Let It Bleed

Starting off with in the best songs I have ever heard. Heart-stopping vocals, skin melting instrumentals throughout, mind blowing song. Mary Clayton making me see angels. Narratively driven. The second song in vain repeats things, but it only seems to add emphasis. Emotional and forlorn. The instrumental with Mick Jaggar’s wailing moves. Hell yeah country moment so fucking sick. Those mixed voices, real Johnny Cash charm. God it just keeps going. Hit after motherfucking hit. The keys and bass line on live with me really fuck. Not even halfway through and I want to give it a five out of five. Ok title track. TAKE MY ARM TAKE MY LEG OH BABY DONT YOU TAKE MY LEG. Midnight rambler probably my least fav, nothing much to say about it You got silver, nice folk rock jam thang. I dig it. Monkey man is fun, playful, sexy and super dynamic. I like it. YOU CANT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU——WANT HONEY

So, so good. Listened to it 3 times during a flight and it kept revealing more nuances. Becoming my favourite Stones album.

Mic and Keith's baby. Love this album.

Great Stones. Bluesy and honky tonk.

Fuck yeah! The Stones!

Also already heard.

Bookended by two of the greatest blues-rock hits of all time, Let it Bleed boasts seven other tracks that ain't bad either. In fact, they're really, really good. 'She blew my nose and then she blew my mind'; 'They got earphone heads, they got dirty necks / They're so 20th century'; 'And there will always be a space in my parking lot / When you need a little coke and sympathy.' Mos Def notably opined: 'You may dig on the Rolling Stones / But they ain't come up w/ that shit on they own.' Right as he is, the Stones never claimed to be the origin. Underrated: they're as raunchy as they are prophetically dark and relentlessly in the muck. And a major shoutout to Merry Clayton (20 Feet from Stardom), who is clearly a genius.

Another great album

Uncle doug!!! A country album for the haters

‘Let It Bleed’ and ‘You Got The Silver’ are strong tracks, and ‘Gimme Shelter’ is one of my favorite Rolling Stones songs. ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ is on another level; it sounds like nothing else in the world, and it feels quick and effortless even at seven minutes. A high 4.something, but going with a 5 because this is way ahead of its time for 1969. The album title and cover are also great.

Gritty, Bluesy, So down my alley

A member of one of the greatest 4 album arcs in music history. Don't sleep on You Got The Silver.

this album is phenomenal. i have heard it before. 10/10. love the stones, just like my father and my grandfather before me.

Incredible. Starts strong and finishes strong, and the middle is just really good. Considered a 4 star, but c'mon.

Like I said... Any Stones record from "Beggar's Banquet" through "Exile on Main St." could easily qualify for this list. They are all nearly perfect. If I had my druthers, I'd just put "Exile" on this project and leave the remaining three spaces for other, possibly less-known albums.

Merry Clayton on Gimme Shelter alone is worth 5 stars. The album does dip a bit in the middle, but the finale lifts it right back up.

I have a lot of nostalgia love for this one.

Solid!

Love the Stones. I have an unpopular opinion that the "Beatles vs Stones" debate seriously hurt the Stones. Because almost everyone says Beatles when asked that question and gives it no thought. It's not like comparing Michael Jordan and LeBron James where people have to think for a minute and an argument could be made for either that would have to at least be respected. But everyone is so quick to answer the beatles that it kind of hurts their awesomeness. Anyway, off my soapbox. The stones are awesome and deserve more than 5 stars.

Was never a huge fan of when the Stones went super country but can’t deny this one as a classic. Bookended by among the best songs in the Stones catalog.

So far I have yet to be impressed by a Stones album. Here's to hoping this breaks that streak. Gimme Shelter is an amazing opener and among my favorites songs the band every produced. Mixing on this version sounds sounds different from what I've heard on the radio (vocals are quite a bit more suppressed and echoey and the rest is a bit crunchier). Honestly I actually like it this way better. Country Honk is a nice reimagining of Honky Tonk Women. I'm loving the crust on this record and the forward mix on the fiddle in the left monitor balanced by the rooted stomp beat + guitar melody in the right. Monkey Man is a late album standout. Love the swagger of it and the bluesy guitar tone stuffed in the right monitor. Given the track record, I was actually quite hesitant going in, but this album blew me away. I can absolutely get down with a more twangy Rolling Stones. While their other albums have been (generously) spotty, this one was consistent and well structured with monolithic bookends in Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. This is high 4 / soft 5 territory for me. After a second listen this is the softest of 5s.

Is there a more iconic opening to an album than "Gimmee Shelter". A classic album from the Stones' best era. So much good stuff on it, and mpossible to fault it.

The Rollings Stones have very few albums I could listen to the whole way through but this is one of them. 4.5*

Oh come on, this one’s a classic. I first became obsessed with this back in 2017, right when I was seriously diving into the British Invasion (which I don’t consider this a part of, but, still). Of the “classic 4” that ran between Beggars Banquet and Exile, I can’t ever definitively compare any of them. All I know is that they’re all 10s. Top 3: Gimme Shelter, Love In Vain, Let It Bleed Long live Charlie Watts!

This is the second album in the Rolling Stones wonderful six album (yes, I wrote "six") run in the late 60's and early 70's. The first half of this album is better than the second half of the album but it's still wonderful all around. There is so much variety on Let it Bleed. This includes war protest songs, country-ish music, folk, straight blues rock, and of course, children singing over a grandiose sounding closing song. I am not sure Let It Bleed was a response to Let It Be but it probably makes a great story if it were true. It's one of my inexplicably favorite Stones songs and I love Charlie Watts's drums on it. This has a lot of the things I like most about the Stones, even if the second half of the album isn't my favorite representation of them as a band.

I’ve said before and I’ll say again that the Stones’ longevity has made them a bit of a caricature and a punchline. But it’s hard to deny that this is a great album!

