Let It Bleed

I found this album to be fairly generic. Not bad but not great.

Henry Hill's car screeches around the corner. He's paranoid, wired on coke, chauffeuring his family around, picking up guns and drugs, cooking pasta sauce, all while convinced a helicopter is following him. Playing over this scene, Mick Jagger screams "AMMA MONKEEEEEEY MAAAAN!" I became obsessed with that sequence of Goodfellas. And the main reason is the amazing medley of music that runs through it, one of the biggest highlights being "Monkey Man" from this album. I'm a big fan of all incarnations of the Stones. Early raucous 60s rock'n'roll Stones. Even psychedelic Stones. All of it great. But I particularly like this era of the Stones, when they concentrated on their blues roots, their biggest strength. I think this is my favourite of all the Stones albums. There's so much I love about this album. Merry Clayton's vocal crack in "Gimme Shelter". The slow burn of "Love in Vain". "Country Honk" being the better of the two honks. "Let it Bleed" with Jagger's inexplicable Southern twang. Keith Richards' guitar sounding somewhere halfway between rhythm and lead. The guitar tone and distorted harmonica of "Midnight Rambler", slowing down and building back up to the most epic part of the song - it's the ultimate blues jam. "You Got the Silver" showing Keef's singing chops and some great slide guitar too. Wyman's bass intro with those twinkly piano bits, before the drums and THAT guitar riff kicks in for the absolute tune of "Monkey Man". A proper groove. There's pure energy throughout this album. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is the standout track in an album of standout tracks. The choir intro should feel ridiculous, but it actually works. The gentle acoustic build, the tambourine, the organ swell - the whole song gradually expands until it takes off. It's an absolute hero of a song. This is peak Stones. Blending blues, country, rock'n'roll and folk with lots of swagger and groove.

I'm always surprised with how the Rolling Stones sound. This is more country blues than rock, and I always thought they were pure rock. They started recording this album, and then fired one of the founders of the band, Brian Jones, who promptly became a member of the 27 club and died immediately after after getting drunk and diving into a pool. Just crazy to think that one of the founders of the band died, and then the band kept performing for the next 50 years. 50 years! I dunno. The music is there, sounds great, but the style is not for me. I get why people like it, but it's not my style. Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are the best songs on there, and the others are just too country for me. Stones are just so weird to me. They're a great band......but something feels missing to me. I think in my head, I have them built up as this legendary rock that changed everything.....and the music just doesn't live up to what they are in my head. Unfair to them because it's good music, i'm just left feeling unfulfilled.

fuck i love the Brits

Funky as F

This album helped me understand why I've always felt meh about the Rolling Stones. It's partly that they almost always sound ramshackle, which only appeals to me in small doses. But it's mostly that I just don't like Mick Jagger's singing. If that's a not a problem for you, then maybe you'll love this album. There are some undeniably good songs here. But I'd rather hear someone else sing them.

Surprisingly superb and succinct. Found more TRS I actually enjoy.

I guess I’m biased towards the music I grew up with. Happy to see this artist and pleased with this album overall - gave it several listens throughout the day.

Despite the near absence of Jones; Richards, Jagger, and company crafted a beautiful blusey-country-gospel-inspired masterpiece that was able to dethrone the Beatles’ Abbey Road.

i liked it

Classic one of the best Stones albums

Horny for no reason

Decent, if a bit noisy and juvenile

Precis som alla andra Stonesplattor från 60talet är det spretigt och ojämnt. 60talet var verkligen singlarnas årtionde. Let it bleed har sanslösa toppar men också rejäla svackor. Pluskontot först, gunget i rytmsektoonen på "Gimme shelter" är oöverträffat i rockhistorien, helt fantastiskt. En del skulle hävda att "You cant always get what you want" är den bästa Stoneslåten. Jag håller inte med men jag har full förståelse för den åsikten. Men det finns mer guld, "Monkey man" är Stones i sitt esse, countryversionen på "Honky Tonk women" är inte omistlig men himla kul. Tittelspåret skvallrar om vad som skulle komma på "Exile..." ett par år senare. Å andra sidan "Live with me" och "You got the silver är dussinlåtar och ren utfyllnad. "Love in vain" må vara en klassiker men är för mycket blues, i alla fall för mig. Och albumversionen av "Midnight rambler" är rätt platt och tråkig, har man någon självaktning lyssnar man på versionen från liveplattan från året efter istället, då får du höra Charlie Watts i högform. Snuddar vid fyran tack vare topparna men orkar inte riktigt dit

Gimme shelter måste vara Stones bästa någonsin. Hård, mörk, svängig. Det här albumet kan inte öppna på ett bättre sätt. Att skivan direkt därefter fortsätter med två så onödiga låtar som Love in vain och Country honk får man förbise. När man sedan får kanonspår som Live with me, titelspåret Let it bleed, You got the silver (bra sånginsats av Keith) och You can’t always get what you want. Precis så som Stones ska låta.

Det är onekligen en fin katalog Stones har från slutet av 60-talet till 70-talets början. Utan tvekan här de är som bäst. De har liksom hittat sin plats som brittiskt popband med rötterna i den afroamerikanska musikaliska myllan. Gör det här är ju inte pop. Det är soul, blues, country och Stones gör det med den äran. De blåser på emellanåt men det blir aldrig grötig. Bandet känns oerhört tajt. Låtmaterialet är av högsta klass. Stark fyra.

Överlag svängig rock med tydliga influenser från soul och country utöver den obligatoriska bluesen. Mick Jaggers sång är den svaga länken tycker jag. Smärtsamt tydligt i Love in Vain och i ylandet i Gimme Shelter. Är det verkligen Jagger eller har de lånat in Kim Larsen? Trumspelet är fantastiskt. Driver fram alla låtar utan ett virvelslag för mycket.

This is a pretty solid rock album. There are a couple parts where it creeps too close to country for my taste, but still a fun album. I mean it has the iconic song "You Can't Always Get What You Want"!!!

