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The two hits are great the rest sounds like a parody of actual honky tonk music.
Opening track is great, but the rest of the album slides and is nothing remarkable.
como amo este álbum
5/10 I think front-to-back this is the best Stones album I've heard so far, but I only really got into about half of it.
A bit all over the place and shit in the middle somewhat
Is it this good?? Doesn’t really do much for me. Gimme shelter is classic but I don’t see myself loving it..
Gimme Shelter is an absolute classic, but the rest of the album doesn't quite match that peak. country honk feels very off from the rest of the album, but overall it isnt a bad listen
A couple heavy hitters on the track list made for a pleasant experience. Pretty standard album from the Stones, which is good enough for a better-than-average rating.
This album probably has the greatest first and last song of any on this list. The middle is ehh, but who cares when you have "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want". An easy 4 star album for any mood you're in.
Favorite Track: Midnight Rambler Least Favorite Track: Love in Vain
fav songs: gimme shelter you got the silver you can't always get what you want blues, iconic, dusty 60/100
Iconic! Happy to listen again. Incredible Opener.
2/5 Favorite Song: You Can't Always Get What You Want
Splendide
Delia Smith baked that cake!
The Stones are my favorite of the 60s British Invasion Groups and this album has one of my favorite Stones albums, Gimme Shelter.
It's a good album all right, I don't have anything bad to say about it. Gimme Shelter is certainly a banger. The blues ballads are nicely done, even if not particulary groundbreaking. However, this list pretty much confirmed that outside of their big hits, the Rolling Stones mostly bore me. I can't really explain why - they just do. Their music often feels like something's missing, something I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it just doesn't speak to me on an emotional level ; or maybe it's their weird obssession with making American roots music, which always felt a bit forced and artificial. Not an unpleasant listen overall, but I don't see myself coming back to it. 5/10
Just for Gimme Shelter, the Stones deserved to exist. “Rape, murder, it’s just a shot away” screamed by a horrified pregnant Christian backing singer at 3 a.m. is one of the great moments in rock. The album alternates between painfully dull blues numbers like Love in Vain or Country Honk and much more inspired classics. When the Stones are on, they’re really on. By far the best Stones album we’ve had so far, and one of their best overall… but those damn blues tracks still drive me crazy.
Damn. This is a very good album. This might be their 5. Let’s see how I feel… Uh… no. No. This is a shit sandwich. Gimme Shelter- a bunch of shit - You can’t Always get what you want. The album cover even displays it. They knew. 3 Boolean: uhhhh,True?
Mi papá es fanático de los rollings, entonces este álbum es para mí como un shot de nostalgia de todas esas canciones que escuchaba en mi infancia por su influencia. No diría que es el álbum perfecto pero tiene unos temazos que me encantan.
Horny ass album. Four stars though
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.
Proper rock album with great songs. American influences to the fore - blues and country.
Not being a big Stones fan I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed this. A few of the songs in the middle fell a bit flat, but still solid listen. 4/5
I can’t lie this is definitely the best Rolling Stones album on the list - 60s rock is never my thing, it still isn’t after this album but this wasn’t a bad listen at all! Cool album cover too
This is definitely the peak of their bluesy sound, just a great and consistent sound. I'm not sure if any British band could do the American-influenced blues (country) sound as well as they can. Their single Gimme Shelter is by far the best song on the album, but the rest is a perfect listen on a road trip (I purposely listened to it on a road trip to enjoy the album at its best).
A criminally underrated and unknown band. In an alternative universe they'd be more beloved and well known than Steps. "Let it bleed" was a pleasant listen. A good mix of old rock, blues and country elements culminating in an "All American" sound. I particularly enjoyed the fiddling on "Country Honk." They're not a band I've really spent the time to listen to. I know there will be more Rolling Stones records on the list so I look forward to hearing them. 3/5
This is mostly for Gimme Shelter tbh
Overall pleasant. I don't think it's as much a shit sandwich as some say it is, it definitely has good bits in between the heavy hitter opener and closer. I say this as someone who typically prefers an earlier Stones sound, even if they're a band best listened to for their occasional hit single rather than any of their albums as an experience.
Rock. Probably the best Stones album I’ve heard. A good mix of stuff with some classics.
Kaks päris head lugu, ülejäänud pigem fillerid. Võibolla aja kohta väga head, aga praegu tundub see pigem basic ja mitte väärt albumile panemist. 3.2/5
would maybe stop if it played on radio in a car
Great
it sounded better than the other Rolling Stones albums I heard, so 2.9?
Gimme Shelter alone deserves a 5. The album is perfect for a country dive bar bust up. But a road trip will also do. Is it my favourite Rolling Stones album? Not by a mile. But their calibre is so fucking high. It’s still excellent. As someone who is quite anti country music, this is as close as I will over get, brought to you by the lads from London.
Best rock group ever. Excellent album.
All different songs. Some classic songs but didn't excite me that much.
Eu queria ser o Luccas Jagger
You Can’t always get what you want is such a damn good song. Album is a classic.
Really good stones album, the huge single stand outs that bookend of course but Let it Bleed and Love in Vain are favorites of mine
Good stuff as usual for the Stones. I liked the Robert Johnson cover especially.
I was incredibly bored by this album
All time classic rock.
Manje liči na Ocean Colour Scene pa mi se manje sviđa logično. Nisu mi ni hitovi nešto legli. A ove lošije pjesme pogotovo.
A 3.5 for me. A good album sandwiched between two stand out tracks in Gimmie Shelter and Can’t Always Get What You Want, but the middle feels loose and too honkeytonk / bluesy influences so sounds lost between the two genres.
banger
Strong album. My dad would always sing You Can't Always Get What You Want, so it gets a plus one for nostalgia.
A five star collection of Stones tracks.
This is my second Stones record in a fortnight and my fourth overall. This album was released just weeks before Altermont and it does start with the dark energy of Gimme Shelter which I don't think they felt quite so confident channeling afterwards. This is toe for toe with Sticky Fingers for my favourite Stones album but I'd probably give that one the edge as it's just a bit more consistant. Interesting side not not only did Delia Smith bake the cake on the front cover, she also played autoharp on a couple of tracks [citation required].
Commence bien, finie bien, milieu oubliable mais album sympa.
