Reviews (page 5 of 15)
My third Stones album here. Not quite as exhilarating as Sticky Fingers or Exile (both of which followed this), but still solid. There are no surprises here, but I’m not sure I’m a fan of the bluesier approach on this album. You Can’t Always Get What You Want is kinda monumental though. Even still, a solid 3.
gimme shelter - 8/10 love in vain - 9/10 country honk - 7/10 live with me - 8/10 let it bleed - 9/10 midnight rambler - 9/10 you got the silver - 9/10 monkey man - 7/10 you can always get what you want - 8/1”
Solid
The album starts with a pretty strong song, and then devolves into less interesting music. It's fine and listenable, but not amazing.
I like it. The music is very good and very heartfelt. I have a hard time with lyrics (in general) but it's good even not understanding a bit. More than 4 less than 5
Pre Muscle Shoals but you can tell they are on their way to southern Alabama...
Classic stones, no notes
Great
Honestly I fuck with this heavily like 8/10 minimal Like very 60s and ooooo how I love that This is honestly so gas I lowkey love this
Before Listening : It’s time for some old school rock. I of course have heard of The Rolling Stones, but Ive never sat down and listened to one of their albums. Let’s see if I like them. After Listening : That was pretty alright! Some songs definitely better than others. “Live With Me” might be my favorite. Yea I don’t really have much to add. Way better than the last album thats for sure.
One of the greatest moments in back up singer history occurred because Mick and Keith decided that they needed a woman to sing the chorus at midnight.
Another classic
Let me get one thing out of the way: I never cared much for The Rolling Stones. I like individual songs but theyre really not an album band to me. This is also kinda the case for this. I love Gimme Shelter and YCAGWYW, but everything in between is mostly just ok. Some decent blues, some decent rock, neither side is super standout.
8/10
Stones emerging as the tour de force of bluesy rock and roll, with classic opening and closing tracks
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones is one of my favourite albums, full stop. It’s one of the records that properly locked them in as one of my favourite bands, so I went into this listen knowing it was going to be a good one. And it really is that good. Let It Bleed is an easy five-star album. Everything clicks: the mood, the songs, the sequencing. The cover is iconic, and Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want alone would justify the album’s reputation. The whole thing sounds like the soundtrack to half of Martin Scorsese’s films — gritty, swaggering, dark, and brilliant. Favourite track: There are too many to choose from. Gimme Shelter is one of the most iconic songs of all time. Midnight Rambler is phenomenal, and you’ve also got stone-cold classics like Let It Bleed and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. It’s ridiculous how strong this album is. Least favourite track: Honestly, none. Every track earns its place — even the slightly cheesy Country Honk. Album artwork: An all-time classic. Instantly recognisable and perfectly suited to the music. This is the Stones at their absolute peak. An album I’ll never get bored of.
I like the Stones, but somehow I expected a little bit more from this album. Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are amazing tracks, but the others don't really stand out to me THAT much. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the album. 7.5 / 10
Great stuff but there’s better stones material
distorted rough mix mandolin? harmonica “live with me” slaps groovy guitar lines flute great drums great vocals on “midnight rambler” great reverb awesome crescendo killer piano interesting bells on “monkey man” interesting horns on final track great choir on final track 4/5
god i love this album. banger after banger.
perfect album. the funky country stones are the best stones.
Solid album
The hits are great, but some low end filler too.
While not the best of the classic heavy blues rock run, still a solid album driven by solid singles
I don't like The Rolling Stones, but this is pretty good for a Rolling Stones album.
I already knew I liked them, but still a fun album. On the more folky side of their stuff (twangy guitar, harmonica, etc), fun
I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It’s fun rock, and there are a few very folksy songs. Overall a great bop. Mom will be very happy
There's two famous songs on here but everything in between them falls flat on its face.
Nice to listen to, but more filler songs than bangers imo.
It's a 3.5
A contender with Beggars Banquet for the best Stones album. Still hard to love as sandwiched between arguably their best song (Gimme Shelter) and one of their most gloriously over the top (You Can't Always Get... is a random assortment (AGAIN) of songs ripping off everything American. Still, most of it was pretty good.
More stones. Great start, great finish... At least hits wise. The rest was interesting. Some cool grooves, some lovely guitar licks. Mick's voice is weird, it sounded like he was doing impressions of other singers at points. Hearing country tonk made me just want to listen to honky tonk women. I could imagine on repeat listens I'd appreciate the musicianship more, as it is I'm not sure it held my attention quite enough.
A good album bookended with two great tracks in "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want." "Country Honk" is also a fun version of a very good Stones song. I don't know why, but I'm always surprised by how bluesy and honky-tonk their music is, but it's a pleasant surprise each time. 4/5
Meh
A couple of hits and a couple of songs I do not care about. It's alright, but that's about it.
I do like Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want, but other than Monkey Man I really thought the other tracks were weak and forgettable. 2.5 -> 2/5
It’s the Stones. It’s a 50/40 album for me. Some great tunes, some not so much.
Not my favorite Stones album but still pretty great. I like the dabble into country and the fact that it's a bit gritty.
First time ever listening to the album, enjoyable.
Oddly enough, I own a physical copy of this album. Never been a big Stones guy, but I got this one as a free hand me down from my mother-in-law. It’s an enjoyable listen that always makes me want a slice of cake. 3.5⭐️
First and last track are still bangers, but nothing really grabbed me in between.
Great album, I love rock n roll
Oh so the Rolling Stonws are actually good. Who knew? I dig the strong blues influences, the guitar riffs are sick, and Midnight Rambler is a killer track
You already know im not the biggest fan of rock n roll
Also eine Mundharmonika Stücke fand ich irgendwie nicht gut Während der aber nicht gemischter Monkey. Man and you always. Get What You Want gewesen, hätte ich sogar nur zwei Sterne vergeben. Aber das sind schon echt gute Musikstücke
So boring, sorry. I’ll never get the hype around The Rolling Stones. I’m not a fan. Never have been. I wasn’t even aware of the hits on this album. I’m Eastern European, though, so I have the right to not know British shit. I’m actually glad this is the first time I’ve heard it, because it also means it’s going to be the fucking last.
This album has my favorite RS song ("Can't Always Get...") and arguably their best song ("Gimme Shelter") which includes one of the most incredible vocal performances of all time with the middle-of-the-night vocals from Merry Clayton. That song kinda creeps me out though.
enjoyed this much more than I expected tbh. 4!
Є золоті хіти, але мені цей кантрі інф'юз у Ролінгів ніколи особливо не подобався.
Це, мабуть, один з моїх двох улюблених альбомів стоунз (інший - exile on main street), а gimme shelter так точно їхня улюблена пісня, ідеальний еквівалент страху та тривоги від навколишніх подій. І зараз ця пісня не менш, а може й навіть більш актуальна ніж тоді.
