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4.4
good 5*
3.5
pretty iconic i suppose but i don’t love it
Gimme shelter is a 5 star effort, but the rest is just blech. Drop the choir from the closer.
As others have said the two mega hits carry this one. But my oh my do they carry this.
I love The Stones. This has a fairly heavy Blues vibe to it, which is good.
There is an undeniable charm that permeates throughout this. The album had a genuineness to it that other Stones projects have missed. There were a couple songs through the middle that lost me, but I enjoyed it as a whole and can see it leaking into an occasional play. Fav track: you can't always get what you want 3.5/5
Can't deny the classics on here. They still resonate, with that perfect controlled looseness that make The Stones so charismatic. There's still some dodgier blues rips that really don't work for me, but it's a winner. Fave track: You Can't Always Get What You Want
60s classic I’ve never given a proper listen to - had a great time sitting with this one over the weekend. The Stones aren’t a band I ever considered to be in my top catalogue, but every time they’ve come up I’ve enjoyed the album a good deal. Bookended by two great tracks, and even the bluesy honky tonky ones I found great driving tracks. I feel like I’m starting to get their chemistry as band members and reliance on classic styles of song writing and instrumentation. Good listen. Three and a half. Fave track: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
"Gimmie Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" top, the rest of the album very boring and average. I have opened my eyes (and ears) on the great albums recorded bu The Rolling Stones thanks to this list, but I don't think "Let It Bleed" is one of their finest releases. Two hits, that I would call rather forgettable and a blues like album with anonymous songs didn't take my heart at all. I'm looking forward to more positions from their discography, but this one is a small flop, in my very honest opinion.
A startlingly timeless album that perfectly bookends the 1960’s.
4/5
classic, cool guitars and gimme shelter is amazing obviously fav: gimme shelter
it's not my type of songs. gimme shelter and you can't always get what you was its pretty good. but the rest of the album did not clicked to me
Not bad. Had never listened to this album all the way through. I enjoyed it for the most part.
Another classic from Mick and the boys
Almost a greatest hits! You recognize most songs on this album, and the ones that you haven’t heard often enough you should enjoy. I rated a four, only because to me, it seems to be very overplayed, and they’ve done much better before and after. But still… A classic
Maybe needs a 2nd listen from me, but I didn't hear anything I thought was exceptional
I can't believe Keith is still alive. Very stones, much jam.
I was never a Stones fan, and this album is really just a series of accomplished musicians covering some good blues music. I didn't realise how 'meh' this was until Spotify played a T-Rex song straight after that was lively and original, and kind of woke me up!
Classic Stones. The country version of Honky Tonk Woman is fun. What a guitar line to open the album. 4 stars
I'm not a big stones fan. This was good though.
I'd say the opener and closer are about as good as The Stones get. I'm feeling generous today.
this might be my favorite Rolling Stones album. This is better than Exiled on Main Street. It's very consistent. Very raunchy and sexual. uhhhh 8.4/10
P good blues rock album
Nice. I've already reviewed Beggars Banquet which was excellent, but this isn't quite as good (imo). There were a few excellent moments though, and so I will give it 4 stars (same as Beggars Banquet) as 3 stars doesn't feel right.
While there are a couple of tracks that don't carry their own weight (looking at you Midnight Rambler), the strength of the album as a whole is undeniable. It deserves 5 stars for Gimme Shelter alone.
Gute
One of the greatest!!!!! Love their sound! They have many great albums! Personal top3 in no order: Live With Me Let It Bleed Gimme Shelter
Alleine schon wegen "You Can't Always Get What You Want" ist dieses Album so phantastisch. Trifft ins Schwarze! 9.0/10
Amazing how many hits on one album. Surprised by songs having a Dylan quality. Wonder what hot them to use a children's choir in Can’t always. Also interesting how many song titles are not part of the lyrics.
-the rolling stones! -am really loving this album cover with the cake and records -THIS GUITAR! really digging it -is that SAXOPHONE? -the rolling stones really pulled it out for this album -and i am HIGHLY enjoying it -am LOVING how he is singing let it bleeeeeed -i vaguely remember the last rolling stones album i listened to enough to know i like this a lot more -the creepy children singing you can’t always get what you want is not a vibe tho -its a four star rating for me rn
I think this album was a bit inconsistent. There wer some great tracks, but some average ones as well.
This albums helps solidify that their bluesy rock is one of the easiest rocks for me to get into, creating an atmosphere that I find more appealing than other rock. Sometimes I get into the habit of treating the tracks as background music, but I think it’s because the atmosphere it creates is easy to tune into. Even so, when I pay attention there is enough going on that is interesting and although nothing can top Sympathy for the Devil for me, the songs that are new and the ones that are familiar all are fun and well-constructed. I can’t tell if I like Exile on Main St. more, but the quality has yet to dip. 6.5/10
You just can't sit still when listening to this one, can you? Positively surprised
Kicks off with the best Stones song and ends strong with another banger. What comes in between is not quite as strong. None of it is bad, but after Gimme Shelter anything is going to be hard pressed to really shine. On the whole a great album and definitely worth listening multiple times.
Fantastic album. The stones at their peak
Been ages since listening to this one all the way through. Loved hearing the Country Honk version, even though it’s way worse than Honky Tonk Women. Love that this came out the day before Altamont, the bloody end of what people once thought was going to be an endless summer of love. The Stones, man! I get why Scorcese is so obsessed. I was listening to it on the way to school with the kids and was telling them, “This is The Rolling Stones…” “We know, Dad.” “There a very important band!” “We know, Dad.” “Yeah, I know, but not just like to music, but to me! They’re very important to me.” “Dad, you tell us this every time we listen to them.” “Ok. But you haven’t heard this album! Listen to THIS!”
