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I feel the exact same as Ben. Christmas and one listen has maybe made this a little harsh. Fantastic bookend songs again from this album
I was kind of bummed it was another Rolling Stones album to be honest. It was fine, but I got very bored about halfway through & tuned out a bit.
Just three songs in and it feels like this album is three different genres. A So far, it's going down exponentially in how much I like it. Guess Gimmie Shelter is a tough one to follow though. Listened through the rest and it suffers from having such dated delivery of lyrics. The kind where a man is kinda just sing talking them in a poorly controlled way.
Pretty good. Had never given much time to the rolling stones before this, but I enjoyed listening to this. Especially the grimy lyrics.
An OK bluesy album, that's probably a representative of the Stones at their peak. Yet, even at their peak, they could only produce an album that would have been nothing without its opening and closing tracks.
16/11/2022
Opens with "Gimme Shelter", so immediately we have a case of blowing your load way too soon, as no song could ever hold a candle to that one. Easily the best song on the album and probably the entire Stones discography. The Stones then decide that making weird faux-country bullshit would be more commercially successful in the US, so their manager got Mick Jagger, well known for never stepping foot in a 30 meter radius of a cow, to put on a cowboy hat and pretends he's a yeehaw gunslinger rootin-tootin' American or something. My source for the previous paragraph is that I made everything up. I don't know jack shit about this band. I didn't even know Jagger was the vocalist until today. Thought he played bass. Three out of five.
The album is mostly a standard Stones album but it bookended by greatness.
The the two standout tracks book-end this album. Would have made a terrific 7".
Half good.
Great finish but lotta meh
It tells you something that the best songs are the first one and the last one. Everything in between is decent rock but nothing particularly memorable.
The album is alright, I definitely prefer the faster/more upbeat songs compared to their slower songs. Their voice doesn't really catch me for slower songs. Songs like "Gimme Shelter" and the faster part of "Midnight Rambler" is what I enjoy versus the slower style of "Country Tonk" or "Live With Me". Also you can tell this album is from the 60's from its excessive use of having sounds in only one ear. Favorite song: Gimmie Shelter Worst song: Country Tonk
Not the Stones’ best, but there’s some good stuff on here. Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are classics. Unfortunately, more blues/country trakcs are unfortunately accompanied with really obnoxious vocals. The lyrics really just often come across as either trite of skeevy on many of these. I really only like harmonica in very small and tasteful doses, and many of these songs have it in overdoes. Overall, this is definitely a mixed record, though the highs are quite high. Top Tracks - Gimme Shelter – Classic anti-war song. - Let it Bleed – Jagger being a gross human being aside, this is a good sex song. - You Can’t Always Get What You Want – A great album closer.
When they are white guys, this is one of the better one. But there is still a lot of the Rolling Stones paying at being black guys and its quite inauthentic.
- First listen - Unbelievably good opening and closing tracks - Few more forgettable ones as well - Most of the middle tracks not really my thing Fav songs: You Can't Always Get What You Want, Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed
Un álbum normalito de Los Rolling. No son de mis favopritos así que.....
Love love love Gimme Shelter, the rest of the album is exactly why is dislike the Stones however, definition of taking original songs and sanitising them for the mainstream.
Un buen disco, de hecho contiene dos temas, el primero y el último, que siempre fueron parte de sus shows hasta el día de hoy.
I think three is fair. The opener and the clothes are on this are absolute classics. Everything in between is probably the most honky tonk blues I've seen the Stones go. It was an interesting listen but not repeatable.
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Once again, nice to hear a whole album from such a well known band/artist. Some slightly different musical styles but in the whole a good ok RS collection.
End of 60s album. One of the crowning Rolling Stones achievements and fitting for the era of liberation. Definitely most recognized for gimme shelter, often used as a war time (Vietnam war), chaos induced track, but the overall feeling of the album is positive, upbeat and reassuring.
Ein Stones-Album, das mit Gimme Shelter anfängt und mit You Can’t Always Get What You Want endet. Dazwischen ganz ok.
Country & Western by a British band that are incredibly talented. It's something different and fun. Is it the best of that genre? No. Does it expand rock? Yes!
Started off great then kinda died down
Great singles, less great everything else
I don’t know why I didn’t add notes, but a lot of bangers I recognized. Solid 3.
Takes me to a country barn. Stunning and shocking lyrics. Goes from immature sex jokes, to deep meaningful ballad from track to track.
An overall good album, with some bangers and some meh songs. Nice mix of blues rock and americana/country, but tRS are clearly better and the former. Best tracks: Gimme Shelter and Midnight Rambler Worst tracks: Country Honk and Love in Vain Interesting that Country Honk is so bad when Honk Tonk Woman (not in this album) is so good.
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Some classic songs, some oddities (Country Honk) and some boring bits. Gimme Shelter is the highlight of the record for me. Not a big Stones fan, more of a Beatles Person, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. It is what it is.
It is usually the Stones singles that hit the mark for me, in this case Let It Bleed has a few of those. Unfortunately like all Stones Albums half of what you get is bluesy harmonica laden filler. Great for some but it brings down the quality songs on here
First time I actually listened to a Rolling Stones album in my life and honestly a little better than I expected
ok ig
Not my favorite Stones album.