A true classic

One of the better Rolling Stones records, bookended by two of the band's best songs. I like the silly-random artwork. What even is going on there? Key tracks: Gimme Shelter You Can't Always Get What You Want

Lots of bluesy meat in this sandwich, between two slices of their finest work. Gimme Shelter is one of my fave RS songs, and You Can't Always Get What You Want is a classic. Some of the honky tonk/blues/country content in between gets a bit samey at points, but it's all solid. I enjoyed the feral energy of Monkey Man, and defy anyone not to bust a few Jagger moves along to Live with Me. Feels like a good soundtrack for an American road trip, albeit a short one!

El inicio y final del álbum son magníficos. Muy buen álbum de los Rolling, que nunca defraudan.

Midnight rambler prob my fave track on this. Loving the bluesy, honky-tonkness of the whole thing. Then Monkey Man, completely different feel to it. And of course - House! Can't believe only 9 songs on this album!!

Good songs but I wasn't really immersed; of its time.

Might be their best

Excellent Stones rawness. Saved every track bar the country variant of Honky Tonk Women

It's no Let It Be

yes! blues rock britan best

78/100 A bunch of solid songs and a couple bangers It’s just that as an album there’s not a lot that makes it stand out Not a big concept and no huge themes that I could big up on first listen

So much jammin on this album. I bet it is very exciting live. 71/100

Thoroughly enjoyed it!

Preferred this to my listening experience with Some Girls, which isn't saying much. Rolling Stones they will never make me like you and your honky tonk stylings

I knew this was 5 stars before I started. This is my favorite Stones album.

The kind of album that spoils the Stones for you. It's really good. Gimme Shelter might be best in show when it comes to songs in general, and everything after (except Honky Tonk) slaps. You can cream on me.

Good ol’ classic.

Opener and closer are so good, the middle isn't quite as strong but it has held up extremely well over time. It still sounds really good, warm, well-mixed, the groove and guitar playing is extremely well chosen. When it's good it absolutely rips

There’s a reason the Rolling Stones are popular this is a brilliant album

One of my favorited from The Stones.

One of the greats. Not a huge Stones fan - I wouldn't list them among my favorite bands. But then I hear songs like these and I'm reminded that maybe they should be.

Another one of my favorites from the stones. 8/10 Favorite tracks- “Gimme Shelter”

Great tunes at the start and end....nothing outstanding in the middle but nothing offensive.

2 good songs bookmarked by mediocrity

From banger to banger, even the fill songs like Midnight Rambler and Country Honk are enjoyable.

Best opener / closer combo ever? Definitely an argument for that. A little more honky tonk than I would have liked or expected, but it was really good honky tonk. Pretty great from start to finish. Easy 5.

When we started this list, Let it Bleed was what I had in my mind as an exemplary 5 star album. Love every song but monkey man is my sleeper pick fav stones song ever, Midnight Rambler is indulgent in all the best ways, and Gimme Shelter and Can't always get what you want are two of the best album openers/closers (respectively) you'll ever come across. It's also crazy how these British twinks are able to pull off the quintessential country western sound. One of the best albums ever, straight up.

Probably my personal favorite Stones album…has both a perfect opener (“Gimme Shelter”) and a perfect closer (“You Can’t Always Get What You Want”). I also love the title track and “Monkey Man”…this is the Stones at their peak: best lineup, most creative, starting to mix in country influence and anthemic songs that maintain the blues influence. No skips here, 5 stars

More harmonica than expected. Good album

Despite issues with one of their founding members they still manage to hold it together and produce an amazing album - full of their signature blues rock flair their 8th studio album still holds up. Best: You Can't Always Get What You Want Worst: Midnight Rambler

i love this album sm

Bueno

3.5

Classic Stones record with some really nice bangers (Gimme Shelter, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want) and some nice filling material. Don't get me wrong - it's a good album but the Stones could do better.

George can't always get what he wants.

Loved listening to this album all the way through. Tracks like “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” make it stand out, and discovered “Country Honk” from this play through which I really liked. Some of the best the stones have done

Really enjoyed. Didn't know "you can't allways get what you want" was from the rolling stones was on thsi album. Loved first track music as well.

Fantastic bookends to this album, but not my favorite by them. Still pretty darn good though.

Mediocre at best.

TBD

5.8/10

Finally, a Stones album that you can almost listen to all the way through.

good shit. very listenable. still some skips. favorite song is Monkey Man, also Gimme Shelter obviously whips ass

Rating: 6/10 I really don’t care much for the Stones, and after Gimme Shelter, the album doesn’t do a lot for me until the second half comes along to pick it up more

not an attentive listen-through 6.2/10

Something I could listen to again without hating myself. 6 stones rolling down the street out of 10 lizard wizards

3 decent songs exactly evenly distributed across 9 tracks so you have to keep listening to the end if you want to hear that one song. the one etched in my brain because of a coke commercial from when i was kid. some sources say the song was even inspired by coca cola - beautiful symmetry. "Allegedly, the store didn’t have any Cherry Coke at the time, and Hutmaker, standing behind Jagger in the queue, said, “Well, you can’t always get what you want”." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB9o2X7Yjyk&t=20s https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-rolling-stones-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-mean/ while looking that up, i also found a motorolla ad from 1998 and a levi's one from 1990. easy to imagine that the list goes on. hard to imagine that they didn't foresee these fat paychecks coming from that platitudinous chorus. a business more than a band. why we needed a bunch of white english boys making blues music i'll never know, and after 60 something years i think the answer is still we never did. highlights: monkey man ("I'm a cold Italian pizza I could use a lemon squeezer"), let it bleed ("Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on Yeah, and if you want to, well, you can cream on me"). i guess they were going to the beach that day.

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Low 4 This is what the Stones are all about: some of the best singles you’ve ever heard + an album full of landfill blues. How can a band deliver so many bangers and zero good albums? ABBA, Blur, Queen, and the Stones should fight it out for the ultimate “best-of” band. Queen’s Best Of is not as good as the rest, although their albums are plenty awful. Blur’s albums are a bit too good. Stones vs. ABBA. I probably prefer ABBA Gold to the first disc of Forty Licks. We shall see whose albums are worse over this challenge. Edit: After listening more, I increased the rating from a mid 3 to a low 4. Some of the album tracks are pretty good, actually—namely “Live With Me” and “Let It Bleed.” “Country Honk” and “Monkey Man” are okay too.

