Reviews (page 11 of 14)
Another good album by the Stones. Some great tracks on here, with a nice variety of styles.
A good album but never a fan of Mick Jagger’s vocals
Very strong opening and very strong ending, but the middle was, mostly, just okay. I think that all The Rolling Stones albums I've received on this generator so far have been pretty good. They just aren't outstanding or exceptional in my opinion.
Fav Song: Monkey Man
Gimme shelter may be the finest rock song ever
It was... fine... Cant' Always Get What You Want and the opening track were the two best ones
2 good songs on it, the rest is ok
Extremt stark trea tack vare Gimme Shelter
Tyvärr är låtarna spridda skurar mellan felfritt o felfullt. Tre låtar väger upp för ett annars genomtrött album.
I feel like other than Gimmie Shelter, which is probably one of the most iconic and great songs by The Rolling Stones, the rest of the album is really lackluster and boring. I never really think to much about The Rolling Stones or Mick Jagger, just never was a big fan of the band. While they have some great songs, this album and most of all their catalog is really bland. It just feels as though that after Gimmie Shelter, all of it is just filler and fluff that is unnecessary. While an iconic title, it is just something I didn't really care for. Favorite Tracks: Gimmie Shelter, Let It Bleed, Monkey Man Rating: 3/5
Many songs on this album sound a lot like folk/country, which is not my cup of tea. A couple of great hits though!
Klassieker, maar qua stemgeluid niet echt m’n stijl.
I liked this more than I thought I would... maybe I like the Stones more than I think I do?
Rock, Bluesrock, 1969 -> 3
I was excited having this pop up in the morning. But somehow it turns out that I like their sound on live performances much more than on their studio recordings. favourite: "Gimme Shelter", "Midnight Rambler", "You Can't Always Get What you Want" worst: "Love In Vain", "Monkey Man"
There are no good Rolling Stones albums, only good Rolling Stones singles. Also, in my experience, there is never more than 3 good singles on any Rolling Stones album. Do yourself a favor and download the 2 singles from this one, and consider listening to "Monkey Man" with its creative opening on the vibe and try to ignore the shit lyrics. You can safely ignore the rest. Save yourself from their horrid interpretations of honky tonk, country rock, and blues. I am giving LET IT BLEED three stars solely based on the quality of "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and nothing else.
The Rolling Stones seem to me to have just two modes: 1. Great songs, musically and lyrically, interesting AND 2. Crappy bar band trying to play blues and honkytonk in American dive bars. Each album has 2, possibly 3 songs that are just great and the rest are usually skippable. Let It Bleed might be the best (worst?) example of this. The first and last songs are fantastic. And that's not just nostalgia for me as I never really listened to much of the Stones. Just not my bag. Monkey Man is pretty good - I actually love the terrible way Mick enunciates Monkeeeygghhr. This is my.. 4th Stones album on this list and it's the same thing every time. Guys, drop the whole American blues honkytonk crap. It doesn't work! Hard to score this because most of it sucks, but those good bits are sooo good. I guess a 3 will have to suffice.
This is a miss. This album does have quite a cool unique sound to it, but I can't seem to get into it. Perhaps it's the vocals, they are to be frank quite strange. I was going to listen to Sticky Fingers but haven't gotten around to it, perhaps it's just this album I don't like. I think I just don't like albums that have titles that start with "Let It..." Conclusion: Album has a cool vibe to it, but I just can't get into it.
Ciekawe dość, ale nie mój gust rocka
Oh man. Would you hate me if I said I only really enjoyed 3 songs on this album?? This is the first of many Stones albums I’ve heard so far, the second highest rated Stones album on the website, and I’m going to give it a 3/5. I’m always hearing that you have to pick either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones as the best band of all time, and it may be blasphemous to say this, but I’ve already rolled Revolver, and I gave that a 5, easily. Now, listen, “Gimme Shelter” may be in the Top 10 for best songs ever. It’s an absolute achievement of music and should be acknowledged as such. Watch both the documentary of the same name, as well as the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom if you want a really cool history lesson on it. The background vocalist alone sends a shiver up my spine, and the sick beat mixed with Mick belting one out really gave me hope that I was about to listen to the best fucking album of all time if it could even remotely match up to the sheer presence of this opening song. It single handedly gives this album a high rating in my book. It’s so good that I kind of want to go back and rate the top song of each album in this book and rank them separately. It would be pretty hard to beat. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is another classic, that’s the second song I enjoyed. I was unfamiliar with “Monkey Man” but that one was also deeply enjoyable. So, 3/9 songs is, eh, not great, but I didn’t outright dislike the others, so a 3 is very fair. That being said, every other song on the album is just filler that ranges from just fine to utterly boring filler. A lot of them are filler. After the brilliance of “Gimme Shelter”, I was pretty disappointed with the rest of the album, and man does it absolutely hurt every fiber of my being typing that out. Do they have a more solid album from top to bottom, or am I going to ultimately side with team Beatles? Time will tell.
eh
Some highs and low. Not the biggest stones fan so it either hits or it doesn't. This one had two bigger songs bookending so it was fine.
čista trojka
enjoyable
Honky tonk gonna tonk
You can't always get what you want is a bad song. Rest is fine!
Has some great tracks on it but drags in some places
Gimme Shelter is the banger to start things off. It rocks on from there with some good ones from the Stones catalogue. But why so country in places, Mick? Listened before? Y Saved tracks? Y Favorite tracks? Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want, ⭐⭐⭐ Loved it. Saved some tracks
Best Rolling Stones album I've had thus far. That's kind of a low bar. You Can't Always Get What You Want is a classic, though. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.
I do not like the Rolling Stones. I do like "you can't always get what you want." Therefore this album was mid 7.89/10; 3/5.