I know man I know but I just don’t know
Seems like those first few chords open up portal to the rock and roll dimension - how can you not be pumped when you hear them? I hadn’t listened to this all the way through and was a little surprised with how low key much of the album is, but I still loved it. It hadn’t occurred to me before how odd it is for a bunch of Brits to let their Americana rip with Country Honk, but this is what appropriation should look like, you know?
Solid album. The stones do not miss
The Stones are the single most overrated band. Listened to the album in '21, didn't enjoy it much. Gave it another spin, and it's still the same bland formula that seems to drive everybody wild.
Even if you take out the first and last tracks on this album it's still an incredible listen.
5/5 for Merry Clayton alone
Starts amazing, gets dull after a few tracks
I don't enjoy the fake honky-tonk music. Lyrics are dumb and just unappealing vibes overall. Fav track: Gimme Shelter
There are some pretty great tracks on this one, but a bunch in the middle started to sound same-y. I do think I like the rolling stones more than I thought I did though.
Definitely in my top 5 Stones albums of all time.
One of the greatest records ever. A timeless 60s rock classic with the Stones at the peak of their power on the Beggers Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street run. Gimme Shelter has one of my favourite vocal performances of all time and there's so much swagger and style across the whole record. Every track is a masterpiece in my opinion.
Passionate
I’m not a fan of the Stones, generally, but I listened to this between 7am and 8am walking into Stirling in sun zero temperatures and then on the train to work and it really hit the right spot. 5 out 5.
At first glance, this album looks like shit. The artwork is awful.. But after listening to the record... The artwork makes more sense to me. Not because the album is bad. But because it's a random record. Is this a bad thing? It can be.. But not in this case. This album almost feels like it has an identity crisis going on. As if it doesn't know what it wants to be. It comes off as more of a compilation than a cohesive album. Give the talent this band has, I feel that they just wanted to make a record. Write songs that they want to write. Even if one song sounds Dylan-esque, or a honky tonk country jam, then the next incorporates a choir, slide guitar, or a song that is 12 bar blues. And everything on the outside and in between. A compilation of music inspired by many different artists. And I think they pulled it off. It really shows how well they can adapt to different styles. It shows how true they are to their craft and how talented they are. I don't really enjoy Mick Jagger. In fact I do find him to be annoying and/or cringey. I can't help but think of him and Bowie dancing in the street... They must've been on a lot of drugs to green light those ideas. Often times, when I need a laugh, I will find that video without the music, and just the sound effects and have a laugh. Keith Richards is incredible. Even if you don't like his music... He plays in a very unorthodox way. I've heard he often Tune's his guitar to that of a banjo. Not sure if that's true... But you can tell the tuning is not your typical standard tuning. He has a lot of cool ideas and makes acoustic sound intriguing. Even his rock riffs are iconic. Still not my favorite guitarist, and probably a long way from being it but he deserves the respect. The 2 big songs on here, one of my favourites from them: Gimme Shelter, and You Can't Always Get What You Want are staples but the remaining songs on this record deserve more airplay as they are far more interesting to my ear. Perhaps this is caused by the fatigue of repetition of radio play on the former and not the latter. Sufice to say, this album is great. Any rock and roll/classic rock fan would enjoy it. I still can't believe they are still writing....
A couple of heavy hitters on this album but equally there's some filler too, so no real strong feelings either way. Incredible that a band can put together an album like this considering the chaos going on in their camp, though. Commendable.
I like this record a lot. Gimme Shelter is such a great opening track. Prob the album I gravitate towards the most.
The production and songwriting are immaculate. This blues rock sound almost never does it for me though. Good to listen to in the moment, but never stays with me. *heard before
Classic for a reason. True story. Mick wrote Monkey Man because he wanted a banana
I only love The Rolling Stones I grew up listening to with my mum and sister
pretty good
My favourite part was the bit where he screamed 'I'm a monkeeeeeyy' because I love monkeys
Classic 4.5
Easy 5. Opens with one of the best songs ever. Then classic Stones tune after classic Stones tune. Blues. Country. Rock. Closes out with one of the all time great rock anthems.
Not a big Stones fan. Not bad
Great classic rock album with a folk and country twist, all executed well. No one song sounded the same. Good stuff.
Gimme Shelter leads off this album and is just so so good that you forget how good it is, over time. I feel like I take it for granted. There are a few of those songs on this album, and it really does a great job of showing off Keith's skillset.
ew
It was a very rudimentary
Solid. 3.5.
meh
More early rock… at least this time it’s a band I’ve heard of. The first song (Gimme Shelter) is recognisable and good though! Actually liking this one quite a bit, finally a good suggestion after a bit of a slump. 4/5 so far.
Best Rolling Stones album.
A lot of classics on this one Classics: Gimme Shelter, Country Honk, Let it Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want Standouts: Midnight Rambler Others: Love in Vain 4/5
For me generally not being a Stones fan, this was decent.
Never heard this one before. Solid.
Gimmie Shelter- 5/5 Love in Vain- 4.3/5 Country Honk- 3.5/5 Live With Me- 4/5 Let It Bleed- 3.9/5 Midnight Rambler- 4.7/5 You Got the Silver- 4.8/5 Monkey Man- 5/5 You Can't Always Get What You Want- 5/5 Total- 4.5/5
Good but not my favourite stones album.
Album 235 of 1001 The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Tracks: Gimme Shelter / You Can't Always Get What You Want This albums starts off as an A+ and ends the same. Some bluesy Rolling Stones. Can't beat it. This vinyl belongs on my shelf.