I listened to half of the album
In 2005, I saw a Stones cover band in college and they said that, “back in the day, you were either a Beatles fan or a Stones fan.” As someone who has always prided themselves on a lover of music in general, I called this crazy. However, try as I might, I have never been able to find myself as enthusiastic about Mick, Keith, and the Boyz as I wish I did the Fab 4. When I woke up this morning to find Let It Bleed as my assignment for the day, I was excited to challenge my bias. The record starts off like a rocket with Gimme Shelter, an objectively phenomenal track full of passion and purpose. Unfortunately, after that, it kinds of slogs through song after song that I can only describe as …fine… With lyrics ranging from the overly lascivious to forgettable and dull. The album ends on another classic You Can’t Always Get What You Want which cannot be denied for its impressive arrangement. While it’s technically impressive and nice to listen to, I can’t help but think that this record benefits from first impressions and recency bias. Not much else to share. It’s safe to say that I am whelmed.
Um bom álbum.
6.78
Great at the start and end, but if a lull in the middle. Don’t really care for stones albums, singles are usually top quality
Groovy, heavy sax, favorite is midnight rambler, 7.2/10
After going through all the Stones albums on this list I have realised that for me the Rolling Stones is more of a singles band than an albums band. Gimme Shelter is by far my favourite song of theirs. Country Tonk is a worse version than Honky Tonk Woman. You Can’t Always Get What You Want is also excellent. The rest on this album are ok. In saying that this is the Stones album I’ve enjoyed the most on the list other than Exile. I’ll be sticking to their 40 Licks compilation for regular rotation.
Lil bluesy bluesy, I enjoyed a couple songs
Album legal,gostei bastante de algumas músicas como a primeira,a live white me,e a última,algumas músicas parecem muito com aquelas músicas de filme americano antigo que bota no fundo de alguma cena,geralmente de viagem ou de passagem de tempo,com uma gaita bem forte ,não sei se sou muito fã desse tipo de música kkkk,mas e um álbum bom,daira um 7/10
Love in vain was my favorite- added it to my drinking beer playlist. 5/10 I could tell it was good (obviously) but it didn’t capture my attention
6/10 The Rolling Stones are a band that I’ve tried to get into a whole bunch of times in the past. I really enjoy blues and the development of 60s and 70s Brit rock, which should make them right up my alley. Unfortunately, they kind of manage to straddle both worlds without ever landing on completely sure footing in either. When they get things right, they can be an incredibly compelling listen, but they can often be an inconsistent band that makes me, as an album listener, unable to completely get on board with their work. This album is another mixed bag of an album from the Stones. Not just from a quality point of view, but stylistically too. None of the first four tracks seems to actually have much of a common thread to them and, after throwing out an all-time classic as the opener, they really struggle to follow it up. There’s so much vibe, an edge of psychedelia and some excellent musicianship across the board in Gimme shelter, but when they drop back to a more traditional Blues and then Country sound for the following tracks, it just doesn’t feel as engaging or convincing as that opener. They do build a little into the second half of the album, but it’s still a fairly disjointed experience and they still don’t feel like they’ve completely decided what they want to be as a band. There are moments of quality scattered across the rest of the tracks, but there was nothing vastly memorable aside from the brilliant bookends of the opener and closer. You Can’t Always Get What You Want is another that uses that Blues base but adds that rocky, psychedelic edge to elevate it and bring it towards the Rolling Stones sound that I’m really looking for from their work. It’s a brilliant way to close the record, but unfortunately what lies between those two magnificent tracks is just too uneven and variable to keep me hooked. Gimme Shelter - An absolute classic to kick us off. Everything about this is great, it’s so atmospheric and vibey, the rhythm has such a great groove to it and the guitar oozes quality. Merry Clayton’s vocal is brilliant and steals the spotlight from Jagger, although they do compliment each other really well. The chorus is such a great hook too. This is a fine example of dragging the most out of what is a fairly routine chord structure and backbeat that just plugs away for the whole tune. They do so much with the work that sits above it, combined with the superb vibe, that it never gets boring. Love In Vain - This crashes down quite significantly from the high of Gimme Shelter. It’s pretty plodding, Jagger’s vocal is quite whiney and it feels super sparse by comparison. There's actually some nice playing on there, particularly from the guitar, but it's just another Stones blues cover that doesn’t particularly do anything to stand out or make it unique. I think it suffers due to its placement on the record, but I’d rather listen to Robert Johnson do it to be honest. Country Honk - A country version of Honky Tonk Women that sounds thin and poorly recorded. It kind of sounds like a barn dance singalong, rather than a rock band. It’s not a terrible song, but it’s not a great version. Meh. Live With Me - This is a bit better, although it’s another that feels stylistically very different. It’s got a decent pace to it and some great playing, particularly from the piano and sax. There’s a decent driving groove behind this and it’s got a good dose of swagger and feel to it, and it definitely got me tapping my toe. It’s this kind of thing that works really well as a solid album track. There’s nothing overly hooky about it, but it has a decent vibe and enough grit and drive to engage the ear. Let It Bleed - It feels like we’re getting back into the swing of things now. This has that laid back cool but with enough drive in there to keep things moving along nicely. The chorus is really good here in particular, but it’s all good really. The band sounds like they're having great fun and every member gets to show their stuff. There’s a load of little riffs, licks and solos in there that add depth and flavour to the track. Midnight Rambler - Back to something more basic and bluesy. The groove is decent enough, but it doesn’t really offer anything vastly interesting in terms of development or variety for the first couple of minutes. They do change the tempo and emphasis about half way through, which is a welcome change, before it then drifts away to almost nothing. What follows is just a bit disjointed. There’s probably something in there, but it all feels a bit too dragged out and there’s nothing that particularly grabbed hold of me. You Got The Silver - I quite like the vibe of this one. It’s smooth, and the interwoven guitar and organ lines are really nice. Jagger’s vocal delivery works really well here too. This feels like one of those tracks where all of the band get to have their moment of fun and focus. Everything dances around everything else really nicely and the general feel is really good. Monkey Man - There’s a nice bouncing groove to this, particularly from the main guitar riff. It’s another where they’ve got the vibe right. It doesn’t necessarily bring a vast amount of range or variation to things, but it’s carried enough on that vibe that it doesn’t matter too much. The piano and guitar playing are great, although Jagger’s vocal gets a bit distracting later on. Not the most memorable of tracks, but not bad either. You Can't Always Get What You Want - Another classic to close things. It’s a really slow build, but that gives great impact when the beat does kick in. It’s got a great syncopated feel between the guitars and drums which gives it a solid, toe tapping groove. The main vocal hook is great and the build from the verse to chorus is really nice. There’s some beautiful playing on this track from the whole band, but guitar and organ stand out for me. Jagger’s swagger here is brilliant too. The bookends of this album are just so good that they elevate the rest of the album. What a great way to close.