Lots of honky tonk blues here; great stuff. The titular track might sound like a Beatles title, but the mostly over the top singing sounds like “With a Little Help From My Friends.”

Good stuff. Gimme Shelter is probably my favorite Stones song, so that kicks it up a full level, I'd wager.

Monkey Man puts it over the top

Great album

Si no es su mejor pega en el palo

Easy five stars. I’ve never listened to the album as a whole. The classics and the deep cuts flow well. I’m surprised at the different version of Honky Tonk Woman. Great experience.

Classy raunch!

Had never listened to this album straight through before and what a treat! Classic Stones at their peak before they started going sideways in the 70s.

I will happily listen to this album again and again. Some weak bit, but the strong tracks are just SO good!

More than young or old Stones, I’m a fan of “middle aged” Stones so this is solidly in my favorite era of their long career. How can you not take notice with a first track like “Gimme Shelter”, one of the best tracks of all time much less one of the best album openers. I love how they pull in gospel, country, folk, etc. but keep it all under their beloved idiom of blues based rock, and it works. Chef’s kiss of an album.

gimme shelter isch glaub de best stones song? viel z geil. d sängerin het so alles geh (sie het nocher miscarriet) ich LIEBS. wie sie murder singt. ufff. und d gitarrene und aaaaah. meisterwerk. love in vain cute, ich lieb slide giti. aber macht etz nüt mega krasses. mandoline cool. country honk isch afoch honky tonk women?? ahaa honky tonk women isch non album single aber de track isch ufem album okay wiso nöd d single? single besser. live with me meega stones tönt super crunchy i like. sax solo chli lang? let it bleed kenni, het er gseit ihri breasts seged immer open? huere horny shit. aber de song passt und s goht glaub meh um emotionali abhängigkeit. monkey man!! we are all monki. macht au freud. de introchor bi you cant always get what you want isch seeehr stiif. aber de song isch de haaaaammmer. fast ufem level vo gimme shelter. und wenn de chor nur uuuuh und aaah macht ischer super. das album isch e 4.5. ha etz no honky tonk single version aneghenkt mit dem wärs e füfi. gitarre sooo snarky so geil uf dem. fuuuuck.

Even though ive heard a lot of these songs are LOT in my life, I'm not sick of them. This band never fails to amaze me. Even if I'm listening to an album that's over 50 years old.

- Album #2 in the greatest run of releases of all time .... -

"Let It Bleed" is the eighth studio album by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It continued their more blues-oriented approach while also incorporating gospel, country blues and country rock. Guitarist Brian Jones was fired during the recording due his unreliability from his drug use and was replaced by Mick Taylor. Keith Richards played most of the guitar parts. Commercially, the album hit #1 in the UK and #3 in the US and had rave critical reviews. "Gimme Shelter" starts with those haunting guitars keys, someone singing "woooh" and a piano. The drums kick in and their off rockin." A song with really two lead singers, Mick Jagger and Merry Clayton who absolutely kills it. A great guitar riff by Keith. It's a song about the brutal realities of war- murder, rape and fear. Keith shows his versatility again using the acoustic and slide guitars in the self-titled "Let It Bleed." Jagger with his southern accent makes plenty of drug and sexual references in a song about emotional dependency. The band goes full in bluesy in "Midnight Rambler." Slide guitar and the harmonica. The long song keeps it interesting with multiple pace changes and a chaotic close with Jagger final lines being "I'll stick my knife right down your throat baby and it hurts." Richards' guitar riff and slide guitar highlight "Monkey Man." Nicky Hopkins on piano and the use of the vibraphone. ✔️ . It's a tribute to Italian pop artist Mario Schifano. I never knew that. The London Bach Choir opens the closer "You Can't Always Get What You Want" repeating the title lyrics. You got the organ, congas, maracas and the tambourine. Jagger sings about love, politics and drugs and the initial optimism and the eventual dissolution. The choir responds with the pragmatic answer. Ah, the Stones bookmarked this album pretty well, didn't they? With minimal contributions from Jones and Taylor, this really is the Keef album, isn't it? Memorable acoustic guitars, slide guitars, guitar riffs and layering of the guitars. He creates that down and dirty and sleepy bluesy sound enhanced by Jaggers' lyrics on drugs, sex and war. The contributions of Nicky Hopkins' piano, various percussion, Booby Keys' sax and, of course, Merry Clayton's vocals just add to the fantastic songs. Like yesterday with the Jam, this album is part of the Stones' magical run from "Beggars Banquet" through "Exile on Main St." A true classic album.

Classic

Stonkin

Þetta er ekkert fjarri lagi að ná upp í fimmu hjá mér. Upphafslagið og lokalagið eru 6 stjörnu lög. Glæsileg og geggjuð. Fannst lögin á milli fyrst frekar leiðinleg. Eftir hlustun tvö fannst mér þau fín. og eftir síðustu hlustun geggjuð. Ætla að smella bara fimmu á þetta og segja fokkitt.

Probably my favourite Stones album. It's phenomenal.

More soul and blues than I realized the Rolling Stones were. Lyrics and concept seemed more accessible to me than previous records this week. A very listenable album, I’d listen again

Some highlights: -Gimme Shelter -You Can't Always Get What You Want -You Got The Silver -Midnight Rambler -Monkey Man

5 seconds in: 5 stars. Final verdict: Rolling Stones good.

One of the all time greats. So many different styles and it all still sounds like the Stones. No skips necessary

I bought this one on CD before I even had a CD player because I wanted to listen to the guitar riff on Monkey Man on CD. A classic not a track in vain

So much soul; i had to have a major cultural impact on the western world.

Arguably the best Stones album (either that or Beggars Banquet). Classic songs.

Just a great record

Top 200 album for me. Stones at their best.

Fuckin exhilarating and exactly what I need on a Friday.