I saw Love in Vain on the tracklist and prayed to the gods above that it was not yet another shitty Robert Johnson cover (see Eric Clapton's cover of They Are Red Hot if you want another example), but of course I was disappointed. Leave the man to his eternal sleep and stop robbing his grave for christssakes. Overall, I would describe this album as a fairly forgettable collection of blues rock songs that are bookended by the stellar songs Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. It's sort of a pain in the ass that I have to get through the entire album to hear the only two songs that I care about, but that's the way it goes sometimes 3/5
I lost my review for this one! I’ve always wanted to listen to this album, admittedly, because I like the front cover. “Gimme Shelter” is one of my favorite songs of all time — I kinda wish the rest of the album sounded like this. I’m not a huge Stones fan, so I thought listening to this album would help me understand their appeal. I liked a few songs but apart from “Gimme Shelter” and the classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” I only liked some songs, didn’t love. I understand that the appeal of this record (and of the band in general) is the fusion of different styles of music, such as gospel, blues, and country. I think I’m struck by this feeling that I’d rather go to other bands for blues — the Stones have a great sound, but I often feel like I’m being dragged along by the songs that seem to go on for too long. I’ll have to relisten to these songs and confront what I like and don’t like about them. For now, I will give this album a 3.
Still listening, will come back to write the review
Don't member
not my style but still a good listen. opener was fantastic but the rest were a bit similar i suppose.
Dident listen to full thing. Bit hillbily
dont usually like blues rock, but its the rolling stones so it was ok
The most overrated band in the universe.
Opening and closing songs are obviously amazing but the middle feels very standard fare Stones. I would always just choose to listen to Sticky Fingers instead
Gimme Shelter is great. While the rest of the album probably does have some merit as an exercise in blues, it doesn't really appeal beyond the opening track. Gimme Shelter is worth 5 on its own. In the context of the album, I'm gonna have to drop that a touch.
Assez solide comme album de rock. Je connais la majorité des chansons, sans avoir jamais écouté l’album en entier. Monkey Man est une belle surprise. Ça a de la gueule. C’est aussi un album plutôt diversifié. Ce n’est pas monotone.
J'ai une drôle de relation avec les Stones. Il n'y a pas un album que j'aime au complet. Ils ont des supers hits qui sont vraiment géniaux, mais tu peux retrouver sur les albums des fillers qui sont assez moyen. Cet album tombe dans cette catégorie. Il contient deux des plus grands hits du groupe avec Gimme Shelter et You Can't Always Get What You Want en plus d'avoir l'embryon de Honky Tonk Woman dans Country Honk. Il y a Monkey Man que je connaissais moins et que j'ai vraiment aimé à la première écoute. Elle a une bonne groove. Pour le reste, il y a des bons moments, mais souvent j'ai l'impression que les chansons ne sont pas terminées. La pochette est ma préférée du groupe. C'est donc un album qu'il faut avoir écouté, auquel je reviens à l'occasion, mais je préfère Beggars Banquet ou Aftermath.
good album, country, last song is the best
I really wanted to like this more than I did. It’s bookended by absolute stellar songs, but the middle is forgettable blues rock. Not bad, by any means, but not great either. Just ho-hum for me.
Realmente me aburren los rolling stone. Tiene temas buenos, pero fuera del hit no los destaco demasiado. Lo siento como rock para Yankees hecho por ingleses.
Always had them down as a great singles band, this reaffirms that thought.
Hell yeah I love The Departed
British guys doing blues and twang, huh?
heilt ok huske ikkje nåke av da idag så satte ikkje djupe spor
Får rock band-abstinensa av Gimme shelter
Oh GOD I remember listening to this album when Cav and I first moved into our flat, happy memories of bopping to Gimme Shelter in our brand new kitchen With that said, apart from the first and last songs, the rest is just...eh. I knew I'd listened to this full album before, and coming back to it, all I could remember was "when the traaaaaaaaaaaain left the staaaaaaaatioooooooon" I really like the instrumental on Monkey Man though
This album is like a sandwich with two of the Stones' best songs as bread and a load of filler in between. Great tracks, just a meh sandwich overall. Definitely my favourite stones album so far tho.
It was fine
It's pretty good. The opener and closer are classics. In between there's some solid tunes and then stuff I don't like much like Monkey Man and Midnight Rambler. You Can't Always Get What You Want should be at least 2 minutes shorter. It's solid enough I guess. It's not unpleasant but I'd rather listen to some of their other albums.
Standard stuff here from the Stones
Better than I expected
All downhill after the opener
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3.5/5. Great bookend songs
Couple of bangers for bookends, nothing striking in-between. Album goes from 100 to 0 pretty quick moving into track 2. I had to double check to make sure I wasn’t on shuffle.
Rolling Stones. Classic. Not all great songs but some very memorable ones.
First and last track are awesome kinda meaders in the middle with american blues from a decade prior and adds nothing.
Good
Starts and ends in amazing songs, the 7 songs in between are mostly filler in comparison. Given its reputation it's a bit disappointing. When The Rolling Stones try to be The Rolling Stones they're incredible, not so much when they try to be from 1940's Mississippi.
2/21/22
Some great songs but a fairly standard blues album tbh. Typical stones
Stones are markedly better than I'd always thought.