The usual story about Let It Bleed is that it marks the death of the 1960s. Altamont is days away, Nixon is in the White House, and the counterculture is beginning to discover that changing the world is considerably harder than announcing your intention to do so. There’s some truth in that, but it misses what the album is actually doing. This isn’t a record mourning a dream. It’s a record accepting reality. The Stones spend much of the album shrinking the frame. Grand theories and social movements give way to people. Hosts. Lovers. Killers. Drunks. Mourners. Miscreants. The title track offers hospitality rather than revolution. Love in Vain accepts loss rather than attempting to transcend it. Midnight Rambler acknowledges darkness without trying to explain it. The closing track quietly lowers expectations from transformation to sufficiency. A lot of 1960s music asks how we might change the world. Let It Bleed increasingly asks how we might live in it. That is a very different question. It is also a much more 1970s question. The album feels like a moment of cultural adulthood. Not cynicism, not defeat, and certainly not despair. Simply the recognition that life remains stubbornly itself. People disappoint one another. Storms arrive uninvited. Dreams incur maintenance costs. The future turns out to contain many of the same problems as the past. The Stones’ response is adaptation. What makes the record so compelling is that it never becomes a lecture. The band remain mischievous, warm, humane and occasionally ridiculous. Country Honk is a prank. Live With Me is daft and oddly endearing. Even the darker moments are animated by curiosity rather than moralising. The Stones are not interested in explaining the age. They are interested in inhabiting it. The album also marks the point where the band seem to understand themselves completely. Beggars Banquet feels like a group making sense of the decade around them. Let It Bleed feels like a group discovering the role they are about to play in the next one. Monkey Man is particularly revealing in this respect. It sounds less like a relic of the 1960s than a preview of the Stones who would dominate the early 1970s. For all the talk of apocalypse and disillusionment, the album ends somewhere unexpectedly communal. Not collectivist. Communal. People gathering together, each contributing something small. The title track offers a seat at the table. The closing track gradually accumulates voices until it becomes an ensemble piece in the truest sense. The answer to the collapse of grand narratives turns out not to be heroism or revelation, but company. In the end, Let It Bleed does not declare that the dream is over. It simply notes that adulthood has arrived and expects everybody to get on with it.
Crazy seeing reviews that there are "only" 2 good songs on here. Incredibly to write this many absolute bangers and incredible to get two of them on a single album!
Musta tää oli tosi hyvä – jopa uus lemppari Rollareilta! Oon kuunnellu paljon Rollareita teininä mut tästä tiesin vaan hitit.
Kyllähän tää tuossa taustalla meni ihan kivasti, mutta ei kyllä herättänyt oikein minkäälaisia tuntemuksia xd Hitto, oispa puolikkaat tähet :D
Avausraita ei vielä oikein säväyttänyt (tokalla kuuntelulla rokkas paljon kovemmin!), mut Love In Vain kaappas mukaansa ja olihan tää lopulta aivan kova lätty! 🤩 Hauskan voimakkaasti oli paneroitu (mitä se on oikeesti suomeksi? xD) soittimia monessa biisissä. Rehtiä rokkia 🤝 Upea toi vikan biisin kuorointro! 😍
Tbh aika mid, en tykännyt hirveesti noista western-viboista. 3 tähteä tai jopa 2,5, ei houkuttanut kuuntelemaan uudestaan 🥲
hyvväää papparokkia!! himotikissä ovat olleet, tosin en osaa sanoa miten erityinen tää levy on itsessään. kaks vikaa biisiä lempparit, monkey man nauratti ihan sikkenä
То, что нужно после тяжелого рабочего дня) Ну или в процессе)
Baladas
2026.06.02-03.
What an epic track to start off the album. Fantastic record. I’ve been meaning to listen to all of The Rolling Stone’s discography. They’ve created so many masterpieces, it’s easy to see why they’re considered amongst the greatest.
It’s ok
Old Bar/Beach Vibe. Very Vibey. Calm Album - Would Listen Again Leah - 6/7 Leprechauns Austin - 5/7 Leprechauns
Great opening song Gimme Shelter. For me, it was a really fun album to listen to while creating, cooking or just vibing with friends.
This album is pretty good, it’s a classic, with different guitar, saxophone and sometimes even banjo. However, the Rolling Stones stole a lot of their sound from Black people so for that reason, I can’t fully love this album, but it is really good.
What a soulful rock album?! I went in with no expectations and thoroughly enjoyed this one all the way through.
Another album which starts out with a banger largely outshadowing the rest of the material. Gimme Shelter is something I have known for a long time, and I had to listen it on repeat when I started listening this. The Stones do combine elements of a few genres, but the first half of the record proves underwhelming, especially given the superiority of Gimme Shelter. Then you have some nice sogs. I believe the record is likely to have influenced various bands later on. Still, here on Let It Bleed much of the stuff feels just not as capturing as some rock music you are used to. It is overall nice, but lacks something for higher rates, and I am not going to give it favors due to its age. A decent rock release, but I believe the band is likely to have better ones. My picks: Live With Me, Let It Bleed, Monkey Man (cool piano use). Gimmer Shelter is perhaps better than the rest of the album combined... but still, we have to try to rate the album as a whole.
Amazing opener, amazing closer, pretty disappointing inbetween.
Great album
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
Probably one of the better Rolling Stones albums on this list. “Gimme Shelter” is easily one of their best songs, and I’ve always loved “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Overall, it’s just a really good, fun listen.
It’s the Rolling Stones at there finest
The Rolling Stones are one of the few true passions and loves in my cultural world. When the grim reaper comes for Mick and Keith I will truly feel the loss. This passion helps set up the following statement. Let It Bleed is only my third ranked Rolling Stones album. It obviously stands quite high in my personal canon. Why not the best Stones album as many, including I think Mick, have called it? One handicap is Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out, which came out right after this record. That live album featured versions of three songs from Let It Bleed (“Love In Vain”, “Live with Me” and “Midnight Rambler”) that push each to their edge. The heartbreak of “Love in Vain”, the over the top rumbling of “Live with Me” and the threatening aspects of “Midnight Rambler” jump out. Of course, they are terrific in their studio, but they go to eleven in their Madison Square Garden performances. The first side of the album has some flaws. Both “Country Honk” and “Let It Bleed” come close to caricature. They have some interesting musical interludes, but all well below the other songs on the album. “Love In Vain” surpasses them as they capture much of the song’s anguish, however the Stones do not seem to have fully ingested the blues and turned it into their own sound at this point.
Perfect album to put on when you just want to rock out, felt constantly throughout. My Stones knowledge is not as well-versed as I wish it to be, but Let It Bleed fells like one of their most rocking albums, mainly with a lack of ballads, the most "serenading" song is "You Got The Silver" where the guitar slightly irks me and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" which has one of the best song openings that can not be done again by anyone else no matter how hard some may try. I think I prefer it to "Gimme Shelter" but perhaps that's based on mood. It's definitely one of the best closers and is especially fitting as a closer for this album, which is soaked in what some may call "drugged out affair full of violence, sex, rape, more drugs, and more violence" (thank you Reddit user for putting that into words for me." It is an album closely linked to the time it was made, but I don't find that it's stuck within that time. It is without a doubt the album that wraps up the 60s, where the hope has been drained and replaced with "the sense of palpable dread that hung over its era." (Thanks to Steven Davis and Wikipedia for that one). In many ways, it feels like the last season of Mad Men to me, even the last episode, where all that has transpired ends in California on a retreat with a phone call from Don Draper to Peggy that leaves her certain that he is going to kill himself, only for Don to return to his inhumane fashion as an (m)ad man. The length is generally perfect for me, in that 40ish minute mark, but "Midnight Rambler" runs a tad too long for me. I don't know how I feel with "Gimme Shelter" as the opener because it's so powerful, why bother with the rest, but I don't know where else I would place it. "Live With Me" is a new favorite. "Let It Bleed" hits a perfect 5-minute mile run. "You Got Silver" is eh, but only 2 minutes so who cares. "Monkey Man" oh, monkey man, oh.