3 great songs. Very Americana
the stones are the most overrated band of all time
Goats. Hvordan kan de have så mange hits som første sang på et album. Det er alt for fedt. Massere af folk, blues og gospel involverer i dette album, så det berører mange genre synes jeg. Det gør det også meget bredt så når der kommer nogle sange følelses det som om de falder lidt fladt af en eller anden årsag, fordi der enten er så mange certified bangers eller unik lyd. Synes sgu det er rigtig godt
Love In Vain really sounds bluesy, but it's like they're aping American music, not innovating or building on it. I see I called the album The Rolling Stones "a pale imitation of the American music which inspired it, washed-out and flavourless". I wouldn't go as far as flavourless here, but I don't know why I would listen to Country Honk on this album, with its faux-Southern accents and fiddle, when I could listen to an authentic version of the same style. Did the Stones do anything other than cultural appropriation of US culture? The last track was the answer to this: Yes, You Can't Always Get What You Want starts with a women's choir, so that's interesting, unusual, even original. Unfortunately it immediately devolved into basic rock and roll.
i liked the first track ”Gimme Shelter” quite a lot because of the intro with the humming/woo and the guitar part. Overall, I had a great time listening to the whole album. It was a surprise that some of the songs i already has in my playlist were in this album!
Not a big fan but this had some decent tracks
Ok so it makes me feel like uncultured swine to say....I didn't like anything about this album. Even You Can't Always Get What You Want I think was only enjoyable because of it's presence in mainstream culture. Everything else just fell so flat. It feels absolutely ensane to even think to dislike this album because it is THE ROLLING STONES - there's a freaking magazine named after them - but I just had a hard time appreciating their work. Again, uncultured, I get it and no one is more disappointed in me than me.
One of the greatest albums by one of the greatest bands of all time. And on many days this is my favorite Stones album.
Sometimes a band or an album can really surprise you. The opening track is so potent. Many of the rest of the tracks seem to indicate that the stones were most definitely playing black mans music, sometimes quite well. I'd always kinda dismissed the stones, but sometimes you get reminded of what you've missed out on! while some of the tracks are really not up my street, the fact that they're real musicians and it's guitar+bass+drums+vocals combination that I tend to fall back to has made me listen to most of this all the way through
Tre gode sanger: gimme shelter, live with me og monkey man. Resten Rolling Stones som spiller hvit blues
Monkey man Need a monkey woman Midnight Rambler Let it bleed
6/10 really did enjoy it liked it alot :)
Easy listen! Standout songs to me were Live With Me, Gimme Shelter and Midnight Rambler. 6/10
Favorite Tracks: Love in Vain / Country Honk / Let It Bleed / Monkey Man / You Can't Always Get What You Want Rating: 3.9 Listened to the (50th Anniversary Edition/Remastered 2019) version. The Stones take on a bunch of different rock/blues genres, and more or less succeed. An enjoyable listen, although the opener and closer are really stand out tracks.
great stuff
no
Nice album, but not exactly my kind of music to listen to. I wasn't really interested until the last 4 songs. Still a decent album though. Songs I like: Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want.
3.5
Solid from start to finish
It was good, though twangier than I was expecting. A few better standouts (Gimme Shelter, Let it Bleed, Monkey Man, You Can’t Always Get What You Want) but largely just plain good.
I'm hoping this is 1001's version of eating your veggies because at this point I've seen just about every Stones album show up in my assignments this early in the project, and here's the thing...they just aren't for me. They never have been. As far as Let it Bleed, it's 2 of their best hits bookending a lot of mediocre blues and country filler in the middle. It's all just fine, but I'm begging the algorithm, please, no more Rolling Stones!!
I appreciate some of the Rolling Stones' best-known songs, but I've never been a fan. I tried to approach this album with fresh ears: it seemed moderately stylistically coherent, but unconvincing, the vocals annoying, I fidgeted as it trundled along in background. I concluded it is seven fillers, bookended by two iconic songs. Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are imperfect but interesting songs, worthy of many a listen - without them, the album would be a 1, with them I'll say (having come back to recalibrate) it's Mix of Good and Bad, 5/10 = 3 stars.
It’s not my usual style but it was still good. I’ve heard a few songs from this album before but haven’t listened to the whole thing. I would rate it probably. 6/10
Start and finish tracks are obvious classics. Middle is ok, a bit Dylan-esque (which isn't a good thing), but more enjoyable than anything Dylan has ever put out. Solid middle of the road 3 of 5.
As someone who has had potentially embarrassingly little exposure to their music, Gimme Shelter was incredible and made me wonder what I had missed. And then the rest of the album was completely different.
Woo this has got some big ones on it. Gimme shelter ft Merry Clayton has to be one of the best songs of all time. I was blown away by love in vain as well and went straight to listen to the Robert Johnson version after i was done with this album. Love midnight rambler too, and of course the finish on can't always get what you want. What a banger.
i heard this in full a looooong time ago, but my memory is foggy. i'll listen again for rating purposes Gimmie Shelter - 5/5 Love in Vain - 4/5 Country Honk - 3/5 Live With Me - 4/5 Let It Bleed - 4/5 Midnight Rambler - 3/5 You Got the Silver - 4/5 Monkey Man - 5/5 You Can't Always Get What You Want - 5/5 Average score: 4.1/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Really strong songs with not great filler
put it on shuffle; live with me: 7/10 You Got The Silver: 8/10 midnight rambler: 6/10 let it bleed: 8/10 love in vain: 9/10 you can't always get what you want: 9/10 monkey man: 6/10 gimme shelter: 7/10 country honk: 8/10
It surprised me with the country and theatrics. Midnight Rambler felt like Dr. Frank-N-Furter would sing it. Easy listening.
+ fajny cowboys vibe + wprowadza w trans + fajne wokale + znowu freaky momentami + jak soundtrack do filmu + dobór instrumentów - monotonne i nudne - przewidywalne - melodie bardzo podobne (brak zmian w melodyce) - fajne, ale niezapadające w pamięć - nic mnie nie poruszyło
i was surprised by the groove and bass lines of this record. my parents never put me on the rolling stones so i am discovering them later by myself, and i am witnessing the genius behind this album
Finally, a Stones album that isn’t about how terrible women are!
Solid listen. Sounds like a lot of good 60s rock but with some twang
Never been a Stones guy, for the most part. This album has heavy blues with a couple of decent Stones classics. I was actually glad this one came along because several of the past few selections were trash. Still, Mick's voice doesn't do it for me....
Previous review: really good album! love monkey man, and gimme shelter. Makes me want to watch Vietnam footage I like this album better than sticky fingers or beggars banquet.
