Reviews (page 9 of 14)
Absolutely amazing bookends with “Gimme Shelter” and “Satisfaction.” Everything in between is decent blues rock, but nothing reaches near the (unattainable) level set by their biggest hits.
A couple of monster bookends here - Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want - elevate this album to a four. But even with the help of the somewhat reimagined Country Honky, there’s still too much here that’s just mediocre. And way too much twang for my money.
This album couldn’t start nor end any better than Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. The instrumentation on Gimme Shelter is brilliant. In between, I’m digging the blues stuff and even the country of Country Honk. I realized that I like the honky tonk style in limited, one song per album, amounts. I like the more familiar style of Honky Tonk Women, but hey, this works too. The lyrics for Let It Bleed are gross set to a nice blues track. Keith Richards’ guitar deserves to be commended. He was flying mostly solo with Brian Jones being unreliable during the recording sessions.
Without a doubt, the best Rolling Stones album.
This is where you remember that they have great stuff beyond the singles.
Today was my second time listening to this. I listened to it previously when I was trying to familiarize myself with famous classic rock albums. I don’t even know what to say about an album like this. It absolutely should be on this list. I don’t love all the songs but I think it’s a strong album.
Everyday more impressed by the Stones.
This is a classic and I don't think I'd ever listened to it! It was good as I expected.
Well enjoyed this! They're a household name for a reason. Just cool and fun and peak classic rock
I didn’t realize some of their more popular songs were that old. It also had a honky tonk vibe which was surprising.
I don't usually consider the Stones an album band, but this is very solid. that starting and closing are huge.
noooooooooooooh oli se hyvä.. ehkäpä yliarvostetuin bändi ikinä... pyörivät kivenmurkaleet... mutta varmaan paras albumi mitä niiltä tullo... yleensä on möyhivää myllertävää paskaa joka kuulostaa aina samalta mutta tässä on vähän parempaa struktuuria... bluessi pyörii siitä aina tykkään.... paras biisi gimme shelter tietenkin
Typical Stones album - a couple of very well known tracks, one or two tracks that are highly rated by afficionados of the group and four or five fillers. Overall it depends on whether one likes the famous tracks or not, and in this case they are two of the best Stones songs of all time - Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want. The tracks for the afficionados are Let It Bleed and Midnight Rambler - both are OK. Overall one of the Stones better albums.
first listen it's a fine album
Take out the 5/5 tracks that start and end this album and its position at the very top of the Stones tree looks a little shakier: there's some filler (Country Honk) and some 3/5ers alongside great tracks like Monkey Man and Love In Vain. So 4/5 it is.
good
Decent album with a couple hits. Not their best. Not even sure if it’s top 1,000 of all time.
Pretty solid for my first album! I liked that the music was chill to listen to especially while studying, although it’s def not what I listen to normally (sort of a dark undertone?)
Listened to it previously.
Great
I know it's sacrilege for me to say this given my Gen X demographic and how hugely popular the Stones were and are amongst Gen Xers and Baby Boomers, the people with whom I grew up, but I'm not a very ardent Stones fan. Fewer of their songs grab me and resonate with me than my peers. That being said, when their songs do grab me, they REALLY grab me. This album has a handful of those. For example, this album has "Gimme Shelter", which if I had to pick a favorite Stones song, this one might be it. I just adore Keith's guitar work on that track. And Merry Clayton's vocal work...please, I beseech you all, run, don't walk, to your nearest streaming service and watch the documentary '20 Feet From Stardom'. I promise you'll never hear "Gimme Shelter" the same way again, in the best possible way. You'll also get a whole lot more out of that film. Back to the album: I'm less interested in their country-flavored stuff. I like it better when they lay down a nice blues groove as they do in some of these songs and on some other albums. Even though I've heard the song "You Can't Always Get What You Want" a bit too often, I have a soft spot for it because I associate it with a film I liked in my late teens and early 20s, 'The Big Chill'. I do understand this album's place in history. And I really did enjoy listening to it all the way through for the first time in a mighty long time. Solidly classic for a reason.
8/10
Pretty good
Gimme shelter and you can’t always get what you want are great
Some of their best songs, sprinkled - like many of their albums - with a few blues/country clunkers. Take out 2-3 songs and this album is perfect.
Pretty great!
It's still odd to hear "early" Stones when they were obviously fighting to figure out if they were a rock band or a country band. Ultimately, they made the right choice. Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are standouts (obviously) - the perfect opener and closer. Hearing "Country Honk" was pretty cool too. The album really give you a sense of who the Stones were and where they were headed (sans Bryan).
Legendary band & album. Saw the Stones in 2019 with the full lineup before Charlie Watt passed & Gimme Shelter was one of the best live songs I've ever seen. Hard to not know what to expect from this album but always fun to listen to.
Exceeded my expectations to be honest. The Stones seemed to be on to something with this album, the rootsy blues mixed with a pop sensibility seemed like a formula for success. The actual production is diverse enough to keep the album interesting, and tracks like the ominous “Gimme Shelter” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” form part of the canon of rock and/or roll. On the whole, a very decent album.
Rock and roll baby, 4 stars
Hey, it's a Rolling Stones album that has more than one song I know! I guess Aftermath had two as well, but this one's got "Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," both heaters in their own right. One of the things this journey has taught me is that I'm not super fond of Stones albums. I like their music, they've got a smattering of classic songs, but it's just harder for me to sink my teeth in and enjoy them at long play. That said, I do think this is a stronger album, one of the better ones we've heard in my opinion. I think it's pretty great, with a few songs I also will hang onto aside from the big two. Is this as good as they will get for me? We shall see. Favorite tracks: You Can't Always Get What You Want, Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Got the Silver. Album art: Really do enjoy this one, for me the most iconic Stones cover. Are we to believe all of these stacked circular objects are balancing on the spindle at the center of a turntable? Not idea, but it's very cool to look at, and has a nice saturated, '50s America texture to it that I appreciate. 4/5
Not a fan of The Rolling Stones' country tracks as much as their blues material, but this is pretty nice. 'Gimme Shelter' is a damn masterpiece. Favourite tracks: - Gimme Shelter - YCAGWYW - Monkey Man - Midnight Rambler Overall Grade: 8/10
"Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" are the high points at either end of the album. The rest of the album has a blues/country influence.