Fun throw back. At times a little too country-facing, but overall good listen.
I’ve always wondered about the Beatles vs stones debate, I think the truth lies somewhere closer to the Messi vs Ronaldo debate, where the correct answer is they’re both elite and we should just be stoked for witnessing both of them. Anyway, good outing from the boys on this album, gimme shelter and You can’t always get what you want are obvious standouts. Giving 4 stars because I’m guessing Sticky Fingers and/or beggars banquet is also on this list and I need room to move
Sometimes a shot album is a better album and this is the best case. Starting off with Gimme Shelter and also having Country Honk 5 stars just for those two songs, but then you have to add in there You Can't Always Get What You Want and boy you've got quite the album there.
Glad I listened but I think Rolling stones has become one of those bands where the greatest hits and a few personal ones is the extent of the listen. Album that is good by vibes.
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.
No debe ser el mejor disco de los stones. Me gustan sólo la primera y la última. Pero contento de que salieron.
Sometimes I think there's too much blues rock in this list, but when a stone cold classic like 'Let It Bleed' comes on, I'm reminded that even music from genres we've heard a thousand times before can be marvelous and timeless.
My 74 year old mother loves the Stones, and as I approach my 50s, the thought of turning into my mother is a very real fear. I look in the mirror and see it every day. But as I stand here in my kitchen on this early Memorial Day holiday morning, scrubbing dishes and rocking out to Let It Bleed, I realize I, too, love the Stones. I love this album. Just one more step closer to becoming my mother. Like others have mentioned, quite possibly the best opener and closer in all the history of rock and roll albums. But for me, it's the meat in the middle, y'all. Good stuff indeed.
Not bad, two huge hits in Gimme Shelter and You Vant Always Get What You Want. These two are great songs. The rest are mostly just ok. 3.5.
What an incredible start, I can only imagine how it felt to listen to that for the first time. Definitely did fizzle off a bit IMO. 3.5/5
One of the best rock albums of all time. Plays like a greatest hits.
Never thought I'd like the Stones, but this is actually a good album. I appreciate the bluesy feel, although it is a bit too bluesy for my taste. They could have benefitted from a better singer, but all in all it's quite enjoyable.
Gorgeous, flowing, innovative
Some standout tracks on a bluesy-soaked album. I gave it two bank holiday listens. Why hasn't You Can't Always Get What You Want become a football anthem in the vein of Hey Jude?
A perfect accompaniment to some exercise
Ashamed to say this is the first time I've listened to this album. And I struggle with some of the more bluegrass-leaning tracks. But fuck me that opening riff to Gimme Shelter is worth 5* all by itself. 5*
C'est très sympa à écouter
It's in the Pantheon. It makes me wonder why this works for me though when other English knock offs of blues and country music bugs me so much?
Not only a great composition (if some questionable songs therein), but my favorite Stones sound.
This album has some of, if not THE, best opening and closing tracks in any musical album. Gimme Shelter is a very bleak anti-war song that delivers so much emotional energy at the height of the Vietnam War's unpopularity, and it's a shame that corporate pop culture has put in so much work to de-fang it. But I think my favorite track of the album may be Monkey Man. It's a self-aware ballad on the band's own reputation and the criticisms from the media towards them at the time, as they got a lot of bad press for being anti-establishment and raunchy.
Besides the opener & the closer, this is no good. Minus one star for harmonica solo FOR SURE
I have no connection with The Rolling Stones other than them being overused in movies and trailers. This album didn’t change any of the totally neutral feeling I have towards them.
no es su mejor disco. tiene temas meh y temas buenos. creo que es bastante mid (por ahi es que estoy teniendo un dia de re mierda)
Never heard country honk, only honky tonk woman - like the reimagining, bass on live with me is awesome, love the guitar tone on Monkey Man and throughout rest of album
Nothing screams “movie made by a white boomer” like Gimme Shelter. This album covers a lot of ground in a short amount of time. Mick Jagger is not a favourite singer, but these songs still sound pretty damn good
I still remember when I found out The Rolling Stones were British. What do you mean?! I cried. They make American music! They make the most American music possible! I cried again. It was horrible. It was like finding out about Andre Agassi’s wig all over again.
That album is so fantastically bookended with Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. Fantastic rock album.
Another album I didn't recognize the song names, but did when I heard them.
Rollarit ny on Rollarit 🤷🏻♀️
It’s alright.
So, so good.
I don’t get the Stones appeal… it’s just drunk British guys trying to play the blues. Gimme Shelter is a banger though
Monkey man and you can’t always get what you want , ja takk
8.5/10
Pretty nice; Gimme Shelter and Can't Always Get What You Want are great opening and ending tracks, legendary; the rest isn't bad, a little standard wrt the 60s rebel energy. 4/5.
it was decent. might have to listen again. Midnight Rambler was pretty good. 4/5
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
Great rock album full of big hits but the lesser known songs also shine. Only thing I’m not really keen on is Mick’s vocals but still a cracking album
An absolute banger of an album by the Stones. Their particular honky tonk southern rock style is so unique for a British rock group. The best songs from this record you’ve heard a million times. For good reason. The tracks outside of those are kinda hit or miss. All in all, it’s a great album with some of the most iconic rock songs you’ve ever heard.
Not their best of their finest era, and probably the lowest, but the Stones were on an absolute tear from about '66 to '72 and this still hits damn well. Bookended by two massive hits, this was more the stones trying to expand what they'd done on Beggars Banquet into where they'd go in the 70s. There's a little lack of energy as they try to comb through things but the high points are really high, giving what's to come.
Tämä on jo kasarilta löytynyt omasta levyhyllystä ja tulee aina silloin tällöin kuunneltua. Tää on mun Rollari-levyjen top10:ssä. Hyviä biisejä ja soittoa.
Amazing album, very classic and powerful
My favorite Stones album.
Two legendary tracks bookending mediocre blues mush
It’s alright
When I saw them live, Mick Jagger put on an amazing performance for an extended edition of Midnight Rambler. It really made me appreciate the song more. He was going all into it
True rock and roll. Great album cover.
This is one of the four-album period of the Stones that I enjoy. Enjoy the acoustic and more country-tinged to the bluesier numbers, but I’d rate this right down the middle for my enjoyment. I’m super taken with how great the recording sounds on the Remastered version I listened to. I like it and appreciate it but probably won’t listen to it much. Sticky Fingers and Exile are my preference.
Obvious classic here.