I already knew this album well. Reflections on listening again today: The album really highlights the Stones’ reverence for American roots music. Delta Blues, some country, some gospel, some soul. Mick Jagger’s Dartford, Kent, accent often sounds incongruous as he strains to sound authentic. But on the highlight song, Gimme Shelter, perhaps not coincidentally the most original ‘Stones’ song on the album, his vocals are great, and the song’s a timeless classic. Underpinning the whole thing, even when they’re in genre-tribute mode, is the unmistakable Stones ‘groove’ which, regardless of vocals, always sounds brilliant.

Despite having seen the Rolling Stones once (Berlin Olympic Stadium in 1990) I've never been a fan. I'd never heard this album before but it's not changed my mind. Musically it's good in parts, although I recognise the style from their other music that I've heard over the years, so it's a bit 'samey' to me. What spoils it is Jagger's singing. It's too lazy, too indistinct and too mono-tonal for me. I won't be going back to listen to this again.

More jam band style than I expected from the stones. Heavy use of harmonica, 5/5

Did I really listen to this just because it ends with You Can't Always Get What You Want? Stripped of its notoriety, it's that 1969 classic American rock sound. If you want that, this is a great album. Otherwise I find the bulk of it forgettable. 2.7/5

Smithers, have The Rolling Stones killed. I think I hate The Rolling Stones. They’re such a great singles band: Gimme Shelter that opens this album is such a good song, but the 8 tracks that follow are so so bad. They’re sound phoned in as hell, just really boring blues riffs and lazy yelps from Jagger. Just an awful time.

Bookended by a couple of classics but not much going on in the middle to be honest.

Starts and finishes with great classics and the rest is pretty good too. 5 stars or A.

I’m not a stones guy really

A wildly uneven record with weird sequencing, *Let It Bleed* mixes some of the Stones' most adventurous and forward-looking songs with undistinguished genre exercises. The album kicks off with the tense and potent "Gimme Shelter" but then immediately downshifts into a (mildly out-of-tune) version of Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain". The string of loose and tossed-off songs that close out side one don't bode well, either. Flip the record over, then in comes "Midnight Rambler", "Monkey Man" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" to save the party (interrupted only by the inessential "You Got The Silver"). All of these songs rank with the band's best work, including the sometimes-overlooked "Monkey Man" (with its terrific intro). One can only wish that the entire record had gone in this direction rather than including so many throwback-sounding tunes.

It’s only rock n roll, but I like it. Very good record by the Stones.

A Shit sandwich made with extremely good bread.

Rubbish

Sleasy af and lacking depth but a decently structured album with a fair few bangers. Although I feel the Rolling Stones have aged very poorly, they have it down by this point. The wrongun in me kinda likes it.

tbf, I wouldn't actively turn it off - and there's some nostalgia here I can't escape

Classic Stones with three standout tracks. Liked Songs Added: Gimme Shelter Let It Bleed You Can't Always Get What You Want

Solid blues roots Stones. Very good.

Absolute classic. Starts off strong and just keeps on giving. You can't always get what you want might just be one of the best closers ever. Amazing album - 4.5 - already in the collection

Sounds great and a couple of classic songs.

This might be the perfect balance between the "old" more bluesy Stones and the rock band that came after. The sweet spot in my mind.

The age old question, are you a stones or Beatles fan and I’m firmly in the latter. This album does have some classics on it with some other good songs but besides that the rest is perfectly average

Too old

Overrated

Interesting stuff. In my unusual position - as someone who listens to a bunch of 60s albums regularly but has never listened to a stones record through - this was really interesting. I knew that they were heavily blues influenced, but I didn't realise that outside of the singles and well known tracks, a record like this would be quite heavy in acoustic blues jams. It makes the blues influence on their rockier stuff feel more pronounced. The famous tracks are very strong. Gimme shelter is really fantastic. I'm so familiar with pub covers of honky tonk women that the original feels alien. The album doesn't flow like a Beatles record for me (but what does!)

oon tajunnu etten ehkä oo isoin 60-luvun rokin fani. toisaalta hyvät vibat varsinki ekat kaks biisii jotenki veti puoleensa mut sen jälkeen ei napannut niin paljon. klassista sen ajan rokkia ja ymmärrän kyl miksi tästä niin tykätään mutta tää ei vaan oo ihan mua varten! silti ihan miellyttävä kuuntelukokemus. ok kirjotin tän ennen ku kuuntelin vikaa biisiä ja se nostaa tän kolmeen tähteen. upea ikoninen

"Gimme Shelter" is the big one here. Lots of blues on this one. Very solid album.

Great Stones album! So many good tracks on here. Highlights: "Gimme Shelter", "Midnight Rambler" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

wow cosi tanta cocaina che sono pieno di neve addosso pure io

4.5,janaakouw

#127 - it's ok but not remarkable

Love this one. It has some I knew on it. But definitely get a good feeling of blues here.

An album which has 3.5 Stones classics (Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want, the country version of Honky Tonk Woman) and 1 Stones minor classic (Midnight Rambler). The rest is ok. I think that's worth 4 stars.

Classic hamburger album. Amazing buns, but the patty is so undercooked a skilled vet might still save it.

Very good , whole album

"Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are classics. Other than than there are a few honkey tonk country like songs, like a stripped down more folksy version of "Honkey Tonk Man" itself. "Let it Bleed" is a bit of a labour. "Midnight Rambler" is a solid blues track. "You Got the Silver" has good slide guitar, more countryish vibes. "Monkey Man" is a really cool sounding track. Probably the best deep cut on this album. I'll give this a four, because like many Stones albums, there are filler tracks here. Just not as many as usual. 4/5

Great album, starts of with one of my favorite Stones songs and has the perfect song to finish off the album….Gimme Shelter , You can’t always get what you want

that squeaky chair sound. Hilariously American record, gimme a honky tonk girl…they sound like caricatures. Maybe they are cosplaying? You can’t always get what you want is perfect though, just so good

Of the three Rolling Stones albums I have had so far (Aftermath 1966 and Beggars Banquet 1968), Let It Bleed (1969) has been the best. It's got a lot of the American blues influences coming through but the previous albums felt a bit generic. Gimme Shelter stands out but I am not that much of a fan of the other hit, You Can't Always Get What You Want. Overall a decent listening experience.