Classics.
Excellent musicianship, Mick Jagger is very lukewarm on some of the vocals, though. He really benefits from having background singers. He's fascinating visually though, and lends a great deal to performances.
Some fun songs and great vibes on this album. I liked this more than I thought I would!
3.9 - enjoyed this a lot. The messiness and rawness of Stones really comes through.
4.75
How many five star tracks does it take to get stars? There's 2, possibly 3, on here - and two of the best ever. Still a bit wanky outside those though
Great start and end and solid middle. Would agree with Tom's 4.5 on average so getting a 4 to get the combo score
Almost got a 5 star just for Gimme Shelter alone. Not in love with all the country-ish influences (just not my thing), but this is undeniably a great album
An album that epitomizes the Stones. It was a relatively short album but a lot happens in these 40 minutes. Give Me Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are the mega hits and book end the entire album. These songs by themselves warrant a high rating. The songs in the middle are good for the most part. Love in Vain is ok. Country Honk is the worst song on the album and shouldn't exist. Live with Me is good and a nice pick up after the previous two songs. Let It Bleed is alright carries on a little too long. Midnight Rambler was really good, it is the second longest song on the album, and carries on a little too long too. The blues was fun though. You Got The Silver was alright and is just kind of there. Monkey Man is good and nice song after the previous one. I am not sure I would listen to the entire album from start to finish again, but I definitely will listen to some of the songs again.
Classic stones album
A fantastic album by the stones. This album has arguably two of their best songs on it. One starts it and the other finishes it. In between that I’d a bluesy rock middle that picks up with let it bleed. It’s not the other songs aren’t good it’s just the good ones on this album are way above the rest. It’s still a really good album. 8.5/10
Very good, would recommand.
Really enjoyed it the standout is gimme shelter
4/5
Nice clean early Stones. Good licks along the way
Very blues album. Enjoyed it.
I’d listen again. :)
I didn’t give this one the attention it deserves. I loved hearing it as background music to grading papers and cleaning house. I will come back to it happily, which is evidence for me that it’s a 4 minimum.
Especially satisfying to bookend this album with two absolute classics. Definitely an album with lots of replay power. There are a couple puzzling tracks here but that's mild criticism.
Went down well. Very strong opening and closing. Good. Bill - 3.5 Conor - 3.75 Shannah - 4 (3.75/5)
I grew up in a household with a brother 7 years older so The Stones and the Beatles were my first soundtrack, even though i was only half way through primary school when Let It Bleed was released. Mick's drawl and elastic mouth, the distorted lyrics, they bring back a lot of memories. I loved some of their stuff and the closing track, You Can't Always Get What You Want was an awesome anthem to close out the 60s, (genius to have a classical choir as your backing vocals!) The influence of early black American blues artists is all over the Stones' tracks and this album is a case in point.
Some classic songs here, and a nod to all time great blues man Robert Johnson with "Love in Vain". Gospel influenced Gimme Shelter is a fantastic opening track and more political lyrics than I'd ever realised. Very heavily blues influenced throughout. I really liked You Got the Silver, a sweet song with great instrumentation build.
Þeirra besta plata. Ekki mikið pretentiousness á ferðinni. Bara hrár veruleikinn. Merry Clayton bjargar þeim fyrir mér.
I really enjoyed this. It's got some of their best songs on it. I wasn't sure about the monkey man one, and I've never been convinced by the choir bit at the start of You Can't Always Get What You Want, but yeah, great album.
On Gimme Shelter Merry Clayton is by far the star. And Keith Richard’s guitars are the star for the rest of the show. Jaggers vocals are hokey and clownish on Country Honk, and I know it’s intentional, but it’s silly and unnecessary. The rest of the album makes up for that in a big way though. I’m not a Stones fan, but this record is undeniably pretty fantastic.
This is hard to rate. "Gimme Shelter" and "Get What you Want" are so a part of my life I don't even know when i first heard them. They're in movies, tv, and on the radio. The rest of the album was fine but with out those two songs, I don't think this album would be on the list.
A good album by one of the originals. Some classics on this one.
Olipahan mukava levy. Tullut aika vähän perehdyttyä rollareiden musaan ja tämä oli kyllä viihdyttävä kokonaisuus. Gimme Shelter ja YCAGWYW ihan helmiä.
Parit viiden tähden biisit eikä huonoja ollut ollenkaan. Rollarit…
4.5
It's like a well matured album I guess. A rewarding listen. I've mentioned my parents on all Rolling Stones reviews so far so here's another mention. Fave: hard to pick one but I did particularly enjoy You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Classic gospel inspired late Rolling Stones end of the 60s blues rock
I would definitely be Beatles rather than Stones - this hasn't changed that.
I think my favourite stones so far. A low four, still not lighting my world on fire but definitely enjoyable and a couple of songs that will still sound good a hundred years from now.