10/10 Maybe my favorite opening track on an album ever? God bless Merry Clayton for laying down the craziest backing vocals of all time. Having this album bookended by two of the biggest songs of all time obscures the quality of the other tracks which is a shame because top to bottom this album bangs. Overall, this is one of my favorite albums because it blends folks, soul, blues, and that 60s/70s British sound in a compact and cohesive package. Favorite Song: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Classic Stones. I'm close to loving this album, but there are a couple of tracks mid-album which I’m just not as keen on. EDIT: Second best Stones album so far, behind Sticky Fingers. This too has grown on me. Banger album.

This is an absolute classic, and album 2 in the greatest 4 album run of any artist. It's got a swagger to it that nobody but the Stones could pull off; bluesy, country, rock n roll that feels primal and wild.

This album is a classic

This album is unfuckwithable. Top to bottom. Adore the album art, as well. This album sinks in deep and resonates with some deep deep existential truth accessed through the hearing mechanisms and auditory cortex, in this case. 5 of 5. No notes.

This is the only Stones album I listen to because it's got all you'd ever want on it. Gimme Shelter is an all time banger, the twang in Love In Vain, You Can't Always Get What You Want is a Glee Cast classic ... hit after hit 5/5

This album is nice. Gimme Shelter is obviously a perfect song. You got the silver is underrated and midnight ramble is very solid. I'm at like a 4.5 on this. Imma take the over.

This is my favourite Stones record. It features some of their greatest tracks, such as Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler and You Can't Always Get What You Want. I also really like the country version of Honky Tonk Woman. Beyond the great songs, the album as a whole never bores me for a single minute, and the production is also top notch for 1969.

Up there among the Stones’ best albums. Merry Clayton on Gimme Shelter is incredible.

Great album - lovely to listen to even wheh running hard reps 😅-wild horses helped me to go faster :)) cheers!

Let It Bleed is one of the earlier Stones albums. Being released in 1969 meant it came out during a time of societal and political upheaval in the US as well as an age of discovery (moon landing). It almost perfectly captures the uncertainty and fears of the time with songs like Gimme Shelter representing the sense of impending doom and a fear so deep that nothing can relieve it. Let It Bleed, the song represents a loss of faith in conventional beliefs and references drug use and friendship among strangers as a new form of comfort. You Can't Always Get What You Want represents the frustrating feelings of unmet desires which were being aired in the public eye at the time the album was released even culminating into a stabbing at the first performance of this album by the Stones. Mick Jagger drunkenly stumbling through the songs adds to the commentary although it may be entirely unintentional. The intoxicated and at times incoherrent way in which the lyrics are presented aids in transporting the mind to the time when the album would have been most popular. Let It Bleed is one of the most iconic and culturally representative albums of the late 60s and early 70s time period and still holds relevance into the 2020s.

primera vez que escucho directamente un album de ellos especificamente, y me encantó, me sorprendió lo que encontré de buena forma, una mezcla entre rock y blues que funciona, dan ganas de escuchar más de su discografía, muy buen inicio para escucharlos, destaco tmb la calidad del sonido, demasiado buena para la época

Gimme Shelter, Baby !

10

Brilliant album

5* Obviously

Long Live Rolling Stones!

yet another rolling stones album. i wonder if my tracker is dedicated to convince me that these guys are a lot better than i've been making them out to be. this album came immediately after the last one i reviewed. and this one is pretty good as well! similar thoughts i have, it's very pioneering blues and classic rock and i have a lot more respect for mick jagger.

Brilliant album from start to finish, even if hearing The Stones play some "Honky-Tonk" is a little bit weird, they somehow pull it off. This can easily be listed one of their essential albums - a must have for any fan.

Bookended by 2 huge songs, but the meat of the album was still pretty enjoyable. Hard time rating this, 4.5/5

A classic. Somehow a band both in transition and at their peak. Probably the album with the most Keith.

Mick is so powerful I wish I was so lucky to see the man.

As far as albums by the Rolling Stones this is one of their best. "Gimme Shelter" is probably one of the greatest rock songs ever produced. The Stones are a fantastic rock and roll band that takes their influences from American music genres and do it in grand style. Fantastic!

Bought this one in the early 1980s, so yes. It's great.

It’s an absolute classic, and hangs together perfectly as an album.

classic and timeless

++*: Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want ++: Love in Vain, Live with Me, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, You Got the Silver, Monkey Man +: Country Honk 9,9/10

Beautiful.

God, I love this band. Their singles are obviously top-notch, but the range they show on each of their albums is flat out addicting to me. This album is no exception. Favorite track: Midnight Rambler

Best stones album hands down. Bloody fantastic. Nuff said

excellent

Style is solid and thick from the first song to the last, love this album!

One of my favorite albums

The Stones released four 5 star records in a row beginning with Beggars Banquet and ending with Exile. This is one of the four.

fantastic

This is of course a great album, with the Stones in their country era. You’ve got Gimme Shelter and YCAGWYW as excellent bookends and the hits of the record. I liked You Git the Silver a lot too. It’s not phenomenal, but it deserves a light 5.

Truly outstanding album. Perhaps the single greatest backup vocal in rock history by Merry Clayton on Gimme Shelter. Of course You Can't Always... and Midnight Rambler are standouts but there isn't a wasted note on this record.

Wonderful all the way through and the first truly amazing album of that 4 album run for me. "Gimme Shelter" is a top Stones, 60's, and rock song for me. What a powerful (and apocalyptic) way to open an album. "Let it Bleed", "Midnight Rambler" and "Live With Me" are highlights for me as well. Of course the final track is iconic and anchors the album superbly. While I was obviously not there, it seems like this album captures the end of the flower power dream and that late 60's descent into madness. Easy 5 for me.