4/5

The starting point in a truly legendary three album run. No disrespect to Beggars Banquet, which is also a great album, but each subsequent release until Exile on Main St brought the goods in more fulsome and complete ways. Let it Bleed opens with the iconic 60’s meltdown theme, Gimme Shelter, and ends with the uplifting, You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Stylistically, the two don’t have a lot in common, but they’re both phenomenal, and bookend the album to great effect. In between you have other setlist staples like Midnight Rambler and Richard’s’ You Got The Silver. Also Live With Me - a track I’ll always love from the Jagger/Aguilera duet on Scorsese’s Shine A Light. There’s just so much to love on this album. The only score I can give it is a 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟

As a piece of music it’s alright to listen to. Nothing crazy. I like Mick’s voice but his fake American accent is annoying, especially when he’s quite an eloquent bloke when he’s talking.

Excellent, love it. No notes.

Normally I’m underwhelmed by Sacred Boomer Bands, but The Rolling Stones truly are just that great.

Fave stones I’ve listened to so far! Like a nice tight album, too. Very relistenable

Innegable, son los Stones.

My new favourite Stones album!

Definitely my favorite of their albums. The minimalist approach to blues/country rock worked really well on this album.

Solid 4

Classic album, and one of my favs by the Stones. Mick's southern drawl always cracks me up, and the musical talent is on display throughout with the bluesy honky tonk sound. This one never gets old.

1st of an unparalleled 3-album run in rock history. Still holds up as fresh and exciting. Pales everything that tried to match it over the next 25 years.

A real solid one that doesn’t overstay its welcome.

Overall I liked more songs than I disliked ok this album and added a few to my library. It’s not an album I’d choose to listen to all the way through though as there were several songs I would skip.

Based on everything else I love, it almost seems I must be defective to even say it, but the Stones have just never fully clicked for me. There's not a single album I really care to listen to front to back. That being said, if I were to choose one, it would be Let It Bleed. How many other albums get bragging rights for having such epic opening *and* closing tracks? I love those songs and the title track. The rest is good, but doesn't hold my attention. But my god, the Muses were on something else when Gimme Shelter was born. They love Merry Clayton. Absolutely one of my favorite songs of all time. It never fails to give me full body chills no matter how many times I hear it.

Ok. Maybe I’m just tired of the Rolling Stones Albums by now but this just felt decent and not much else. 3 stars

Vintage Stones. One of their best.

Classic, amazing, love to see it

My fav Rolling Stones album by far.

Heller ikke et album med den store påvirkning. Meget slide-guitar og mundharmonika.

Right up there with the best Rolling Stones albums. It opens with my favourite Stones song, Gimme Shelter, closes with You Can't Always Get What You Want, and in between lie some classic RS schtick, bit of blues, bit of rock, lot of fun. Go on have a go!

I’ve never played this album yet knew every single song, that’s how much of a stone-cold classic this record is. Anchored by two of the greatest songs in rock ever, Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want, I like all the middle songs more than most reviewers apparently. Still, I can’t quite give this a personal 5 because of the off-putting lewdness that’s just gross: “everyone needs someone to cream on,” as one example. I mean, true, but also, ew.

I need the full recording of Merry Clayton’s backing vocals on Gimme Shelter immediately

My favourite RS album so far on this.

1st I’ve heard the whole album. Bluesier than I expected. Good album with some classic hits.

ah ok, now I kind of get why everyone loved the Stones. last RS album on here i was fairly disappointed by, but this absolutely makes up for that -- within 1s i remembered just how absolutely iconic Gimme Shelter is. and i also enjoyed some of the deeper cuts i hadn't heard before.

Some real bangers.

Stoner! c

Did not enjoy this save for Gimme Shelter. Boring album right up until the end again.

Ok

Liked it a lot, will probably listen again, would give 3.5

The generator gave me the all killer, no filler Sticky Fingers as my 13th album and unluckily for the Stones, it may have spoiled me for their other albums. Don't get me wrong, this one is still really good, and it begins and ends with two of their all-time greatest tracks. But around Midnight Rambler it starts to get, well, a bit rambling.

Solid

This was the first time I really listened to Let It Bleed. Gimme Shelter” is as powerful as everyone says. The song that stayed with me most, though, was Monkey Man. There’s something about its rhythm and drive — I can’t explain it well, but it just feels cool. I don’t really know much about blues, but the rawness and rough edges in these songs hit me hard.

This is the only Arcade Fire album I have in my collection

Some brilliant songs scattered among some forgettable fluff. Better than most of the albums I've given 3 however.

I like this more than sticky fingers. Gimme Shelter and You can’t always get what you want are absolute classics and timeless. Not every track hits but when it does you can see why the Stones are the legends they are.

I feel a lot of nostalgia for this album. After learning more about the making of the opening track, I also feel a lot of emotion and my experience of it is irrevocably changed (not for the better). It’s hard for me to judge this one on purely musical terms. Some tracks are great, others are just fine. My rating on this could swing wildly from day to day, so today I’m putting it in the middle.

This is a great Stones album. When I saw it come up I restrained myself from thinking it was an automatic 5 stars. 4 stars max, I can’t give it 5 stars just because it’s the Stones. Yes I can. Gripped from start to finish. When comparing it to other albums on this project it’s apparent on how good it is, from the social commentary to the slide guitar to the honkin harmonica. Not once did I feel the need to skip a track or see how much longer I had to suffer through a song. Aside from the usual hits, I really enjoy Monkey Man and You Got the Silver.

I'm starting to think the only 5* Rolling Stones album for me would be the greatest hits ones. All of their biggest songs I think are just excellent but everything between them on these albums does very little for me. Also having now listened to three of their albums on this project, they all just sound kind of the same to me. I think I will forever be in the category of like, not love, with this band.