Gimme Shelter is a perfect opening track, and You Can't Always Get What You Want is a perfect closing track. Everything else in the middle is really solid but just kind of falls by the wayside in comparison Can I give an album a 5/5 based off just two songs? I'm incredibly tempted but I think a 4 is more accurate for the entire album experience. They're two very very good songs though
Obviously familiar with the Rolling Stones, but I've never listened to a whole album of theirs before. 1. Gimme Shelter - Already had this saved. Amazing. 10/10 2. Love In Vain - Nice and blues-y. Like it a lot. Saved. 8/10. 3. Country Honk - Well-constructed country song. Just not really my style. 7/10 4. Live With Me - Liked it, but nothing special. 6/10 5. Let It Bleed - Enjoyable rock song. Saved. 7.5/10. 6. Midnight Rambler - Fun song, didn't love it. 7/10 7. You Got The Silver - Weakest song so far. 5/10 8. Monkey Man - Nice tune. Loved the guitars. 7/10 9. You Can't Always Get What You Want - Obviously an iconic song. I really dislike the choir at the beginning, but the rest is obviously great. 9/10 Overall my initial instinct is to rate it 4/5. Solid album.
Tremendo. Gimme Shelter es una de mis favoritas y Can't Always Get What you Want es épica
4.6 - Part of an incredible run of albums around '67-72. Two songs have justifiably become part of the rock canon ("Gimme Shelter" and "You Can't Always Get..."). I actually prefer "Country Honk" to "Honky Tonk Women." Jagger's unbridled enthusiasm is often magnetic but can sometimes end up sounding goofy. I hear that goofiness on "Love in Vain" and "Let it Bleed" - the weaker tracks on the album -though they are fine blues recordings. "Midnight Rambler" meanders into an interesting extended breakdown in the middle. "Monkey Man" is another deeper cut worth revisiting - some gorgeous piano arpeggiation that melds with some terrific guitar work. Overall, very full and satisfying.
Nice
really great album, some of the hits but also some songs i had never heard and thought were really great.
Really like this, I enjoy the way country influence creeps in. Mick Jagger's singing is sometimes really distracting, but the majority of the time it works. I was driving along the Mississippi listening to this, and it was perfect for the drive and the scenery.
It's iconic, of course. Unfortunately the rest of the song don't hit the emotional highs of the first and last track. I feel like everyone has said anything that needs to be said here, but I could take or leave half the album in a personal listening session. Still, when it rocks it rocks hard.
Con los Stones me sucede que conozco muchas rolas sueltas pero no los discos y este no era la excepción. Muy buena y de mis favoritas la de "You Can't Always Get" y de hecho todo el disco es un ejemplo muy bueno de un blues contryson muy agradable. Mi único pero es que, qué falta les hacía un productor que les dijera "buena rola, ahora hazla que dure 2/3 de lo que tienes".
Great album, really enjoyed
Great album.
Not my favorite stones album but four stars just the same. Not wildly creative writing but still absolute, all time classics that you can hear over and over without getting bored with them. Was never a fan till I saw them live. Two of the greatest shows I've ever seen.
Classic.
Good music
Brilliant - found a couple of new songs I hadn’t heard before but will definitely listen to again.
Bloody good
Melhor música: Gimme Shelter
Muito Bom.
Good
The Stones best album of the 60’s
okay this shit in the late 60s had to fucking hit. fucking banger of an album
An absolute amazing Rolling Stones album that has some of their best songs on. "Midnight Rambler" is my favourite Stones song, and classics like "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Monkey Man," "Gimme Shelter," make this album a pure feast for the ears. An album well worth a listen on headphones as well, there is just so much happening. Only 4* from me though, because as an album, there are songs I already started skipping on second listen, like "Love In Vain" and are not up to the high standard of some of the previous mentioned songs.
Rock blues
Very bluesy, nice overall. Can't always get what you want is a banger
Here it is: An album that 100% belongs on this list, but that I don't particularly adore. It's a very, very good album, highlighting the versatility (and, yes, utter weirdness) of the Stones, but I have to take one star off for the fact that Gimme Shelter--my fave track--s a total monster of a song, and everything after that feels like a shadow of that greatness. Don't get me wrong. Every track is worth a listen. Is the entire album worth a listen? Hell yeah. Would I say that any track on here is nearly as good as Gimme Shelter? No. I have a special love for this song because of the strange story behind it: a pregnant lady was pulled out of bed in the middle of the night, still in her curlers, to record the background vocals for this track. No wonder she sounds so damn intense.
Listen. It has the biggest hits, and my personal fav, "Country Honk". I may not be a Stones fan, I'm also not an idiot.
Volim ih, ali mi ovo nije njihov najbolji. Al su nastale legendarne pisme kao let it bleed i you can't always get what you want
Dosta dobro, jako kul vajb, najbolji instrumentali dosad!! Love in vain zvuci ko tamburica i bas mi se svida (??)
8/10
Absolutely iconic album with some of the most memorable songs ever written. It’s impact is seen everywhere and riffs will ring out until the end of time itself.
Incredible beginning and ending tracks to to a great album overall. A couple of tracks I could do without but, but even those are good. Overall a classic album
The air of dread and menace captured on Gimmee Shelter is spine tinglingly atmospheric and the album closer You Can’t Always Get What You Want is a brilliant epic record to float away on. Has their ever been a more momentous album opener/closer? In between, some brilliant musicians play some catchy, engaging tunes of music they enjoy.
Legendarisch album met zoveel hits, echt de pinnacle van rock&roll
Easy to listen too, nothing too complicated and good fun. Liked the American roots influences......
This is the third Rolling Stones album we got and probably the best one. Their blend of blues and classic hard rock just works out really well on this one. As always, the difference between their best and worst songs is huge. You Can't Always Get What You Want is fantastic. All of the rest of the album is in a lower league, but still absolutely decent.