Let It Bleed: the Rolling Stones' sonic masterpiece that bleeds raw energy, timeless lyrics, and Mick Jagger's vocals that age like a fine rock 'n' roll vintage. If albums could wear leather jackets, this one would have a permanent spot in the Hall of Cool."
The Rolling Stones were famous for a reason. Bluesy rock and swagger.
Bookended by two of their most iconic songs, this is definitely an important Stones album. Aside from these two songs and the title track, the rest of the album was just okay for me. If I had to choose between what the Beatles were serving in ‘69, and what the Stones were serving, I’d go Beatles hands-down.
This is my second Rolling Stones album (the first being Beggars Banquet). With "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," this album really gives greatness. Compared to other albums from the same era, "Let It Bleed" finds a balance between country blues and old rock, with gospel too.
I guess decent enough. I always struggle to get into Rolling Stones as they always just sound like a generic classic rock/blues band that doesn't want to sound too passionate or experimental or make any kind of bold music. 5/10
a classic and quite smooth and enjoyable
Idk I can’t get into the rolling stones
Pure classic!
Some classics from the Stones here, and a great short album to boot. Doesn't overstay it's welcome.
Some absolute classics, but some also had some songs that just didn't hit
Hørte det på job så er ikke sikker på hvad jeg synes men der er nogle legendariske numre som gimme shelter og you can’t always get what you want
Good???: Really confused about this because I though this was meant to be one of the best 60s albums of all time, I didn't really come away having experienced that. For starters apart from the two massive songs, it was just plain mid. Maybe the fact the album opens and closes with them helps but I don't think it was all that good. Secondly as a whole the Rolling Stones are amazing but as albums go, underwhelming. In the grand scheme of music this is very good, some of the best, I was expecting more tho.
- start of the 70s era stuff - classic stones
Yep, one of their (and arguably, the actual) best albums. Containing 3 of their (and arguably their actual) greatest ever song(s). Nothing to be said about Gimme Shelter. Menacing. I forgot about the country version of Honky Tonk Women here, entertaining. The title track is great fun. I've never quite got on with the Midnight Rambler though, I know it's always been a live favourite, and it's good fun, but for me the studio recording stalls just when it's threatening to take off into some kind of krautrock banger. Still, you can't always get what you want.
It starts well from gimme shelter but sounds very much the same afterwards. There's no real progression in the album.
Simply a great album. Every track is a classic.
Objectively, I don't think I consider this one a 5. Maybe somewhere between a 4 and a 4.5? But then 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' rolls in and I hear the choir and, boy, it's a 5.
Such a relief to hear these rich opening bars after the last shite LP I endured. So here goes, my first listen to this. ‘Gimme Shelter’ seems to grow and grow on me as I age, like a fine wine. Track 2 is lazy blues, looks like it’s a cover but some of the best blues I’ve ever heard. The instrumentation and production is very rich on this LP. I’ve never really got the Rolling Stones but this is making sense. ‘Country Honk’ I do know, country music recorded in a bar, really good. The drums on ‘Live With Me’ have been copy & pasted by Reni out of Stone Roses for Resurrection, I never knew that, a lovely credit that. Can also hear Happy Mondays in this. This is the Stones like I’ve always imagined them sounding, always wanted them to sound but never found. Love the way the instruments are given equal balance in the mix to Jagger’s vocals & he gives plenty of space for the music to breathe. I’ve been looking for an accessible Stones LP & think this is it. The sound of the studio really comes through, without knowing any of the background it’s the sound of a band confident relaxed happy having fun jamming nothing to prove. It’s mellow warm and rich like eg. ska music, good drinking music. Country blues and country rock is a good description. The album finishes or is ‘bookmarked’ with You Can’t Always Get What You Want which solidifies it a rare first listen 5 star LP for me.
What a great record. Besides beggars banquet this is one of my favourites.
One of my favourites. Been wondering where they have been.
Havde faktisk forventet at kunne lide det bedre. Stones er jo godt, men måske lidt for englænder blues simplistisk til mig? Virker ikke helt autentisk. Lille 4er, og kunne godt have været 3 hvis ikke for Gimme Shelter
Awesome rock.l
This could possibly be my favorite Stones record. Not a single skip and several powerhouse tracks. Great vocals and instrumentation from the usual suspects, but also stellar guest appearances all throughout the record. Lyrically, they might be at their best here, as well. There’s solid range and I, frankly, have not a bad thing to say about it. This album can cream all over me any day. 5/5
So, I knew ‘Gimme Shelter’ and ‘Country Honk’, but this was a first time hearing the rest of the album. It was fine, nothing too horrible to skip but nothing I’d ever repeat, well I guess I’d turn ‘Gimme Shelter’ up if it came on the radio but I’d likely change the station if any of these other songs came on. I liked the production, it had a very nice balance and everything kinda hit me in the face - if I listen to more Stones in the future, I look forward to that premium production sound.
Let's face it, Gimme Shelter has to be one of the greatest songs from the 60's, it's such an iconic song. Then you have You Can't Always Get What You Want on here two. Probably two of the best songs from the Rolling Stones (my favs being from other albums; (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Sympathy For the Devil and Paint It, Black) but there two songs are really great songs. Apart from those two songs, this wasn't a bad little blues rock album. Standouts: Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want
Juste parfait
Un album fantastique aux sources du rock'n'roll. Le mélange de rock, blues et country est tout simplement parfait. À écouter encore et encore.
Some good songs but I really can't stand his voice on the slower songs. It's bad. I would not want to listen to most of these songs again.
Stones at their grittiest.
I’ll take any excuse to listen to the stones.
Not a big fan of the Rolling Stones, but this was a good album.