4.56/5 Stars Top Songs: Gimme Shelter, Monkey Man, Live With ME
I've found that with these old ass bands there's typically a good reason you've heard the songs you've heard and not heard their other stuff. The bookends of this album are solid but the middle is so forgettable
Same as everyone else, two stone cold classics and then a lot of competent honky tonk and blues that deserve points for being in a clear coherent theme, and all very listenable, but not enough to make the album as a whole of 5
Jeazus it opens with Gimme Shelter? Fucking hell. I was thinking about how this must have blown away stones fans when this came out, but it appears that Beggars Banquet (with Sympathy for the Devil) came out the year before, so this would sound like a continuation. But still, what a choon. And ends with You Can't Always Get What You Want, which still sounds freaking great. Both amazing. But, too many of the in-between tracks are too much like white brits discovering blues, which ain't my bag. Still, I was amazingly surprized by Country Honk, which is a country(ish) version of Honkey Tonk Woman, which apparently was released separately as a single. Paused the album to listen to the single and ya know what? The country version is better to my ears. Dig the fiddle work. Look ma, I'm learning things. Also Monkey Man, which Nick Cave could have written years later. Similar sounding chord progressions with some poetic raving over top. I'm thinking that I prefer the rock tracks on this album. Like. Also in listening to this it's cool to hear how the bands I grew up on borrowed heavily on this concoction. I'm thinking mostly Primal Scream's more rockin tracks, and even a bit of Spiritualized (cuz white brits doing blues). I think I'll eventually get this on vinyl, given that it'll sound great on the Belles.
I like rock, I like blues, I like raw minimalism, and I hate the Rolling Stones. Gimme Shelter was shit, and every time something worthwhile is nearly achieved, they manage to ruin it in one way or another.
Rock like this is so groovy and catchy I really enjoyed it. The guitars are showy and vocals are pretty good. Great album.
Never really got the stones, after two listens of this still don't. Needs to either be more bluesy or heavier. Around a high 6 to 7
Great album! Has one of my favorite songs by the stones in gimme shelter!
5/10
Amazing!
I enjoyed listening to this album
Fun! Not revolutionary except for the Main One, kinda honky tonky
Awesome
2.4/5 Some ok songs but nothing amazing.
Goodi vibes
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Let it A, Let it B, Let it C
One or two good songs but it's not really iconic enough to be listed on this platform
Listened to a million times.. great .. overplayed for me.
Inte riktigt min stil, känns äldre och lite långsamt. Sista låten You can't always get what you want den som sticker ut
I like the variety this album offers but it felt a little all over the place. I do not care for their attempt at the blues, it does nothing for me and does not hit like other blues artists/albums. I also can’t stand the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” due to my mother rage baiting/singing it to us as kids when we wanted something (and obviously couldn’t have it). Favourite song was Gimme Shelter. There really is only one good song (gimme shelter) everything else was just alright, kind of blended into the background
This is the second crown of the 4 albums that have changed the mood of music starting in 1967-68. They gave up on psychedelia and went back to their roots. The Stones got back to being in control and showing the world that musically they are and always will be the kings. It has such deep , edgy, music that it makes your skin crawl. It also kicks you in the head and makes you get up and shake you booty. Out of the 4 albums that are considered some of their best I believe this is the best.
Great bluesy sound. Maybe their best?
Solid album - I've said before that "Gimme Shelter" is one of the best songs ever made, especially with the story behind singer Merry Clayton coming in to sing her part in the middle of the night, pregnant, in her PJs and hair curlers.
Brauch ich nicht hören. Ich liebe diese Platte. Ich kenn mich mit dem Werk der Stones nicht sonderlich gut aus, aber diese Platte ist ganz was besonderes für mich. Ist auch vor Print it black und satisfacrion etc. Love in Vain ist Liebe pur. Und alle anderen Lieder auch. Auch wenn es Cover sind. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere, sind das alles Cover Songs. War damals normal im London der 60er dass ein Haufen weiße Kids, alte Blues Sachen gecovert haben. Brauch ich nicht hören. Aber ich mach sie erstmal an. Mal wieder. Herz.
classic
Fun. Country tonk honking good time.
*1969. *Starts with Gimme Shelter and ends with Can't Always Get What You Want.... hard to argue with that. *Enjoyed this one. RATING - 7.5/10
It's not that meaningful for me, it didn't really get my attention only liked 2 songs out of the album.
I am not sure I’ve ever consciously or intentionally listened to The Rolling Stones, but it is just… quality
Gimme Shelter: Such a good opener to album. The little ooohs at the beginning are so good with the buildup. End of world anthem. Please remind to check out work/ music that has Merry Clayton on it 🤓 Her voice and Mick’s go so well together. It’s just a shoot away is something I will probably remember the most out of this song. Love in vain: I’m sorry but being a fan of Robert Johnson 😔, I was okay with this reinterpretation. I like the instrumental and how I can imagine going to a bar with a buddy after this situation happening. Going into detail, with a hint of regret and sadness. Country Honk: I like the fiddle 🤓👍 Live with me: The late 60s and early 70s were a different time buddy. What an odd way of asking your girlfriend to come live with you. Bobby keys on the sax and Keith Richards on the bass🙀 I like the mention of Crazy Horse, I didn’t know it started in the 50s. I like the lyric: they got earphone heads. But I’m not an hippie hater. Overall a well composed song, a problematic fav I suppose. Let it bleed : I really like the drums and bass towards the bridge to the end. Midnight Rambler: A harmonica solo! 🤯The tempo change and drums change. I really enjoy the storytelling in the lyrics. Probably my fav song so far.
Better than expected!
Another solid rock album. They influenced a lot of what came after, so don't want to diminish any of that, but for me it's always been The Beatles over the Stones
Got a handful of stone cold classics, hits the bluesy-country vibes it's going for (but sometimes seems like it's making a little fun, as in the title track)
Maybe this was amazing at the time but feels routine now. Very good but nothing special.
Some standout songs especially give me shelter. Quite a country vibe and overall a v pleasant listen. I do think Rolling stones were overshadowed by some contemporaries, but enjoyed it
I’ve never really listened to the Rolling Stones and honestly didn’t expect them to be so folky/bluesy/country as this. I have no doubt that I’d see a lot more range if I listened to their whole repertoire but this didn’t really grab me. Gimme Shelter was a banger to start but it kind of lost me after that. Would have liked more of that energy to continue.
A great album of mostly vibey blues music, bookended with two of the greatest Stones songs ever recorded. It would be hard for me to give an album that knocks things out of the park with Gimme Shelter so completely less than 4, but I kinda feel like I needed more than vibes in the middle to give this a full 5. It's a 4.5/5 for sure.
Album #2 so far from the Rolling Stones (we already heard Sticky Fingers)…how many more will there be? Well, this is one of their best. This one includes “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, “Gimme Shelter”, “Honky Tonk Woman’’s precursor, and the title track. This is the first time I’ve heard the entire record, and I’m realizing that there’s a lot of blues and country influence on this album. 4.5 out of 5.