Overall: 10/10 This is (in my opinion) the quintessential album from a band with a long history of hit or miss albums. Every song is great, they take risks without straying too far from their established sounds and they honestly just sound like they're having a great time making music together. If you're gonna listen to any Stones album, it should be this one. Fav Song: Country Honk Least Fav Song: Midnight Rambler (Oh god every song is so good this hurts)

I've never been a big Stones fan but this album is too good to let go - some super super bigs hits and the rest fit in nicely too. Very assured, and well produced, this oozes class. A solid 5*****

Probably one of the best ways to spend 42 minutes I can think of 5/5

Can blue men play the whites? Oh yeah!

I'm not sure when, if ever, I last listened to this whole album, so this was a treat. Gimme Shelter is one of my favorite Stones songs, and it was awesome to hear Keith's vocals on You Got the Silver. I love the recording too--very lowkey at times (Country Honk?!--title?!).

I think the stones are overrated. This is the one album that makes them in my opinion. Good blues, great riffs, micks voice actially works here but he has a horrible voice. This album is really good from start to finish. You can feel the blues and how they copied the american music and made them their own

The best Stones album in a walk.

Absolutely magnificent collection of songs ! Some of the very best work of the Stones, in a legendary and heart-breaking context that fueled the songwriting talent of the Jagger-Richards duo.

Flawless. Threw this on the old record player for an immersive listen. Good as ever, and cohesive in a great way. Love listening to this like watching a good movie or reading a good short story. The cacophony of sound that lifts you to the fucking rafters at the end of You Can't Always Get What You want is just such a great ending.

Let's face it, we know Exile on Maine St is the most accomplished Rolling Styones record but, by god, this and Sticky Fingers are the most enjoyable to listen to.

This is the fourth or fifth Stones album I've gotten, and probably my favorite one yet. It's got a more chill vibe, kinda southern bluesy or even a little gospel or something mixed in there. Really good

Bookended by two of the best songs to begin or end any album, I have to admit it goes from four to five stars based only on those two songs (but it’s a short album, so that’s a good ratio).

Can't miss with this album!

I forgot how great the early stones were! Their blues influence really shines in this album

Between this, Sticky Fingers and Exile the Stones really hit their stride. As good as it gets. I don't know the details of any kind of rivalry or faux rivalary but the naming feels like little brother to me. If they really did feel like they were competing with the Beatles I think they make it clear during this stretch of albums they were something completely different and thank god they leaned into blues/rock and away from whatever psychedlic shit they were trying. I think I prefer the live versions on Love in Vain and Live With Me from Get Yer Ya Ya's Out, but nice to hear the studio versions.

That part in gimme shelter where the background singers voice cracks while she’s screaming MURDER! Is one of my favorite moments in any rock song, and in a way encapsulates everything I love about the stones. Just having a blast out there, letting it all hang out. Also, Mick fucked that singer. Classic Stones.

Theres a lot to love and be fascinated by Starting out with my favorites: Midnight rambler, Monkey Man (incredible), Cant always get what you want, country honk and Gimmie shelter. So many great tunes I can only strongly recommend and not overly explain how great the episodes were in the revered podcast Rock And Roll History In 500 songs were for this period of the stones (those 4 episodes dropped a few weeks ago). The stones were in a wild time in their history and were completely redefining themselves (musically and life philosophies & interests). One thing I will share is the story about the amazing singer they brought in for Gimmie Shelter, Merry Clayton. Apparently, Nitzsche phoned his friend Merry in the throws of a super late night recording session. Merry shows up and in a couple of takes lays down what would be the greatest vocal track of the stones history. Nitzsche and others pushed her to to over the top. Unfortunately, Merry miscarried her 4 month pregnancy shortly after. More details in the podcast.

Tight race between this album and Main Street for favorite Stones album. This one is so tight.

Obviously a classic and not really anything that detracts. Maybe a slightly underwhelming honky tonk woman, but if this isnt good then i dont know what is.

Tip to Tail, this one is a classic. God Bless the Rolling Stones!

Favourite tracks: gimme shelter; let it bleed; country honk; midnight rambler; you got the silver

I had heard this one before. That may play into this being the first 5 star album, but of the albums I've listened to, this is the first one that feels on a whole other level. It didn't really have any moments that stuck out as bad to me, and overall it's really consistently great. Songs like Midnight Rambler and Gimme Shelter and truly fantastic songs for the ages

Just a phenomenal album. Dated in the best possible way - takes you back to the era.

The record's gritty sound, powerful lyrics, and masterful musicianship make it one of the Stones' most enduring works. A classic for me

Quizás el mejor disco de los Rolling

Really enjoyed it <3

Finally a great album, with 2-3 great hits! Very much enjoyed

Great album with loads of amazing songs.

Previously rated: The Rolling Stones (4/5) Beggars Banquet (5/5) ****************************** Great album start to finish. Country Honk (country version of Honky Tonk Women) was a song I didn't know existed, so that was a nice surprise.

Book ending your album with Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want really isn't fair. And while those songs are great and deserve their praise, I was incredibly impressed with the rest of the albums. You could hear the blues influence on this album and it works fantasticly. This might be my favorite Stones album that we have gotten so far.

An inevitable classic - warm and gritty and cool. Probably not going to write a thing better than has been written about it but it put me right in a good mood while it was on.

Such a classic. Love the Stones and this is one of their best albums.

Closer to 4.5/5 but still basically a flawless album, though do wish they included "Honky Tonk Women"

5 stars

Always reminds me of Middle Colenso and listening to this on Mum and Dad's Cd

One of the greatest albums of all time, period. Gimme Shelter and Tou Can't Always Get What You Want are the all time classics, but there is so much more. The country version of Honkey Tonk Women plus Midnight Rambler and You Got the Silver just put this over the top. It's not just a 5, but also one of my top 50 albums of all time. Maybe it's the Stones' greatest. Prove me wrong!

A stand out masterpiece

Yes

A little-known fact is that the cake on the album cover was baked by Delia Smith, then a barely-known cookery writer on the short-lived Daily Mirror magazine who also prepared food for studio photography. Magnificent throughout, anyone who thinks this is a load of crud bookended by 2 classic tracks needs to have their head boiled.