Another good album by the Stones. Some great tracks on here, with a nice variety of styles.

Love gimme shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Not as much of a fan of the blues inspired stuff in between. Still can’t fault the musicianship and recording, still a super enjoyable listen.

A good album but never a fan of Mick Jagger’s vocals

Good one

Two decent songs as bookends with a whole lot of meh in the middle

Not great, love the instruments but the voices are so bad

Quintessential bluesy hard rock classic. Gotta love it.

Very strong opening and very strong ending, but the middle was, mostly, just okay. I think that all The Rolling Stones albums I've received on this generator so far have been pretty good. They just aren't outstanding or exceptional in my opinion.

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Tolles Album!

Most of the songs on this album don't fully click for me. If I just could have been in the studio with them governing the mix, I think some of these songs would have been homeruns.

Banger central

What can I say! One of the best albums by one of the best bands ever easy 5

Fav Song: Monkey Man

Monster album, so many influential tracks.

Typical of their great run of albums between Aftermath and Exile, this is a hodgepodge of what they do best. I never get tired of hearing the cosmic "Gimme Shelter," the goofy "Let it Bleed" and the arid "You Got the Silver." "Midnight Rambler" feels like filler - when the Stones get dismissed as a blues cover band, this is evidence it's not their strongest suit. Capping off an album built on self-pity and resignation with "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a piece of track sequence poetry.

I always forget how countrified this album is. A couple tracks don't do a lot for me, but overall this is peak-era Stones and it's hard not to rate an album with standouts like "Gimme Shelter," "Monkey Man" and the Keef-sung "You Got the Silver' highly.

This is good! It's bookended with classic Stones songs! Midnight Rambler is also good! Good for them!

Gimme shelter may be the finest rock song ever

Gimme Shelter is one of the greatest songs ever. The rest is a solid Stones album. 40 minutes of fun listening. And I always forget how great Monkey Man is.

Death hangs heavily over this album. Brian Jones, the founder of the band, was unceremoniously fired from the band a few weeks into the recording due to his drug habit and was found dead, drowned in his swimming pool, not long after. The day after the album was released the Stones played the infamous Altamont festival and a young fan was stabbed to death by the Hells Angels who had been hired as ‘security’ for the event. The high points on this album are the first and last track, but a lot of their impact now is due to their use on every dime a dozen gangster movie set at the end of the sixties. The rest of the music is just more white men from England appropriating delta blues and honky tonk music, sung with Jagger’s louche and lazy drawl. I don’t need to hear this again, I think.

Without the songs (you know the ones, plus maybe one in the middle, as Midnight Rambler), it's a very forgettable album. But gosh, when they write a hit, they know what they are doing!

niceeee

It was... fine... Cant' Always Get What You Want and the opening track were the two best ones

2 good songs on it, the rest is ok

Extremt stark trea tack vare Gimme Shelter

Tyvärr är låtarna spridda skurar mellan felfritt o felfullt. Tre låtar väger upp för ett annars genomtrött album.

You can't always get what you want, men ni kan få en femma för detta album iaf!

Egentligen 6/5

I feel like other than Gimmie Shelter, which is probably one of the most iconic and great songs by The Rolling Stones, the rest of the album is really lackluster and boring. I never really think to much about The Rolling Stones or Mick Jagger, just never was a big fan of the band. While they have some great songs, this album and most of all their catalog is really bland. It just feels as though that after Gimmie Shelter, all of it is just filler and fluff that is unnecessary. While an iconic title, it is just something I didn't really care for. Favorite Tracks: Gimmie Shelter, Let It Bleed, Monkey Man Rating: 3/5

4.4 faves: gimme shelter, midnight rambler, live with me

Not sure if this was my best introduction to the Stones— nope never mind that was just the Honkey Tonk song. Great otherwise.

Many songs on this album sound a lot like folk/country, which is not my cup of tea. A couple of great hits though!

Listened Before? N Another banger by the Stones. Loved the slower bluesy/country sound here. I could listen to this all day. Close to a perfect blues rock album. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Country Honk

i never liked this band, not for me 1/5

Don't tell me it's the Rolling Stones and just let me experience the shimmering guitar opening and build-up of "Gimme Shelter" before Jagger's voice lets the secret slip. Might this be my favorite record of theirs? Well, "Love in Vain" and other songs assure me that the answer is likely to be: no, you'll always prefer a greatest hits, if anything. I have trouble getting over their particular blues-rock experience, and Mick being too forward in the mix rarely helps. But then you have "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and the already mentioned "Gimme Shelter," which are absolute classics. Even a Stones hater like myself respects the hits.

Klassieker, maar qua stemgeluid niet echt m’n stijl.

Really not as good as I hoped it would be. A couple of good tracks.

A classic of course

Largely forgettable middle, but great opener and finisher.

Another classic from one of the greatest Rock Bands of all time!

It ok

I liked this more than I thought I would... maybe I like the Stones more than I think I do?

It’s quality even though not really landing for me

Rock, Bluesrock, 1969 -> 3

Yea this is a classic. My favorite stones album next to exile on main street

glad I listened

🤷‍♂️

Lotta hits. Can’t go too wrong with the Stones.

So much better that Sticky Fingers

I was excited having this pop up in the morning. But somehow it turns out that I like their sound on live performances much more than on their studio recordings. favourite: "Gimme Shelter", "Midnight Rambler", "You Can't Always Get What you Want" worst: "Love In Vain", "Monkey Man"

There are no good Rolling Stones albums, only good Rolling Stones singles. Also, in my experience, there is never more than 3 good singles on any Rolling Stones album. Do yourself a favor and download the 2 singles from this one, and consider listening to "Monkey Man" with its creative opening on the vibe and try to ignore the shit lyrics. You can safely ignore the rest. Save yourself from their horrid interpretations of honky tonk, country rock, and blues. I am giving LET IT BLEED three stars solely based on the quality of "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and nothing else.