My Fifth Stones album and the first one to get the full five stars. This was a brilliant album. Where the others I’ve had have taken time to get into, this had me hooked from start to finish. Top Track - Gimmie Shelter
Not my cuppa tea at first. Knew and liked the hits from childhood. Didn't finish and switched to Paul Simon's Hearts and Bones. Came back, enjoyed title track, Midnight Rambler, and of course You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Starts with an all-time legend song in “Gimme Shelter”, then - with that out of the way - rolls into a muddy, rambling county-blues that sounds like a lot of drugs. Which isn’t bad! The Stones are doing very much their own thing here. “Country Honk” would evolve into the much tighter “Honky-Tonk Women”. The title track is a little gem. Still, “Midnight Rambler” and “You Can’t Always…” are never my favorites. The children’s chorus on “You…” really grates on me. Really hit-or-miss here, but the Stones receive a little more grace for trying some things. They don’t give a fuck what I think anyway.
I always found them derivative, oooh country rock!, but some great songs and jams
4 out of 5. For the Rolling Stones this is a solid album.
la primera y la última son de 10, simplemente como empieza ya ha merecido todo la pena, muy country para mi gusto y me ha costado un poco peero nada nada mal, son icónicos
Listening session: may 11th, while shopping Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: som parts of this album are iconic, but other than that this is not something I would listen to again. Not the best Rolling Stones album Favourite tracks: Gimme Shelter & You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Gimme Shelter - 3/5 Love In Vain - 3/5 Country Honk - 3.5/5 Live With Me - 3.5/5 Let It Bleed - 4/5 Midnight Rambler - 3/5 You Got The Silver - 3/5 Monkey Man - 3.5/5 You Can't Always Get What You Want - 3/5
I wasn't expecting as much of a folk vibe from this album given what I've heard from The Rolling Stones, but I'm here for it.
Never got into this. You Can't Always Get What You Want is a great song, but other than that, nothing was that good. Still solid album overall, because The Rolling Stones are a good band. Can't ever be too bad.
they said you can't always get what you want, but i did
Exactly what I've come to expect of the Stones... a couple of killer singles floating in a vat of greasy filler...
This album is proving me right about those Rolling Stones. A couple of good hits, the rest meh
Pretty amazing how far this group came in just a handful of years (but eight albums in that same time period!).
2 hit songs to start and end the album, but a bunch of mediocrity sandwiched in between
Couple good songs but nothing amazing
Going into this one, I think I only know the song "Gimme Shelter" which is an absolute classic. Past that, I am just not a huge fan of Mick Jagger's vocals, the songs that rely on his singing too heavily generally fall flat for me. The songs that rely heavier on instrumentation however are much better, fun, upbeat, enjoyable. Overall, a classic album for a reason, great representation of the Stones, probably will be in the rotation in the future.
this is exactly what i expected the rolling stones to sound like and also not at all
It's true, you can't always get what you want. Except when it's a timeless classic rock album, because Let It Bleed is exactly that.
The album peaks at 'Gimme Shelter', then it has a bunch of nonsense before it gets to another decent song 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'
Highlights: Gimme Shelter, Live With Me, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. 4.7
No me gusto mucho porque no es mi estilo
Ehkä jopa se oma kaikkein eniten suosikein Rollarilevy ja ehdottomasti Rollareiden paras biisi Gimme Shelter
Aika mitäänsanomatonta meininkiä. Ajotuksellisesti onnistunut poppoo, ei tää myis nykybändinä ees tavastiaa täyteen. Vilpittömyydestä xtra piste
No olipahan löysää munaa.
Varmaan aika monta rolleria tässä viel on tiedossa jos tää nyt ol kolmas mitä päästiin kuuleen. Se pekkarin patukka (joka on tätä edeltävä levy) ol kyl hyvä, mut tää ol varmaan viel vähän parempi. Ei silti parane mennä yli nelkun kun en oo saanut tätä kräkättyä kunnolla.
Joo, ehdottomasti paremman puoleinen rollarikokemus. Pari isompaa hittiä ja sitten vielä ihan hauska versio Honky Tonk Womenista. Gimme Shelter saattaa olla jopa rollareiden top3-biisejä, joskin siitä on siltikin aina enemmän iskenyt vielä se hemmetin tiukka Hellacoptersin cover. Itseasiassa Patti Smithilläkin on siitä hemmetin hyvä cover.
Two of their best songs with a bunch of filler sandwiched in between. Was not familiar with Country Honk so that was kind of interesting to hear. Idk why, but the Stones appeal to me less as I get older. Not a bad album, just not one I'd lean on when I'm in the mood for them.
a few great tracks. I love the stones but don't love their albums as a whole
five stars for gimme shelter and ycagwyw alone
A decent Album for them.
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.
Please let this album bleed, let it bleed out and die. This is my second full Rolling Stone’s album. I was expecting something different than the hot pile of shit that is Exile On Main Street, but I guess Jagger and the boys like to keep things consistent. Most of the time it seems like they aren’t even trying to write good songs or perform them well. I guess they were so famous at this point that they knew their audience would buy whatever sloppy collection of bullshit songs they released. Damn Rolling Stones, put down the needle and listen to the Beatles.
Not my cup of tea.
Maybe basic but this is prob the Stones album I’ve liked the most so far. Still not really a fan, gotta say
opening - best song ever middle - worst songs of all time closing - okay-est song ever
Gimme Shelter and You Cant Always Get What You Want are the stars here and they do a good amount of heavy lifting. The rest is pretty bog-standard blues inspired Stones stuff, Let It Bleed making me laugh about a guy talking about doing coke and getting stabbed in a filthy basement with a jaunty melody is pretty good.
Well we all need, someone we can cream on Another mixed bag from the Stones. Gimme Shelter, Let it Bleed are terrific and the album closer You Can’t Always Get What You Want was a transcendent experience listened to on a sunny day mountain drive with the windows down, but the rest of the album is so weird and forgettable. Just poorly executed country songs and weird Americana and also the awful blues. Hopefully this is the last of the Stones because I can honestly say this list has completely tarnished their reputation for me
Made me feel like I was in a montage in a really cool movie. More piano than I expected. Fun, perfect length, no filler. I enjoyed
Monkey Man, Bob Dylan, Harmonica, Zeppelin
8/10
More drunken white-boy-blues ramblings bookended by two bona fide classics.
Leadoff and nine hole definitely carry the lineup. Still, the stones make rock and roll. Kind of wild how Brit’s can sound country like that. Not their best, but gimme shelter and you can’t always get what you want are heavy enough to make it a classic album.
While this is so clearly inspired by the old rhythm and blues from the American south, it never sounds like a copy. The music composition and production quality are truly stellar. Insanely influential. Very impressive.
9.0/10 Such a great album... Gimme Shelter is one of the best opening songs ever. I love their blues style on many of these tunes.
A lot more folksy than I’m used to for them.