RIP Brian

Love the stones

Probably my favorite Stones record.

Absolute Classic bookended by to absolute bangers and the stuff in the middle isn't bad either, this is probably my favourite of the Stones prime era although Sticky Fingers runs it close. Midnight Rambler is great, Monkey Mam, You Got The Silver, Love In Vain & The title track are all fantastic. You Can't Always Get What You Want is epic stones but Gimme Shelter stands head and shoulders above the rest.

Classic amazing stones, no notes

This album has their best tracks. So many hits at such an early time. Certainly foundational to rock an roll

About ad good as rock n roll can get. A

Awesome classics

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Duh

Feel like I have to give this a 5 even though I can't bear 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'

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Gimme Shelter Love in Vain Country Honk Live With Me Let It Bleed Midnight Rambler You Got the Silver Monkey Man You Can't Always Get What You Want

Cracking. Classic rock ballads mixed with a bit if country feel

My father was a Beatles fan first and a Rolling Stone fan second. It’s a close relationship (I think he loves both equally), but as a child, I was mostly most exposed to the Beatles and as such, have a preference to them. With that being said, I think this list is going to have a good chunk of Rolling Stones albums. So I’ll make up for my lack of Rolling Stones experience down the road on this journey. I will say that this album was a perfect start for me personally. The amount of blues and country influences in this album surprised me, but it helped really make this album flow. I couldn’t help but to just get lost in it, even if the lyrical content was more humbler than some other Rolling Stones songs I heard. From the jumping start of Gimme Shelter to the smooth title track to the angelic and bopping You Can’t Always Get What You Want, this was a very pleasant 42 minutes. Favorite track: You Can’t Always Get What You Want Other hits: Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, Love in Vain, Country Honk, Live With Me

To this day, it must be up there as one of the best beginning and ending to an album of all time.

I go back-and-forth between this and exile and Main Street as their best. The former is more of a complete wide record, this one is just more straight hits. I know I’ve said it about a bunch of list so far, but I think I have to land on Gimme Shelter is the greatest rock song of all time

I love this too. It may be better than exile on Main Street. I slept on the stones for too long. Another 5.

2 Stones albums in a row, lucky me. This is even better than the previous one. It starts with “Gimme Shelter” and ends with “You can’t always get what you want” which is pretty spectacular. The songs in between are all really great as well. Curious to see how the others that are in this list compare, but this set quite a high bar.

What a good album!! Its so Rolling Stoney

Seriously, how do you argue with the most rock and roll verse ever committed to vinyl: "She said my breasts they will always be open Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me And there will always be a space in my parking lot When you need a little coke and sympathy" Just fucking fantastic. Sure, you want to nitpick this album? Country Honk is an unfinished piece, obviously. Love in Vain and Live with Me can't live up to the fire that is everything from track 5 on. But goddamn. When you're starting an album with Gimme Shelter, there's bound to be a dropoff. It's a brilliant album. Don't fight it.

Stones

This is probably one of my favourite Stones albums - extremely characteristic sound, with their 'bad boy' attitude complete contrasting with The Beatles. Masterpiece

Unplugged, rolled back American blues. This album takes them right back to their roots. Not bad from the boys from Dartford. Captures the laid back American vibes with the slow harmonica on some of the tracks. I could be in some dusty old American Town because this is where the album took me. Brilliant 👍

A true classic with truly great songs

What a great listen! 5/5

Exceptional. Their best.

Despite growing up in a classic rock house and having bands like Zeppelin and The Stones be incredibly overplayed, I never really get sick of hearing these sounds. It's always welcome. It's always enjoyable. What a great record starter with "Gimme Shelter". The warbly tremolo electric guitar that drones and pushes the song along, the soulful backup vocals, the güiro, the harmonica, the vibe. "Love in Vain" is a beautiful second track and great contrast to the opener. Solid acoustic ballad that is packed with layers that keep the song fresh and elevated from a basic harmony and melody. If there was a list of the best albums that contain amazing starting and finishing tracks, this would be pretty high up on the list. The Stones have many songs that I adore, but I really love "Gimme Shelter", and "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and it's pretty special that this record starts and ends with those two. I want to give this a really high 4, but I forgot about how great "Country Honk" is as well. This has to be a 5 for my tastes. Three really timeless classic rock anthems bring it there.

These British white boys sure can play the blues!

So good. The production on the remaster of this album is perfection. All of the individual pieces come together into something so much more than the sum of its parts.

Let IT bleed ist ein hervorragendes Album von den Rolling Stones. Es ist sehr vielfältig von Blues bis bombastischen Rock und verspielter Ballade: Gimme shelter, Love in vain, midnight Rambler, you can't Always geht what you want. Das sagt schon alles. Ein Meilenstein

It happened. It finally happened. I finally got a Rolling Stones album without an offensive song in it! I didn't think it was possible! That must automatically make Let It Bleed the best Rolling Stones album I've listened to yet, right? Well, I don't want to say that it's because of that, but I think this is the Rolling Stones album I've heard so far. Let It Bleed is amazing. I've seen some people complain that it has a really good opener (Gimme Shelter) and a really good closer (You Can't Always Get What You Want) with 7 songs of filler in between. While I agree that those are the two best songs on the album, I wouldn't call the rest filler or even bad. The rest of the album is still quite good. Everything just works well in this album specifically. The sound still has elements of their early work and yet it still feels like they were doing something special here. The writing is the best it's been, at least as far as I'm aware. Mick Jagger's singing is still fun, but the addition of some extra singing in the songs I mentioned earlier as well as the song "You Got the Silver" adds some variety to the album. The pacing is practically perfect. I'm at a loss for words. I actually loved a Rolling Stones album. Sticky Fingers was really good, but I think Let It Bleed has become my new favorite (though that could just be recency bias as I haven't heard Sticky Fingers in a while). This thing is great. Light 5/5.