I liked it a lot. "Gimme Shelter" is one of my RS favorites. Not a perfect album, but damn near.
i will preface this by stating that, from a young age, i never really cared for the stones. i was a beatles kid all the way - they were just _nice_, y'know? whereas mick & co just kinda seemed kinda more seedy, which i didn't so much care for back then. couple decades later, i feel like i've heard everything they have to say on various job sites, and i don't ever need to hear them again. but then somewhere in between, i heard a couple of covers of their work, and i thought i should try harder to appreciate them. i had...some success, but not a ton. i don't think i'll ever be their biggest fan, is what i'm saying. all that on board, here's the thing: shelter is a classic for a reason; can't always get? same. let it bleed - amazing. and to have done it all in '69? huge. the love i don't have for them isn't their fault, is what i'm saying - i just happened to have been born in a place & time where they were just kinda...there.
Didn't realize the country cover on here.
A good listen. Older and wiser, the "contrivances" (i.e. this didn't emerge whole from a jam session) are clearer (actually, would it be fair to say the the craft, as opposed to a natural predisposition for aesthetics, is more obvious now?) but still a jolly good listen
A titan of an album from start to finish, and quite literally from the first song to the last. Highly recommend.
Fantastic rock/blues album. A lot more easier to digest for the casual listener compared to some of their other records. Fav tracks: Gimmie Shelter, Let It Bleed, You Can't Always Get What You Want
What I noticed about this LP, similar to the last 1001 offering, Aftermath, is that the hits sound very different than the rest of the album. “Gimme Shelter” is maybe my favorite Stones song (especially the vocals of Merry Clayton) but they jump to a twangy country blues vibe immediately afterward and stay there until the last song on the album when they bring in the London Bach Choir (!) If you were to compare this to other albums from around the same time by The Who, Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple, their hit songs at least resembled the rest of the album. So, the Stones were either very diverse or inconsistent. Anyway, there are a handful of stellar tracks, the session musicians are great (Brian Jones contributions are chuckle-worthy) & I’m rounding up for the electric version of Honky Tonk that never made to the LP.
The two bookends on this album are arguably the Stones' best songs ever so 'nuff said about them. Then there's a few solid Tier 2 songs on the album, Monkey Man, Let it Bleed and Midnight Rambler which are pretty damned good. Unfortunately the rest of the album is essentially filler. Also I'm not sure how I feel about some blokes from London appropriating Blues that was originally done by Blacks in the American south. I have mixed feelings about this as they certainly gave this genre a huge worldwide audience, but they also sold a shit-ton more records than the OGs. Oh well, I guess that's show biz. I think overall this is a 3.5 star album but the sheer weight of the book-ends elevates this to a 4.
An album that cements The Rolling Stones in rock history. Favorites: Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want
Up there with the best Stones offering. Two iconic tracks (the opener a contender for their finest moment?) and lots of great bluesy stuff.
High school AER remembers checking Let it Bleed out from the public library (to burn onto CDR) and loving every song. Looking back, I probably played Gimme Shelter, skipped all the way to Monkey Man and YCAGWYW, then put on some DMB. The middle tracks are still solid. Bluesy boozy Jagger/Richards. Midnight Rambler drags it's own carcass into a fun jam. There's just so much magic in the bookend tracks that the middle feels a bit normal. Imagine a Stones vending machine and for $1.50 it'll drop You Got the Silver down the chute. Unwarranted hateraide aside, it's still an all time classic "essential" 60s rock record that we all must listen to before we die, or before Mick and Keith are turned into holograms. A-
I think they did themselves a disservice by leading with Gimme Shelter, it’s such a banger, a 6 in the world of 5s, the sound is so big. But after that they seem to revert back to the stripped down blues and Appalachia vibes that are exemplified by in Exile on Main Street. The whole middle chunk of this album just feels like a let down compared to the first song. Not bad, lots of good white blues. I think the big stones fans prefer the stripped down raw things they do, but I prefer the more polished songs with the bigger sound. The last two songs almost reach the Gimme Shelter heights again, in my mind they should’ve transitioned from these and finished with shelter—perhaps this was an A-Side/B-Side thing that I’m unaware of. Good album, but only a 4.
Bold move thrusting at max force erection right outta the gate. You gotta tease 'em a bit before obliterating
Didn't really like Monkey Man
Fun album. Part of a great run in the 70s. 70s Stones s by far my favorite Stones.
great album - gimmie shelter obviously the star (and one of the all time great songs to lead off an album). the rest of the album is just okay by me, but still a solid stones album.
Yes, was good
Two of the finest tracks of all time, plus some others that are a little less memorable.
Esta medio trabado en medio campo, pero no deja de ser alineación legendaria.
inches rolones trae ese disco.
Muy buenas canciones, melodías, acompañamientos y orquestación. Como siempre de esta gente, un muy buen disco
I don't have any disdain for The Rolling Stones, like some people, ahem. I will even venture to say that I like them. Will I spend hundreds of dollars to go to one of their shows? Probably not. I think this album shows the breadth of their music - some songs are clearly rock, others are more jazz, some are acoustic and others a bit country/honky tonk. Their impact to the music that came after them is far reaching. And yes, the whole druggie rockstar thing is played out now. Many will try to emulate their music and their lifestyle and few will be successful.
Starts nicely with an absolute banger. Lots of bluesy stuff that doesn't jump out but makes for some chill listening. 3.5 for me
Their bestest album!
its really really good, but I know it too well now and can't enjoy it as much!
I see why this is a classic. First RS listened to in it’s entirety. Very bluesy which is what I’ve heard before, as to Beatles being more pop than rock. Honky Tonk woman first draft?
Just a solid rock album. Elements of country and blues interspersed throughout. More than a little horn. Favorite tracks: "Country Honk", "Live With Me", "Midnight Rambler"
I mean - an album that STARTS with Gimme Shelter and ENDS with You Can't Always Get What You Want? I'm not the world's biggest Stones fan, but this is undeniably just a masterpiece of chewy hard-driving rock.