As with every Stones album (even those from the 'classic' period) "Let It Bleed" is almost wilfully uneven. The stand out tracks are sublime - the greatest ever intro kicks the album off into "Gimme Shelter". But then you get a sorry mish mash of faux country and tossed off blues, plus uninspired 'rawk' until you get to "Midnight Rambler" which, whilst overlong, as least has some oomph about it. And you cap it all off (after the dire "You Got The Silver") with the closing brilliance of "You Can't Always Get What You Want" preceded by the mighty, magical "Monkey Man". So how does one rate a great pile of uninspired, insipid doodling interjected by three of the greatest tunes the Stones ever made? With caution, I'd say - and with a finger at the ready to skip the rest to get to the very best.
3/5 good by not quite enough
Rock by the stones. Not very special to me, only a few songs stand out. Overall sounds ok. Btw ...... i have no versions of songs done by others that i like better...
I was never a big fan of Mick Jagger's voice, but there are some great rock tunes on here.
Genre: Blues Rock 3/5 Another album on this list where the singles certainly outweigh the remainder of the content here. Gimme Shelter, a song that still receives airtime all year round, is one of the best in the entire Rolling Stones’ catalogue, and will continue to stand the test of time. However, a bit of sag towards the end, and the disappointment that is You Can’t Always Get What You Want, which is dragged out to near 8-minutes on the album, brought the experience down for me. Country Honk is good, Live with Me is outstanding, Side B is certainly the weakest link here. Overall, decent album, though.
Not bad. Worth another listen.
all round great stones album
January 19th 2022. The best of this album IMO: - Love In Vain - Let It Bleed I know they're a classic but I'm unfortunately not familiar with The Rolling Stones. This was pleasant. Ça s'écoute très bien. Didn't expect country music. Great energy. 3.4/5
Classic
Bon album, son classique qu'on connait des Rolling Stone. S'écoute bien du début à la fin, mais rien d'extravagant.
Very much honky tonk
Yet another album from 1969. Although this was a transition album from Jones to Taylor, it just sounds like the Stones to me. Which is fine, of course Gimme Shelter, Country Honk, and You Can't Always Get What You Want, and to a lesser extent the eponymous Let It Bleed, are solid rock tunes and part of rock cannon. But none of the songs are a revelation. Honestly the whole album seems a little restrained, from the bpm point of view. Solid, certainly listenable, very bluesy, much more honky tonk then pop.
Pretty standard fare from the Stones. Gimme Shelter an obvious classic and there are some pretty nice country flourishes throughout the album but the rock and roll formula is constant.
In 2021 it can be said that the music brought by the British Invasion has become rather ubiquitous. Inevitable comparisons to the rock & roll rivalries of the 60s are made on "Let It Bleed" but make no mistake, these are The Rolling Stones. Tracks like "Gimme Shelter" the song has transcended into pop culture lexicon, where nearly everyone will hear that song either in advertisements, soundtracks, etc... Overall the album demonstrates TRS's growth as a band, adding more and more funk to their sound, as well as embracing America's jazz influences. "Monkey Man" reaffirms the eccentricity of Mick Jagger, and then finally, the other song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" that everyone will have heard some variation of unless they live in a box.
6/10
Hit or miss - the title track is stellar and ageless, but I don’t like the bluesy stuff as much. And the country could have been avoided all together.
Pretty decent. I know some Stones songs but not a whole lot. The album was more bluesy than I was expecting
Starts with Shelter and ends with Get What You Want which are both magnificent. Unfortunately it makes the rest of the album weak in comparison.
One major hit right at the beginning with decently strong supporting songs to follow. Just solid throughout.
More honkeytonkey than I would've expected, not very revolutionary, but pretty good nontheless. 3/5 "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is very good.
Rolling Stones usually have one bi hit on each album but it seems they managed to find 2 on this one. I feel like the relentless churning out of albums, one a year or more led to this pattern and meant there was a lot of filler a lot of the time
Starts strongly - I think Gimme Shelter is probably the Stones' best track. Then it goes kinda country for quite a while before Monkey Man ushers in a strong ending. I enjoyed it, but not sure what sets it apart as an all-time classic. Maybe the album art? 3.5
Great start and finish. Weaker filler songs.
Fine, couple of classics but not mind blowing
Like all Rolling Stones albums - A fine Rolling Stones album
You definitely know it's the Rolling Stones when you're listening, and you never forget it. What else can be said, you know? When it comes to all the monster huge bands of the 60s and 70s, I've always liked basically every other band more than the Stones. They're totally fine, and this is one of the most middle of the road albums of theirs I've ever heard.
Solid outing, but more repetitive than other albums and I don't connect with the songs as much other than Gimme Shelter
5/10
The Rolling Stones' eighth UK & tenth US album continued their return to a more "blues-based" rock music and winded up going double platinum. The album's songs were described as heavy, haunting, and erotic. The most popular songs were "Gimme Shelter" & "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which I liked the most as well. In a way, this album was able to musically capture and project the sense of dread that the world was experiencing at the time. This album still stands out today as one of The Rolling Stones best.
I've never had a particularly strong opinion about the Rolling Stones. For the most part, their classic radio hits are songs that I enjoy, but they've never driven me to check out their back catalog. I don't know how this album compares to their others (and still need to go back to review Exile on Main Street), but Let It Bleed felt quite bluesy throughout. In the past, that may have led me to give it a higher ranking because I enjoy the blues sound. But in 2021 it's hard not to read it as gross appropriation that is not done as well as the originators of the style. The lead track, Gimme Shelter, is a great song that starts out the album strong, but it arguably continues to decline from there until the album itself reminds us that we can't always get what we want, even if all we want is a consistently solid album. As the goose says, country honque.