Gaat de strijd aan met 'Exile on Main St.' om de titel meest Amerikaans-klinkende Stones album - en wellicht zelfs Brits album in het algemeen. Leunt wellicht iets meer naar de country dan de blues en roots rock van 'Exile'. En alhoewel ik vind dat die plaat echt veel completer is en in mijn ogen het absolute hoogtepunt van de band betreft, vind ik dit wel een fijne plaat om te horen hoe die sound zich ontwikkelt. De laatste plaat met Brian Jones begint met een opener van jewelste, en het post-Gimme Shelter syndroom zorgt er voor dat 'Let It Bleed' nogal moeite heeft om het een passend gevolg te geven. Het rammelt lekker - vooral in 'Midnight Rambler' natuurlijk - maar het is ook wel een beetje gezapig voor de heren. Het slotakkoord met 'Monkey Man' en 'YCAGWYW' is dan wel weer indrukwekkend. Misschien wel het beste begin en einde van een 60s album, maar het middenstuk imponeert niet. 6,5/10 Highlights: Gimme Shelter Monkey Man YCAGWYW
Wel geluisterd en dan vervolgens niet meteen een rating ingevoerd. Want ik vind het bij the Rolling Stones vaak een beetje ingewikkeld. Ze zijn te groot voor een simpele korte review, maar eigenlijk vind ik het niet bijzonder genoeg om er nu een heel verhaal aan te wijden. Grotendeels kan ik me bij jou aansluiten. De eerste en laatste song zijn uitzonderlijk en hebben zich al vroeg in muziek geheugen gegrift. Je neemt ze voor lief maar zijn allebei iconische tracks. Alle nummers daartussen zijn oke, klinken super Amerikaans maar vind ik niet heel speciaal. Nu produceerde ze natuurlijk ook meer dan 10 platen in een jaar of 6, dus dat is niet heel gek. The Rolling Stones hebben een grootse status, en dat snap ik. Alleen ben ik geen fan en loop ik dus niet altijd warm voor een Stones-plaatje. Ik houd het dan ook op een gemiddelde... 7/10 Highlights Gimme Shelter You Can't...
Qualche canzone bella, ma niente di che. Strana quella country
well, it’s the Rolling Stones.
Obviously a classic album though I have never liked the Stones greatly. Something everyone should listen to at one time in their lives at least
H: an ok album, very mid. There are sounds ranging from rock to country. Not very cohesive. 5/10 H fav song: You Can’t Always Get What You Want Z: this gave me a much broader understanding of the Stones’s sound. Certainly a wider variety than I thought previously— blues, country, folk, and rock all rounded out the album. Mick Jagger’s voice doesn’t fit throughout the album as much as it does on the “classic” Stones sound I know. Lacks cohesion. 6.5/10 Z fav song: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Didn’t love this. A few tracks I dug, but I felt were too long. The rest just feels kind of boring musically.
Suprisingly funky. The album in its entirety is 'ok' but a few songs stood out. The mastering was interesting, not crazy detailed but there was solid imaging and spaciousness.
This one feels hard to rate. The opening and closing tracks are two of the best songs of all time. But everything in between is way too country bluesy for me. I just don’t like that kind of sound.
It's good to hear the Stones. This is kind of an odd collection.
Pretty chilled album, like the country influences. Not super grabbed by it but it'll do.
Best songs: - Gimme Shelter - Monkey Man - You Can’t Always Get What You Want The rest is just meh to me
Like the artwork suggests, this sandwich has a lot of filler. It's a good job the start and end are classics.
Started off strong and then didn't keep it going at all minus one track. Nothing bad though just underwhelming.
Monkey Man - ♡
The only Stones era I've ever really cared about was when they were trying to be the Beatles in the mid-60s. Most these albums that get held up as their best are just two good-to-great songs with a bunch of bluesy country rock filler.
“Gimme Shelter” is one of not just my favorite Stones songs, but one of my favorite songs in general…so to say I was primed for this album is an understatement. After that phenomenal opening comes Love in Vain, which produced such a negative physical response that I had to check and make sure that I was still listening to the correct album. Things improved from there.
# Playlist Track - Gimme Shelter # Notes - A mediocre album with an incredible opening. - Midnight Rambler and Love in Vain deserve -1 star each, easily.
rock assez lent et marche bien en musique de fond
A classic album with a couple very good songs and mostly honkey-Tony filler
iconic so i feel bad saying anything negative, but my personal thoughts are that i don’t love bluegrass so those songs are rated lower. love their rock songs tho and their lyrics are good!!
Some classics but overall not my jam.
Love it!
First time actually listening to this album. Much more bluesy than I expected.
Bookends are fantastic, the rest mushes together. 3.5
This was cool, I won't listen to it again, but I enjoyed it. 3.5
Imagine an egg sandwich made with warm freshly baked crusty bread. Egg isn't my favourite filling, but I'll eat it. And truth be told I'd rather have the gorgeous warm crusty bread on is own with a bit of butter. This album is that sandwich. 2 great tracks bookending a passable filling. (And I'm so glad they redeveloped this original version of Honky Tonk Woman)
I sort of liked it. You Can't Always Get What You Want is a really good song. Sticky Fingers was my first full Stones album, and I didn't enjoy this one as much as I did that one.
- Good music but the lyrics rambled a bit. It was alright but I wouldn't listen again. They have been very influencial and some of their earlier stuff is better than the country that this album is.
I didn’t really «accrocher» since it’s not really the type of music I like, since it’s a bit boring…
Some good tracks
Good album yes. Great? Live would be great but as canned music… perhaps less so. Undeniably great songs on the album though. 3.4….