Not my thing, unfortunately

Todavía no toca ninguno que me fascine ni tenga los éxitos que conozco. Pero bueno, este hasta ahora el mejorcito. Nota: 3.7

The Rolling Stones seem to me to have just two modes: 1. Great songs, musically and lyrically, interesting AND 2. Crappy bar band trying to play blues and honkytonk in American dive bars. Each album has 2, possibly 3 songs that are just great and the rest are usually skippable. Let It Bleed might be the best (worst?) example of this. The first and last songs are fantastic. And that's not just nostalgia for me as I never really listened to much of the Stones. Just not my bag. Monkey Man is pretty good - I actually love the terrible way Mick enunciates Monkeeeygghhr. This is my.. 4th Stones album on this list and it's the same thing every time. Guys, drop the whole American blues honkytonk crap. It doesn't work! Hard to score this because most of it sucks, but those good bits are sooo good. I guess a 3 will have to suffice.

Gimme Shelter and 7 other songs “You Can’t Always…” at least has some effort put into it Very country-esc, and I don’t like country :(

Okay, more like it The big negative is far too much of this is country. Like a mad amount. Like 30 mins of 42 are country. But then it has 3 songs that are absolutely insanely good, the opener being Gimmie Shelter, the closer being You Can't Always Get What you Want and then also Monkey Man. If more of the songs were like this its easy 5 stars.

This is a miss. This album does have quite a cool unique sound to it, but I can't seem to get into it. Perhaps it's the vocals, they are to be frank quite strange. I was going to listen to Sticky Fingers but haven't gotten around to it, perhaps it's just this album I don't like. I think I just don't like albums that have titles that start with "Let It..." Conclusion: Album has a cool vibe to it, but I just can't get into it.

**** 1/2 Contains one of my favorite Songs of the Stones. Good Album, too bluesy though. Anyway: thumb up

Rolling Stones being classy and bluesy, I quite like it

cake yay

Absolutely no notes. ‘You can’t always get what you want’ will be played at my funeral

Ciekawe dość, ale nie mój gust rocka

Not a fan of the lore country/folky songs. Very raw feel but that’s part of its charm. Has in my opinion, one of the greatest songs of all time in Gimme Shelter which helps bring the rating up to 4 out of 5, if not for that then it would be 3 out of 5.

Oh man. Would you hate me if I said I only really enjoyed 3 songs on this album?? This is the first of many Stones albums I’ve heard so far, the second highest rated Stones album on the website, and I’m going to give it a 3/5. I’m always hearing that you have to pick either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones as the best band of all time, and it may be blasphemous to say this, but I’ve already rolled Revolver, and I gave that a 5, easily. Now, listen, “Gimme Shelter” may be in the Top 10 for best songs ever. It’s an absolute achievement of music and should be acknowledged as such. Watch both the documentary of the same name, as well as the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom if you want a really cool history lesson on it. The background vocalist alone sends a shiver up my spine, and the sick beat mixed with Mick belting one out really gave me hope that I was about to listen to the best fucking album of all time if it could even remotely match up to the sheer presence of this opening song. It single handedly gives this album a high rating in my book. It’s so good that I kind of want to go back and rate the top song of each album in this book and rank them separately. It would be pretty hard to beat. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is another classic, that’s the second song I enjoyed. I was unfamiliar with “Monkey Man” but that one was also deeply enjoyable. So, 3/9 songs is, eh, not great, but I didn’t outright dislike the others, so a 3 is very fair. That being said, every other song on the album is just filler that ranges from just fine to utterly boring filler. A lot of them are filler. After the brilliance of “Gimme Shelter”, I was pretty disappointed with the rest of the album, and man does it absolutely hurt every fiber of my being typing that out. Do they have a more solid album from top to bottom, or am I going to ultimately side with team Beatles? Time will tell.

eh

Some highs and low. Not the biggest stones fan so it either hits or it doesn't. This one had two bigger songs bookending so it was fine.

čista trojka

Absolute classic album! One of their best. Of course "Gimme Shelter" is the biggest hit of the album but I do like the blues-ish songs: "Love in Vain", "Country Honk" and "Live with Me". Btw, "Love in Vain" was written by Robert Johnson. The title song "Let It Bleed" is pretty good as well. The only weak song is "Monkey Man". "You Can't Always Get What You Want" closes the album in great style. A bit repetitive but nice song.

Classic.

enjoyable

TIL this is a no-skip for me.

Honky tonk gonna tonk

You can't always get what you want is a bad song. Rest is fine!

Gostei muito, não esperava que fosse tão bom, salvei quase todas as faixas.

Classic Stone's honky tonk. Lots of classic hits. Best album yet on this list

Classic.

This was a surprise, not really knowing the stones back catalogue it was much more folk than I expected.

A bit too country flavoured for my taste.

I think this is the album that the Stones begin to kick into gear. I really like their single output during the 60s. The late 60s stick fingers era is where the Stones find their album groove.

Ok. Iz nekega razloga nism največji fen Rolling Stonesov, ampak ni pa, k da jih ne maram. In dejansko nisem še nobenega njihovega celega albuma poslušala. Na prvi pogled poznam prvi in zadnji komad albuma, ostalo bo pa presenečenje. "Gimme Shelter" je en teh komadov od njih, k mi je dejansko ful všeč. Amazing začetek, tako samega komada, kot albuma. Sledita blues komad in country komad in noben od njiju me posebej ne gane. (Vidim, da je "Love In Vain" originalno od Robert Johnsona - sklepam, da je njegova verzija boljša. (Je, itak, z dejansko dušo, čeprav je bla allegedly prodana hudiču.)) "Live With Me" mi je kul. Tud zveni mi bolj kot prav oni. (Poudarjam kle, da mam površinsko znanje o Rollingih.) Naslovni komad isto fajn. "Midnight Rambler" je zanimiv. Kr dolg, skor 7 minut, fajn se razvija tempo, dokler kr naenkrat skor ni nič, razen mal brenkanja in orglic? (Jap, orglice so - thanks, wiki!), iiin gremo z Mickom počas nazaj v komad. Kul. Naslednji isto kul, "Monkey Man" je pa en teh k me pritegne od začetka - najs. U, pozabila sm, da se z zborčkom začne "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Pozabila sm tud, kok je dobr komad. Huda reinkorporacija zbora proti koncu. Na splošno, zelo fajn album.