I firmly believe that this record has no place on the list of 1001 albums anyone needs to listen to. If you are of a mind to be a part of this project, you have heard every track that is worth listening to from this record dozens of times and the rest are are forgettable filler. This was also true of the last Rolling Stones album we had to review and I am fairly confident it will be the case for the other dozen I am afraid are going to come up over the next three years. Christ all mighty, please space out the rest better.
Classic rolling stones. Gimme Shelter the star.
For a band on their 10th album in 6 years, this is a solid effort with at least 3 classics tunes. Not every song works, sometimes it sounds like they're just jamming and making stuff up on the spot, but overall still a solid effort.
The Rolling Stones are annoying, because they have a lot of individual songs that I think are amazing, but I dont really like any of their albums that much. I find that their albums tend to have a lot of filler, and not very good flow. This one is no different. Its bookended by amazing tracks, but I dont really like most of the tracks in between.
A classic, I have it on vinyl. More bluesy/country than other albums (violin/piano). Quite a mix of serious and goofy songs. Rating 3 since it's mostly carried by two songs.
Not a huge Stones fan, but Gimme Shelter is amazing... At least until Mick starts to sing.
I was looking forward to this then just a bit disappointed.
Decent album, I am a fan of can't always get what you want, I think I'm not much of a Rolling Stones fan in general though, it turns out
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Look, Gimme Shelter is an excellent song, as are some others on this album (Live with me, You can't always...). However, some are just ok and some are actually shit (looking at you, Country Honk). So ultimately, I'd rather pick out the songs I like and not listen to the whole album. 3.5 stars really.
Not for me
Arrogant music.
pretty cool, not at all what i expected
A couple good songs, not my fave
Cool, and different. Some famous songs on there so cool to hear the other tracks.
Josh, bin jetzt nicht der große Fan der Stones, aber irgendwo sind die schon okay. Hier sind keine großen Hits drauf, aber mit Gimme shelter ein Stück, dass gerne und gut gecovert wurde!
Heard this before. I like it.
It's alright, although I do not like it that much. It's got too much Rock for me.
- great slide guitar & harmonica - nice delta blues type sound that I never imagined the Rolling Stones to sound like - ashamed I’ve never heard these before
Giving the likes of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones a 2.5 average feels wrong, but I didn't like this as much as I thought I would. Might be a little too country for me, but it was still a good listen Saved: Gimme Shelter, You Got The Silver
Ken weinig van the rolling stones, maar dit was best een leuk album
De nummers die ik nog niet kende vond ik niet zo spannend. Wel een leuke mondharmonica.
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7/10
Better.
He escuchado muy muy poco de The Rolling Stones y aun así no me esperaba tanto folk aquí. Canción favorita: Midnight Rambler por los cambios de moods escalonados y por veces repentinos. Mood: bailando rock en la granja con sueños de la fama urbana
More ñee than I expected. Too much boring rock and roll harmonies
Good stuff but nothing that really struck me besides the hits.
Not my favorite stones album, but it made for an interesting day of rock
I hate to say it, but the Stones are slowly growing on me. 3 stars.
Much more bluesy than I was anticipating. Interesting instrumentation throughout. Gimmie Shelter may be my favorite Stones song of all time.
We're so poor omg
A decent fusion of blues, country, and rock - I do think 'Gimme Shelter' promises a wholly different album than the one that follows, but the following tracks are enjoyable for the most part.
Not a huge fan of the stones but this wasn't bad.
Good album. Great? meh. 3 stars. While it contains some of their classics, Rolling Stones is pretty "cookie cutter."
Was ok, some decent songs however the stones are not really my thing
Gimme gimme gimme those honky tonk bluuuues
First and last songs rule
It’s good but for certain moods for me
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More honky tonk than I would have thought. Some interesting stuff but not my cup of tea.
Klassisker, rock, lidt blues/gospel-vibes
1969. Key Songs: Gimme Shelter, Live With Me
Gimme shelter..
Classic due to the opening and ending of the album, the rest is quite lackluster
This starts with "Gimme Shelter," which is creepy and edgy and ace. It ends with "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which in my mind will always be sung by Mick Jagger in witness protection, wearing a nun's habit and feying up the choir in "Sister Act: The Prequel." Those two songs are great but most everything in between is English art school boys trying to be American good ol' boys, and honestly bollocks to that.
Bluesy, which was nice, and some of the music is legitimately impressive and enjoyable, but the lyrics are boring and the vocals suck
I just can’t get in to The Rolling Stones.
track 1: strong opening track 2: singing so bad, would only listen to again if forced track 3: nah track 4: getting better, pleasant enough listen track 5: need coke and sympathy from listening to this album track 6: was vibing track 7: boring track 8:could see how one would groove to this track 9: good song, liked the opening and felt like dancing
I used to think it was edgy to say the stones were better than the Beatles… nah, that’s just being contrary. As said elsewhere, a below average album held together by a couple of outstanding tracks. Really disappointing.
I dont like the Rolling Stones, which i think is mainly down to Mick’s vocals and always feel that there is little value beyond the singles/hits. This album does nothing to shift that view. ‘Gimme Shelter’ is a great opener ‘you cant always get what you want’ a great closer m, vut there is little in between
I'm not really into country music, and some of the lyrics on this album felt really strange. I always read the lyrics because I like to understand what a song is trying to say, but here it was hard to follow and awkward to read, especially in Country Honk or Let It Bleed, where the ending gets really weird. That last line totally ruined the song for me. Either way, there is one track I loved: You Can't Always Get What You Need is absolutely beautiful. Overall, this is definitely an album I won't be coming back to for a while, but it was a pretty nice experience.