This is such a masterpiece. Two of my favorite Rolling Stones songs are here, and this has such a nice mix of blues and hillbilly music to round out the crunchy rock songs.
Classic 80s rock but still tasteful
Gimme shelter
Gimme shelter is a banger
Stones at their absolute best
Classic- many textures
It was nice, kinda boring yk, but the first song was good
I have this one on vinyl (from my dad's old collection). With Honky Tonk Women and You Can't Always Get What You Want, it's a clear winner!
Sounds like every other album from this time.
Good. Upbeat, good pace. Very similar styles throughout.
Cool mix of classic pop rock and country rock
Some pretty good songs (the ones you know) surrounding by a bunch of bad blues-y songs that you don’t know for a reason.
amazing album ofc!!!!!! gimme shelter and you got the silver are truly 10/10 perfect songs. was hesitating on whether or not to give this a full 5 but hey what the heck
my first foray into rolling stones... exciting steps gimme shelter seems like the fan favorite and i get it, the GUITAR man... violent, moody, a song that wouldn't exist without its context. call me cliche but faves are definitely gimme shelter and you cant always get what you want. what can i say im a man of the people ! (also another 4 rating im so sorry i just like music. forgive me)
i love music. i love ... instrumental arrangements... its always so charming listening to stuff recorded in this era idk it just has a charm that digital recording can never emulate. this style of blues isnt for me but i can greatly appreciate the album for what it is and the artistry + musicality. it also just feels like you can tell they were having fun in the studio the entire time they were making this album :) Faves: Gimme Shelter, You Cant always get what you want, Country Honk is very fun., Monkey Man, Midnight Rambler Would I seek this out: Actually yeah. the ones i like from this album are in the rotation :)
gimme shelter and you can't always get what you want. some of the songs of ALL time PERIODDDDD. i don't really care that the middle of the album is more forgettable. it's fine and i always liked most of them anyway like fuck yes keep doing that honky tonk shit
I’m a weak, weak man; I am my father’s son. have to say the album gets better for me as we go down the tracklist thought so gimme shelter is not my peak.
rolling stones i owe you an apology...i was not familiar with your game. obviously gimme shelter lives up to the hype, and the overall honky-tonk vibes were a pleasant surprise. really strong opener and closer but honestly i also really liked everything in between!! faves: gimme shelter, love in vain, you got the silver
One of my very first favorite albums since I was a kid. Insanely good. Only wish that Country Honk were replaced by Honky Tonk Women but it’s fine. It’s just hit after hit after hit. What can I even say!!!!!! Excited to see what you guys thought if it was your first time listening :O
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Nice and bluesy
Feel like a very strong drugs and a splendid, fancy house, there is a party going on, btw the cover of the album is really cute!
Damn, this is an excellent album. It's diverse, well-planned, great hits and fun B-Sides. Excellent!
Deze is wel fijn hoor. Ik ken The Rolling Stones niet zo als albumband, ik ken de hits wel natuurlijk maar luister eigenlijk nooit de albums. Maar deze is wel leuk, Gimme Shelter is natuurlijk super, en verder is het leuke Southern / Country Rock a la Canned Heat, én lekkere blues. Met You Can't Always Get What You Want erbij is het genoeg voor 5 sterren.
Super
Phenomenal
Bookended by two classic songs, very much the Stones just getting loose and letting the blues come out to play.
Not my favorite Rolling Stones album, but still a fun listen.
Favorite Stones
Good start. Next few songs were shit, then it picks up at the end
Liked first and last song. Others ok
One of the greatest songs ever recorded open and close the album. The vast middle is solid but just doesn’t measure up to the undeniable power of Gimme Shelter.
Classic for a reason
Cold stone classic. Excellence.
Was alright. I liked the upbeat songs a lot more than the slower ones. Basically just worked on CC class, hw, and college apps for the whole weekend.
I remember where I was, who was there, the temperature, where the sun was on its journey through the universe the first time I heard Let it Bleed.
Já conheço
quintessential stones. Iconic songs with gimme shelter being my favorite.
You ever hear the saying that Pennsylvania is "Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Alabama in between"? Well, this album is Gimme Shelter, You Can't Get What You Want, and dogshit in between.
gotta agree w ben here (and the other reviews) that thing album has two good songs. opening track and closing track. that’s it
Gimme Shelter is so incredible.
Great album, classic
There’s a reason that the Stones are still recording albums after a hundred years! Not including the opening and closing classic tracks (and a hidden “country-style” third mega hit), this is a solid rock album!! Solid 4!
Venga, 5. You Can't Always Get What You Want
This is my favorite Rolling Stones album, and ‘Gimme Shelter’ is my favorite Rolling Stones song; it just has so much apocalyptic energy and Merry Clayton’s vocals are absolutely insane. The rest of the album is no slouch, either; the title track is fun, ‘Midnight Rambler’ jams, and, while I’m not as much of a fan as most, ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ is a great closer. In conclusion, a great album.
A goodie.
I don't like the Rolling Stones
Major rock milestone.
an astonishing alignment of talent, culture, and commerce, it’s just too bad it’s completely possessed by the demonic energy of the 60s
An exciting beginning; what i'd define as 'classic' rock and roll. The center of the album gets a bit tired, but right before you want to turn it off, when Jagger repeats "monkey man" one too many times, a familiar chorus chimes out a harmony that calms every nerve and sends chills down your spine. "You can't always get what you want, but if you try some times, you'll find, you get what you need." Amen.