Midnight Rambler though… album felt like required reading for music lovers
Not my favorite Stones album, but a good one. 3.5 rounded up
Great
reicht mit den ganzen country schiene albums. erster und die letzter song sind stark zwischendrin nicht meins, wobei ich den dritt und zweitletzten okay fand.
Not really my cup of tea, it was fine
A couple certified bangers but not my favorite as an album
Second time listening to this record. I think this is the era of their music that I enjoy the most. The exploration of the the blues, country, and Americana is fantastic. Obviously the opening and closing tracks are fantastic, but there is so much more to dig into here. I’m feeling a 5 on this one.
Phenomenal classic
apenas en esta escucha me enteré que charlie watts no toca la batería en you can't always get what you want y ahí entendí el verdadero significado de la canción
The Rolling Stones are easily in my top 5 favorite bands of all time, maybe even in my top 3. And because they have such a history, it’s hard to just write about Let It Bleed. This is the last album on which founding member Brian Jones played, and he only played congas and the autoharp. It’s the first album on which new lead guitarist Mick Taylor plays on a Stones album. For my money, Taylor is the best lead guitarist the band has had, and I love Ronnie Wood. Everybody knows I love Woodie. This is the second album in which the Stones morphed into what they would become for most of the rest of their career, a blues-based rock band. The band had been dabbling in psychedelic pop for a couple of albums, probably spurred on by competition with the Beatles' psychedelic experimentation. However, the Beatles did it better, and the Stones weren’t the Beatles. So, Let It Bleed, along with the previous album Beggar’s Banquet, would begin a stretch of the band going back to their roots, blues and rock and roll. With Let It Bleed, the Stones would also add elements of gospel music and country music to their blues. Of the nine songs on Let It Bleed, six were either singles or album tracks played on classic rock radio or were live staples. If you want to stop here, just know I think this is a must-listen album and you should immediately listen to it around five times in a row. Track 1 is Gimme Shelter. Holy Lord, this song is great. I didn’t really like it as a kid. I think because it’s a dark, serious song about war and crime and how it’s all just a “shot away” from being on top of you. The Vietnam War was one of the inspirations for the song. The thing that makes this song a masterpiece and not just great is the backing vocals of Merry Clayton. She sings her arse off on this song. There’s a point where she’s singing so hard, and with such passion, her voice cracks. It sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it. Unfortunately for Clayton, she was pregnant at the time of recording this song and suffered a miscarriage the next day. That casts a dark cloud over an already dark song. Keith Richards played all guitars on this track, and they sound amazing. For all the jokes Richards receives, the man’s a genius and plays the guitar like it’s a piece of him. Track 2 is Love In Vain and it’s a cover of a Robert Johnson song. You know, Johnson is the blues player who went down to the crossroads and sold his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. The Stones play this song as more of a country blues song, rather than straight blues. Richards plays a slide guitar that pushes this song over the top. Oooh, I forgot there’s a mandolin solo by Ry Cooder on this song. This song really isn’t too far removed from Bluegrass. Track 3 is Country Honk, and it’s basically a more country, acoustic version of Honky Tonk Women. This is the only song on the album where there isn’t an electric guitar played. The song is all acoustic guitars and a fiddle. This album is such a departure from what many people think of the Stones if they only know the hits. The Stones could do anything, including writing good country songs, though I’m talking good country songs from the 50s and earlier. Track 4 is Live With Me, and this is the first real rock song on the album. Mick Jagger is singing with a snarl on his face. Along with Country Honk, this is one of the two songs Taylor played on for this album. Oh snap! Bobby Keys is on the sax and burning up a solo. To me, there is no better rock and roll saxophonist than Keys. He lived hard and played hard. Also playing on this song are Nicky Hopkins and Leon Russell, both on piano. Just a very good, underplayed song. Track 5 is the title track, Let It Bleed. Jagger is singing with some sort of Southern affectation to his voice. The song is about being able to rely on someone through any ups or downs in life. There’s unconditional love and support. You can even bleed on me, and I’ll be there for you. Ian Stewart is playing the piano on this song, and it's the MVP. The playing isn’t too flashy, but it stands out and keeps things moving right along. Richards plays all the guitars on this song: acoustic, electric, and slide. His slide guitar work is underrated, at least by me. There is a problematic lyric near the end. I wonder if it's censored when played on the radio? You can search for yourself. Track 6 is Midnight Rambler and I hated the live version of this song off one of their greatest hits type albums I bought. I thought it was too long. However, the studio version is a bit better. The song is based on the Boston Strangler. Richards has referred to this song as a “blues opera.” “I'm a-talkin' 'bout the midnight rambler Everybody got to go Well I'm a-talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler The one you never seen before I'm sighin' down the wind so sadly A-listen and you'll hear me moan Well I'm a talkin' 'bout the midnight gambler And everybody got to go” Jagger plays the hell out of a harmonica on this song. Also, Jones plays the congas on this song. The song kind of speeds up, only to slow way down to a quiet blues stomp. Then it slowly speeds up and gets back into the original groove. It’s still my least favorite song on the album, but I enjoy it more now than as a kid. Track 7 is You Got the Silver and it's written and sung by Richards. One of the few songs on which Richards sings lead vocals. He doesn’t have a good voice, but it's a distinct one. Jagger also doesn’t have a great technical voice, but you know it when you hear it. Supposedly, the song was written about his then-girlfriend, and future ex-wife, Anita Pallenberg. It seems she was the muse for quite a few Stones songs. I love this song, not only because it’s Keef singing, but for a true man’s man, it’s nice to see his vulnerable side and hear him open up. “You got my heart, you got my soul You got the silver, you got the gold You got the diamonds from the mine Well, that's all right, it'll buy some time.” Track 8 is Monkey Man, and it’s one of my favorite Stones songs. It opens with a piano, vibraphone, and guitar. It sounds like it’s a James Bond song. It’s so mysterious and beautiful. Then Richards comes in with a great guitar riff, and we’re off to the races. The vibraphone is played by bassist Bill Wyman, and it adds a certain something to the song. I had no idea it was even being played until I spoke to my good friend Wikipedia. The song is satirical and plays up on the band’s reputation of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The song also hits back at some of these rumors. “I'm a fleabit peanut monkey And all my friends are junkies That's not really true.” All his friends are junkies? Not true. Though Richards was, if not very close to being, a heroin junkie. Jagger is just looking for a monkey woman to share his life with in the end. Love, love, love this song. Track 9 is a song you’ve probably heard somewhere, and it’s You Can’t Always Get What You Want. It’s a beautiful song featuring a choir and a French horn played by Al Kooper. The song also has a very gospel music-like piano pounding in your right ear, also played by Kooper. There is at least one music critic who believes this song was the Stones' answer to the Beatles’ Hey Jude. This song is definitely an outlier on an album full of blues, country, and rock. It's a beautiful way to end the album. This album is an all-timer and a must-listen. There are songs on here in my personal list of favorite songs. Again, if you’ve never heard this album, familiarize yourself now, then listen to Beggars Banquet, then Sticky Fingers, then Exile on Main St. I know all of those albums will be on the 1,001 must-listen list. At least they would be in mine.