Has some great tracks on it but drags in some places

“We all need someone to cream on…” excuse me ?! Highlights - You Got The Silver, Gimme Shelter, You Cant Always Get What You Want ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Gimme Shelter is the banger to start things off. It rocks on from there with some good ones from the Stones catalogue. But why so country in places, Mick? Listened before? Y Saved tracks? Y Favorite tracks? Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want, ⭐⭐⭐ Loved it. Saved some tracks

Best Rolling Stones album I've had thus far. That's kind of a low bar. You Can't Always Get What You Want is a classic, though. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.

This is just a great album. Bookended by two of the Stones best songs, the middle half is a wonderful combination of blues, folk and country.

Ovo je istodobno jedan od najboljih stones albuma i ogromna aproprijacija crnačkih idioma

Amazing! So many bangers on this album, and it was made a lot earlier than I thought. Bravo! 👏👏👏👏

I do not like the Rolling Stones. I do like "you can't always get what you want." Therefore this album was mid 7.89/10; 3/5.

Is Gimme Shelter the greatest opening track in history? Maybe. Another album with a strong opener and closer with some filler in the middle. Let It Bleed is a strong song in the middle that stops the ablum from lagging, and Monkey Man is a decent penultimate track. Definitely not the Stones best work.

classic

Gaat de strijd aan met 'Exile on Main St.' om de titel meest Amerikaans-klinkende Stones album - en wellicht zelfs Brits album in het algemeen. Leunt wellicht iets meer naar de country dan de blues en roots rock van 'Exile'. En alhoewel ik vind dat die plaat echt veel completer is en in mijn ogen het absolute hoogtepunt van de band betreft, vind ik dit wel een fijne plaat om te horen hoe die sound zich ontwikkelt. De laatste plaat met Brian Jones begint met een opener van jewelste, en het post-Gimme Shelter syndroom zorgt er voor dat 'Let It Bleed' nogal moeite heeft om het een passend gevolg te geven. Het rammelt lekker - vooral in 'Midnight Rambler' natuurlijk - maar het is ook wel een beetje gezapig voor de heren. Het slotakkoord met 'Monkey Man' en 'YCAGWYW' is dan wel weer indrukwekkend. Misschien wel het beste begin en einde van een 60s album, maar het middenstuk imponeert niet. 6,5/10 Highlights: Gimme Shelter Monkey Man YCAGWYW

Wel geluisterd en dan vervolgens niet meteen een rating ingevoerd. Want ik vind het bij the Rolling Stones vaak een beetje ingewikkeld. Ze zijn te groot voor een simpele korte review, maar eigenlijk vind ik het niet bijzonder genoeg om er nu een heel verhaal aan te wijden. Grotendeels kan ik me bij jou aansluiten. De eerste en laatste song zijn uitzonderlijk en hebben zich al vroeg in muziek geheugen gegrift. Je neemt ze voor lief maar zijn allebei iconische tracks. Alle nummers daartussen zijn oke, klinken super Amerikaans maar vind ik niet heel speciaal. Nu produceerde ze natuurlijk ook meer dan 10 platen in een jaar of 6, dus dat is niet heel gek. The Rolling Stones hebben een grootse status, en dat snap ik. Alleen ben ik geen fan en loop ik dus niet altijd warm voor een Stones-plaatje. Ik houd het dan ook op een gemiddelde... 7/10 Highlights Gimme Shelter You Can't...

Monkey Man was my favourite!

Such a great classic record. Great songs, well produced.

Great period for the Stones.

Qualche canzone bella, ma niente di che. Strana quella country

This is a sound that truly stands the test of time. Enough has been said about the great beginning and ending songs of this album. The rest is absolutely fine as well.

well, it’s the Rolling Stones.

Amazing album with well known songs obviously- never listened entirely through til now!

Solid listen, digging the folk bluesy vibes on this one. Only knew Gimme Shelter and cant always get before hearing it, but was pleasantly surprised by the direction it took in between. Love in vain and Monkey were standouts

Obviously a classic album though I have never liked the Stones greatly. Something everyone should listen to at one time in their lives at least

10/10 album, different genres throughout, enjoyed listening

I gotta focus more on the positive things: Gimme shelter is a good song. Fav: Gimme shelter

Pretty solid

Балдежный альбом. Как и Led Zeppelin II, для меня он был наполнен чистым кайфом. Отлично вписываются кантри мотивы, губная гармошка. Каким-то образом у британцев получился очень американский альбом. В общем, это база и слушать всем.

Hella boomer coded. A lot of the songs feel like just two lyrics repeated. The singers voice makes me want to crawl out of my body a little bit. Feel like the album could grow on me though with more intentional listening.

Is Gimmie Shelter my favorite song ever? Possibly...

Great album. Weird cover.

H: an ok album, very mid. There are sounds ranging from rock to country. Not very cohesive. 5/10 H fav song: You Can’t Always Get What You Want Z: this gave me a much broader understanding of the Stones’s sound. Certainly a wider variety than I thought previously— blues, country, folk, and rock all rounded out the album. Mick Jagger’s voice doesn’t fit throughout the album as much as it does on the “classic” Stones sound I know. Lacks cohesion. 6.5/10 Z fav song: You Can’t Always Get What You Want

Didn’t love this. A few tracks I dug, but I felt were too long. The rest just feels kind of boring musically.

Best opener and closer record ever? Wonder what would top this?

This album shows that the Stones, without Brian Jones, were still a potent force hits on all tracks, including the countified Country Honk.

Classic stones, gimme shelter will always be a top track. Lots of hits, and not terribly long and drawn out.

Suprisingly funky. The album in its entirety is 'ok' but a few songs stood out. The mastering was interesting, not crazy detailed but there was solid imaging and spaciousness.