Classic album. The kings of bluesy rock
The Stones are a classic. Let It Bleed starts and ends strong, with some enjoyable tunes in between as well. Definitely worth a listen and an add to your library!
awful, maybe you had to be there or something
i already know and love this album. although not my favorite stones album this one contains some of their most rock and roll tunes. it obsviously has 2 main tracks that stand out, but in my opinion the other 7 songs are really good too. some really beautiful ballads too, love in vain, you got the silver. i personally love this guys ballads. my favorite tracks are the nasty live with me and let it bleed. midnight rambler is one hell of a trip too.
great
3.5/5 - A very good album, I enjoyed all of it
The first and last songs are great. The rest were ok but we're a bit too much blues and almost felt out of place with the start and end
Quite the album opener and closer. Two absolute bona fide world class classics. I also enjoyed Monkey Man which I wasn't aware of which is pretty damn good. Yes it's dated again (I feel like this list is in itself maybe a bit dated?) but gonna give this a 4.
Who doesn't love a bit of Rock.
Bookended by two stunning songs but there's a whole lot of unmemorable stuff in between.
Brilliant! Starting an album with Gimme Shelter and ending with You Can't Always Get What You Want makes for a hell of a sandwich. There's not really a bad or out-of-place song on it. As well as the bookends, other highlights include "Monkey Man", "Midnight Rambler" and "Country Honk" (a country version of Honky Tonk Women).
Still prefer the original to this cover of Love in Vain & noone covers RJ quite like Clapton of course. Midnight Rambler - The stones really building a strong son on their blues influences. Love the tempo changes. Great harmonica work. Monkey Man - more blues. Good. Nice tip of the hat to Robert Johnson with the line about lemon squeezer. You Can't Always Get What You Want - a far better song than some of the things its been used for
Making fun of the Beatles is NEVER OK
Can't truly appreciate the Beatles without the Stones to compare them to.
Favorite Tracks: Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want
Classic.
Okay
Gimme Shelter is just an automatic 5 stars even if the rest of the album had been Mick breaking wind into a set of bagpipes for 30mins. BUT you get Midnight Rambler as well along with a variety of "white men play dirty blues" tracks
My Grandma's favorite band.
good songs, felt very country for a rock band
Catchy thieves.
4.5
Classic shit
Weirdly good. Goodly weird? You Can’t Always Get What You Want is pretty good, as is Monkey Man.
Never really big into the rolling stones but they had a couple songs that I could listen to regularly
Didn't know you can't always get what you want was a stone's song
not my thing
Really nice, however there are better Rolling Stones albums
Not a lot of hits but still rocking! Halfway through we’re at a 7-8. Not a full 8 but it’s better than good..7.5 it can otherwise 7.
i know the first and last tracks on this one but none in between. busy tuesday so this will be nice. country honk was a fun version
A classic and still is one
Culturally significant
No
Great stones album. Mostly hits, nose skips
The blues rock vibe is honestly pretty fun but I don't think I would ever listen to this again.
the prototypical stones album dare I say it. well executed and punchy blues along with two absolute classics. best tracks: gimme shelter, let it bleed, you cant always get what you want
You can't blame this album for not being Exile. That alone cannot make it a 4. The Mick Taylor era of the Stones is not the peak Stones necessarily, not even the most Stones... but it is them being the best at what they do best. Even if it's doing something everyone else was also doing at the time. It kinda makes it more impressive, really.
The rolling stones are a favorite of mine and this album is a lot of fun
A solid album with some classics, but generally pretty forgettable for me. I've never been a huge Rolling Stones fan to be fair. Favorite tracks were Gimme Shelter and Midnight Rambler
Not a fan, a bit on the country twang side. Best song is You Can't Always get what you want.
Classic
Gimme Shelter 5/5 Love In Vain 2/5 Country Honk 2/5 Live with me 4/5 Let it Bleed 4/5 Midnight Rambler 3/5 You Got The Silver 3/5 Monkey Man 4/5 You Can't Always Get What You Want 5/5 Average: 3,55 Great opening and closing track. Held back for me because of the two honkey tonk songs. Otherwise great album.
Oh, mon 1er des stones! Leur 8ème album avec des touches blues. Ok c'est hot! Blues/country fin des années 60.
Gimme shelter -immediately like the guitar at the beginning -can’t super understand the words, instrumental is a bit loud, but I’m enjoying it nonetheless 7/10 Love in Vain -not a huge fan 3/10 Country hook did not like 2/10 Live with me -dont really like the instrumental -got better at the end 6/10 Let it bleed -funky at the beginning 7/10 Midnight rambler- I like it at the start, chill -lots of layers, not loving it -kinda all over the place 5/10 you got the silver-
Two songs you know well, one country version of another and a bunch of filler. Monkey Man surprised me until the minute plus of howling. Would turn the dial on 4.5 of these 9 tracks...that .5 being the second half of Monkey Man
Not bad, the more country style was not quite to my taste. You can't Always Get What You Want is an Iconic banger though
P fucking good
Lots of blues and soul on this classic!
Amazing. Two of the greatest rock and roll songs are on this album, a whole new genre spawned, and single performances that will last lifetimes. Stones' finest.
Brani Preferiti: - "Gimme Shelter" - "Love in Vain" - "Let It Bleed" - "Monkey Man" - "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Note: Un album degli Stones che ho ascoltato dall'inizio alla fine con grande piacere, a differenza di molti altri che hanno giusto qualche canzone che spicca dal resto.
Eh.
I know it's a classic, but Mick's voice sounds awful on this album. It sounds like a parody of a singer.
Oh wow. What an iconic album. I've never heard it from start to finish so this will be a "treat". Get it? cause cake... stupid dad joke. lol looking over the tracks on this album, I only recognize You Can't Always Get What You Want by name. The choir in the beginning of You Can't Always Get What You Want reminds me of Empire of the Sun with Christian Bale, when he was just a boy. Anyways, that was the one and only track on there that I like. I enjoyed the album but still only a 3.