The album has two bangers on it, the opening Gimme Shelter and the closing You Can't Always Get What You Want. The rest of them is also fun but there are quite a lot of fillers, and country-blues by them isn't really my thing. I have always preferred a Best of/Greatest Hits by the Rolling Stones, instead of studio albums...
When are we going to admin that Gimme Shelter is just ok?
Never cared all that much for the Rolling Stones.
Consistency solid Not my usual taste but a few songs here I find are perfect when I’m on a nice walk or drive Favorites: Live with Me, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
I guess when your album is sandwiched between two undeniable classics you can put shittier Bob Dylan songs in the middle
2.5 stars My experience with Stones albums, as I mentioned on Sticky Fingers, is that they kill it with a couple of great singles and then load up with filler. This was during their era of doing a lot of country music, including Jagger’s fake Southern twang, and it’s not great. That being said, the first and last songs “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always get what you want” are 5/5 stone cold classics. They are some of the Stones most overplayed songs but they are fantastic. They do all of the heavy lifting on this record. The countryish songs aren’t terrible- but it’s not interesting enough to make me want to sit through the album. And the other non-country more straight ahead rock n roll isn’t memorable. The Stones are a greatest hits band. Any of their greatest hits albums would be in the top of all times. But their albums, full Long Plays, are not their strength.
3.5/5
I've never been big on the Stones. I'm only really familiar with their hits. This was a pretty good album! It's got some classics like "Gimme Shelter" "Country Honk" and "You Cant Always Get What You Want." There's something about the Stones though that keep me from "loving" them. Maybe its Mick's voice. All the instruments are pretty good. But outside of the hits I'm probably not going to listen to too much of this again. 3/5
This isn't bad. I think I just don't love the Stones. 3
You can definitely tell how much the Rolling Stones were influenced by the American Blues. Also I didn't relize that the song Honky Tonk woman started out on this album as a more country blues song. The beginning of great things to come in their career.
My feelings about music like this are complicated
Wildly inconsistent album. It has some absolute gems, like Gimme Shelter and Live With Me. It has some average songs, like the last two tracks. It has some proper garbage too, like Country Honk. It even has some songs that start shit, but get better at the end, like Midnight Rambler. Very odd
Honestly not a fan of the country Stones songs. Even country honk is better in its blues version. Absolutely love gimme shelter and monkey man, however.
Oh god, it’s The Beatles for me all over again… Like, this is good, right? But I don’t really see anything impressive about this. It’s just like The Beatles: A couple of songs on the album are fantastic, and the other are kinda whatever. This is a good album, but it’s way too simple and outdated by today’s standards. A fun listen but nothing out of the ordinary. 7/10
6/10 Best Songs: the singles Least best: the rest
Ganz gut
Interesting change of sound for me, didnt finish it but wasnt disappointed
Great album
It's Rolling Stones at it's finest. It's either you love their style or not and in this instance I just found it fine. Nothing really jumped out and forced you to remember the album.
Pretty listenable blues rock w some bops
I can take or leave Rolling Stones music. Just not into that blues heavy rock style of theirs... Is it weird my favorite song on the album, the one that really got me to listen, was the one that wasn't sung by Mick Jagger "You Got the Silver." Am I crazy or is Keith Richards a better singer than Mick Jagger?
6.5/10
Not a great fan of the stones
Liked it more than most of the other stones albums ive heard on the list, gotta agree with a lot of other reviews ive seen that say the first and last track are the best of the album, the best rolling stones album is most likely a greatest hits album
It was good, but I won’t listen again. Standout track: - Gimme Shelter: 5/5 - this one however, I could listen to on repeat
Good listen, but I think they have better albums
The first and last songs are amazing. The middle is just meh
Never heard this Country Honk version of Honky Tonk Women. But the album at least starts and ends with the two best songs.
Noen bangers, men litt for mye honky-tonk.
Pretty decent I guess. Mono for a few of the songs is a bit annoying on headphones. 3/5
Great opener, but it fails to deliver. The album has 4 really really great songs. The rest is not even mediocre. Favorite song: gimme shelter.
No way this is the album that gave us Gimme Shelter. First and last tracks are great, everything in between was fine, but it's sub par honky tonk which is just a wild theme after playing such an opening banger. - mitona Pleasantly surprised with this album. Really great listen for the holiday today. Surprised it released in December! - spacecrabs
Very easy listening but not my favourite. I liked monkey man and had never heard it before. 3.5
Pretty good album, nothing worth noting really
Not bad. A couple great classics in this album. But overall a bit lackluster for me.
Pretty good album. Some enjoyable songs on here. Even the songs that aren't hits were pretty good.
Et par gromlåter. En del fyll som ikke fester seg eller er særlig interessante. Men når det sitter, så sitter det gøtt.
Early blues-orientated Stones.
Two mega hits and a bunch of half-hearted blues noodling
Hey babe, what's in your eyes? I saw them flashing like airplane lights You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure I must come back for a little more
It’s not a bad album but it’s not my fav Rolling Stones by any means. I prefer the more blues rock over the country influence.
"Let It Bleed" is an interesting album in that it is bookended by two incredible, legendary Rolling Stones songs -- "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are two of the most famous Rolling Stones songs ever, and even some of the most famous classic rock songs ever. And yet, the internal content of the album is pretty lackluster (in my opinion). It all kind of blurs together and doesn't really excite. I've always been kind of partial to the album cover, though; it is very eye-catching. Who doesn't love cake?
You Can't Always Get What You Want and Gimme Shelter are both fantastic songs, but the rest are kinda forgettable.
Good for the hits, the other songs were very forgettable 3/5
I once again was not impressed with this Rolling Stones album. Am I missing something? These guys have a magazine named after them.
Blues rock is not for me from this band. At least it finished with a jam.