Niet echt een uitzonderlijk album, maar wel oké
one of the best from the stones. this was in the midst of their great time. I lie the drunken swaggering bar band sounds.
It's one of the core Stones albums, some absolute classics on here. What more is there to say? Might not be *my* first choice for entry-level Stones, but if you pick it, I can't say you picked wrongly per se.
Wow I didn't know they made a more country / honkey tonk version of Honkey Tonk Women. I dig it. Probably my favorite collection of Rolling Stones songs? 4
Very solid album, featuring some great hits. There was some great music in the late 60s and this is one of the best albums
Some classic tracks, and the others are good. Never really listened to a whole rolling stones album before
Great
good, and their drummer has just died this week. RIP
Great stuff! So many classic here. Arguably the best Stones song ever in Gimme Shelter
Another frenetic and rugged album , featuring Gimme Shelter, a quintessential jam that featured post-psychedelic guitar counterpoint. (8/10) Favourite Songs: Gimme Shelter, You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Great album.
Really enjoyable for the youthful energy, swagger and playfulness. You can feel the enjoyment in the band playing together. Ambitious, provocative, shocking and vigorous, but doesn't seem to take itself too seriously. Don't like the mix on the vocals on the first few tracks, especially Gimme Shelter - it sounds like Mick Jagger is at the far side of the room.
About what I expected. Some good ones I hadn't heard before
Good. It's the Stones, innit
Very nice album. A good mix between classic rock and maybe even country.
Liked it generally. Rolling Stones is pretty hit or miss with me. They have some stand out songs but a lot of their stuff sounds the same to me.
A classic album that shows The Rolling Stones passion & American blues & country influences. There is a disconnect that comes from Mick's vocals & the twanginess of the music, making it feel like Mick is flat or out of time. Overall it is a fine album, but the vocals on the more country/blues songs could have been cleaner.
Solid album. Gimme shelter obviously one of the greatest classic rock songs of all time. Midnight rambler another fav
Has some good songs on there a few weak songs just by the first listen entirely but overall enjoyable
Two classic songs, “Gimme Shelter” & “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” Great blues and gospel feels
Pretty solid album from start to finish. I liked most of the songs. I was pleasantly surprised as I'm not much of a Rolling Stones fan.
This has to be one of the best albums to exist, the lyrics are so dark and menacing with the insturmental being upbeat, almost as a distraction. The whole album though has a very real, dark vibe from it.
Gimme Shelter: amazing Love In Vain: very good Country Hook: average Live with me: excellent Let It Bleed: very good Midnight Rambler: good You got the silver: good Monkey man: very good You can’t always get what you want: excellent 7.5/10
Solid album. A bit of a country feel.
A feel-good, groovy listen. Not really much into classic rock but this was good.
Very very good.
Three standout tracks, some mediocre and a couple of fillers. Good album
Gimme shelter best track, also you can’t always get what you want
Good album, definitely doesn't sound like 1969. Gimme Shelter is top 10 tracks of all time. However, the album peaks with track 1 and never hits that height again.
Great album. Some real stand out tracks such as You Can't Always Get What You Want and Monkey Man. Has a very Cream band sound to it.
Gimme Shelter has to be one of the best opening tracks of all time. You Can’t Always Get What You Want is a great closer. I just don’t think that most of the songs are as good as the hits. Monkey Man and Live With Me are also great tracks but I don’t like them quite as much as the opener or closer. It’s a great album but it has a few songs that don’t do much for me. Favorite songs: Gimme Shelter, Live With Me, Let It Bleed, Monkey Man, You Can’t Always Get What You Want Light 8/10
Classic early, bluesy Stones. **** for the opening to Gimee Shelter !
Banging and opening and closing tracks and pretty good in the middle too. Didn’t realise how American some of their stuff sounded
Great lazy breakfast. Some classics and ones I’d never heard which made my ears prick up via great lyrics and choonage. Properly feels like the classics bookended the the middle portion.
Pretty good! It’s an 8 from me.
I really thought this was gonna be The Rolling Stones lp that grabbed me but no it wasn’t…whyyyy did bands do this tongue in cheek Americana bullshit around this time it’s so disingenuous
8. had some good songs
Äußerst solide.
Zahn der Zeit nagt und beißt auf über soliden Blues Rock Leicht nerven der Gospel background und Jaggers kratzig kratzige Stimme, aber dennoch wächst das Album zum Ende zu voller Größe aus; persönliche Highlights: last 3 songs
Würde gern 4,5 geben.
The standard for rock, but nothing flashy until the end
I enjoy Rolling stones much more than I thought before this album.
Some decent songs bookended by fantastic songs. I think if the middle section wasn’t all dragging blues or if Monkey Man wasn’t a song I’d rank it higher. 8
7/10 uwu
Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are by far the best/most popular songs on the album but the other songs are alright. 7/10.
Good rock and roll!
Classic
classic stones love it
My second favorite Stones album. So good.
4 ist halt nice
Very good. One of the best Stones albums. Gimme Shelter might be their greatest song. 8-9/10
this was p great
The best Rolling Stones album for sure
Definitely enjoyable. Feels very loose
Pretty good Stones record.
!!!!
Realized I didn't know this as well as I thought. Didn't realize Honky Tonk Woman was more or less an alternate B side, the version of Midnight Rambler I identify with appears to be a live version I couldn't source off the bat looking for it... Other than that, it's classic Stones, amazing if you like that kind of thing (which I do).
good, some songs were weak
A fine album, some familiar songs
Pretty good, but not my favorite Rolling Stones
blaaaaaa
-Never heard Country Honk, that was a cool alternative take. -Best song is Midnight Rambler for sure. -You can't always get what you want does not make sense on this album, just thrown on at the end. Sort of ruins the vibe despite being a good song.
great collection of rolling stones songs. would listen again.
hab nur drei Lieder davon gehört bevor ich eingeschlafen bin aber war nice und hatte diese ✨history vibes✨
Great.