Classic.

Perfection!

No notes

Hot damn this was good. Love this era of the Stones.

Not a problem listening to The Stones 2 days in a row.

good

Twang filled rock n roll Highlighting each instrument With skill and good times

Any album opening with "Gimme Shelter" is an automatic 4 stars and up. Love in vain. Midnight Rambler. and You can't always get what you want bump this album up to 5 stars. I would get it in vinyl.

Maybe not the most highly regarded Stones album, this really is a fun listen. Very much continuing their return to rhythm and blues that characterized early Stones material, this album is full of surprises. Harmonica, solo violin, saxophone, bongos... there's a lot packed into this. It helps that it's bookended by two incredibly solid tracks in Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. Seriously, what a great way to start a week.

This must be the bluesiest of the Stones albums, that I'm aware of. Country Honk (aka Honky Tonk Woman) is delightfully underproduced complete with bluegrass fiddle making it feel like you've stumbled into a small town bar and caught the local band's last set before the PBR tap runs dry. I literally felt a shiver of joy hearing the opening chords of Monkey Man. You Can't Always Get What You Want is truly the cherry on top.

Live with Me. Best underrated Stones song.

inmejorable principio y final apoteósico. los Rolling a tope.

So much fun.

Arguably the best of their catalog.

Nicky Hopkins on "Monkey Man". It doesn't get any better.

Vero good

At least one of these stars is just for Gimme Shelter, but still enjoyed the whole album.

An all-timer. One of the Rolling Stones finest!

Awesome

This is more like it! I forget this album sometimes when revisiting my favorite Stones records, but it’s pretty high up there. It’s maybe to me a tad better than Beggars Banquet and not as good as Sticky Fingers or Exile. I found myself enjoying more of the songs than I thought I did, though. The classics are classic obviously but You Got the Silver and Country Honk are really good as well. Top shelf!

The best white guy blues record ever made. Fight me.

I really enjoyed this album. A lot of the other reviews say the best songs are the first and last. I disagree, I preferred all the ones in the middle; gotta love a bit of twangy 60s blues cover-age !

own

Day 267, and finally some Stones! And a really good one to start with. Listened on vinyl, and quite a crackly vinyl at that, which really helped. Gimme Shelter is, of course, a clear highlight, but really the whole thing is such a mood, and such an iconic piece of music that it feels unfair to single songs out in a way.

Best RS

Brilliant. Top 3 Stones album.

I’m not the biggest Rolling Stones fan, but this is a very fine album

Great start. Knew most of these songs already obviously since I’ve been a fan for a long time.

verryyy good i love rolling stones :)

Finally - some good music here! One great song after another. And if you ever see them, you will hear a couple from this album. Such a good band, live - even better!

classic album

Warm, robust, and charming collection of some of the best Rolling Stones recordings known to man. Including the greatest song ever written; Gimme Shelter. Production value is high, and with exceptional teachnicality. Especially the Country Honk recording which literally took place in the street. Instrumentation choice and styling remain high caliber too. Phenomenal album, anything less than 4 stars is criminal.

Really just a great album. Stones in top form.

Gimme Shelter is an all time Stones rocker. Next two tracks are very bluesy and for me the low point. Live With Me much better with groovy bass and a bit more drive to it. Nice backing piano and sax. The title track is another good one with the guitars and piano intertwining. On side two, Midnight Rambler is a 7 minute blues rock epic, You Got The Silver is shorter but in the same country vein. Monkey Man goes in a different direction with focus on vibraphone (?) and I like it a lot. You Can't Always Get What You Want is a classic closer, long but with lots going on. Played the 50th anniversary edition and it sounds like it's ready for another 50 years. Pay attention and listen in good headphones and this will reward you.

One of the best albums....ever! Every song, even the "throw aways" are so awesome.

i went through a decently big stones phase and i really like this album. it's not my favorite of the stones' 'classic period' but i think it's a really interesting showcase of their transition into roots-focused rock. of course, the two big songs on here are stone-cold classics for a reason, but i've always loved the more country stuff on here - especially 'love in vain' and 'country honk' if i have any complaint at all, it's that this crop of songs is not as strong as other albums they released in this general time period - but to say this album is not good because it's not 'sticky fingers' or 'exile' seems unfair. those albums are extraordinary in their discography, and although that technically means this album is more ordinary, i still think it's a great album.

#2 in what is arguably one of the greatest 4-album runs in music history. This is one of the greats; every song on here slaps, even the deep cuts. 5/5

Fantastic album. A couple of classics on there I recognized and the rest of the songs captured an awesome country rock/bluesy sound that I absolutely loved. Didn't know the Rolling Stones were chill like that.

Mowed the lawn with this album going. 10/10 would recommend. Not a bad song in the bunch. They mastered the classic rock and roll sound while mixing in blues and country in unique and memorable ways. Every song has a life of it's own. This is probably in my top 10 albums that I can listen to straight through.

You all suck. Unlike this album, which is amazing.

5 enough said!!

So good! Better than beef heart and crack

Gimme Shelter is a goat. Great rest of the album too.

Sublime.

You could track Gimme Shelter ten straight times and I'd give it five stars. That song still blows my mind after, who knows, 1,000 listens? Amazing. With Beggar's Banquet and, my favorite, Exhile on Mainstreet, this album makes up the Holy Trinity. It just doesn't get better.

My favourite Stones album and my favourite Beatles album in the same week. My favourite version of the stones is when they’ve got the country blues/southern rock lean to them and there’s a lot of that on this album. Even if all the middle was shit (it’s absolutely not shit) I might give it 5 stars for starting with Gimme Shelter and ending with You can’t always get what you want.

4.8 2nd favorite stones album and its a burner

Fantastic.

The Rolling Stones have somehow been labelled as "overrated" in my brain. But, every time I listed to one of their classic albums, I love every song. This album rules.