Didn't think much of this one to be honest I say this everytime but I'm not really a Stones fan anyway. I honestly don't really care for the 2 big singles on the album. I actually preferred some of the other songs, but it wasn't great on the whole. Got bored in parts 3 ⭐️
Bookended by two of the greatest songs of all time and some alright blues/country in the middle.
Sarcastic and bluesy, somewhat dated sounding. Love in Vain is a slow but solid tune, the only one I'd return to.
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Gimme Shelter - catchy Midnight Rambler - blues vibe to it
Quality
I’d love to hear a great top to bottom Rolling Stones album, but I’m beginning to lose hope that such a thing exists. The standouts are the 2 hits, no surprise there. I gotta say, when they do blues or country it feels like more of a pastiche than an earnest attempt.
I get that Mick Jagger was supposedly a sex symbol of the era, but I feel like there were definitely a few songs on here that substituted sexuality for actually making a decent song. "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are classics, but I also enjoyed Midnight Rambler.
Classic
This album has, as they say, a couple songs. The rest is surprisingly undercooked, almost unserious.
Some bangers, some filler; mostly misogyny.
This is only my second Stones album, the first being Some Girls, and I can tell this is an earlier album. The sound that I'm accustomed to is here, albeit with more blues and less rock. 'Gimme Shelter' and 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' were the only tracks I went into knowing, and they act as a great sandwich for the album. Unfortunately, this sandwich's best feature is the bread. What follows is ... good, don't get me wrong, but a little same-y for my liking. 'Love in Vain' and 'Country Honk,' the two songs immediately following, blended together. 'On Midnight Ramble,' Mick Jagger and Jones's harmonica deliver on the song's promise. The title track was good too, but nothing to write home about. I did quite like 'Monkey Man.' Overall a 3/5. Not a disappointment, but only because the album art has repulsed and confused me for so long, I had no expectations for the record.
Country rock Too country
same as beggars request. like they knew they'd last forever so didn't need to innovate
2 great songs (opener and closer), but the rest didn't stand out for me
“Gimme Shelter” is a good song. The other hits on here are okay. The rest is just more Rolling Stones’ slop.
Too southern-ish rock for my taste. Cool overall.
This is just fine nothing crazy
Gimme Shelter esch no geil. De rächt esch halt meischtens chli Country Musig. Ned bsonders schlächt aber au ned wörk e Banger.
I have heard some of the hits before, but in general I thought the album was more of the same? I must not be a huge Rolling Stones fan or I misunderstand their hype, because it wasn't bad, but not exceptional to me
meh
Decent
I dont love their honky tonk stuff. Two good songs on the album to open and close the album, but the rest didn't keep my attention. Felt dragging on.
This album has its highs, especially with "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which I really enjoyed. But then there's "Honky Tonk Women," which feels weird and out of place. Overall, it’s a decent album, but it doesn’t quite live up to the hype for me.
Was ready to be a little disappointed, then got blasted by one of their best hits! Then slowly got disappointed by the rest... But wait! Their other best hit is on here too!!
i mean, yea i see u (beatles will always be better)
Refreshing change. I liked Mick Jagger's performance on Monkey Man. Very authentic. I liked the first and last songs especially. Mostly the last I think.
Pretty alright rock. I like the use of violin, flute and saxophone to spice it up a little
6.5/10 No me esperaba que sonase tan "country". Los dos últimos temas me han gustado bastante. También destacar que es redondo, tiene un principio y final de disco muy elegantes.
My dad loves this band. I took some of the records he got before he got rid of it. It's never been able to get into it, due to the very prominent blues in it. That being said, the album was alright. Way better than Little Richard. 3/5 (but higher than LR)
I’ve always liked The Rolling Stones but never loved them. This is a good album, 2 giant hits that bookend an ok rest of the album. I never wanted to just skip the songs but I didn’t feel like I needed to go to them once they were done
super country for rolling stones. also honky tonk woman is another song??
Great opening track in Gimme Shelter, and fantastic closer You Can’t Always get What You Want, songs in between are good, but not great. The Rolling Stones have better albums, I’m still glad I listened to this one.
It's alright. I've never really been a huge Rolling Stones fan. I like their hits but the rest don't really do much for me.
I love classic rock but these guys for some reason have always rubbed me the wrong way.
Highlights: Gimme shelter Live with me Midnight rambler 7/10
Getting this the day after "Exile on Main Street" was weird. Hearing this right after that one, it really struck home how when the Stones weren't trying so hard to be the kind of band Alan Lomax recorded, they had some good songs. These were, invariably, the least American blues/roots influenced - "Gimme Shelter," "Monkey Man" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" - that really makes me wonder why they spent so much time chasing the blues and not working toward their strengths.
The last song is fabulous but some of the tracks more in the middle are not great.
Meh, idk not my taste
Never a big fan of the stones, but this album is iconic.
A uhhhh classic rock album. Has some heaters on it 5/10 Favorite track: GIMME SHELTER
2.5ish
You Can't Always get What You Want
Back to back stones albums. Ouch. That being said, this was infinitely better than Exile on Main Street
sommige nummers-- wat ik de typische Stones-nummers noem -- zijn zeer goed, maar als ze zich aan de blues wagen, dan weegt Jaggers stem iets te licht naar mijn mening
I never cared for the Stones much, at least in singles form. I still don't, but I think this is a more compelling album than as single tracks...a concept form a more civilized age. Doesn't rock as hard as the Who, but sometimes more complex. Favorite track: Monkey Man
Expect more from the stones
-seems like this was a good album to lose my Rolling Stones virginity to. it was only a matter of time before I got around to it -all in all it was about what I expected.. it’s not the type of music I would usually listen to in my free time but I still liked it! would probably like to listen to it again sometime -Favorites are Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want
I like the Stones just fine, but I’m a little surprised at how boring I’ve found most of their albums on the list. Just kind of feels like a lot of their songs move slower than they should or something. I don’t know. Let it Bleed is good, it’s bookended by two of their bigger hits, but getting from point A to point B was not nearly as interesting as you would hope from a record by one of the biggest bands in the world.