You can't always get what you want
I will never understand the adulation this band receives. They’re a middle of the road white boy blues band. Sure they had some hits but they constantly get put in the same ranks as the Beatles and that’s a crime. It’s like comparing AC/DC to Led Zeppelin, they’re both rock bands but one of them progressed and pushed boundaries, and the other had some hits but ultimately had their one sound and stuck with it. And I’m not knocking that, I like AC/DC, they’re great at what they do, they rock. But putting them in the same ranks as Zep would be disingenuous. Same goes for the Stones, they’re fine, I like a few songs, but they don’t deserve the pedigree they enjoy. This is their 8th album and it sounds like the seven that came before it. Country Honk was fun though.
¿Habrán escuchado demasiado country/blues o Bob Dylan? Ambas, lo más probable. Son canciones agradables y sencillas, Gimme Shelter sería la mejor, fuera de eso, nada que destaque mucho en este álbum. No es de mi agrado escuchar a los británicos demasiado americanizados.
Boomer slop
not my thing i think
Mostly I didn't like the bluesy and soul sounds
Another 2 star album from the stones. Good opener and closer, but even the opener is kinda mid. Top tracks: Gimme Shelter, You can't always get what you want
I do not think I will ever understand The Stones.
Gamli skólinn. Ekki alveg minn tebolli en rúllar allt í lagi í gegn. 2 stjörnur vegna þess að lokalagið var spilað eftirminnilega í House þáttunum.
A lot of classic songs that I've heard but I had never listened to the album in its entirety. Two good songs and the rest are forgettable slop
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Nääh vähä uudemmat on parempii
felt like i was in texas very country vibes. last song was good
My body is a machine that turns Rolling Stones albums into 2-star ratings. While I wouldn't say that it's meritless to listen several albums by one of the most influential bands of all time, the generator has shown me that I straight up do not like them. I will always respect their unintentional consistency in putting out one godly song per album though; the closer on this one is a genuinely incredible song that does not sound like *anything* that comes before it. Standouts: Gimme Shelter (the twisty percussion part) • You Can't Always Get What You Want
The two hits are great the rest sounds like a parody of actual honky tonk music.
2/5 Favorite Song: You Can't Always Get What You Want
I liked Exile on Main Street better. I played this twice and genuinely can’t remember anything about the album other then the first song being decent.
It's British people imitating American music, almost to the point of parody. Could you not? If you can't do blues with some respect for the source then don't do it. Also, no one should do honky tonk. Period. As others have pointed out, the album has two fantastic songs (front and back) and a bunch of...other stuff in between. I think I like the Stones in much smaller doses than a full album. One track makes me grimace and the next is fine. I suppose in that regard it's much like the last band, who y'all were calling a Stones knock off (Flamin' Groovies). So, same rating. They are equally 'nah but thx' for me.
it sounded better than the other Rolling Stones albums I heard, so 2.9?
All different songs. Some classic songs but didn't excite me that much.
Manje liči na Ocean Colour Scene pa mi se manje sviđa logično. Nisu mi ni hitovi nešto legli. A ove lošije pjesme pogotovo.
Amazing opener, amazing closer, pretty disappointing inbetween.
I’m just not a Stones fan. I don’t get the appeal. Except for Gimme Shelter which is fantastic and, thankfully for me, is on this album. This dragged up my ranking by one whole star
One star each for Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. The rest is the very definition of filler. The Stones as an album band remain totally overrated in my book and this is no exception.
Rollarit ny on Rollarit 🤷🏻♀️
I don’t get the Stones appeal… it’s just drunk British guys trying to play the blues. Gimme Shelter is a banger though
Confession. Im not a Mick Jagger fan. His voice just doesn't sit well with me. For this album Id say overall it felt a tad messy? Favorite song: Love In Vain
Exactly what I've come to expect of the Stones... a couple of killer singles floating in a vat of greasy filler...
No olipahan löysää munaa.
God I hate the Stones and this is just another reason why. They don’t even seem to take themselves seriously. Other than the opening track which may be the only song by them that is worth a shit this is a thoroughly regrettable string of drool from baby’s chin.
Not my cup of tea.
More drunken white-boy-blues ramblings bookended by two bona fide classics.
A lot more folksy than I’m used to for them.
Two great tracks acting as bookends on some instantly forgettable filler that serves no purpose other than to waste away the time between the two tracks worth listening to. Even though I did very much enjoy the two good tracks, and an album of material that was all of this quality would easily get five stars, the rest of the album was a chore to get through, so two stars feels fair.
It was okay, nothing really blew my mind, some good tracks, others not so much, not really for me.
Aburridooo me voy
I didn’t like it. It was not my cup of tea.
I'm wondering The Rolling Stones get so many comparisons to The Beatles. As someone who knows the latter but not the former, I expected something at least similar in sound to an early Beatles record. No, what I got was blues rock and typical early country. I am unfortunately not a fan. It's not just that my expectations weren't met, it's also that I am not a fan of this genre in the first place. I don't like the styling of the songs, I don't like Mick Jagger's voice...it's not necessarily anything reprehensible, and I understand its inclusion on the list, but this is just so totally not my thing. Sorry y'all.
only one good song ngl
Hot take - the debate shouldn’t be Stones vs. Beatles, it should be Kinks vs. Beatles. The Stones are nowhere close. Gimme Shelter is the only thing keeping this album from being one star.