Pretty decent loved the title track!!
Cool, especially fun front half. I hate hate hate the choir in the intro of the last song. i thought rolling stones were gonna suck but I guess I'm wrong
Classic
This is among my favorite Stones albums, but not quite up there with Satanic Majesty, Beggars Banquet, Black and Blue and Some Girls. The overall feel of this album is based on a bluesy-rock-country twang that give the Stones what I consider their best sound. 4.5 stars.
Quite the country influenced album. Very good tho. F.T.: Gimme Shelter. Do you even have to ask?? 7/10
It’s a great album, arguably the start of The Stones’ classic era, yet it feels like more than the sum of its parts.
Solid prime era Stones
2.5
A few pretty good songs, a lot of pretty meh songs.
自分にはあまり刺さらなかった。ビートルズ的なサウンドの可能性を感じて、少し嫌だったけど、そんなことはあまりなくて、gimme shelterとかは素晴らしく良かったと思う。
Pretty fun and cool, but nothing that wowed me, other than the first song. Sorry for the short reviews on here but I don't have time daily and wasn't originally going to do them at all.
C'était un peu déroutant. Dans ma tête, les Stones, c'est du rock des années 60 plus sulfureux que la moyenne et un style sex, drugs and rock'n'roll jusqu'au-boutiste. Et avec un titre comme Let It Bleed, tu t'attends à un truc un peu méchant et osé. Et en fait pas du tout. C'est un album de blues rock, plutôt classique (on a même droit à une reprise de Love In Vain, de Robert Johnson) avec parfois même des moments country et des influences de gospel. Et c'est pas du tout raccord avec l'image que j'ai du groupe, que je ne connais pour ainsi dire que très peu. Cela dit, ça n'était pas mal non plus ! C'était pas tout à fait mon genre, mais il faut admettre que l'album n'est pas très long, il est varié et contient des tas de passages que j'ai beaucoup aimés.
Aside from banger Gimme Shelter it was fine, kind of groovy and would have been more enjoyable live
Again, one or two bangers and the rest just a bit mid
3 stars. Why? Because you can't always get what you want.
Overrated
Actually a great album for a road trip
Took a long time to appreciate this. Very bluesy and slow pace. But now I think is a lot of fun, not much more than this. The highlights is the first and the last track.
Dig this one, despite that ender. Honestly it’s hard to say if the song is that bad or if it was just ruined by radio. Probably the latter but it’s really hard to say at this point. That opener on the other hand; it’s likely even more overexposed, but it’s never soured. Great tune. Then you got all the good time honky tonk in the middle. Good times. 3 & just under a half
i like the rolling stones, but this one isn’t my favorite. favorite: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
This was good, but nothing extraordinary. 3.0/5.0: Good
completely carried by gimme shelter
Some mid songs framed by two good songs at the beginning and end of the album. The producers knew how to leave an impression by sorting the songs this way – classic expectation management. 3/5
6/10 Best songs: Gimme Shelter It's genuinely wild how strong the album starts - Gimme Shelter is a phenomenal song. It then devolves into adequate British blues before ending on a high note (You Can't Always Get What You Want). I understand why people (my mother...) might enjoy this album, but it is definitely resting on the laurels of its two standout tracks.
It's a solid album, with music that isn't particularly fresh sounding to me. Like an old boot
Country blues album sandwhiched by two unrelated singles
Good solid album
The Stones put out some good stuff. This is alright.
I never loved the Stones growing up. I still am more on the Beatles side of things, but this is a good album. They have their sound figured out here. I’ve always loved the choir intro of You Can’t Always Get What You Want - so different and cool from your typical rock. That song bookended with Gimme Shelter is quite the pairing. Mid to high 3 Highs: You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Gimme Shelter Lows: the rest is more or less a filler, but might grow on me
Idk if this is really my thing. It's good enough rock and roooooowllllll but idk just doesn't do loads for me but maybe I was too hot when I was listening and didn't have the most open ears.
I find it fascinating how I always find the Rolling Stones only... OK.
Gimme Shelter may be one of the best songs ever
This album contains the other Stones song that I like, so it has that going for it. “Gimme Shelter” is incredible, but let’s not do a silly thing and pretend that’s down to Jagger et al - there is no other word for Mary Clayton and her vocals than ‘astonishing’. I also liked how the piano was used, across the album as a whole. But my God, the rest of this album is tedious. It is, at least, a reasonable length - any more of a hootin’, hollerin’, and honky-tonkin’ Mick Jagger might have tipped me over the edge. I also know that I should like “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, but I never have - and it’s now a song which reminds me of “Glee”, which I’m not sure was the intention. It also goes on far, far too long. It’s probably a 2.5* album for me, but I liked it a bit more than the last Stones one which we had foisted upon us, so I’m rounding up.
svag trea. jag tröttnade
Hitsen hittar rejält men som helhetsalbum inte frälst denna gång heller. Stark trea?
ok jag förstår varför man gillar det här men det känns lite själlöst??
Ah, my last Stones album on this list, the 6th to be exact. Like it's predecessor, this is more on the RnB side. First and last track are classics and bangers, the rest is ok.