So that was actually quite good. Forty-two minutes flew by. Finally, the generator gave me a really good Rolling Stones album, after having previously endured their debut and ‘Aftermath’. I’m finally starting to understand why people think the Stones are great.
Full of core Stones material it sounds like the expectation of a Stones record, even with tracks like Country Honk. The session players fill it out and take it up a notch. With Mick Taylor and Ry Cooder adding serious quality. The classic blues tracks keep the connection to the roots but they are more developed. Then stone classics. Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Cam’t Always Get..
Good album, "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are amazing.
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.
Very good
A new horizon for me, it’s an interesting sound that i havent interacted with before, some songs are not for me, but some songs i will go back to, a little slow for my liking, but brilliant nonetheless
Sehr interessant Rock eher aber nicht ganz mein Geschmack
It was okay, nothing really blew my mind, some good tracks, others not so much, not really for me.
Aburridooo me voy
This album is a bit of a mess, half country influenced songs, a blues jam, and a couple of rockers bookended by two absolute classics. This highs are extremely high but lacks cohesion. 3.5🎂
Incredible bookends on an album!!
Gimme shelter by itself is a masterpiece, the woman’s vocals give me goosebumps but then adding tracks like live with me, let it bleed and monkey man deserve a 5 and the iconic closing track is an extremely large cherry on the top.
there are some weak tracks, but the stones are legit
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.
I'm usually pretty psyched when Rolling Stones pop up here. Prior to 1001, I'd heard plenty of Stones stuff, but never really sat down to work through an album front to back. This is one of the bands that I'm happy to be involved in this project for. 8/10
only one good song ngl
Good album overall, punchy beats with good lyrics to sing along to, strongly reccomend
Not a big Stones fan but this album does have some of my favourite tracks of theirs on it - kicking straight off with Gimme Shelter which is one of them (although my intro to it was originally through The Sisters and Mercy and The Mission cover versions). Overall a good listen, but not enough to convert me. Pretty much what I would expect from the Stones.
Really good! Not listened to it before. Half the tracks are really well known of course but thoroughly enjoyed the rest of it too.
I don't think I'm ever going to be a massive fan of the Stones but I can understand what people see in them.
Good album and few songs I liked.
This album is bookended by two monster hits in Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. In between are a combo of blues and folk, with a remake of Honky Tonk Women in Country Tonk. Helps establish the legacy of the Stones as the bad boys of British rock, and features legendary riffs from Keith Richards.
i liked you can't alwaays get what you want
Another overrated 60's -70's band. While its not a bad album, it is just gimme shelter + bunch of fillers. And even that song is massively overrated lmao.
Perhaps this caught me in a good mood cuz it currently sounds to me like Miley Cyrus sounds to divorced moms in their late 40’s. Only a couple songs I didn’t particularly like. Favourites: “Gimme Shelter”, “Live with me” and “ You can’t always get what you want”.
Amazing opening track. Incredible closing track. A bunch of "eh?" in the middle. Didn't hate it, but didn't wow me to the core either. Have never liked Jagger's exaggerated vocals on slower songs such as "Love In Vain" which was notably tough to get through. Dead middle of the pack.
ᥫ᭡.ִֶָ𓂃 fav song prolly either 'love in vain' or 'you cant always get what you want' (country honks honestly goated as well) loved its length and rawness and simplicity album cover kinda giving modern art abstract banana on a wall iykyk all in all 9/10 would defo listen again 'short, simple and sweet'
Really great. I totally get what everyone has been on about
Opens with of my favourite tracks by the Rolling Stones, "Gimme Shelter", and closes with another great song, "You Can't Always Get What You Want". The third track, "Country Honk" is a country version of "Honky Tonk Women", and is supposedly the original concept for "Honky Tonk Women", but I prefer the Rock version. Album also includes "Midnight Rambler", which I liked, but apart from these tracks the rest of the album is just OK.
01) Gimme Shelter - 10,0 02) Love in Vain - 9,0 03) Country Honk - 10,0 04) Live with Me - 8,0 05) Let It Bleed - 8,0 06) Midnight Rambler - 7,5 07) You Got the Silver - 8,0 08) Monkey Man - 9,5 09) You Can't Always Get What You Want - 10,0 TOTAL: 8,89 (89/100)
Nope. Not for me. Amazing book end songs, not a fun album listening experience.
Good album.
Very good album. Many classic songs on there, and some I either didn't know or hadn't heard in a very long time. Sustained my attention until almost the end. Stones are a classic!
The first one is sooo great !! Gimme shelter!! Don't really like the other, country vibe
wow woow woooww
One thing about this record is that it feels totally mental that it was recorded in 1969. Sure, it's the modern archetype of bluesy stadium rock and roll, but their are qualities to the sound that listening to other music from the same era, you might be forgiven for assuming they struggled to achieve at the time. Which I guess tells you that even then, much of the "this was recorded on a potato and thats why it sounds so good" was an aesthetic choice / excuse. The other thing about this record, obviously, is that it is by The freaking Rolling Stones. It'd be pretty damn hard not to enjoy it. Plus it takes two of the best songs ever recorded, which I do not say lightly, and bookends the whole thing with them. Starting with Gimme Shelter (wow, obviously) and ending with You Can't Always Get What You Want. They're both masterstrokes of adding the right voices and textures to numbers that were already incredible. They didn't just rock out on Gimme Shelter, they pulled a backing singer from her bed and got her to lay down one of the most iconic vocal takes ever in her pyjamas and rollers. Tragically Merry Clayton was also pregnant when she performed this and miscarried when she returned home, which she attributed to the vocal strain of the performance. A devastating faustian exchange that leaves a pit in my stomach, responsible for one of the most electrifying performances of the century, as my mother would say - it doesn't bare thinking about. You Can't Always Get What You Want, on the the other hand, utilised a choice of freaking angels (presumably). It's a song where it feels like it always existed, because how could it not have? You can't always get what you want, and how else could humanity have expressed that clearly without this song? I won't go into too much detail, but Hank Moody in Californication being blown by a nun in a confession booth as this track made my soul ache, in a good way. It also bookends the main story of that show at the end of season 4, and by GOD it got me there too. It's the central premise of the show, and if it's not too trite (I already know I'll regret writing this), maybe it's the closest the west has come to a cohesive philosophy in the last 50 years. The rest of the album is also presumably amazing, but it's just not in quite the same way. There's vulnerable stripped back numbers, there are jam tracks, there are great vibes, there's even another absolutely iconic number sandwiched right in the middle in Let It Bleed. But honestly they're just dwarfed by the first and last tracks. So in spite of that it's a 5 star album, because you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need.
70
Couple of good songs
looks like gateau, tastes like pancakes
Decent album
Just amazing. A brilliant band at their peak. Always a treat to listen to.
Rock and roll
An all time favourite
One of the best if not the best album by the great Rock’n’Roll bands of all time.