Rolling Stones #2. No surprise there, we're definitely due given the 50 Beatleses we started with. The cover is nice, crisp and unique. Shoutout to them for actually having a "the" in their name. Somehow I missed that Puddle of Mudd covered 'Gimme Shelter'! That song sure is in a lot of media. 'Country Honk' would be a good name for a duck. Highlights: 'You Got the Silver', 'You Can't Always Get What You Want'
Det var ret fedt, måske ikke mega meget min smag, men jeg fucker stadig med det.
Outstanding. One of my all-time faves.
Veel duidelijke instrumenten, love dat! Tekst is mwhua. Goede gitaarrifjes. De blazers zijn ook erg nice! En love voor ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’, dat koor blijft fantastisch! Betoverend zelfs
Cool album and i liked the monkey song
Fascinating & a bop. Can’t stay still while listening to it, and I really love the vocals!!!!!
What in the country folk
This project is making me like the Stones which is honestly pissing me off
GIMME SHELTER chunky guitar tone - so yum! really cool vocal harmonies in the chorus, - sounds like octaves but not sure, its really powerful solid bass, keeps it all chugging along guitar solo - i cant tell if its lead + rhythm playing together at the start, but sick solo, i love the repetition of musical ideas really interesting lyricism and concept LOVE IN VAIN omg the slides and arpeggiated acoustic make me want to cry so emotional love the 6/8 omg hard hitting drum beats with the country-esque guitar bends is SICKK is it a banjo solo? cant tell, the tone sounds very banjo but it could just be high up on the frets nice bass - i love the way its constantly leading into the next lyrics or musical idea COUNTRY HONK raw sound with the fiddle and distant vocals it literally sounds like its been recorded from a bar i love it im getting really massive country influences from this album - should have guessed from the dong titles omg sounds like theyre using acoustic (possibly upright) bass! yipeeeee i love some fun fiddle - really cool solo, but theres like stretched out notes - maybe theres more than 1 LIVE WITH ME holy shit that bass tone is sexy guitar is leaving nice space, but still cool lyricism is obvious but still nuanced i love the keys in the background - reaalllyyy bluesy i hear some horns as well love the growls omg oh yes sax solo eats - soooooo chunky quite a raw sound aswell but in saying that it doesnt become any less tight LET IT BLEED hello woah ok tremolo this feels really classic stones but almost more bluesy and jazzy im lowkey giving up on details and im just going to give an overall review - 7.5/10
A classic album which is often discussed when contemplating the greatest of all time. It was in the middle of arguably one of the greatest runs of albums ever...
I liked it!
The Stones are great.
Strong start, strong finish. Strange sort of honky tonk in between.
Midnight Rambler aside, the only thing I'm letting (unfortunately) bleed is my ears. 1/5
10
A few good songs. Kinda ass
banger
There is an Ick Factor to the Stones that is particularly pronounced on this album, classic as it may be. Just when you think there may be a noble sentiment it turns gross. Basically it seems like Mick Jagger & Co. enjoyed using women, and they have trouble rising above the most sensual and selfish desires. Sometimes it’s overt and sometimes it’s just barely hidden, but it’s always just a kiss away. Practiced at the art of deception indeed.
The Rolling Stones have nothing to prove to me. They have produced some great music in their day. When they are on, they are on. And like most of their other albums, they usually create solid single tracks with some fairly forgettable tracks. For me, Gimme Shelter and Monkey Man make the album. I will give honorable mention to You Can’t Always Get What You Want, but even that track has worn out to me over the years. And it didn’t rebound to me listening to the album straight through.
One of the key albums from the Stones. These guys were on fire back in late 60s and early 70s. I am not a honkey tonkey fan but songs like Gimme Shelter and You can’t always get what you want blow my mind every time I listen to them. 4.5/5
Love the album cover, Country and rock mixture Ranked in terms of fav to least song Midnight rambler You can’t always get you want Monkey man You got the silver Let it bleed Live with me Love in vain(Bob Dylan vibes) Gimme shelter Country honk
Pretty good: but not a classic.
But boy, could he play guitar.... Keith's prowess shines on this album. A few skips, but some amazing songs like Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Midnight Rambler and one that I hadn't paid much attention to before: Monkey Man.
This one has some real standouts. On the other end, I can't figure out if Country Honk is serious or satire, but I'm leaning towards the latter.
an album that opens w gimme shelter and ends w You can't always.. COME ON! for me Monkey Man alone gets the 5, one of my very favorites - this album is AWESOME
Down & dirty rock & roll. Edgy & a little raunchy. Some all time great tunes here. Midnight Rambler, Gimme Shelter, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. The band is firing on all cylinders, the rhythm section in particular.
A quilt. Every square is unique to itself held together by thin, yet strong thread. Together, warm and comforting.
Can't really make em better than this.
released 1969. 8th album blending rock, blues and country music, statement for the end of a turbulent decade songs i already knew: none songs i liked: midnight rambler fun facts: album in the 2005 grammy hall of fame. mick jagger one of the founding members whilst recording the album lead singer Brian Jones was replaced with Mick Taylor due to being unreliable and his heavy drug use, and died a month after being fired. my mum saw them in the 90s!
I mean first and last are legendary. The rest is forgettable to gross. How do you rate that?
I love The Rolling Stones. This is one of my 10/10 albums.
Great record, and unfortunately Brian Jones' last wirh the group, but a good one to go out on.
Okay, but a Little Bit monoton
Country Honk was a fun song between muddled songs in the middle. Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want alone make this a worthwhile listen.
A very experimental album with a fairly consistent genre. Favourite track: Let it Bleed
yeah strong opener. the middle songs kind of blend together but i like let it bleed through the end of the album.
A classic, always a joy and still sounds funky and raw today
Very Listenable- good mix of speed and sound throughout the album. 8/10
thought i’d not like it but i did pop puss to quite a few songs. the more upbeat moments were my favs even tho i really liked love in vain. guitars sounded amazing. songs saved: 5/9 fav song: gimme shelter
NA
meh only the two famous songs were good
68-74 is a pocket of time when The Stones only made great albums. I love Let It Bleed but it’s not close to my favourite of that era. Nevertheless it’s always a treat to take down from the shelf. Some great album tracks as well as the famous classics. What I noticed on this listen was how grimy and burnt out they already sound. Not burnt out as if they aren’t performing as well as they could (far from it, even the loosest sounding songs benefit greatly from their mastery of looseness!) rather they sound like they’ve already got the weight of their imminent woes on their shoulders.
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 easily one of the most feel-good albums of all time and it feels so fitting to hear this at the very beginning of the new year. 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 welcoming 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. The Rolling Stones know how to have a good time with themselves and their sound and I feel this album is the perfect kickback album to drink a beer with a bunch of friends to. How could you not have a great time to Gimme Shelter, Country Honk, or You Can't Always Get What You Want, they are timeless classics in my eyes?!