What a great album. Love all the big hits and the country vibe throughout. This is definitely one of the defining albums for the stones

Good Songs: Gimme Shelter, Love In Vain, Live with Me, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, You Got The Silver, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want Mid Songs: Country Honk, Bad Songs:

Maybe not the Stones' album I've played the most but I'm gonna give each a fair shot at becoming my new favorite or seeing if Exile holds strong. Funny though how many times I've listened to "Love in Vain" and not known it was a Robert Johnson cover. I'll have to go back and listen to the original but the Stones really knock it out of the park. "Country Honk" is the song you would actually expect to be a cover and it sorta is considering they released the single "Honky Tonk Women" earlier in the year. "Live With Me" has killer sax; I always wonder what music broke Dylan's obstinance towards the instrument whether it could have been Bowie or the Stones. The title track is the most essential sounding to me. Not the best or my favorite but the one that defines this monolith that is The Rolling Stones. "Midnight Rambler" I mean, I have nothing against the mouth harp and this is a great execution it's essentially the lead instrument on the song nearly overtaking Jagger* in the mix. Keef always fools me, I thought his singing on "You Got the Silver" was Jagger doing a less exaggerated American accent than his usual Blues or Country singing. This song, however, along with "Monkey Man" bring side B down a bit in stature proving my Rule of Side A. God I've probably listened to "You Can't Always Get What You Want" over a hundred times, maybe mostly on classic rock radio in Florida but I've also played it plenty on purpose and at my first ever concert in 2005 with my pa, the Stones of course opened their encore with it before sending us off on that wonderful song about lusting after black women. That show was also the first time I ever smelled pot, but I would go on to smoke some not much later. This is an easy 4.5 so it's a mix up whether I want to give it a 4 or 5. I'll have to think on it. I think I like records that came before and after it more so I'll have to unfairly dub this a 4.** *Ah-ha! It's Jagger on the instrument himself. **Changed my rating to a 5 upon purchasing the record and listening again. From this I jumped over to Miles Davis' the Complete In a Silent Way Sessions from right around the same time that this record was put together. Wayne Shorter on the sax over here; beautiful stuff.

Smells like 1969's spirit. Unwashed. The band has become a single organism birthing fluid funk.

This one feels hard to rate. The opening and closing tracks are two of the best songs of all time. But everything in between is way too country bluesy for me. I just don’t like that kind of sound.

very good, but I think some of their later albums are better.

An unbelievably good record. Arguably (and I might argue for one other record) best first and last tracks in rock, and almost everything between is rich, bluesy, painful, beautiful: gospel, country, Delta. Energy and anger and resignation out of loss and wreckage.

The weekend pick provides. Sadly, I cannot say I have purposely listened to this all the way through, but man does this deliver. With only 9 tracks, each one delivers. No filler here. Love the more back porch version of Honky Tonk Women.

How had I never heard “Country Honk” before? I enjoy this version of the Stones.

It's good to hear the Stones. This is kind of an odd collection.

Surprisingly good.

This was great. Made me want to go listen to other stones stuff. Really enjoyed it.

I’m never going to be a fan of Mick’s vocals. But this sounds as much like an old-school blues album as the Stones, given their rock priorities, could’ve managed. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” is essential, of course.

(92/100)

Magical. Can’t choose a favorite track until I listen a couple more times

i love this album!!!! one of my highschool teachers recommended it to me and ive been listening to it since. also i want to eat the album cover

Pretty chilled album, like the country influences. Not super grabbed by it but it'll do.

Classic, for my liking, this is a 3.75

Best songs: - Gimme Shelter - Monkey Man - You Can’t Always Get What You Want The rest is just meh to me

live laugh love in vain

mid, cool cover

Like the artwork suggests, this sandwich has a lot of filler. It's a good job the start and end are classics.

Why do so many "classic rock" bands have so many goddamn country songs...

great rock album, full of great riffs and storytelling

Started off strong and then didn't keep it going at all minus one track. Nothing bad though just underwhelming.

I think it’s pretty much been agreed that Gimme Shelter has the greatest intro of all time - in fact, there’s a strong case for it being one of the greatest singles of all time. Jagger is obviously outstanding but Keith Richards and ‘backing’ (co-lead, more like) vocalist Merry Clayton steal the show. Any album with this track on it gets an immediate 5 stars, but the rest is pretty great too. Love in Vain, Monkey Man, Midnight Rambler, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Country Honk… wait, not that one… I think that one was included by mistake. But what an album.

Off the cuff remark: I've been waiting for a Stones album to appear on this list and wondering which it would be. This is a pretty damn fine one, some days it just might be my favourite, there are some immense tracks on it. Country Honk still seems strange to me, but enjoyable nevertheless. Standout track: title track is fabulous but hard to beat the truly wonderful You Can't Always Get What You Want. Revisit?: sometimes only the Stones will do and it may be this album that I will spin next time.

5/10

I mean c'mon it's the freakin Stones

Rating: 1.0 There is not a single song worth listening to on this album that isn’t already in Target commercials. Another sleep-inducing twangfest.

It opens with Gimme Shelter. It closes with You Can’t Always Get What You Want. It’s got Monkey Man on it, and all the other songs are dirty blues/country blues bangers. Of course it’s a 5!

Absolutely classic Stones! One of their best.

Midnight Rambler

Monkey Man - ♡

Some great songs Gimme Shelter is in my opinion the Stones best song. Merrie Clayton is a songstress

The generator gave me 2 Stones albums in b2b days. This one is clearly much better than the debut album. This album was the start of the peak era for the band and the records that were coming out. A well-defined blues rock sound completes the album.

The only Stones era I've ever really cared about was when they were trying to be the Beatles in the mid-60s. Most these albums that get held up as their best are just two good-to-great songs with a bunch of bluesy country rock filler.

Classic, some all time bangers contained within, the less famous songs are all decent if not always super memorable

Look, I'm a classic rock girlie and it's the stones. This album is such a ride. It starts and ends with two of their best songs, and the rest is a fun assortment of honkey tonk bullshit (affectionate).

A wonderful album with my fave song by them on it. One of their best!

“Gimme Shelter” is one of not just my favorite Stones songs, but one of my favorite songs in general…so to say I was primed for this album is an understatement. After that phenomenal opening comes Love in Vain, which produced such a negative physical response that I had to check and make sure that I was still listening to the correct album. Things improved from there.

Bangers from start to finish. Made me want to go through their whole discography