Good classic rock, with some unusual instruments (brass, sax)
The Stones coming hard in the middle of their most productive and best period. Not a bad song on the whole album. "You Can't Always Get" is so good, even though it has been endlessly played. "Midnight Rambler" has always been a favorite of mine with shifting tempos and a "make it up as you go along" vibe. Great stuff.
One of the very best. Brian Jones was mostly absent from this album but Mick Taylor had not really entered the fray completely. This is a Jagger/Richards masterpiece through and through. Bookended by 2 of rock’s greatest songs, with perfect country rock and rock n’ roll in the middle. Takes a lot to execute a cover of a song from the 1930s too. The run of Midnight Rambler to the end of the album is too good. I’d rather listen to Exile, but this is their best album.
As someone who has listened to every Stones album up until Tattoo You, I think this is their best contribution to music hands down Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want is probably one of the greatest opening and closing track pairs in all of music The lyrics on here are also some of their best (“I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement/When you drunk my health in scented jasmine tea” is one of my absolute favourite Stones lyrics) I also think this album has some of Mick’s best vocal performances too Favourite tracks: Gimme Shelter, Love in Vain, Let it Bleed, Midnight Rambler Monkey Man, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Really good obviously. Opening track is untouchable, I like Country Honk and the final track is a nice send off, but other than that they’re just some solid bluesy tracks to me. Very good of course, but I don’t see myself returning to it often. Favorite tracks: Gimme Shelter, Can’t Always Get What You Want, Midnight Rambler, Country Honk
Didn’t feel as connected to it as “Beggar’s Banquet” but still good.
En sandwich med gourmet bröd och bajs som innehåll, alltså första och sista sången är grym, resten mid
I’m more a hits fan
Sometimes overshadowed by Exile and Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed is just as much of a Stones classic. Although ultimately ubiquitous through use in various films and shows, Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are two of the Stones best songs, and probably top 50 greatest rock songs ever. But that’s not why I come back. I come back for the acoustic ballad Love in Vain, the rascally title track, the roadhouse boogie of Midnight Rambler, and the funky groove of Monkey Man.
4.5/5 for me
Dang! The Stones do it all on this record: rock, blues and even a little country. Awesome album! Of course, you have "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" but my favorite is "Midnight Rambler".
At there best, The Rolling Stones take the influences of blues and rock n roll, then turn it into a new form of sleazy, punchy rock. However, I find they are pretty hit and miss with it. This album has three songs I actually think are good (the opener, the title track, and the closer). "Love in Vain" and "Country Honk" are dire pastiches of blues and country, which I would happily never hear again. The remaining four tracks are somewhere in the middle. The best bits are really strong, but the weaker tracks really let the album down. 3*
9/10. A couple of the bluesy tracks not quite doing it for me. Mostly brilliant though
The album starting with Gimme Shelter sets the tone for an album that is filed with an iconic soundscape. The rawness of most of the tracks brings a nostalgia for a bygone era.
As my first Stones album, this is probably not the most exemplary Stones album, but it kinda also is? Feels like the Stones were so deep in their imperial phase, they didnt give a fuck by putting lushly produced epos right next to the blues. I'm feeling a light 4
Very excited to check out this album when the iconic album art popped up. I was aware that the Stones were mostly about rock & roll, but did not expect them to have already committed this hard to it in their 1969 album. Personally, I am not very interested in rock & roll, and lyrically I find the subject material of these tracks hard to relate to. Still gotta give it 4 stars. While I don't go out of my way to listen to this genre, I don't have anything against rock & roll at all, and Gimme Shelter is just that good.
- Was not expecting the country vibes - Gets a little more rocky in the second half - Not bad, need to revisit the other Stones album we had since I listened to it in a rush - Let It Bleed and Monkey Man are great songs - 3.5
- Gimme Shelter more like Gimme more of this it’s so damn good - album is blues with a twang of country
2 famous songs can’t make up for the rest of that noise.
Good good
Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are all time classics. The album overall is almost like an excuse to have those songs in an album. Not the strongest of albums, consistency wise. Title track is a good road song, probably. Midnight rambler is fun. But what do you rate a classic with very weak songs? A three.
Great record and one I have on vinyl
i did not expect it to be this blunt and raunchy, i loved it
Interesting listen with a couple terrible country songs thrown in there
Honestly, I thought Let It Bleed was a pretty decent album for what it was, It had good music, cool musical ideas, okay lyrics, and some pretty good vocals (probably my favorite aspect from the album) I felt that some songs did drag themselves out longer than they should have (I'm looking at you, You Can't Always Get What You Want) but all and all, it was a pretty good album for what it was Best Song: Gimme Shelter Worst Song: Country Honk
Meh
Pretty gosh darn good
Not my usual cup of tea. Couple of solid tracks, probably won’t listen again.
Great album for that time.
My type of music! Rolling Stones is great!
So so, 4 song are very well
Kewl
Perhaps the most credible of their articulations of white bluesiness and countrified weirdness—they seem on this record to have more convincingly believed anyway in what they were doing. The clarion call of Gimme Shelter (the background singer – Merry Clayout – should be credited, her name much better known). The simple and lovely stillness of “Love in Vain,” its desolation amplified by the clear production and engineering or remastering (2011). “Midnight Rambler” makes more sense now than when one was a kid, the chugging absurdity of the story, reminds that rock lyrics ain’t literature, as fancifully as one once might have wished they were (the disconnect between “I’ve got nasty habits / I take tea at 3” being Exhibit A). “Monkey Man” was scary when one was a kid worried about one’s ability to handle drugs and not wanting to look or feel as ragged and ugly as that song sounded. And the transition to “Can’t Always Get” … one supposes it’s most like going to church on Sunday morning after a particularly debauched and shameless (by which one means shameful) Saturday night – the best type of hymn and perhapst most traditional type, too. The simplicity of the lyric struck is probably is just about as good as rock can do, and relative to this particular message (dead true). A elegy for the end of a decade? If so, it's fitting for being both wizened and chastened, at once accepting and uplifting.