Ik vind zijn stem ook gewoon niet fijn.
Geluisterd omdat het moest. Heeft mijn vorige mening over de roling stones niet veranderd. Het is muziekaal gewoon niet zo goed.
Ik was bereid om The Rolling Stones nog een kans te geven. Ik kende Gimme Shelter wel met Merry Clayton, en ik vind het oprecht een goed nummer. Ik hoopte dat het album meer van dit soort nummers zou hebben maar helaas viel de rest van het album tegen, vooral na het luisteren naar Muddy Waters kort daarvoor. Overigens vond ik het laatste nummer nog wel oke. maar over het algemeen een erg matig album.
hmmm todas as músicas parecem as mesmas mas não é ruim pra ficar ouvindo de fundo enquanto faz alguma coisa
Very type of music I would put if I owned a vintage shop. Not my general cup of tea music, but enjoyed my time with it. Songs I liked: Live With Me, Let It Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want.
not bad but not really my thing
I definitely dont like The Rolling Stones
not my style
Surprisingly good for an album entirely in spanish
olvidable
hmmmm a bit too honky-tonk for me
a clean and different sound
More than half this album is mid tier songs at best. A few solid ones, but overall quite mediocre. 5/10
Not a huge fan of the stones
Not my cup of Tea
The big tunes are huge, the filler sucks. The Rolling Stones will always be a greatest hits band to me. Give me Rolled Gold any day
Yeah I think I'm done trying to make me being into the Rolling Stones happen. Angie is great and Salt of the Earth and maybe a handful of others, including You Can't Always Get What You Want from this album, but man songs like Midnight Rambler and Monkey Man (or whatever it was called) just annoy the crap out of me. Sorry I may just be having a bad reaction because I saw an Emo concert last night and now I'm totally into Emo.
Never knew what "Gimme Shelter" was called, but I recognized it pretty quickly when it started playing. Gives anti-war for me. Liked it! "Love in Vain" was a tone switch to a blues heavy style track. Not sure I appreciated the stereo split on my headphones. Made me feel they were playing in two different rooms with me in the doorway. Could have been the medium, but unfortunately ruined any chance it had for me, however small it originally was. Not bad, but not my style. "Country Honk" is exactly what it sounds like. Back to rock and roll for "Live With Me". Didn't really care for the song message. The music was alright. "Let It Bleed". The title track. 1m45 in and it's kind of boring. Didn't end up enjoying it really at all. Second half of "Midnight Rambler" was actually kind of interesting. "You Got The Silver" was better than the last 3 combined. "Monkey Man" had a good sound going. I think he went feral at the end? One of the better songs. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a very popular song already. It's not transcendental or anything, but I do quite enjoy the song. It earns a spot in my liked songs. Overall not a great album for me. The first and last songs can stay in my library, but they can't save the rest of the entire album's rating for sure. Knee jerk rating after a listen through is 2/5 overall.
Favorite songs: Gimme Shelter I've never really listened to The Rolling Stones beyond the hits and was excited to finally give them a shot, but wow this was shockingly underwhelming. Gimme Shelter continues to be great, You Can't Always Get What You Want isn't my favorite but it is a classic, and everything else was a weird psuedo-country? Not a fan
5/10
I just don’t get the love for The Rolling Stones. I find them to be pretty boring. They have some songs I like, but when it comes down to full albums I’m always left disappointed. Might be one of the most overhype bands I’ve had to listen to.
#302/1001. Another mediocre Rolling Stones album, which flopped on the third song, a country version of honky tonk women? But you can't always get what you want, more a rule than an exception in this 1001 project.
i don’t think i care for the rolling stones tbh
Probably a 2.5/5. Definitely not one I’ll reach for again, but can see why it’s popular. Favorite: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
More like let it die
There's one good song and then a bunch of noise, but that one song is pretty good...
Wow this surprisingly sucked sandwiched between a good opener and closer
2….
1/5. Last track +1
I like some Rolling Stone’s songs but I can’t say I was a fan of this album..
chillllll
The first and last songs are doing the HEAVY lifting on this album. The songs in the middle are....well they exist, on purpose. No clue why, but there those songs are. So my Rolling Stones experience has been, buy the greatest hits album.
I thought classic rock was supposed to be good
Not bad
I'm not surprised I've only heard 2 songs from this release. Shit sandwich.
harmonicas to me are the opposite of banjos where i'd expect to hate banjos but they produce the most beautiful sound known to man whereas i'd expect to love harmonicas and instead they make me want to stab my eyes with a pencil
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Not my jam
Too american for my taste
I didn’t like it that much
I just checked my history and this is my FOURTH Stones album. Crazy. My mom told me that when she was growing up in the 60s, you could either like the Beatles or the Stones but not both. You had to pick one. I'm like 90% sure she said she picked the Stones, but I remember listening to the Beatles a lot as a kid so who knows. Okay I just asked her, and she said she picked the Beatles, which makes more sense. Also why we got the 40 Licks compilation when I was a teenager, bc she knew some songs from the radio but hadn't really listened to them before. This Stones album is not it for me. Strong open, strong close, and just mush of British honky tonk in between. To be fair, You Can't Always Get What You Want is my favorite Stones song, but I'm underwhelmed by this album as a whole.
