Sticky Fingers

Well, there we go - it turns out I’m definitely a Rolling Stones fan.

Six stars !

Let’s talk about the good stuff first. This album came out the year before Exiles on Main Street and is musically much superior. There are some really nice (but not exactly original) blues riffs on here. However, it’s impossible to review this without addressing the steaming great racist, misogynist elephant in the room. Brown Sugar is the most gratuitously offensive song to ever hit the charts, and how it still gets played is beyond me.

I'm pretty sure I can recycle what I said for Exile: good blues album from a bunch of white guy.

The best of the Stones, easily. 4.5 stars

One of the Holy Quadrangle of Stones albums

“Wild Horses” is one of the GOATs

great

"T'es plutôt Beatles ou Rolling Stones ?" Putain, si j'ai entendu cette question une fois, je l'ai entendue un million de fois. C'était le test de Rorschach de toute une génération, le "pain au chocolat ou chocolatine" du rock'n'roll. Une dichotomie binaire et réductrice qui forçait à choisir son camp. Les gentils garçons bien peignés contre les mauvais garçons à la lippe pendante. La pop orchestrale contre le blues marécageux. L'amour universel contre la baise tarifée. Et moi, dans tout ça ? Moi, par pur esprit de contradiction et parce que j'avais déjà compris que la vérité se trouvait souvent dans les marges, je répondais systématiquement : "Velvet Underground". Ça jetait un froid, ça cassait l'ambiance, et ça me permettait de jauger mon interlocuteur. S'il enchaînait sur "White Light/White Heat", on pouvait devenir potes. S'il me regardait avec des yeux de merlan frit, je savais que la conversation allait vite tourner court. Mais fermons cette parenthèse. Aujourd'hui, on ne cause pas de la banane de Warhol, mais de sa fermeture éclair. Et quelle fermeture, mes aïeux. "Sticky Fingers". Rien que le titre, ça suinte. Ça colle. Ça sent le plancher poisseux d'un club à trois heures du matin, la bière renversée, la sueur et les fluides corporels. Nous sommes en 1971. Le Flower Power a crevé, la gueule de bois post-Woodstock est carabinée, et le cadavre encore chaud des Beatles bloque le passage. Le boulevard, est grand ouvert. Et qui s'y engouffre, pied au plancher, dans un nuage de fumée et de décibels ? Les Stones. Cet album, c'est un acte de naissance. Celui des Stones des années 70. Fini les errances psychédéliques de "Their Satanic Majesties Request". Fini de courir après les Fab Four. Les voilà seuls sur le trône, et ils comptent bien y rester. "Sticky Fingers" n'est pas une transition, c'est une affirmation. Une prise de pouvoir. Et cette pochette... Bon sang, cette pochette. Une oeuvre d'Andy Warhol, ni plus ni moins. Ce bassin moulé dans un jean, cette braguette bien réelle qu'on pouvait descendre sur les premières éditions. On n'avait jamais vu un truc aussi frontalement sexuel. C'était une invitation, une promesse. Ouvre et tu verras. Et ce qu'on voyait, c'était le fameux triptyque : le sexe, la drogue et le rock'n'roll. L'album ne mentait pas sur la marchandise. Il puait le vice et la débauche, mais avec une classe folle. Le son, d'ailleurs, parlons-en. C'est peut-être leur album le mieux produit. C'est puissant, clair, chaque instrument est à sa place, mais ça reste incroyablement brut, organique. On sent le groupe qui joue ensemble, qui saigne ensemble. C'est l'arrivée de Mick Taylor à la guitare qui change tout. Le mec n'est pas un simple ryhtmicien comme Brian Jones (paix à son âme noyée), c'est un soliste virtuose, un type qui fait chanter sa Les Paul avec un feeling bluesy à tomber par terre. Il apporte une sophistication, une couleur nouvelle qui sublime les riffs de Keith Richards. On va droit au but. "Brown Sugar". Le riff. LE putain de riff. Trois notes qui définissent à elles seules le rock'n'roll de la décennie à venir. C'est sale, c'est arrogant, c'est irrésistible. Les paroles ? N'en parlons pas. Aujourd'hui, un truc pareil t'envoie directement en prison médiatique sans passer par la case départ. Mais en 71, c'était juste le son de l'Amérique, de ses contradictions, de son histoire crade et de son énergie sexuelle brute. Mais l'album est loin de n'être qu'un monolithe de rock testostéroné. Il y a des fissures, des moments de fragilité poignants. "Wild Horses", cette ballade country-folk sublime, est d'une beauté à chialer. C'est la descente après l'euphorie, le réveil difficile avec un goût de regret dans la bouche. On sent l'influence de Gram Parsons, l'ami de débauche de Keith, qui leur a ouvert les portes de la musique américaine authentique, celle qui sent la poussière et le bourbon. Et puis il y a le côté obscur, le vrai. "Sister Morphine". Là, on n'est plus dans la fête. On est dans la chambre d'hôpital, le bras piqué, l'attente glaciale de la prochaine dose. La voix de Marianne Faithfull (qui a co-écrit le morceau) plane comme un fantôme sur cette descente aux enfers. C'est terrifiant, et c'est nécessaire. Ça montre que le triptyque a un prix, et qu'il se paie cher. Je ne vais pas décortiquer chaque morceau, ce n'est pas le but du jeu. Mais comment ne pas mentionner le groove imparable de "Bitch", le blues poisseux de "You Gotta Move" ou la montée en puissance épique et orchestrale de "Moonlight Mile" qui clôt le disque ? C'est un sans-faute. Un alignement de planètes parfait. Alors, pourquoi 4 sur 5, me demanderez-vous ? Si c'est peut-être LE meilleur, pourquoi ne pas lui coller la note maximale ? C'est là que ma casquette de disquaire indépendant et mon anticonformisme de base reprennent le dessus. "Sticky Fingers" est un album de rock parfait. Peut-être trop parfait. C'est l'étalon-or, le mètre-ruban du rock'n'roll "classique". Il est si emblématique de son genre qu'il en frôle la caricature. Il ne surprend plus, parce que tout ce qui est venu après l'a copié, pillé, digéré. Il n'a pas la folie expérimentale et déglinguée d'un "Trout Mask Replica". Il n'a pas la noirceur radicale et avant-gardiste du Velvet. Il n'a pas la bizarrerie d'un Zappa. C'est un chef-d'oeuvre dans son couloir, mais ce couloir, aussi large soit-il, reste balisé. Un 5/5, pour moi, ça doit te dérouter, te bousculer, te faire dire "putain, mais c'est quoi ce bordel ?". "Sticky Fingers", lui, te fait dire "putain, c'est ça, le rock'n'roll". Et il a foutrement raison. C'est un disque fondamental, une pierre angulaire, un monument. Un album qu'il faut avoir usé jusqu'à la corde, un passage obligé. C'est un 4/5 magistral, un 4/5 qui pèse plus lourd que bien des 5/5 de groupes moins essentiels. C'est le son d'un empire à son apogée, juste avant la décadence magnifique qui suivra avec "Exile on Main St" Un album résolument rock, pour sûr. Et quel album.