I feel like giving this less than 5 stars would just be disingenuous. This album includes some of the Stones‘ most played out songs and I’m pretty sure I heard You Can’t Always Get What You Want in a BK commercial or something, but strip all of that away and these songs still hold up. This album is a classic.
Started great with the classic Gimme Shelter, then lost me a bit, I thought I was gonna flop but really picked up at Let It Bleed and specially Midnight Rambler.
Another classic by a band I wasn't a fan of during the time this came out. I was a Beatles fan. Over the years I have grown to appreciate the Rolling Stones.
I like it ied
yeah great what do u want me to say.
1) Gimme Shelter is Gimme Shelter, nothing more needs to be said. 2) Love is Vain is a beautiful song and listening to it while on a train was cool. 3) Country Honk is an improvement on Honky Tonk Women, love what they did with that. 4) Live With Me is great jam. These guys are so expressive and play their hearts out and it's great to see. 5) Let It Bleed has the great lean on line and the pianos really stand out here. Love the texture they add to the mix on this. 6) Midnight Rambler is bluesy and that harmonica in the mix is so great. The guitars too give it a distinct feel. 7) You Got The Silver is really a nice little acoustic song. The electric swirls really add to it. 8) Monkey Man is a cool, bluesy track. 9) You Can't Always Get What You Want is the lesson we all must learn
the album was okay. most of the songs were kinda just there. my favorites were “Gimme Shelter,” “Monkey Man,” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” i wouldn’t hate listening to it again but i doubt i will seek it out again apart from those three songs. 🤷♀️🤷♀️
Finally, a good album.
Rolling Stones. Shmeh.
Didn't like it at all. The country inspiration is way too strong for me.
Enjoyed a lot of this. A few of the rnb and blues inspired records didn't quite land, to the point where Jagger's voice annoyed me. That said, not many albums are bookended this well. A nostalgic four APPLIED. Nb: going through this list firmly settles any Stones v Beatles discussion, if it even existed in the first place...
Gimme Shelter alone elevates this to at least four stars, and You Can't Always Get What You Want keeps it there.
Another solid Stones
Gimme Shelter is hands down one of the best tracks by anyone, ever. It's so powerful, it send chills down my spine. The rest is ..... Mostly just ok. I wonder if that first track is so good that it makes the rest of the record seem like a letdown by comparison. Midnight Rambler is good but drags on too long. The title track is decent, as is the introduction to Monkey Man. I've said it before, the stones lost their magic without Brian Jones, and became some kind of self-mitholising cliche.
Mate the opening track is possibly one of the all time greatest songs ever made, the haunting vocals and screaming broken backing transend the earthly realm and human experience. The drive and slight distortion make a sound and a song that builds into something sublime. The rest of the album is mediocre covers and it finishes with what sounds like an insurance add. I always think this band is overated and this album hints at what they could have made if they had some nerve.
Took a while to appreciate the rest of the album in between the outstanding opening and closing tracks but this is a mighty fine album.
Well done, The Rolling Stones (claps politely), that was nicely executed. There were plenty of good tracks and you ended on a beautiful earworm. Highly enjoyable.
I honestly thought we'd had this one before! I had a bit of a bumpy one with this album. Gimme Shelter is a fantastic opener, then a couple of duds, then another good one, rinse & repeat, until a great closer with You Can't Always Get What You Want.
It's not terrible, but I don't really care about it. Gimme Shelter is okay, but it never really clicked with me, and a lot of it was kind of boring. Maybe would've been cool at the time? There's some decent parts, which is the only reason it's getting a low 3 instead of a solid two. Could very easily be a two one day, but I don't want to ignore the fact that I did like some parts and the entire thing wasn't boring, just some of it. I didn't get around to this one for a bit and listened to my albums out of order and I got Exile on Main Street a week after this one, which was worse than this. Bleh. I don't think I like Rolling Stones too much. My favourite song was Gimme Shelter.
The bookends "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are total bangers, just masterpieces. But the middle is not my favorite. Kinda honky-tonk-y rock and roll that doesn't really stand out and can be repetitive sounding at times.
Begins with Merry Clayton upstaging Mick Jagger, continues into the Stones’ regular generic rip off blues. I can give it 3 on the immense strength of the first song. They have a few incredible songs, but I question anyone who suggests the old Stones vs Beatles comparison is not a landslide win for the Beatles considering how much more variety and innovation they had on every album.
A dark, moody album by the Stones. Themes of war, depression and anger. Not your straightforward rock and roll, big hints of country and R and B. Got great reviews, and the playing is superb, but they have done better. However, Gimme Shelter, possibly the best opening track ever, Midnight Rambler, Let It Bleed and You Can't Always Get What You Want stick it to you right in the gut.
Gimme Shelter es la canción que más me gusta con diferencia, también Live with Me y You Can't Always..., el resto, o son temas de blues/folk americano que no es lo mío o canciones un poco de relleno como Let It Bleed que no entraría ni en los descartes de los dos últimos elepés de Velvet Underground.