There's two famous songs on here but everything in between them falls flat on its face.
Meh
I do like Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want, but other than Monkey Man I really thought the other tracks were weak and forgettable. 2.5 -> 2/5
So boring, sorry. I’ll never get the hype around The Rolling Stones. I’m not a fan. Never have been. I wasn’t even aware of the hits on this album. I’m Eastern European, though, so I have the right to not know British shit. I’m actually glad this is the first time I’ve heard it, because it also means it’s going to be the fucking last.
the stones are the most overrated band of all time
Love In Vain really sounds bluesy, but it's like they're aping American music, not innovating or building on it. I see I called the album The Rolling Stones "a pale imitation of the American music which inspired it, washed-out and flavourless". I wouldn't go as far as flavourless here, but I don't know why I would listen to Country Honk on this album, with its faux-Southern accents and fiddle, when I could listen to an authentic version of the same style. Did the Stones do anything other than cultural appropriation of US culture? The last track was the answer to this: Yes, You Can't Always Get What You Want starts with a women's choir, so that's interesting, unusual, even original. Unfortunately it immediately devolved into basic rock and roll.
Ok so it makes me feel like uncultured swine to say....I didn't like anything about this album. Even You Can't Always Get What You Want I think was only enjoyable because of it's presence in mainstream culture. Everything else just fell so flat. It feels absolutely ensane to even think to dislike this album because it is THE ROLLING STONES - there's a freaking magazine named after them - but I just had a hard time appreciating their work. Again, uncultured, I get it and no one is more disappointed in me than me.
6/10 really did enjoy it liked it alot :)
Never been a Stones guy, for the most part. This album has heavy blues with a couple of decent Stones classics. I was actually glad this one came along because several of the past few selections were trash. Still, Mick's voice doesn't do it for me....
2.4/5 Some ok songs but nothing amazing.
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Inte riktigt min stil, känns äldre och lite långsamt. Sista låten You can't always get what you want den som sticker ut
I like the variety this album offers but it felt a little all over the place. I do not care for their attempt at the blues, it does nothing for me and does not hit like other blues artists/albums. I also can’t stand the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” due to my mother rage baiting/singing it to us as kids when we wanted something (and obviously couldn’t have it). Favourite song was Gimme Shelter. There really is only one good song (gimme shelter) everything else was just alright, kind of blended into the background
It's not that meaningful for me, it didn't really get my attention only liked 2 songs out of the album.
Strong start, strong finish. Strange sort of honky tonk in between.
A few good songs. Kinda ass
There is an Ick Factor to the Stones that is particularly pronounced on this album, classic as it may be. Just when you think there may be a noble sentiment it turns gross. Basically it seems like Mick Jagger & Co. enjoyed using women, and they have trouble rising above the most sensual and selfish desires. Sometimes it’s overt and sometimes it’s just barely hidden, but it’s always just a kiss away. Practiced at the art of deception indeed.
While having two of the best Stones songs of their catalogue, Let It Bleed is let down quite heavily by a whole lot of filler in the middle. This record lacks any direction or distinctive sound that makes me want to revisit this anytime soon. Best Tracks: - Gimme Shelter - You Can't Always Get What You Want - Monkey Man Worst Tracks: - Love In Vain - Live With Me - Let It Bleed Rating: 5/10
Quite incredible how old this album is and that TRS are still recording and touring.
meh, this album was fine I guess? I was just bored, i actually started falling asleep lol. Love is Vain was cool, I liked it's blues vibes. You Got the Silver was nice. I actually liked the production on Monkey Man, but the lyrics don't grab me. I've heard "You Can't Always Get What You Want" before as a kid, it's quite familiar. It's fine, i like it well enough. I think I only really vibe with 2 or 3 songs on here. That's only 1/3 lol. I probably have to give it a 2 just because of that. 2.5/5
Not my favorite
So many of these songs are longer than they need to be
Surprisingly dull. The opening and closing tracks are fine, I guess
Psychedelic Rock/Blues sounding The songs sound the same - I get excited when they sound a little different and stand out more Favourites: Midnight Rambler Gimme shelter Monkey Man The vibe is driving down an American road in the summer, except unlike Ventura Highway, I do not love it and found the album boring. Rating: 2/5
rolling stones on yliarvostettu
Wow, two Rolling Stones' albums in a row. Ooof, this album is just meh. I really don't like the blues and this feels mostly blues. I will reiterate my point about Exile On Main Street, the Stones put out like 1 or 2 good songs on an album then wrap it in a bunch of mediocre songs. Like Let It Bleed and You Can't Always Get What You Want are good songs but the rest is generic boring blues, they just aren't an album band for me. I'm tempted to give this a lower score because I got two Stones albums back to back but I will go with the middle of the road 2.5 but rounded down because it came back to back with another of their albums.
Two of the Stones’ best songs at the beginning and end, middle completely skippable.
I dont even remember a single song from there, too boring for my taste
Horny for no reason
Preferred this to my listening experience with Some Girls, which isn't saying much. Rolling Stones they will never make me like you and your honky tonk stylings
Mediocre at best.