Two great songs booked end some honky tonk sounding much of the same, couldn't really tell when one song finished and one started. 3/5
A classic and easy to listen to, personally carried by it's opener and closer
Best songs were the first and last as everyone else says, this one definitely has weaker deep cuts than the other stones albums on the generator, live with me and the title track I did like as well though. However, the other ones didn’t really do it for me all too much especially country tonk, I liked the experiments with different types of music in the songs though. Overall 6/10.
It's fine and all and they're super talented but I can't give the stones more than a 3
Three bangers, then a bunch of semi-country filler
I used to love the Stones. I hadn’t listened to this album in a long time or any Stones albums for that matter, just the odd song here or there. The music is pretty good, but Mick’s voice is atrocious. Especially on the song “Country Tonk”, it’s fucking embarrassing trying to sound country , I guess he’s trying to be funny. I didn’t laugh.
I love the Psychedelic aspect of the album that's ever so present in 1960s songs. I do feel that it's a bit too white for me as of right now. I need something with more sauce. I'm only 3 songs in but it is a 9 song album. It's honestly bland or I am not in the headspace for it. Let it bleed had questionable lyrics. My favorite song would be you can't always get what you want. Because that is what I am currently going through in life right now. I also really liked love in vain and listened to it twice. No least favorite songs, but a lot of songs did not end up being in my like songs.
An album of bookend bangers. A bunch of flyover states in between. I'm fine to leave it on after the opening track - don't need to put it on particularly - but as it gets going through, may as well leave it on for the closer.
Monkey Man was a good new find. Obviously I Can't Always Get...is a classic, the rest was a little too country rock for me
it's okay, waking up to a choir singing You Can't Always Get What You Want was a very House MD moment
Rock of course. Lots of country/western influence in this one Some rock n roll and even gospel bits (you cant always get what you want) Best track - let it bleed/ midnight rambler is fun
Some good tracks, some average ones, some very skippable ones. I still don't really like Mick Jagger's singing.
Eh
Good but don't see myself regularly listening
5/10
god i wish this was a sonic youth album
It’s fine, nothing really stood out to me
Too bad the whole album couldn’t keep up.
can appreciate it for what it is, a good album, but its just not my style of music.
Two 4s bookend a 2
Wow I thought this album was going to be phenomenal given the two hits. But that's all this was. Two great hits surrounded by mediocre 60's honky tonk imitations. Meh.
Man, the more of these Stones deep cuts I hear the more I really see these guys as greatest hits merchants. A lot of this is just very dull and derivative faux blues/honky tonk bullshit, I don't know why their albums are littered with this and then sprinkled with a few of their breakout tracks. the opening and closing tracks are definite highlights for me and save this from a negative rating in spite of the fact that hearing Jack Nicholson may have tainted my listening experience of Gimme Shelter. As for the rest of this album though, if I paid to see this live and ended up getting fatally stabbed by some Hells Angels meathead, dying would probably only be the 2nd worst thing that happened to me that night
Pavlovian response to the first track that makes me think im about to see some fat retard drop their chilli on a basketball court and say the n word (white)
In contention for one of the best album covers of all time, i adore that thing. Leagues below Exile On Main Street, i understand its something different entirely, but it feels less complex and composed. Maybe it'll grow on me but at this point just left me feeling it's aight. 6/10
First song is a classic. A few others are ok but country honk is utterly terrible.
Some good tunes
i don’t think i understand the massive appeal these guys had but never bad
Gimme Shelter is one of the best rock songs of all time. But I never could get into this band, okay?! I'M SORRY!!!
Yup, definitely a rolling stones album. Some great songs, and a bunch of filler. It was exactly as expected, a decent listen that I wouldn't request on my own.
Yeah it was another rolling stones album. I've come to have an expectation now as I listen to them as I think this the 3rd or 4th album I've listened to so far from this list. It's still a decent album with some great singles that start and end the album. Everything in between was okay. I'm just ready to roll on from the stones to something else.
Let It Bleed is one of the most overrated albums ever. Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are the only listenable songs in my opinion
Some nice instrumentals, but other than that it's nothing special. Three stars.
let it go please
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This album feels a little bit like a bait and switch. Gimme Shelter goes so hard, then it’s just kind of ok for the majority of the album, and then it picks back up at the end with You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Maybe I’d appreciate it more with another listen. 3.5 Stars
When The Stones are being innovative (Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get ... ) I think they're great. When they're being a blues band in the country vein, they fall flat for me. This album seems to lean mostly on the blues and it doesn't quite grab me, see: Beggars Banquet)
First Stones album of the list. It was good but I found it a little lacking. It starts with Gimme Shelter which is a powerhouse of a song, but the b tracks are nothing special. Not bad, but they started to get a little one note after a while. Overall- good album, 3.5/5
I always find the rolling stones just fine. Never blows me away, but also never so offensive I turn it off
на любителя.
Yeah this is okay
Finde Rolling Stones irgendwie immer langweiliger als gedacht
Der dritte Song hat mich positiv überrascht. Ansonsten eher Durchschnitt.