One of my favorite albums of all time — a classic.

Okay

The world seemed divided between the Beatles girls and the Rolling Stones girls. As a fan of '70s rock, with a rather alternative style and a rather "rebellious" look, I thought for a long time that it was the Rolling Stones who were going to win me over. I would have been a frenzied groupie, ready to throw myself half-naked backstage. The years go by. For five years running, The Beatles are in the top 5 of my Spotify wrap. No Rolling Stones in sight. Finally, I'll probably be sitting quietly in front of the living room table with my hair in pigtails and an ecstatic smile, ready to let out a high-pitched scream as soon as Paul McCartney takes over the family radio Save: Moonlight Mile, a distinct alt country song

A classic that I had never listened to in full.

Once again, I didn’t dislike any of what I was listening to but it wasn’t the sort of stuff I ACHE to listen to again and again with all my attention. It’s good for the background. Cmon gimme another album like the first one I got!!

great album, aside from brown sugar having the most suspect lyrics of all time. weird drug induced trolling or something, i dunno. nice to hear stuff from them that isn’t just Greatest Hits

Highlights: Brown Sugar, Bitch, I got the Blues least fav : Sister Morphine

10/10

Probably the best Stones album and my second favourite album to drink 1000 beers to. Dennis Leary has this bit where he says he wants to open a bar called O’Leary’s that only serves Budweiser and Bushmills and only plays the Stones and that’s what I think of when I listen to this album.

4.6 Quintessential stones

The Beatles have broken up and now it’s the stones time to shine. And they stick to their honkeytonk guns. It’s impressive how many British rock bands at this time wanted the American sound. Please check out Susan Boyles version of Wild Horses from this album. She actually made a better song out of it

Honestly liked this a lot.