Heard it 3 times and I don't remember any part of any of the songs. Vaguely pleasant
Definitely the best of their albums I've heard yet. Consistently quite good Fav tracks: Monkey Man, Midnight Rambler
This was ok. The hits were great but the rest were just fine. None of the extras were awesome
After five of their albums, I'm discovering I feel pretty so-so about the Stones. I liked the bluesy vibes of this one, and it did get better as it went on. I liked the second half from Midnight Rambler on better than the first several tracks, and You Can't Always Get What You Want is one of my favorites of theirs. Wasn't quite at a 4 though.
Man, this album. I have multiple projects going. I’ve had it already. The first time I was really looking forward to it. Thought it was better than Sticky Fingers. I WAS WRONG. The first song is awesome of course. Gimme Shelter has to be one of the greatest songs of all time. And the closer, You Can’t Always Get is an all time favorite as well. But the rest? Yeah, it’s… really not good. 3 Boolean: Still True
my first rolling stones album! announces a long journey of musical discoveries. great album
This is the stones album on here that I've hated the least so far. But this list has affirmed for me that I straight up don't like this band, and that this list likes this band too much.
Great
The first and last track of this album HEAVILY carry it. The rest is un-noteworthy, skippable filler. 3/5.
I like the cover and title That bumps it up by a star
not too bad
Some great ones in here but spread amongst some I really can't get into.
Not as bad as some of their albums, but still fairly turgid shite at times. Having listened to four of their albums at the moment I honestly don't understand their enduring success/appeal. They've usually got about one or two decent songs per album, and then a slew of bilge.
Bra album, men lite långtråkig i mitten. Starkt avslut och bra start
I found this album opened strong however some of the other songs were not my favourite.
Some good stuff I guess but not for me.
I get the rock-ish vibe but what this sound involves into later in the 70s I dig more. But a cute little album, though I do feel like it starts promising and dies down. The opener track is the best track on the album, for sure.
You can't always get what you want whattt a choice for the closing track
Two great slices of my favourite Ciabatta (Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want) and some stale ham and processed cheese in the middle (the rest). Shame. Ok, ok, Midnight Rambler is a bit of sauce to spice it up a bit but in all I feel that it was a waste of good bread...Still a 3 for the two classics and the sauce...
Rape. Murder. Just a shot away. It’s fine. Maybe I have bad AirPods and speaker and car speakers and phone speakers but the vocals were hard to hear in every song.
This is fine. Gimme Shelter is fine. Monkey Man might be the best on the album. It's not bad, but not great either. Solid good album worthy of a 3.
in times of trouble mother mary calls to me singing words of wisdom let it bleed let it bleed de stones worden vanzelf oud in deze lijst (fun fact in de nieuwe versie wordt hun 2021 album ook toegevoegd. hopeloos), maar ik heb hiervan genoten!!
I’ve always liked the song Gimme Shelter, but it definitely hits different now being an adult aware of how easily war and crisis can happen. I don’t love the guitar being in only my left ear at the beginning of Love In Vain. The sound and Mick Jagger’s voice remind me of Violent Femmes though which is fun. Too slow/boring of a song for me though. Country Honk was fine I guess. I enjoyed the guitars being split in Live with Me. I did not care for the lyrics though. Oh god, I don’t really like the lyrics to Let It Bleed. Midnight Gambler was fun, but I don’t think I’d seek it out. I enjoyed You Got the Silver. Monkey Man was mid. Absolutely love You Can’t Always Get What You Want but really wish the acoustic guitar was in both ears. I’m sure I wouldn’t mind as much on speakers.
Ok
I've had this on vinyl for decades and haven't listened to it for decades. The famous songs are good and the rest is OK.
Pretty decent bluesy rock, besides the classic singles nothing totally wowed me though. 6/10.
6/10
Meh, solo disfrute let ir bleed
Country-like music didn't click much
ok
Ya ni me acuerdo de este album, lo escuché antes de que juegue argentina contra Inglaterra. Las Malvinas son argentinas, a mamarla. 7/10
Not a fan of country music but the lyrics were quite nice and catchy
Gimme Shelter er en all timer. You Can't Always Get What You Want er ikke mer enn noen hakk bak. Hva skjer med å ta en litt corny men egentlig ganske bra låt og spørre seg selv hvordan de kunne gjort den dårligere? Om Country Honk måtte eksistere, hører den hjemme på B-Sides & Rarities. Både tittelsporet og Midnight Rambler synes jeg funker veldig bra. Dette kunne vært en 10/10 EP. Er kanskje en 7/10 LP?
Stones går lenger enn Beatles i deres forsøk på å «get back». De stripper ikke bare ned låtene, de tar strømmen også. De var godt i gang med det på Beggar’s Banquet, så kanskje med disse to albumene har vi et lite inntrykk av hvordan et White Album kunne hørtes ut delt i to enkle. Stones har noen av sin sterkeste låter på Let it Bleed. «Gimme Shelter» og «You Can’t Always Get What You Want» løfter plata opp, og det trenger den egentlig. Stones som countryband peaka med «Wild Horses» (som ryktes å være skrevet av Gram Parsons??), mens de andre forsøkene gjerne låter litt parodiske med Mick Jagger sin tøyse-Texas for å toppe det hele. Du skal være bra kontrær for å foretrekke «Country Honk» over «Honky Tonk Women». «Live With Me» funket faktisk bedre live i Shine A Light-filmen med Christina Aguilera som gjest. Heldigvis er også «Midnight Rambler» og «Monkey Man» med på plata, ellers hadde åpningssporet og avslutningssporet måttet løfte tungt.
Once again, I'm not a fan of The Rolling Stones. Their legacy is overrated IMO. This is a good record though, plenty of blues roots here, but some honky tonk crap in the middle. Not good enough to make me wanna go back.
I’m always kinda torn on this record. Gimme Shelter, Monkey Man, and You Can’t Always Get What You Want are all-timers, but the “Stones go country” tunes that make up the rest of the album are not my thing.