Not my thing but not so "not-my-thing" I just dislike it, I think maybe the fact that I was sleepy didn't help its case in some songs where I thought they weren't doing much for me but generally? The songs were good, their use of blues rock and country doesn't feel nearly as clunky or weird as that one Paul McCartney record I heard some days ago. Let It Bleed is also less... animated than I expected, a lot more midtempo and sometimes that works to its benefit with songs that know how to use their length and sound well. Overall, its good
Gimme Shelter is brilliant. Then the next 4 tracks are just a waste of time - boring blues rock staples. The back end picks up with some slightly more interesting arrangements, and somewhat crescendos with You Can't Always Get What You Want. Though I weirdly don't like the angelic choir intro to that track, sounds corny to me. I've always felt like The Rolling Stones are one of the most overrated bands of all time, and this album doesn't really change that, though I much much prefer it to Beggars Banquet and Exile on Main St. 3.4/5
Blues-rockig. Hät nice Harmonie und Rhythme. Ich fühle d Stones trotzdäm nöd.
Both of the big hits on here are some of the best Stones songs, everything else is okay at best. Mid 3.
Definitely to the blues scale of the rock/blues scale. Almost country. Hm.
I didn't know "Gimme Shelter" was Rolling Stones. You can tell they were dabbling with a blues/country influence here with the acoustic guitar and piano style. Also their "Country Honk" sounds JUST like Old Crow Medicine Show. But then the album ends with "Can't always get what you want" so this is a weird combo.
Gimme Shelter is a great song, but I felt the rest was pretty average at best. Some songs were fine, others weak, but it felt pretty disjointed imo. You can't always get what you want is not a good song.
okay but not their best!
The opener and closer are the best songs the Stones have ever done. The rest is not that interesting. 3.5
Gimme Shelter is a stone cold classic. The rest of this is pretty good.
Opening with Gimme Shelter is a flex You Can’t Always Get What You Want, one of the all time great songs Everything else was totally fine!
Perhaps suffered from my having heard it so many times so it was missing the excitement factor
Besides the 3 songs that sound vaguely country, it's an okay album.
"Gimme Shelter" and "You Cant Always Get What You Want", arguably some of the Stones' most recognizable songs, bookend this album. Sadly, these songs feel totally out of place here, as the rest of the album heavily features more country and blues oriented songs that are significantly less memorable.
Better than the other stones album we've listened to, but still mediocre
I may be alone in having never liked Mick Jagger. I don't like his voice and never was a fan of his style. I wasn't excited to see this album come on. Some classics on here for sure, although I'd venture the classics have been overplayed so much they don't give me much pleasure anymore. Ultimately this gets to a "fine" in my book.
Good stuff, albeit not as much as Exile… or …Fingers.
Les Rolling Stones, toujours fascinés par les sons et influences américaines, avec leur petit mauvais genre. Ce n'est pas un groupe qui me rejoint, même si je ne dirais pas que c'est mauvais non plus.
Fine
A perfectly mid rock and roll album. A little folksy, a surprising amount of acoustic instruments, but much of the songwriting is a bid boring. Gimme Shelter is awesome.
Enjoyed a few songs and liked the different sounds on it, would be a 3.5 if possible
If it wasn't for Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want, I'd gladly give 2 for this. These two songs are stellar, but as with most Stones' records, they work better as part of a greatest hits compilation. As usual for them: two hits don't make a good LP.
I feel like I'm missing something. It may just be the lack of context, but outside of a handful of songs, this felt like nothing particularly groundbreaking. Not to say it's bad by any means, but I don't get why it's so lauded. I've never found Mick to be particularly captivating on records and the songwriting doesn't compensate for me. Good, not great. Rating: 7/10 Favorite Song: Monkey Man
A few well known singles on here that are genuinely good, but they sandwich an otherwise pretty mid collection of songs.
Gimme Shelter is one of the actually good Stones songs, the rest is pretty meh to me. I'll be nice because of the one song though I guess.
To be fair, if I had never heard anything besides gospel or folk music before, went to a Stones concert where a stranger gave me acid, I'd love this album too. Crazy to think boomers did that shit then just ruined everything. One has to assume Mick Jagger is to blame.
Songs i knew: 2 Songs i liked: meh I think I've always been more of a led/acdc fan than the stones so this album just all felt a bit watered down. I assume it was a high flyer and groundbreaking at the time but I don't think I'll come back for another listen. High 3.
Fine
i am so confused as to what i thought the rolling stones was before listening to this album
You Can’t Always Get What You Want, assuming what you want is other good songs on the album. And you also can’t convince me Jagger ever stepped foot in a honky tonk.
I’m so pissed off with myself that I literally just thought this cover was just a cake with a record next to it!!! I’ll tell you what I like: Gimmie shelter Let it bleed Midnight rambler Monkey man You can’t always get what you want Honestly I know this is one of the more loved ones but I’d rather listen to aftermath’s deep cuts than these ones. I like the stones but if they weren’t so popular/iconic I don’t think their reputation would be that good in retrospect, like they’d be liked but not loved I think 3/5
Generally fine, two crackers and then the rest is good as background listening
7/10
Was okay but not my type, norwegian wood
no thoughts. classic rock, not my thing
Overrated. Like some of the other 60s ones, some bangers, but lot of fluff
Honestly, Gimme Shelter rocks, last track too, the rest, I could take it or leave it. I think the guitar playing is fun on a lot of these tracks, but am not a huge fan of the rest of the band. Gimme Shelter at a 5, the rest at 2/5, Ima give this a 3.
3.5/5
Not a huge fan of the stones but full respect.. deserves to be here
3.5, gimme shelter is amazing.