While having two of the best Stones songs of their catalogue, Let It Bleed is let down quite heavily by a whole lot of filler in the middle. This record lacks any direction or distinctive sound that makes me want to revisit this anytime soon. Best Tracks: - Gimme Shelter - You Can't Always Get What You Want - Monkey Man Worst Tracks: - Love In Vain - Live With Me - Let It Bleed Rating: 5/10
Awesome album, consistent with the Stones massive body of work.
i read the reviews and this was rated so high, but honestly imo this was just an ok album ok tbf this album not rlly the kind of music i listen to either so i cant be unfair but it was an ok album, just that i wouldnt really listen to it and nth really stood out to me anw in conclusion, 7/10
This album has big "bookend" tracks: Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. Along the way there's also a country'ish version of Country Honk. The rest is more generic but has the same bluesy rock feel. Maybe my favorite Stones album so far, borderline 4.
Three big singles and a lot of solid, if forgettable, filler. One could probably argue this is a 4, but this list has given me a little Stones Fatigue.
Remains a band best listened to in greatest hits form.
A few bangers on this album, but overall wasn’t a complete listen for me
24.12.25 at 15:25
Probably the only person who didn’t like the writing. At least the instrumentals were good
Classic.
Not their best album
Good but not really my taste
Finally a Rolling Stones album I didn't find a chore. It's still basic white boy blues but at least they've got songs and a sense of joy here. Gimme Shelter is a belter.
Really solid classic rock album, I’m a big fan of the rolling stones and I knew a few songs off this album already. Great vocals and incredible guitar work. Standout Songs: Gimme Shelter Country Honk Live With Me Let It Bleed Monkey Man You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Their eighth British album / Tenth in the USA. Rock. Gimme Shelter is an absolute cracker of an opening track. You Can't Always Get What You Want is a great closing track. Sandwiched in between are a bunch of songs where a bloke from Dartford, Kent tries to convince us he's from Kentucky or something. It meanders a bit really. An extra point because of two brilliant songs.
Gimme shelter do g a lot of heavy lifting. Favourite song: Gimme Shelter
Listened: in car, washing up Paused
Hot take: I think The Stones sound better in digital. Anyway, in considering how to classify The Rolling Stones and their importance to music — they probably have five five-star albums on this list, including this one — I think I’d say that no band read the room as well as they did. They were a well-established band before this album, and they really thrived in the post-Kennedy grit of a world marked by disillusion, excess and tension. The artists of the time really squeezed beauty in spots where it wasn’t supposed to be, and The Stones were right there. This album opens with maybe the most important rock song ever written and delivers emotional thups and downs throughout. As an exercise, I could probably write a book examining the artistic intricacies of their albums from Satanic to Tattoo You. Whatever. This is excellent.
1.gimme shelter 2.live with me 3.monkey man 4.you got the silver 5.love in vain
Quite incredible how old this album is and that TRS are still recording and touring.
Not very catchy songs but still nice and relaxed
Some bangers, a lot of ones that were fine. Really carried by 2 songs being phenomenal.
Few albums change the course of music as much as LiB. Culture defining, genre blending, auditory ecstasy. A band finding their sound like no other.
3.3 As ever, Rolling Stones continue to elude me. It's simultaneously an ok but very disappointing album, given it's acclaim. After one of the best album openers of all time (even the tone of those first notes, wow), it descends into some terrible country infused rock (it's no surprise that the Beatles worst output was when they tried to go all yank with Let It Be). After 5 or so pretty shit tunes, Monkey Man starts off with an excellent first 2 minutes, and then descends into a nonsense final 2 minutes of screaming about being a monkey. And finally closes with the incredible Can't get what you want. Such a confusing album. How can you make Gimme Shelter and not realise you need to build your album around this?! Baffling. I always think one year soon the Rolling Stones will click. But after trying for about 19 consecutive years I'm still waiting...
meh, this album was fine I guess? I was just bored, i actually started falling asleep lol. Love is Vain was cool, I liked it's blues vibes. You Got the Silver was nice. I actually liked the production on Monkey Man, but the lyrics don't grab me. I've heard "You Can't Always Get What You Want" before as a kid, it's quite familiar. It's fine, i like it well enough. I think I only really vibe with 2 or 3 songs on here. That's only 1/3 lol. I probably have to give it a 2 just because of that. 2.5/5
12/21/25 Great album for a car trip day! Breadth of musical talent. 8/10
Not my favorite
👍
You can't always get what you want
Really can't give this one anything less than a 5.
No sellanen blues ja country vibainen levy rollareilta tällä kertaa. Eihän tämä huono missään nimessä
Good album, quite diverse with two great songs, but just not enough to make five stars
Gooood album bro
Genius marketing to put your two good songs on either end of the album. I've always preferred the Beatles, if we're making that comparison, but the Stones are fine. Mick Jagger's kinda so-so though.
I kinda wanted to be a curmudgeon about this one, but no, it’s a fantastic album. I listened to it twice!
It’s good. It’s just nothing that would surprise me with quality or creativity
A nice mellow rock album, really nice background music that's upbeat and funky. Would like the record.
Man patīk, especially "gimme shelter" un "you cant always get what you want" like tas sakums ir riktiga bumbaaa.
alright
Great
So many of these songs are longer than they need to be
Listens: 4 Standout Tracks: Gimme Shelter, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want I think I need to go back and revise the ratings on some of the other Rolling Stones albums I've heard so far. Let It Bleed is far and away better than their 1964 self-titled album. It's better than Beggars Banquet. It's better than Exile On Main Street (which I need to listen to again now that I've listened to Liz Phair's Exile In Guyville). All that's left for me now is Sticky Fingers and Aftermath. Gimme Shelter alone is worth rating this album a 4. I guess I've drastically misunderstood the Rolling Stones. I had always been under the impression (based on their popular singles) that they were a classic rock band like Aerosmith or The Eagles or Journey or Pink Floyd, but they clearly have way more of a blues streak that absolutely does not come out in their hit songs. This is still weird to me that an English band does the Blues genre so well. The blues genre just seems so American to me.
i think it's a solid album, some songs really stand out agaist the others, but overall i had a good time.
Great Stones!!!
Gimme shelter best stones song ever. I am just a fan of The Rolling Stones I think. No complaints about anything on here, shelter, honk, and can’t always get what you want make it an easy 4 and the rest of it fills out to be right there at the 4/5 line. Tie breaker is if I saw this in a store I would definitely buy it, so we'll give it the 5. Midnight rambler might ramble a bit too long to be fair.
This wasn't the best Stones album, imo. They just don't pull off the fake honky tonk that they were going for in a couple of the songs. Far from the worst album in this list, though. Gimme Shelter and Let It Bleed are great, though.
Fav track: Midnight Rambler I like this album! Ofc it has the iconic singles, “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, but I actually appreciated the majority of the tracks! I heard a more American “southern rock” style flair that I wasn’t expecting. Particularly on “Midnight Rambler” and “You Got That Silver.” I’m curious if that style of playing was popular in 1969 specifically. Overall great album!