3 decent songs exactly evenly distributed across 9 tracks so you have to keep listening to the end if you want to hear that one song. the one etched in my brain because of a coke commercial from when i was kid. some sources say the song was even inspired by coca cola - beautiful symmetry. "Allegedly, the store didn’t have any Cherry Coke at the time, and Hutmaker, standing behind Jagger in the queue, said, “Well, you can’t always get what you want”." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB9o2X7Yjyk&t=20s https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-rolling-stones-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-mean/ while looking that up, i also found a motorolla ad from 1998 and a levi's one from 1990. easy to imagine that the list goes on. hard to imagine that they didn't foresee these fat paychecks coming from that platitudinous chorus. a business more than a band. why we needed a bunch of white english boys making blues music i'll never know, and after 60 something years i think the answer is still we never did. highlights: monkey man ("I'm a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer"), let it bleed ("Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on Yeah, and if you want to, well, you can cream on me"). i guess they were going to the beach that day.
Despite having seen the Rolling Stones once (Berlin Olympic Stadium in 1990) I've never been a fan. I'd never heard this album before but it's not changed my mind. Musically it's good in parts, although I recognise the style from their other music that I've heard over the years, so it's a bit 'samey' to me. What spoils it is Jagger's singing. It's too lazy, too indistinct and too mono-tonal for me. I won't be going back to listen to this again.
Smithers, have The Rolling Stones killed. I think I hate The Rolling Stones. They’re such a great singles band: Gimme Shelter that opens this album is such a good song, but the 8 tracks that follow are so so bad. They’re sound phoned in as hell, just really boring blues riffs and lazy yelps from Jagger. Just an awful time.
Bookended by a couple of classics but not much going on in the middle to be honest.
A Shit sandwich made with extremely good bread.
Too old
Heller ikke et album med den store påvirkning. Meget slide-guitar og mundharmonika.
Two decent songs as bookends with a whole lot of meh in the middle
Not great, love the instruments but the voices are so bad
Most of the songs on this album don't fully click for me. If I just could have been in the studio with them governing the mix, I think some of these songs would have been homeruns.
Death hangs heavily over this album. Brian Jones, the founder of the band, was unceremoniously fired from the band a few weeks into the recording due to his drug habit and was found dead, drowned in his swimming pool, not long after. The day after the album was released the Stones played the infamous Altamont festival and a young fan was stabbed to death by the Hells Angels who had been hired as ‘security’ for the event. The high points on this album are the first and last track, but a lot of their impact now is due to their use on every dime a dozen gangster movie set at the end of the sixties. The rest of the music is just more white men from England appropriating delta blues and honky tonk music, sung with Jagger’s louche and lazy drawl. I don’t need to hear this again, I think.
Don't tell me it's the Rolling Stones and just let me experience the shimmering guitar opening and build-up of "Gimme Shelter" before Jagger's voice lets the secret slip. Might this be my favorite record of theirs? Well, "Love in Vain" and other songs assure me that the answer is likely to be: no, you'll always prefer a greatest hits, if anything. I have trouble getting over their particular blues-rock experience, and Mick being too forward in the mix rarely helps. But then you have "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and the already mentioned "Gimme Shelter," which are absolute classics. Even a Stones hater like myself respects the hits.
Really not as good as I hoped it would be. A couple of good tracks.
It ok
🤷♂️
Not my thing, unfortunately
Gimme Shelter and 7 other songs “You Can’t Always…” at least has some effort put into it Very country-esc, and I don’t like country :(
cake yay
A bit too country flavoured for my taste.
Monkey Man was my favourite!
I gotta focus more on the positive things: Gimme shelter is a good song. Fav: Gimme shelter
Hella boomer coded. A lot of the songs feel like just two lyrics repeated. The singers voice makes me want to crawl out of my body a little bit. Feel like the album could grow on me though with more intentional listening.
mid, cool cover
Not my thing. Similar vibes to Phish. Bad singing especially in a recorded album. Comparable to a decent live tavern band, not as good because this is supposed to be a professionally recorded album.
Achei sem sal.
I just don’t like the stones. Sorry world.
Well the rolling stones surely is a big name but I didn’t roll with their album “let it bleed”, I kept being silent just like the stones. This album gets a 3.8/10 for me. For me this kind of music is so far away from me and listening to it felt like exploring a barren desert, you might find something interesting but it turns out it’s just your hallucinations–they call this desert mirage. So I guess it was a fun experience. I wouldn’t listen again to it tho! Surely not for fun or as a first choice. The lyrics are written from a pure source and I think the lyrics are brilliant, but good lyrics with a boring melody for me is a no. They had energy in most of these songs, almost like they’re drunk and energized and you can totally listen to it if you’re drunk or going through a crisis at 3 AM or whatever. Its not really for me, but it was good for what it was trying to be;the songs were absorbing the situation around them by that time, and you can hear the tension and changes through the songs. I liked the intro of most of these songs especially Gimmie shelter and Monkey man, and the gospel intro of their last track. But as the songs go on.. they downgrade and I wish that the mid sections and the rest of the songs were as good as the intro.
Great opener, 7 filler songs, great closer
2 good songs with junk in the middle. I wanted to like it, but I really didn't like it at all.
Het eerste rolling stones album waar we naar mogen luisteren. Waar de Beatles en contemporaries mij kunnen grijpen en verrassen, lukt de Stones dat niet met dit album. Pas in de tweede helft kwam het album voor mij op gang en naast de banger You cant always get what you want vond ik midnight rambler en monkey man de highlights van dit album.
Like the other reviews state, a couple good songs such as the opener and closer, Let it Bleed, but overall a pretty boring album.
5/5 for the cake vinyl artwork. 2/5 for the music.
I didnt really like the beat of any of the songs.