I have to use a private session for spotify for any Rolling Stones album, because I am not a fan and there are quite a few Rolling Stones albums on this site. This album has a few classics, then the white guy take on blues that I find grating.
yeah, 3, i see why this was great, but honestly it kinda came and went for me
Pre-listening thoughts: there is a certain song on here that would be really great to play at a car dealership when you accidentally sign up for incredibly high payments on your car and you still can’t bear to listen to the song to this day because you feel salty that the dealership robbed you blind Post/during listening thoughts: I am shocked at how different the opener and closer are from the entire rest of the album. Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are crazy good songs and then you get hit with honky tonk 60s country and blues??? It’s like okay but I definitely expected something a little better knowing some of the Stones’ other stuff. 5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Gimme Shelter, You Can’t Always Get What You Want Least fav tracks: Love in Vain, Country Honk
I honestly haven't listened to the Rolling Stones before. They are a little old for my taste, but I did like Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. Idk. Other than that, it didn't stand out as anything amazing to me.
This album feels a little bit like a bait and switch. Gimme Shelter goes so hard, then it’s just kind of ok for the majority of the album, and then it picks back up at the end with You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Maybe I’d appreciate it more with another listen. 3.5 Stars
Nothing wrong with it, just not very interesting.
Some really good blues rock but doesn’t quite reach that next level of GREAT until the very end.
The bookends of the album are great. I'm not going to pretend they're not. The sandwich in the middle is solid blues rock. Does it feel authentic? Not a bit. But I enjoyed it more than most Stones' albums.
3.5/5
Gimme Shelter is the Stones' best track by a country mile. You Can't Always Get What You Want is pretty decent. Most of the other tracks in between these bookends are fairly run of the mill.
Good start, at the end was just sorta waiting for the end. Country honk was fun though not great but fun. I will say however the closer on this album is beautiful it's what make me feel bad about giving it a three
I enjoy the sound of the Stones' music, though the lyrics of the first song Gimme Shelter being almost impossible to identify upon a first listen had me worried I wasn't going to be able to understand any of the words of the album and would only get this aspect on a second listen through while reading along with the songs. Gimme Shelter is a great song though now I know what it's saying. And fortunately, this turned out to be the only song where I had difficulty in hearing the words. Had actually only fully heard You Can't Always Get What You Want before, though had heard some of Midnight Rambler (the topic of the whole thing was not quite what I was expecting there, though reading about it was fascinating). Honestly, lyrically many of these songs didn't really connect with me. Live With Me for example. Learning Love In Vain is a cover does alter my perspective a bit (not in a bad way). Of the rest, I'd rate Monkey Man higher though I don't necessarily see myself often returning to it even if I were to recall liking the song. Honestly I only listened to it 15 mins ago and it's already escaped my mind. The first sentence of Let It Bleed for some reason repeatedly is reminding me of Kermit the Frog, though it doesn't actually sound like him but I just can't shake it with the 'lean on'. There are probably three songs that I would and it's the predictable Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want, though I suppose time will tell with the rest. Overall, it didn't connect with me massively lyrically across the whole album, but liking the musical style makes much of it fall into the category of music I'd enjoy in the background but not actively scroll though my playlist to find. Maybe one day I'll revisit it and connect with it more, but this rating is for how I've felt about it when hearing it for the first time.
Have listened to it before, but couldn't remember much from it other than the big singles that bookend the record. Kinda understanding why I didn't remember them. Never was a huge Stones fan, and especially am not a fan of their slow blues tracks. Not that they were bad, just they don't do anything for me (and honestly, time is starting to get to them). I like when the Stones are more rock than blues, and this album is heavy on the blues. This record for me gets propped up on the strength of Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want.
3/5
Tell me how only two songs on the entire record compelled me. As Metric once sang, "Who would you rather be? The Beatles or the Rolling Stones?" Answer: The Beatles
I'm more Stones than Beatles, but honestly, neither of them ever really did very much for me. This was OK. Nothing super special.
5.5/10 Favorite Tracks: Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want Least Favorite Tracks: Country Honk, Live With Me, Let It Bleed
I like the Stones, but this was bleh.
really strong opening and closing tracks, a little stagnant in between, also not really my type of music
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed I had a lot of expectations from this considering that it's one of their best albums. I was yet disappointed to hear that it had that 60's "country-style" rock. There are some good songs on here though, and it is consistently good most of the time, but I did expect a lot more from this. But even with that being said, this is good! 1.- Gimme Shelter = 9/10 2.- Love in Vain = 6/10 3.- Country Honk = 6/10 4.- Live with Me = 7/10 5.- Let It Bleed = 7/10 6.- Midnight Rambler = 8/10 7.- You Got the Silver = 7/10 8.- Monkey Man = 7/10 9.- You Can't Always Get What You Want = 9/10 FINAL SCORE: 7.3/10
A couple interesting songs and sounds
Had some good songs
The Stones are my favorite the closer they get to the Kinks. The quirky, catchy stuff. I like this album more than Sticky Fingers. I really can't wrap my head around how a record like Gimme Shelter can be so under developed. They have similar tracks where they're just such a good hook but the arrangement and overall song writing falls short. The Stones haven't ever done much for me.
Started great, 'Gimme Shelter' is just good, but then the next few songs don't match the energy, although they're not unlikeable. I like 'Live With Me' It's much more of a bluesy album than I expected, but it is the late 60s. 'Midnight Rambler' was slightly King Gizz-y Honestly, a pleasant album, but aside form the intial song nothing really blew me away.
I don’t love or revere The Stones. Great for dancing, of course. 3-4 good tunes here. I’m not sure what the remaster is accomplishing, as the voice is lost to the instruments. But You Can’t Always Get What You Want is true 5/5 gold; see The Big Chill. 3/5 overall.
I dont like mick jagger's voice
Classic album heard most of the songs on here. The early? version of honky Tonk women leaves a lot to be desired, easy low point for me. The title track, Gimmie Shelter, and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are the shining stars of the album, supported by groovy tracks such as midnight rambler and Monkey Man. One of the Stones better albums for sure. Best Track: Gimmie Shelter
This one is significantly better than the last Stones album on here. Gimme Shelter is a classic, and the album has a blues influence throughout that works well for the most part, although a couple of the songs don't need to be as long as they are.