I can't not give this 5 stars. Even if I'm not the biggest Rolling Stones fan, there is no denying the monumental impact and influence this album had and still has, in certain ways, and the staying power of the songwriting. My favorite track on the album is Gimme Shelter, but there are so many other really great songs, especially some of the ones that weren't hits.

It's Rock 'n' Roll - and I like it!

Good album, got some classics.

Easily one of the Stones' best albums!

Bookended by two stone cold classics, the Stones try their hand at numerous genres and pretty much nail every one. A classic album in every essence.

This is very very good! I have sometimes complained about late 60s British blues, but this is done right! Most excellent!

Awesome album from The Rolling Stones! They totally rock me like a hurricane...wait...

If you start an album with Gimme Shelter and end with You Can't Always Get What You Want, it doesn't really matter what happens in between.

This is pretty much what I think of when I hear the words “The Rolling Stones.” Gimme Shelter is perhaps my favorite song of theirs, and You Can’t Always Get What You Want has always felt strangely soothing to me. What can I say… a total classic.

4.9

5 Stars Period...

First listen through and surprised how much I like it - not much of a Stones guy. Highlights, besides the obvious opener & closer: Country Honk, Let it Bleed, Mignight Rambler, You Got Silver, Monkey Man - seriously almost the whole album got my attention. Where's this been?!

Can't always get what you want What more does this album need, oh yeah, Gimme Shelter, Country Honk, etc.

Yes! Beautiful!

A masterful Stones album, possibly one of their very best

Iconic album. Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are all-time rock hits.

The only mistake on this album is putting Gimme Shelter first, where it immediately dwarfs everything that comes after.

doesn't matter how many times i've heard it, the into to gimme shelter gets me hooked every time. Midnight rambler is a throw away for me. Country Honk seems to intentionally sound like a B-side. Monkey Man may be my dark horse favorite on here though. Opens like a Motown funk tune and Keith adds that sleazy guitar riff that suits MIck's delivery.

The album that introduced me to Blues. A great album for a drive. The riff for Midnight Rambler always gets stuck in my head. 👍

Siempre serán recibidos estos álbumes tan grandes!

Excellent album by the Stones. One of my favorites. Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Let it Bleed. Top notch blues-y rock.

Peak Stones. They were a force of nature in the late '60s & early '70s. If you were alive when this was new, you didn't really have to buy it right away as all of the AOR stations ended up playing EVERYTHING from it on the air. Of course, "Gimme Shelter" is the huge track for me. It says something about how incredible this whole album is that they could open with this and keep the same amazing quality and momentum for the rest of it.

Loveeee

No skipper. Every song is amazing. You can tell they were really starting find their signature sound with “Let It Bleed”

best opening/closing track contender? title track is scott AF bobby keys' sax on "live with me" A+ nicky hopkins' piano barnburner throughout

For me, Beatles>Stones. The Stones only do one thing, but they are absolutely phenomenal at it. Gimme Shelter is a deserving classic that should be played at as loud a volume as possible, but so much in the middle rocks awesomely as well.

My personal favorite Rolling Stones album! I love the mixture of blues and rock & roll. Favorite songs: gimme shelter, let it bleed, you can’t always get what you want.

One of all times greatest albums. A true rock classic. Out of this world!

One of my favorites

classic

Rolling stones are a classic and this showed off some of the top songs.

This is the best Rolling Stones album I've heard. It had a lot of the hits I had heard before and the rest of the songs were still good. 5/5

Love this album!

In the top 3 Stones albums, could easily be #1. For me, this is where the band, having filtered all the American blues, R&B, country, folk, really wrote and played in their own voice across the whole record. Loved it then, love it know. Gimme Shelter, Live With Me, Midnight Rambler and the rest.

Qué absoluta maravilla. No hay una canción mala, y sigue siendo contundente como el primer día. 5/5.

The Stones at their peak. IMO.

Is "Gimme Shelter" the greatest rock song of all time? It's up there for me ... with "Smells Like Teen Spirt," "Welcome to the Jungle," and "Stairway to Heaven." I've also always wondered about this album cover too ... is it a film canister covered by a clock, a pizza, a bike tire and then a cake? More rock trivia ... Who was the stiff in the coffin in "The Big Chill" at the funeral where "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was used so deftly? If you can answer, you can have a piece of bike tire cake. But I call the piece with Keith Richards!

amazing

I already knew this was going to be a 5/5 and it delivered. Not only is this an album that's greater than the sum of its individual tracks, a perfect blend of political statements and absolute bagers. It is also an absolute nostalgia fest, grew up listening to this on vinyl. Dead cert 5/5