Enjoyed but not my faves. Liked Monkey Man and the ones I knew.
Great vibes
At some point, the Stones became too polished for me. That's why I once bought a compilation with the early songs. Wonderful, even though this is perfectly fine.
Liked it a looooot❤️
Another absolute all time cover, and another album that made me go "Yessssss" when it came up. This is a close second to Exile in my personal Stones power ranking, and the four-album run with this, Exile, Beggars' Banquet, and Sticky Fingers is probably the best by anyone, ever. When I had most recently put this album on maybe two weeks ago or so, my wife commented on how odd it is that the Stones do all this countrified, bluesy music, and I suppose that's true to an extent. I think, though, that unlike a lot of the other bands of their era that play on Black American music, the Stones aren't merely derivative. Their admiration for their influences (your Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters) feels genuine in a way that it doesn't from, say, Zeppelin or Clapton. This album contains multitudes. It's fun, it occasionally rocks out, and it's a joy to listen to throughout. The weakest tracks ("Live With Me" "You Got the Silver") are still very, very good. "Gimme Shelter" might feel kind of tired, but it's an absolutely transcendent rock song. "Monkey Man", the title track, "Midnight Rambler" - all fun as hell. And cliched though it is, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a bop. I'm speaking in general hyperbole here, hard to do anything else for an album like this one.
Big hair, tight pants. There’s a few pretty good tracks on here but it ultimately feels like young white guys being cool- lacks the deep soul and heartache of TRUE rock and roll. That being said it smells like a turning point of a musical evolution- on the cusp of a new wave.
visai fun albukas. im a monkey baby.
This is a tough one. Gimme Shelter kicks in, and you're ready to ride a helicopter over Vietnam. It hits so hard. The middle, however, is rough. The Stones deep cuts are nowhere near the level of their contemporaries: Bealtes, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin. We pick up a little steam with the title track of Let It Bleed. We lose the steam right away on the next two tracks. But you get to the end. Monkey Man kicks in. It's solid. Then, you get to the last track Can't Always Get What You Want, and it almost wipes the hard drive. It's so good that you forget the duds in the middle. Realistically, this is a 3. But I cannot give an album with two tracks that are realistically top 100 all time a 3. So, 4/5.
first time listening to this one straight through. I was familiar with "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" -- beyond that there wasn't much else on here that I thought was all that great. "Midnight Rambler" is fun and has its moments of trickery that grabbed my attention. mostly it sounded like The Rolling Stones doing their own take of genres and approaches to songcraft that other people were doing/had done better already. is that what all the "classic" Stones albums are like? guess I'm gonna find out.
Great bookends on this album, obviously. But again, the middle disappoints. Not bad, just kinda there. There were a couple minutes of Midnight Rambler when the groove sets in that I sat up for. I like the general vibe of You Got the Silver, and Monkey Man is real good.
Excellent album from the Stones, just hitting their stride. A career highlight and definitely a desert island disc for me. 5
Gimme shelter and Monkey man are incredible but the deep cuts on this are so disappointing. Also as a side note adding a children’s choir to a rock song will always make it infinitely worse, I’m looking at you You can’t always get what you want. See also: War is over and Schools out.
peak stones
Great Stones album, great beginning and end songs for the album. Vintage rock and roll, my favorite song off this album is always gonna be Gimme Shelter.
nice
3.5/5. Raising to 4.
I figured we’d run into these guys eventually Gimme Shelter’s a great opener, great instrumentation with some dark and haunting lyrics. You Can’t Always Get What You Want is an even better finisher; I really do think it’s one of the best songs of all time, the way it builds give me goosebumps. I do generally like bluesy music, and although I don’t think it hits as hard as the more established artists at the time, it’s pretty decent (which is good since it’s vast majority of the album). The title track is also pretty catchy, definitely my favorite outside of the aforementioned big tracks. I don’t think Mick Jagger’s a great singer; you get used to it after a while but you can’t help but think how all that talent would sound with a different frontman. Sorta mentioned this before, but I do think there’s just a bit of a disconnect between the bands sound and the genre they’re trying to perform, but that’s not the end of the world as long as the music sounds good. This is my first time listening to a Stones album, so hadn’t really listened to most of their catalogue. I’ll say their good songs can stand up to pretty much any other artist’s hits in history, but the rest ain’t all that great. Would be hard pressed to give this one less than a 4 for the highs though
Classic little guy; know all the songs. Don't really like Mick Jagger's voice that much but too many bangers to complain all that much.
This is an album I've owned for years. Listened to it dozens of times, but this time I turned a critical ear to it. And was STILL blown away. Recorded in 1969, this album is an excellent and outstanding window into the times it was borne of. Gimme Shelter a fantastic song, and absolutely perfect Opening Track for this album. The backup vocals by Merry Clayton still can send a chill. Against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the tumult of the end of the sixties, this is a stunner. But it doesn't stop there. Robert Johnson's Love In Vain appears here, played with the reverence it deserved. Country Honk one of my all-time faves, Live With Me solid, and Let It Bleed unique and soulful. And that's just side one! Midnight Rambler kicks off side 2, strong and full of dark imagery. Nothing like a song about a murderer to get your feet moving! You Got The Silver sung by Keith Richards, Monkey Man good. Album ends with You Can't Always Get What You Want, creative anthem considered I've of their best. This album comes in the midst of a string of great albums by the Stones. Heroin fueled creativity from 1968 to 1973, makes me wonder if Nancy Reagan knew what she was talking about. Solid top to bottom.
I like the train song, I thought it was pretty cool. I don't really know how I feel about this album, but I do like the sound of it. Overall, this album is just a vibe to listen to, but I'm not sure if I would listen to it again.
It is yet another embarrassing thing to admit but I have never heard a Rolling Stones album in full until this very point. I have heard many of their songs before and would consider myself a fan of some extent but once again I didn't know what to expect when going through 40+ minutes of their music. Thankfully I feel Let It Bleed was probably the best place I could have started when it came to their music. Let It Bleed is a feel good album. It may not be this big loud Rock album a lot of people would expect from the stones, but it is a more calm and laid back Blues Rock album that shows some of the finer details of the band's chemistry as well as their writing skills in a much brighter way than usual. Overall, it’s a really solid album, the only thing holding it back is my spite for dad.