A little more honky tonk than I expected (and wanted). Some solid songs.
i like this record and always have but oh my god this is the dumbest fucking artist streak ive ever had. a lotta white balls need 2 be chopped off. anyway, this is the only studio rolling stones record where my perception of it hasnt dropped off the face of the earth at some point, and i set out on this listen to figure out why. most likely perhaps is the subtle difference in genre priorities across the stone's Classic period...theyre all rootsy rock music, but of slightly different flavors, and to my ears the biggest contributing sub-flavor here is country. the result is a stones record that is both slightly funnier and slightly more emotive in turn from that which surrounds it, the least capital r capital s Rock Star of their most famous records. i still hate mick jagger lol but this more subdued environment is good for him...he's still often jaggering it up with gross self-parodic white boy blues inflections but for whatever reason ive always found this to be the most likeable studio environment for this. the real problem if i have one is that i find the stones as a whole to be quite boring and stiff performers...but even that doesnt stop them from a rare fully successful Rock Out with gimmie shelter, where the layers and layers of sound build up into a genuine intensity the individual parts couldn't reach alone. and even beyond that track, the songwriting works for me on this record way way more than not, comfy and even colorful. on the whole if i Have to listen to the rolling stones id reach for the suprisingly great classic live album ya-yas, but this is a good pick too. not a fan of this band at all clearly lol but im glad theyre not a total wash for me
The big hits on this album are very familiar to me and indubitably work. The in between tracks are a little muddier, grounded in that era-appropriate hard man style of lyrics and vocals that feels so offputting when served without the dramatic flights of fancy found in the opening and closing tracks.
a fun folk/rock album and has the classic you can’t always get what you want. not very much to my taste but still enjoyable.
Two great songs, Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and a lot of filler between the two.
9/12/24 It was an okay album. It didn't set the world alight.
Some thrillers. Some fillers.
el classico 👌
6/10 - idk how I feel about the lyric "we all need someone we can cream on." Some of the songs were fine. Jackson likes 2 songs on this album but I still do not get all of the hype. Better than the other rolling stones album.
More Rolling Stones. More mid
The stones... you get three stars for Gimme Shelter and that's it.
Never been a big fan, but not a complete waste of time.
I'm not a massive Stones fan but Gimme Shelter is one of the greatest songs of all time so that's taken this too to an easy three if not a four
Lots of blues influence and kinda carried by two songs… monkey man is fun though. I don’t think the stones are a great album band honestly
There are strong influences of classic blues as well as bluegrass that make the album an interesting listen. While it is an interesting blend of genres, the group ultimately fails to move ahead, in a more creative and unique direction. It feels that the artists were content to re-hash traditional, american sounds and blend them into a more accessible package. 7.2/10
Death, taxes, the cast majority of The Rolling Stones being 2.5.
Not the hugest fan of the Stones - Gimme Shelter is a 4 and there are a couple more songs I like, but overall a 3 taking into account the familiarity effect, I think.
First time I’ve ever listened to this album all the way through, although many of the songs are familiar (they’ve been around so long, their material permeates western musical culture). As a collection it’s quite decent but perhaps not an outright classic
3.5
it's alright, would be better if they cut it down to 2 songs
good album but i thought id actually enjoy more songs, i was only really enjoying like 3 songs so i was a bit disappointed
I mean, it's the Stones. Ok album, but Mick. Also, Trump's usage of You Can't Always Can't What Your Want immediately downgrades the song.
Gewoon relaxed
Gimme Shelter 💪
Merry Clayton on gimme shelter u will always be famous
Gimme Shelter is a solid song but the rest range from ok to meh.
Schönes Album.
I was never a great Rolling Stones fan. In my age group there was Sones v Beatles debate and I came firmly down in the Beatles camp. Whilst there were Stones tracks which I really liked I never bought any of their music apart from a greatest hits CD. That is until recently when I have become a music collector again and deciding that in addition to my all time favourite albums I also need to include classic albums not necessarily to my taste. So it was only in the last month that I obtained this very album for it to become my first purely Stones album I have ever owned. This was not by choice. Rather than Qobuz began to offer HiRes DSD downloads for the first time. The catalogue they were offering was very limited but Let It Bleed was included and appeared to be the best choice. So I have listened to this album quite a bit even before it appeared on this list. The DSD version is something to behold and sounds out of this world. But I don’t want that to cloud my judgement as any old bit of Muzak would sound fantastic given the DSD treatment. For my tastes 50% of the album is good. Gimme Shelter and YCAGWYW speak for themselves and are classic tracks. The title track and Monkey Man are also good standouts. The rest are OK and instantly recognisable has Stones tracks but for the reasons which I must have formulated when I went for The Beatles all those years ago I can take or leave. 3/5 13/11/24
propped up heavily by 2 outstanding tracks
Torn between a 2 or 3. I would say a low 3 ranking probably. "You can't always get what you want" is a real banger.
My second Stones album on this journey and a second example of them opening with a magnificent single ('Paint it Black' on Aftermath), surrounded with some forgettable noodling around. 'Gimme Shelter' and 'Can't Always' carry this record.
Ok album. Pleasant to listen to but nothing major for my own tastes. Definitely would recommend to anyone who likes classic rock.
I’ve spent many years trying to get into The Rolling Stones. I knew many of their hits, and liked them. Suddenly a handful of years ago, I sat down and listened to this album. When I did, and Gimme Shelter started, it clicked. That song is an absolute masterpiece, and I began to appreciate the band more. There are, though, a little too many honky tonk songs on this album for my taste. This album is one of my favourites by the band though, but Sticky Fingers is the one that hits it home