My favourite Rolling Stones album when I was younger mainly because of Gimme Shelter and You can’t always get what you want. Probably overtaken by other albums but still a classic album.
Some big stone hits but most of it was just okay.
Enjoyed this a lot. 'Gimme Shelter' is so good.
One heck of an album, opening with one of my all-time favorite Stones tunes. The mix of blues and rock is representative of their best run of albums during this period. Not to mention the ridiculously good backing vocals.
It's fine. As I said in another Rolling Stones album review, I'm meh on this band. They had never worked for me and just feel very middle of the road. Some good hits, but this was just fine. Some good songs but otherwise nothing special. 3.5/5
It's the Stones, of course it's good and this one has their straightforward rock compositions.
Un increíble álbum de rock. Con interpretaciones sorprendentes, composiciones inteligentes, letras afiladas y una producción sumamente apropiada para reflejar la increíble energía de los Stones como banda. La conversación entre instrumentos, los arreglos de guitarra, piano y teclado, crean un indispensable del catálogo inglés de rock sesentero.
It truly was a bold decision to start things off with the best song on the album.
One of the all-time great albums and the second in the greatest four-album run in rock history.
# 47 : A great rocking album with some of their classic hits on it. Bookended by two stone cold classics but with a collection of middle of the road rock tunes in between. Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter // Monkey Man // You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Good
Perfect
Not massive on rock and roll. Cool stereo stuff going on tho
Great album, great band, great front man. Many believe the Rolling Stones to be the greatest rock band of all time. Hard to argue with that, their success and longevity have to put them up there.
In spite of a few misguided attempts at country, The Stones have managed to make their first essential record, with the tightest playing, most original direction and simply the best songs.
Banger hele veien
overrated!!!
grandes mestres, com a primeira já mostram a que veio (gimme shelter)
Gimme shelter- their time feel always seems pretty hit or miss for me. Sounds super drunk and sloppy to me. Best part of the song are Merry Clayton’s vocal. Love in vain- pretty boring Sounds like a guitar player trying to play mandolin Country honk- I don’t really like the fiddle sound on here. I like the other version of this song better. The car horns are too on the nose. Live with me - is alright Let it Bleed- I liked this one. Stereo mix is weird though with the cymbals super loud in my left ear. Midnight rambler- tempos don’t feel quite right . Some cool things like when the beat straightens out like how it ends at 4 minutes. But then it keeps going. There was so much better blues rock jamming going on in 1969. Kind of boring. You got the silver- I liked this one. Maybe my favorite song on the album. Monkey man- not a good song. Didn’t like the vocals or guitars. For a band with two guitars the parts and tones don’t seem to be worked out enough. Can’t always get what you want. I always thought choral arrangement intro is pretty cheesy. Rest of the song is cool. keyboards and background vocals are my favorite part. I like the big full arrangement with the choir is cool at the end. And percussion is cool. Overall kind of disappointing for a classic album from one of the biggest band of 60’s and 70’s. I was expecting some stronger songwriting, better performances, and a better sounding record. Wanted to like this one more than I did. Came back to it and appreciated it a bit more. Maybe it’s an acquired taste. Maybe I just have to be in the mood. Idk never been a big stones fan.
Some iconic songs on here but not my fav stones record. A perfect 4
I wish this was recorded better.
love the rolling stones, great album love in vain is my fave 8.5/10
Great weave of American Folk and Classic Rock
Flawless
The 2nd album of that run of 4 albums that made the Stones the biggest Rock n Roll band in the world. The country influences were growing on them as this has that country/blues sound but them pushing their creativity to new heights each successive album. Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, You've Got the Silver and You Can't Always Get What You Want are classic Stones tunes
Have honestly not heard that album before as not a stones fan. Good opening track and a few others drew me in but not sure I'll be wading back in again.
Before listening to this album. I only knew Gimme Shelter (it was also my ringtone for years) and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. I’d only ever listened to The Stones hits before and never their album catalogue, so was curious when this popped up. Really enjoyable. Highlights ‘Live with Me’, and ‘Let it Bleed’
Gimme Shelter, one of my favourite Stones tracks. Very blues orientated compared to some of their earlier stuff, works for me, sticking to a tried and tested style I guess. The album version of Honky-tonk women done in a playful country style was a surprise. Let it Bleed, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man and finally You Can't Always Get What You Want - all excellent songs. If out of 10 it would be a 7.5. So it gets a high 3. Weakest track - Love In Vain
Spoiler alert! All Stones album get 5 stars. They are one of the foundational bricks of the church of Rock-and-Roll.
This is my third Rolling Stones album reviewed on this generator (the first two being Sticky Fingers and their self titled debut). This album is their 10th American studio album released, and marks a return to their more blues rock style of music. The album starts with an absolute jammer (Gimme Shelter). This song in and of itself is worth at least 3 stars. I thought Country Honk's lyrics were familiar. Turns out it is a country version of their song Honky Tonk Woman, which was released a few months earlier. Live With Me was the first song recorded with the Stones new guitarist Mick Taylor, after Brian Jones got kicked out of the band for drug abuse. Mick also played on Country Honk. Live With Me is also the first time the Stones recorded with saxophonist Bobby Keys. The London Bach Choir was brought in to assist with the recording of You Can't Always Get What You Want, providing the intro and outro accompaniment. Overall, this is a stellar album. I am a big fan of their more bluesy rock style. What an intro and outro to this album. Everything in the middle of the album pales in comparison, but is every bit as good in its own right. First time listening to this record cover to cover, but I will absolutely listen again! Favourite songs: Gimme Shelter, Country Honk, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Midnight Rambler, Let It Bleed Least favourite song: Love In Vain 4/5
omg its the song used by house
ta ok