I know and own Gimme Shelter and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. This was fine. Not bad, not great. I like 60's Rolling Stones more than any other era of The Rolling Stones.
Solid love me give me shelter
Some great classics, but also a little more country-ish than I expected.
Kantribiisit sano jiiihhaaa ja mä sanoin huoh alussa kun kuuntelin. Lätty kuitenkin parani huomattavasti loppua kohden ja oli ihana kuulla sitä ainutlaatuista soundia, mitä rollareilla on. Ei heidän paras levynsä, mutta ei huonoinkaan.
good album, that's it.
Oli hyvä! Jotenki kun mietin rollareita mietin ihan eri aikakautta. Oon sen verran sivistymätön. Ollu hauska jutella äitin kaa näistä levyistä mitä täällä on, se kerto yks päivä semmosta että kun se oli nuori niin Oulussa oli jonkun kauppakeskuksen yläkerrassa farkkuliikkeet ja sinne kun eteni niin alko oikeen pauhaamaan semmonen nuoristolaisten musiikki ja se ilmapiiri oli vahvasti "äiti voin mennä yksin ei sun tarvi tulla" ja rollarit on varmaan ollu just sitä. Tykkäsin, hyvä lätty. Ei mikään mun sielunmaisema kuitenkaan.
Starts well and ends well. The middle hmmm a bit blah
Tutaj będzie krótko, nie znam mocno twórczości The Rolling Stones, po odpaleniu albumu zaczyna się świetnie utworem Gimme Shelter, jednak później mam wrażenie, że cały album odwraca sie o 180 stopni od tego tracka i leci w zupełnie innym kierunku. Robiłem dwa podejścia do tego albumu ale jakoś sam krążek nie chce mnie zachęcić, żeby odkrywać jego historię czy okoliczności powstania. Dam 3/5 za Gimme Shelter, może jeszcze kiedyś tu wrócę.
Gimme shelter has to be the most iconic car commercial song of all time at this point. A honkey tonk rock and roll album. A great cap to the era before the 70's took over
Not my taste, but it is objectively good music.
6.5/10, good music but not really for me, I find it somewhat boring and repetitive.
Another puzzlingly inconsistent album from The Rolling Stones - like Beggars Banquet, this one is at its best on its bluesy songs, with the more rootsy country stuff falling more flat. I don't think The Rolling Stones can really pull off a varied album like this.
The Stones strike again with another strange album containing a couple all-time great songs with a bunch of bullshit in between. I just can’t seem to get behind their attempt at honky tonk stuff. This album even contains Country Honk, which is apparently the original version of how Honky Tonk Women was supposed to sound, but it’s significantly worse because they’re a British band trying to make a damn country sound!!!! Three points for Gimme Shelter tho.
This is totally fine. As we have seen before, you have two all time great songs with a lot of weaker material sandwiched in, but I did find myself enjoying Let it Bleed (song) and Monkey Man at least. This is one of their more listenable efforts.
not too much of my jam, but it wasn't unpleasant to listen to either.
Hard rock, blues, country blues.
5/10 I think front-to-back this is the best Stones album I've heard so far, but I only really got into about half of it.
A bit all over the place and shit in the middle somewhat
Is it this good?? Doesn’t really do much for me. Gimme shelter is classic but I don’t see myself loving it..
Gimme Shelter is an absolute classic, but the rest of the album doesn't quite match that peak. country honk feels very off from the rest of the album, but overall it isnt a bad listen
fav songs: gimme shelter you got the silver you can't always get what you want blues, iconic, dusty 60/100
It's a good album all right, I don't have anything bad to say about it. Gimme Shelter is certainly a banger. The blues ballads are nicely done, even if not particulary groundbreaking. However, this list pretty much confirmed that outside of their big hits, the Rolling Stones mostly bore me. I can't really explain why - they just do. Their music often feels like something's missing, something I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe it just doesn't speak to me on an emotional level ; or maybe it's their weird obssession with making American roots music, which always felt a bit forced and artificial. Not an unpleasant listen overall, but I don't see myself coming back to it. 5/10
Damn. This is a very good album. This might be their 5. Let’s see how I feel… Uh… no. No. This is a shit sandwich. Gimme Shelter- a bunch of shit - You can’t Always get what you want. The album cover even displays it. They knew. 3 Boolean: uhhhh,True?
I can’t lie this is definitely the best Rolling Stones album on the list - 60s rock is never my thing, it still isn’t after this album but this wasn’t a bad listen at all! Cool album cover too
A criminally underrated and unknown band. In an alternative universe they'd be more beloved and well known than Steps. "Let it bleed" was a pleasant listen. A good mix of old rock, blues and country elements culminating in an "All American" sound. I particularly enjoyed the fiddling on "Country Honk." They're not a band I've really spent the time to listen to. I know there will be more Rolling Stones records on the list so I look forward to hearing them. 3/5
This is mostly for Gimme Shelter tbh
Overall pleasant. I don't think it's as much a shit sandwich as some say it is, it definitely has good bits in between the heavy hitter opener and closer. I say this as someone who typically prefers an earlier Stones sound, even if they're a band best listened to for their occasional hit single rather than any of their albums as an experience.
Kaks päris head lugu, ülejäänud pigem fillerid. Võibolla aja kohta väga head, aga praegu tundub see pigem basic ja mitte väärt albumile panemist. 3.2/5
would maybe stop if it played on radio in a car
You Can’t always get what you want is such a damn good song. Album is a classic.
I was incredibly bored by this album
A 3.5 for me. A good album sandwiched between two stand out tracks in Gimmie Shelter and Can’t Always Get What You Want, but the middle feels loose and too honkeytonk / bluesy influences so sounds lost between the two genres.