It's got Gimme Shelter – nuff said – though the rest of it is listenable too. In fact, I daresay the rest of it is excellent. Clayton's contributions to Gimme Shelter – first in the choruses, then in that stunning, earth-shattering display in the middle section – turn the song from fantastic to legendary. Wacky filter put onto the harmonica solo, giving it a kind of otherworldly feel that wouldn't be out of place on Led Zeppelin's When The Levee Breaks. (Which was, of course, released two years after Let It Bleed. The Stones pushed more boundaries than people give them credit for.) We move into the slow, proudly bluesy Love In Vain, which features a strong bassline, some weirdly spacious guitars, and a strong vocal. Country Honk follows. Because the single-version Honky Tonk Women exists, Country Honk comes across as a cheap knock-off, but I can't hate it. It's messy, warm, heartfelt. The album picks up the energy again with Live With Me, a song that, despite having an incredibly forgettable hook, is so rich with atmosphere and jammy goodness that you're smiling the whole time. Even as the next track starts playing and you've forgotten everything about the previous song. Let It Bleed and Midnight Rambler continue to lift the album to new heights.This is certainly the "groove" album of the Stones' discography. You don't feel the length of either of these tracks at all. The chorus of Let It Bleed manages to be comforting, rousing, and catchy all at once. Midnight Rambler switches tempo several times, ranging from danceable to frenetic to whatever the heck that slow second half with abrupt loud hits is supposed to be. As we approach the end of the record, You Got The Silver offers us a final taste of standard old-fashioned country rock before we get to the cream of the crop. Monkey Man. Dang, that riff. Distorted and clean, smooth and discordant. The vocals are cool here, but you could remove them and still have one of the finest songs the Stones ever released. The final song, You Can't Always Get What You Want, famously uses that choir as an intro to something indescribably uplifting. Despite the song title, the message really is just as heartwarming, comforting, motivational as the overall sound. Is this better than Sticky Fingers or Exile? Maybe. The three are extremely close. 5/5 Key tracks: Gimme Shelter, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want
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.
As much as I'll say they're never as good as the Beatles, this album is perfect
>>>>>>>>the Beatles
It's only a tiny exaggeration to say that after I heard this for the first time, the world looked different. It's not even my favorite Stones album, but c'mon, there just aren't a lot of songs anywhere that are better than Gimme Shelter.
Gimme Shelter is an all time great. Country Honk is not a great cover of Honky Tonk Woman. You Can't Always Ge What You Want - I understand the iconic status of the song, but can't say it's a favorite.
Med.
"Gimme Shelter" is the best Stones song, so it's impossible for the rest of the album to match that. That does indeed to prove to be the case, but there's still enough good stuff here to carry the album, notably the closing track. I think this may be my favourite Stones album, which is surprising, because I'd always had Beggar's Banquet higher up, but I guess not.
nice bass on 'live with me'
Classic
Great record. Preferred the last stones one I heard, but again, awesome experimentation here
I love some of The Rolling Stones songs. Like really love. I liked some of these songs in this album however, its not my thing. Classic and Iconic for sure but I'm not really the person who listens to this type of rock.
Boasting one of the best pairings of album opener and closer in music history, this one is practically guaranteed a high rating. Unfortunately, there’s just too much country tonk inbetween
Best Track - "Gimme Shelter"
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.
1st song pretty good, i like the girl vocals. 2nd song is ok, abit slow tho live w me - cool sax let it bleed - not rly a fan of how they kinda speak the lyrics instead of sing them midnight rambler - interesting. i do like harmonicas. oo it sped up now n stopped swingin, cool u cant always get what u want - i recognise this melody?? i think they sang this on glee didnt notice the album was over.. anyway pretty ok, wouldnt b mad if sum1 played it but wouldnt choose it myself
Excelente álbum, una joyita. De lo mejor de los rolling stones.
hmmm todas as músicas parecem as mesmas mas não é ruim pra ficar ouvindo de fundo enquanto faz alguma coisa
Album bueno, con mezclas de distintos generos 8/10
mick jagger voice is way too ingrained in my brain via my dad playing stones all the time when i was growing up. these songs are fine but every bluesy jammy type track has been done better IMO!! the closer is nice tho
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.
Hard listen
Only because the hits otherwise eh
Good stones album
when mick jagger said "we all need someone we can cream on" i really felt that
There's a point in the bridge of "Gimmie Shelter" where Merry Clayton is absolutely cooking and her voice cracks and you hear Mick let out a "whoo" in the background like you know he's just locked in to the intensity. One of the great moments in rock history... Seriously, listen to it isolated (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChONufP0FEs). The rest is still high quality, but doesnt meet that absolute high, and I say this with the timeless "You Can't Always Get What You Want" being on this album too.
what an opening; 4 stars
Rv
Alright rock album not much to say
Very nice towards the end. Not really a fan of the beginning. Personally, im into harder music.
Some of it feels improvised, but they are enjoying it and so am I.
I love the combination of different sounds. And I’ve never listened to the Rolling Stones before so it was cool
not bad but not really my thing
Not bad songs per say but a bit too long and I’m not a big country/acoustic guy
I definitely dont like The Rolling Stones
Great album some favs ..and it’s the stones. Stones all the way
Never been a fan of mick but the tunes are tolerable
One of my favourite albums!
Groovy, dude. To say this album is a two-hit wonder is a little harsh. Listen to those riffs and piano. Solid record!
I’ve always liked this album, but the Stones are all about rocking. What I mean is they’re not really about songwriting, musicianship, interesting harmonies, challenging structures or any number of other elements. It either rocks or doesn’t. I thought this was my favourite, but it doesn’t rock all the way through. It doesn’t bother me that English guys are trying to play country, they play blues after all, but I don’t think it’s a genre they do very well. Keith Richards was trying to emulate Gram Parsons, who was himself a poser. The Stones are best when they sustain a slightly menacing rock vibe for the entire song. This album mostly does that, but not completely.
It's OK
Haven’t been a big stones fan but maybe they come together on this one. While this was the end of the hippie movement it is a great record. Keeps me interested and doesn’t meander into boring blues like prior records did for me.
la verdad que hubieron canciones que no me terminaron de convencer por la vibra media vieja con esos ritmos medios countries que en lo personal no me gusta, pero a su vez tiene temas muy modernos que están completamente geniales, para mi este album es medio una ambiguedad, por eso 3 estrellas
Starting with Gimme Shelter isn't too shabby. Love In Vain seems a nice departure from the usual Stones fare, with some lovely mandolin, and then I was totally surprised by Country Honk. Never heard this version before, it's got a nice Flying Burrito Bros vibe to it. The title track is a bit icky, but think they just about keep it in the right place. Midnight Rambler has been played to death by cover bands, but the original remains a bit weird and sinister, in a good way. Monkey Man is quite an odd one, but pretty interesting. Finishing with You Can't Always Get What You Want means it leaves on a great high. Slightly flawed, but highly enjoyable.
I know this album’s a classic but the only song I cared about was “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” 🫣😅
not my style
The highs are very high. And the lows are pretty good too. I added “Love in Vain” to my Generator playlist.
Enjoyable to listen to.
Surprisingly good for an album entirely in spanish
god
Probably the best Stones album. The bookends here are the main selling points, but everything between them is quality material. Love the range of influences at play here. Had to write an essay in high school about You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Very important song for the understanding of AP Microeconomics.
Topp þrjú Stones plata sem meira að segja syngjandi Keith nær ekki að draga niður. Hér er varla feilnóta slegin og allt skemmtilegt.