10/10 fav track - love in vain 12/16/25
Do not like.
Wonderful album. Such a mix of blues, rock, weird, just plain amazing. A lot of great covers, I can’t imagine listening to this album in 1969.
Surprisingly dull. The opening and closing tracks are fine, I guess
I always wanna like the Stones more than I do.
Not too much to say about this that hasn't already been said. The 2nd of what is considered to be the classic 4 album Stones run and with reason. The Stones at their bluesy best and contains my personal favourite song of theirs in _Gimme Shelter_ which is just the epitome of cool!
This album has two of the Stones' top ten songs of all time sandwiched between seven of the most forgettable Stones songs of all time. Now, they are also the blues kind of Stones songs that I love, so I'm hear for it, but they are objectively not the Stones' best work. Influence 4. Quality 5. Intangibles 4. Hits 3. I'm not a Stones guy, but this is the type of Stones guy I would be if I was 4.
Joda, det va ikke så verst det heller, og man sikre sæ jo ganske greit, i ettertidas lys, når man avslutte med You Can’t Always Get What You Want, dem skal ha den.
They could have changed their band name to Rocking Stones for this album and people would have been all like "yeah, they sure are."
very old.. country esque that i am not the biggest fan of but it is not a bad album at all
I hate the "Can't always get what you want" song
Right on
Iconic songs but some lame stuff too.
One of the all time classics
Personally 3, I guess objectively a 5 for what it was when it came out
Psychedelic Rock/Blues sounding The songs sound the same - I get excited when they sound a little different and stand out more Favourites: Midnight Rambler Gimme shelter Monkey Man The vibe is driving down an American road in the summer, except unlike Ventura Highway, I do not love it and found the album boring. Rating: 2/5
12/12
Liked it
Hey that’s pretty good
I'd say it's the best Rolling Stones album we've had so far. Starts and ends with 2 absolute classics, and most of what's in between is quite good, too. My biggest issue is Jagger's voice just doesn't do it for me on the bluesier songs. This one would be a 3 1/2 if we could give halves.
I seem to always compare the Rolling Stones with The Beatles. But I think they have and will be compared for all eternity. I know and enjoy all the hit songs from the Stones, but I have never listened to their full studio albums. I know The Beatles albums by heart. But when it comes to the full Stones albums, the rest of their stuff is just filler to me.
Gimme Shelter gets the album a 3 even if it was the only song on it. Everything between it and You can't always get what you want are filler, but still worth a once over.
Calm
GOING IN: No strong feelings LISTENED WHILE: Morning on the treadmill FAMILIARITY: Know a few songs SKIP RATE: Played it straight through REPLAY VALUE: Might come back to it DISCOVERY CURVE: Got it by the end ALBUM ARC: Warmed up nicely VERDICT: Fair enough BODY'S VERDICT: Toe tapping situation FAVOURITE TRACK: ...Duh! ALBUM RATING: 3
The Rolling Stones have done a lot of great stuff, and a lot of terrible stuff too, over the years. This album is definitely one of their most brilliant works.
- Can't Always Get What You Want is one of my favorite songs of all time - Have never listened to this one all the way through, so excited - Oh wow the connection between "following her to the station" in Love is Vain and then "seeing her at the station" in CAGWYW - so much more twang than i would've anticipated! - excellent last song choice - was also subbing a very chaotic and noisy class and listened to this album on my breaks, so my opinion may be slightly impacted by that :P 3.5/5
Interesting. I didn't realize the Stone had such a twangy country sort of sound to them; I had always thought of them as being pretty straightforwardly rock. Per Wikipedia: " Released during the band's 1969 American Tour, it is the follow-up to Beggars Banquet (1968), and, like that album, is a return to the group's more blues-oriented approach that was prominent in the pre-Aftermath (1966) period of their career. Additional sounds on the album draw influence from gospel, country blues and country rock." I heard the country more than the blues on a cold listen, but once it's pointed out, the blues is very clear too. Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Bleed
Gimme Shelter - 5/5 Love In Vain - 3.5/5 Country Honk - 2.5/5 Live With Me - 3.5/5 Let It Bleed - 3/5 Midnight Rambler - 3.5/5 You Got the Silver - 3.5/5 Monkey Man - 3.5/5 You Can't Always Get What You Want - 4/5 This album is carried by its opening and closing tracks. Gimme Shelter is a phenomenal opener, which is kind of a let down as the rest of the album is kinda just meh. Sure, there is a decent variety of musical styles but none of them really stand out against one another. 2 stars for Gimme Shelter and You Can't... alone. Overall: 3.5/5 Favorites: Gimme Shelter, You Can't Always Get What You Want
meaningful lyrics, heart, and lovely sax.
Decent 3,5
THIS album was nowhere near what I expected. In a very bad way. "Gimme Shelter" is one of the best songs I've ever heard and have been listening to it for the past 25 years (I never grew up listening to The Beatles or The Stones), so I always assumed this album would be full on gold, yet never actually sat down and listened to the whole thing. But THEN this happened! What a disaster... No wonder why Lemmy from Motorhead said The Beatles were better. An entire album being lifted by a solid single is always a damn shame, and they really tried too hard to poorly replicate the Delta Blues (or whatever genre of Blues they were trying to appropriate). Thankfully I never found out the hard way by purchasing this album.
This album has Gimme Shelter. And, yes, I'm going to say it. It's moody, overused and just not that great. I know enough about Keith Richards to see the vibe he was going for on this. It's open tuned and bluesy. To his credit, as the one guy playing guitar, he really chews the scenery (or whatever the musical equivalent is). In fact, his singing on that Silver song is probably the standout for me. The acoustic ones are bluesy and boring. When it's full band, the drumming is a highlight. Can't always get what you want is overrated too. 3 stars.
This album is like when a bar in your hometown throws a high profile exclusive party once every year. It is something pretentious like an 'all-white' party, where everyone can only wear plain white clothes. Aside from the thinly-veiled racist undertones, it is absolutely the place to be. It gets high profile guests in the form of national sporting heroes, tv stars, comedians, and all the hottest social media influencers which are sadly high profile celebrities in this day and age. One year, you finally manage to score an invite from your workmate whose wife's old flatmate works in event management. You are so hyped for this day. You don your finest Wimbledon-worthy attire, and head on in. Initially, it is the greatest event you have ever been to. Someone hands you a negroni as you walk in the door. The music is loud, and a famous Swedish DJ is firing up a track, telling the crowd to let go of all their inhibitions. That Swedish DJ couldn't possibly fathom just how loose the grip on your inhibitions is gonna be tonight. You manage to strike up a conversation with a stupidly attractive heiress to a software empire. Things couldn't get better than this right? After three drinks you foolishly tell her how you got a ticket to this party, and she walks off. Doesn't even say goodbye. And then it all comes crashing down. You look around and notice that nobody is actually having much fun, they are just taking selfies for their instagram feed. That guy just ordered a club soda, what the fuck? There is amazing food on offer, but nobody is eating anything. You're not letting this get you down though. You order a pint of Guinness and down it in four seconds. Some dribbles on your shirt but you don't care. Everyone here is pretentious and you don't care to make friends. You get hopped up on fancy beers, don't talk to anyone, and make use of the free taxi home that the event provides. That first half hour of the party was amazing though. You'll post some pics to your instagram so that your friends think you are high society.
