. Gimme Shelter is how every album ever wish to open. A concentrate of blues, rock and style that culminates in “You Cant Always Get What You Want”, an omen that reminds us that sometimes we get what we need. A classic.

Another good album with great songs acting as book ends, but I continue to feel hit or miss in their songs.

As it is my typical experience with the Stones, there are some excellent songs in there, but this album is nothing to write home about. It is annoying to have such filler in between, and I just wish they would do just one good one, that would be legendary.

Amazing, fun, blues, rock album by the Stones. It has two of my favorite songs, "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want". It gets a 5 for it's replayabilty as well.

Νταξ το πρώτο κομμάτι είναι γαμάτο και μου έχει κολλήσει όλη τη χρονιά. Είναι ένα έξτρα αστεράκι από μόνο του.

Some great songs but rest is boring

This one barely making a 4. Not much of a fan but this album is not bad.

Ilke min type rock. Men det beste jeg har hørt fra Stones.

It's interesting to me, The Rolling a reputation in my brain is so much harder rock and more rock and roll vs the folksy, honky tonk sound they actually are. I should listen to it more and more.

Gimme Shelter is an incredible opener but unfortunately the rest of this album doesn’t quite carry that same energy, which disappointed me. Still great though!

These guys are pretty good. Kind of reminiscent of Flamin' Groovies.

More heavily blues rock than most albums

I would give this album a 5 for You Can't Always Get What You Want alone.

No me gustó tanto como otros. Si somos anteriores, no lo sentí tan

La first track est hard mais c’est pas mal ça

Honestly lot more bangers than I realized

Perhaps the most rock n roll album from musics most rock n roll band

Первая и последняя песни улет. То что между ними такое себе, очень медленный текст, музыка цикличная, есть попытка в разнообразие от припева к припеву, но как будто мало. Но в целом слушать приятно, поэтому 4

already listened to this 4 stars You Can't Always Get What You Want and Gimme Shelter are 5 star songs

Solid ass record here. The Stones were rock and roll hit makers and you won't find many people that hate their sound. Some of the tunes they crafted are staples of rock for years to come. The bookends of this album are a couple of the best songs the Stones ever made. Gimmie Shelter is amazing, go check out the video on youtube of Merry Clayton returning to the studio where she recorded that part. You Can't Always Get What You Want is simply put a 10/10 track for the ages and one of the best album enders of all time. The filler tracks here drag the album down a bit in my minds eye, but I love this as a very high 8/10

Merry Clayton does so much heavy lifting in "Gimme Shelter", I seriously doubt it would be as great a song as it is without her backing vocals carrying it. This album is fine, The Rolling Stones' hits never sounds like the other songs on their albums, so I always have skewed expectations going into them. I'm not a huge fan, but i never actively dislike their stuff.

A bookshelf containing just the admittedly fantastic bookends. This is my second stones album and I still don't feel it. It's derivative white man blues lifted from the classics and half heartedly delivered. It feels like cosplay at best and insulting at worst. 1*

i think let it bleed is probably my first album from rolling stone that i fully listen to many underrated songs in it specially the second one was my favorite i did found the songs a bit repetitive but doesnt mean they were bad

Increasingly realising the Stones are not really for me. This starts and ends with two of their greatest songs, but nothing inbetween really grabs me. A country version of Honky Tonk Women feels a little like they ran out of ideas early on. That said, Gimme Shelter is SO good, this just about scrapes a 3.

Ahh, The Rolling Stones...Again? This album is pretty much the same as every other Stones album: mediocre "white man blues" with a couple of good songs. If all of these albums have only a few good songs, why are all of them essential? This stupid band is the most overrated band of all time, and not just on this list. In general,they are not as good as most people say they are.

Album No. 0213 on my list. I've never been a huge Stones fan per se, but I've liked some of their music and in that sense, I also have nothing "against" them. Besides, they've been hugely influential and popular, so I had actually been looking forward to this album. And "Let It Bleed" is actually a pretty good album! It's the second Stones album that I've encountered on this list and I did enjoy it more than "Aftermath" (my first one). I like the drive on this one, I like the cool genre mixture (country, blues, rock, folk), I like that it does still sound pretty well despite it being almost 60 years old. I had known (and liked) some of the tracks before listening to the full album, but actually, there's not a single song on here that I didn't enjoy. The band will probably never become an all time favorite, but I did like this one. Will add "Gimme Shelter" (obviously), "Let It Bleed", "Monkey Man", and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (obviously) to my playlist. I guess I'll listen to the whole thing again though sooner or later again. 4/5 stars!

3.1/5 basic

Not as iconic as I thought it would be

"In the immortal words of Mick Jagger..." A lot of sentimentality going into this rating for me. I don't think I can judge the Rolling Stones objectively -- it's too wrapped up with my childhood!

This a pretty good album bookended by two really, really excellent songs.

💋🎸👅😎🎂

Masterpiece!

I grew up listening to the Stones on the radio in the 70s through the mid 80s. I know them through this format more than through specific albums so there's about 20 years of their music that I know well, but not how they were originally packaged. I was honestly surprised at some of the songs on this album from 1969. I must have seen concert footage and just placed them later. Anyway, it's all great. I had forgotten that they have a long love for country music and so was surprised by a those tunes. Not my favorite, but still charming because it's these guys.

Iconic songs spaced out with droning wails

Zopár hitov si občas vypočujem, v rádiu neznejú zle, ale málokedy si viem sustredene vypočuť nejaký ich album.

Bookended by two all-time great songs but nothing much in the middle to make me care

One of my favourite stones albums, midnight rambler and gimme shelter on the one album, oof.

Yeah, OK.

Puros temazos, mola la version de honky tonk woman

nothing crazy tbh

'Gimme shelter' is an incredible opener. The rest is blues à la Stones. Nothing bad in here, all solid tracks. Strangely I preferred the more basic 'aftermath'.

wasn't as bad as i was expecting but didn't enjoy it

It was aight

I just don't get the hype. Nothing about this so-called "critically acclaimed" band piques my interest.

I’ve said previously that Mick Taylor stones are the best stones, and sadly this is Brian Jones rather than Mick but Country stones are the second best stones and this full of cpu try influences. It’s bookended by two different things in the majestic gimme shelter and the equally majestic you can always get what you want but it’s just a lot of fun in between.

not a critical listen too album, but nice time capsule from when it was released. A few songs are worth the listen, but other than those, they have so many other great albums to choose from before this one.

Honestly liked it less than I remembered. A lot of it feels like cheap American play acting. Merry Clayton steals the show

Classic Stones

I quite enjoyed this album, especially when it features Gimmee Shelter which one of my favourite rolling stones songs. There a little bit of a blues vibe but I can appreciate the analogue style guitar work, which is one thing I do like about this era of music. No overproducing, no audio enhancements, no extra sound effects. just a solid 41 minutes of classic rock.

Another strong album from the Rolling Stones

The closing track makes me feel like a mean doctor with a bum leg... This is a low 4

Classic rock

the best one so far?

I do not like the Stones, but, unfortunately, gotta give this a 3 for Gimmie Shelter.

Not their best, but still has some good songs on it.

Classic Rolling Stones

Pretty good

It’s the rolling stones!