I just love this band

In the tumoltus and crazy rock n roll story of one of its greatest band, The Rollings Stones, this album is a turning point, in every sens of the terms. First of all in 1969 the music world was changing fast, the flower power and the summer of love are gone, the psycedelic rock turn into various music style and new form of music emmerge from the underground. In all of that turmoil, the Rolling stones were on of those band that experience lot of issus during that time, their original leader was suffering from huge drug addiction was unreliabale and was almost absent from the reccording, hey play minor instrument on 2 songs. They hired Mick Taylor as a replacent on 2 track and he will eventyually fill the gap leave by Jones. On the music side they shift from more classic rock to their root, especially their american root, with country, blues, Gospel and RnB. The album contain a few very know rolling stone track, like gimme shelter, midnight rambler and you can't alkways get what you want. And in those song and the rest of the songs you could clrealy see what music style influence them The album open with Gimmer Shelter wich is a open critic of the Vietnam war and its c onsequense, prouving that the rollings stones haven't lost their more political lyrics after the hippie period. You see the gospel influence in the verse "Its just a shot away" sing throughout the song and the backing vocals by Merry Clayton. Then Love in vain, wich is a cover by on of the grestest bluesman ever, and a defenitive influence of Keith Richards and all the Stones, Robert Johnson. The arrangement is off course very diffrent (Robert was alone with his guitar facing a wall), with Kieth using a slide guitar and the song being twice as long as the original. But the song is really beautifull and is a well done tribute to one of their idol. Country Honk is a strange song, because its a country version of Honky Tonk woman (The best Stones song ever for me). This version is less good, but its a good song for this album, but probably at the time is was a best idea to make Honky tonk woman as the main single. The next song is Live with me and its the first contribution of Mick Taylor in the band for a harder rock song, but overall its not a particularly interesting song i think. Let it Bleed gave is name to the album and is for me a very intersting song on the lyrical point, as the song contain some sexual references and a direct verse talking about cocaine. As we know especially at that time the Rolling stone we the ultimate sex drugs and rock n roll band and the song pretty much summ it up. Midnight rambler is according to Keith a "Opera Blues", the song is the story of a serial killer name the Boston Strangler. A pretty good classic blues song with spicy lyrics about a serial killer is the pinacle of a Rolling Stone song. Brian Jone play the congas on this song You got the silver is the first song featuring Keith Richard on lead vocals, and to my great surprise he has a really good voice, perfect for this country-bluesy song another i would say "pure" Stone song. Monkey man is not bad but not great, it dosen,t really stand out i think. I think the last song on this album is one of the most know and clebrate rolling stone songs, if the gospel influence wasN,t clear enough, its more than obivous her, with the intro singing magesticly by a choral. Then the accoustic part is also evenly beautifull, then the electric and the backing vocals get in and create probaly on of the best song fo all times. The song contain lyrics that were perflecty in the domain of the rollings stone like drug, revendication, politics and sex. I think this song relfect its time at perfection, the late 60's were touble time ofr the youth with all thoses issus and this somg summarize it all. This album is a all time classic, and as i said a turning point as well for rock than for the Stone themselfe, a few months after the album was relaese, they fired Brian Jones due to his drug addiction that will eventually kill him coupple week later. Then they will organise their own woodstock, Altamont, wich will be a diasater and will symoblicly kill the 60's. As the Stone enter theit golden era of the 70's wich will make some of their greatest album but also their darkest moment and this album was the first of those.

One of the best albums by the Worlds Greatest Rock Band

Great album from the Stones! Full of tunes we know and love for sure.

Awesome album. One of those front-to-back albums where there is no 'bad' track. I listened to it 3 times through.

Gimme Shelter has always been one of my favorite Stones' songs. And maybe more correctly, it's one of the great songs in rock history — so damn, it's a boot to the gut to start the album. And while the album slides just a little in places — there were moments where I tired of Jagger's delivery and vocal timbre — there are so many highlights on this album that it washes anything less than perfect off the board. The closer, for sure, (what a production on that one) and every other song I knew already are exceptional. And back to Jagger, on the whole, lyrically, this is a masterwork.

Gimme Shelter ... perhaps one of the most powerful openers of a rock and roll band. Yowsa! Hard to be certain but Let it Bleed may be my 2nd favorite Stones' album. Slide guitar on You Got the Silver with Keith's vocals (for the first time ever!) is an A-side in my book. And as cool as Gimme Shelter is as an opener, closing with You Can't Always Get What You Want sends the album into the stratosphere.

The Stones just before they went from Stardom to Superstardom- it’s good, solid rock and rock with true blues influence and the album contains some of the bands best work (almost everyone of theirs does). If you don’t like it that’s a matter of taste, but there’s no denying the greatness here.

Good rolling stones album

Easy 5 star, along with Beggars Banquet and Exile on Main Street my favourite Stones albums

One of my favorites. Title track is so good. Gimme Shelter is so good. Has piano on it. Love Charlie’s percussion on Honky Tonk, wonder what it is. Wyman’s bass on LIV was interesting. Silver and Gold is on this. Just might be my favorite Stones album. Really grooves. How did they capture this?

YEAAAAHHHHHH

Didn’t expect to be into it. Really liked it

Brilliant album.

Absolute classic. One of my favourite albums ever made…from the whoops of Gimme Shelter to the crescendo of the closing track..brilliant. Their peak in my opinion.

Best of the Stones work and such a classic. Such an epic opener too, and filled with more blues style gives it that unique feeling, and closing with another classic.

An all time classic. Any of the Mick Taylor albums are worth listening to.

Sofa king good.

Joint fave stones album 4.8

A classic for good reason. A few hits and a few B-side bangers.

Keef really slayed the boots house down on this one Mick is so babygirl.

Great album. Good mix of blues and Rock hits.

Really liked the album!! Perfect combo of old-timey rock + country + blues + jazz. Didn't know the rolling stones was ... this calm?? Loved some of the guitar in the background. Loved the guitar solos as well. Loved the jazzy piano. Loved the controlled vocals. Definitely calmer than I expected when I read the name "Let It Bleed" by "The Rolling Stones". My favorite album so far!!

Iconic. A sonic document of the times

Such an iconic album featuring many of the Stones' biggest hits

An absolute classic. Every other song is a song you know if you enjoy rock. One song I didn’t know previously was “Love in Vain” which was really good.

Rockabilly across the pond, love it.

One of the best EVER

Goat.

Great album. I nearly forgot it and I'm t hear it again.

Let It Bleed is the pinnacle of The Rolling Stones for me. If opening with “Gimme Shelter” and ending on “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” isn’t enough to prove just that, I don’t know what is.

Classic Stones album - Surprisingly Bluesy - Excellent

The Stones finally figure out American music and kill the 60s all at once. Transcendent rock record. 11/10.

Great album front to back. Nuff said.

good 5*

I love The Stones. This has a fairly heavy Blues vibe to it, which is good.

I'd say the opener and closer are about as good as The Stones get. I'm feeling generous today.

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.

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.

Fantastic album. The stones at their peak

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?

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

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.