Starts strong with a great tunes. Couple flat ones there after but then picks up again. Overall a quality listen.
rolling stones on yliarvostettu
Classic no notes
Gimmee Shelter is one of my favorite songs of all time and it's inclusion almost carried it to 4 by itself. The rest of the album was very good too though.
I don't want to hear Mick Jagger doing a bad faux country accent like he does in Country Honk and Let it Bleed. The whole album (with two major exceptions) feels like an English guy faking an American blues/country vibe. Gimme Shelter is a masterpiece and You Can't Always Get What You Want is a fantastic song, the rest just don't do enough to pull the album past a 3.
this is a band I know almost entirely from singles and radio play. man I know this is true of every album, and true of everything basically, but my rating for this feels more indicative of how I approach it than the album itself. There's a review of this where I get irritated by the jingle jangle honkey tonk posturing and Jagger's half-lazy half-too-much vocals. There's a review of this where I'm on the right wavelength and sink into the scumbag lyrics and it hits just right. I don't think either of those are wrong! I think I'd even argue the Rolling Stones are more interesting when they're in creep scumbag mode (under my thumb is a more captivating song than a lot of their singles even though it is completely repellent) the "this sucks" camp has a strong argument when you listen to the lyrics for Let it Bleed though. or listening to monkey man at all. it's a little disappointing the singles are the standout tracks here. more fun when the album cuts surprise you.
Pretty great album.
already listened
I usually dont like the Rolling Stones but WOW this blew me away. I like THESE stones! Im a picky stoner!
Playing during an elevated breakfast and Animal Crossing gaming session. I like the funky bluegrass influence on "Love In Vain." "Country Honk" starts and my first notice..."OH so this is a country album" 🤣 "Live With Me" definitely belongs on the Timeline Story playlist for The Martyr. And "Let It Bleed" feels like a good first song for the movie credits on the Timeline Story. Finally, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is very The Lost One coded. 🤣🤣 Is this a 5-star album? I really liked it. I found myself more drawn to paying attention to the album and less on wanting to make decisions in Animal Crossing. I really loved the funk, blues, and country influences of this album. I really like a multi-genre experience.
Very enjoyable and consistent, but it's really striking to me just how larger than life Gimme Shelter and YCAGWYW are. It's a bunch of pretty down to earth (but also catchy and energetic) blues rock cuts sandwiched between these absolute titans of the genre. And they hit a lot different when you choose to hear them rather than hearing them on the radio for the billionth time!
Wow, two Rolling Stones' albums in a row. Ooof, this album is just meh. I really don't like the blues and this feels mostly blues. I will reiterate my point about Exile On Main Street, the Stones put out like 1 or 2 good songs on an album then wrap it in a bunch of mediocre songs. Like Let It Bleed and You Can't Always Get What You Want are good songs but the rest is generic boring blues, they just aren't an album band for me. I'm tempted to give this a lower score because I got two Stones albums back to back but I will go with the middle of the road 2.5 but rounded down because it came back to back with another of their albums.
2nd Stones album in this experience and this one is significantly better than the first one I got. Those big hits are hitting and the other songs in-between don't take away too much from the album. I'd probably give it a 3.5/5 if I could but I have no problem rounding it up to a 4/5.
Pretty good album. Nothing outstanding apart from Gimme Shelter but still
Nice album and a few classic songs to enjoy. 5th Stones album and i'm sure 3 or 4 would have sufficed.
3.5. Liked it a lot, I’m surprised!
Some songs just go on too long.
Upon listening again, I thought most about Merry Clayton singing the backing vocal on 'Gimme Shelter'. Best part of the album; highly encourage everyone watch '20 Feet From Stardom' for an extended anecdote on her recording performance. You also get to hear the isolated vocals. Wild stuff. And an absolutely legendary performance. Stones stuff is coo enough too, I guess.
a couple of great tunes, but also plenty of country and blues stuff, that I don't particularly fancy.
Strong opener and closer with a middle that doesnt live up.
Not first listen; 4; Gimmie Shelter and You Can't always Get What You Want are obviously the standout songs, but I enjoyed the other tracks much more on this listen than I did years ago when I tried to listen to it. Live With Me and Monkey Man I enjoyed in particular. I think I used to be looking for a louder sound or more catchy songs, but I appreciated the blues and country influences much more.
Can not let myself give this album anything less than 3 solely because Gimme Shelter. One of the greatest songs of all time and my go-to hype song whenever I get aux before a game. However, holy this album was not as strong as I thought it'd be. I've seen the cover on best-of-all-time lists, but how? Gimme Shelter is phenomenal, You Can't Always Get What You Want is solid enough, and...? What else? There's nothing else. MAYBE Midnight Rambler and Monkey Man? MAYBE. After an incredible start in Gimme Shelter it goes into sloppy county territory? Weird.
Two of the Stones’ best songs at the beginning and end, middle completely skippable.
la copertina fa paura, mi è piaciuto molto anche se credo aftermath mi sia piaciuto di più
Album incredibile, dalla prima all’ultima traccia, e poi le tracce di apertura e di chiusura sono perfette.
Banger after banger after BANGER!
I don't know care that the lyrics are so horny, because goddamn this is a jam. The Rolling Stones, if nothing else, are tight. And just great musicians. And they know how to layer a band. Not a dud note in sight. 7.5 / 10 Best track/s: Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler (that little speed up must have blown people's minds in 1969), You Can't Always Get What You Want...
War toll, einige Songs nochmal gefunden, die ich nicht mehr so im Kopf hatte. Gutes Album, muss ich definitiv wieder hören.
Muy bueno, me ha gustado un montón, lo volvería a escuchar
Love it.
3.8 goooood vibes
A perfect album.
A banger opener and closer with a lot of middling-quality filler in between.
solid album, one hit
Gimme Shelter on kyllä kova biisi. Vahva kantri soundi tässä levyssä. Tykkäsin kyllä kovasti. Parhaat: Gimme Shelter, Monkey Man
Meh.two great songs.
Two amazing songs bookend a mix of country and blues songs. The classics make an okay record great.
Another great record. Love how the opening bars feel kinda like the Stones' one (weak) nod to psychedelia. And then they said "enough with that s$&t".
Aerosmith is not Rolling Stones. This was a good album.
really good
I dont even remember a single song from there, too boring for my taste