Yes, Mick and Keef, I can hear you knocking …

A little too country-western influenced for my tastes, but its a pretty typical Stones album. It's okay.

I am not a huge fan of The Rolling Stones, but this is one record that I really do enjoy.

This is the fourth stones album I got. I think this is the best one. Still don't like them though

First half of the album is as good as any you'll ever hear. Second half is still really strong, but feels like a letdown

3.5 I like the less known songs. Again very varied

Great album, the Stones were at their peak.

Wild Horses and Brown Sugar are great, the rest not so much

My fingers aren’t the only thing sticky after that. Simpsons: Yes

Good shit would listen to more.

The Rolling Stones is a great band. What's not to love about them?

Decent, can drag a lot at times, which is soooo rolling stones

This really is the sound that I will always think of when someone mentions The Rolling Stones.

I'm very glad that I finally found a Rolling Stones album that I love. I really appreciate the more mature and stripped down sound this album brings. The lyrics feel more personal and heartfelt. This album is a great example of less-is-more, and is a masterpiece as a result

Wild Horses, what a classic. Absolutely love it! Makes me want to chill outside listen to this song and sing my little heart out.

This is probably the best Stones album I've had on this list yet.

Goeie klassieker

Strong 7, solid album with some good hits but a few forgettable ones like You’ve got the blues

Almost feels more like a greatest hits album than a regular one. Has a ton of great songs on it, my favorites being wild horses and moonlight mile.

You probably have heard all of these songs without actually listening to this album, which is both testament to the strength of the album and emblematic of the Stones’ oversaturation which results in a type of fatigue at hearing their music, in my opinion. My first instinct is to give this a four, but I have no good reason to take away a star.

Flashy, fun and just shy holding my attention the entire time.

Brown Sugar is my favorite of this album!

meh, didn't really leave a lasting impact

Fav: Sway Least Fav: You Gotta Move

-very bluesy record, like it a lot -favorite tracks: bitch, wild horses, can’t you hear me knocking, dead flowers

Much less cringy than "Aftermath" (setting aside "Brown Sugar", and/or maybe I just paid less attention overall to lyrics); much more rocking. I remember why I liked the Stones now.

TOP

Maybe perfect

Excellent

Good old Classic Rock and Country-Songs. The greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world!

this, in my opinion, is the stones at their best. the album has all of the qualities of what makes a great stones album without none of the bloat of some of their (one of their) highly acclaimed albums. the album comes out with a blaze of aggression and keeps the attitude going. 'sway' is one of my secret favorite stones songs, and 'wild horses' is one of my not-secret favorite stones songs. even when the album downturns to the more acoustic "traditional" blues sound, like "you gotta move" the album doesn't quit. what makes the stones the stones is the oomph their albums give, and this is one of the oomphiest albums around. one of my favs!

Decent stones album

I’ve always viewed the Stones as predominantly a singles band and I’m afraid Sticky Fingers has done little to challenge that preconception. Brown Sugar is great and I really enjoyed Midnight Mile but there was a lot in the middle that didn’t stand out in two plays through. Can you Hear Me Knocking has good moments but is just too long.

The Stones in their pomp. Almost like a greatest hits LP and second only to Exile on Main Street in my opinion. Top drawer.

rolling stones man. it's a solid album.

Def top 2 stones, possibly top 1. Unbelievably consistent and comprised of some the Stones’ best songs ever. Favs: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch, Dead Flowers, Moonlight Mile Least favs: Sway (which is still just ok, not bad, only the worst in the context of this legendary tracklist) Rating: 9+ Side note: pretty crazy that this came up as the first album i got on this website as it was the album i was listening to when i had the idea to look for a website like this and I was in the middle of can’t you hear me knocking when this lp was picked, gave me a good a double take.

Je sais pas s’il mérite vraiment un 5, mais fuck it j’lui en donne un quand même. Brown Sugar commence l’album tel un uppercut, Sway et Wild Horse te rajoute une couche de mélancolie parfumée qui t’amène à Can’t You Hear Me Knocking qui te re-uppercut en un solo instrumental de 5 minutes. S’ensuit de supers tounes folk/bluesy, qui mène vers Moonlight Mile, concluant magnifiquement l’album.

Amei o álbum!

Brown Sugar is great. Can't You Hear Me Knocking has some nice raw guitar. Wild Horses is popular but I don't love it.

It's just top notch Stones. 3 big singles, and the other songs are great. "I've Got the Blues" is a great slow blues song I didn't expect from them.

This is fine. I can't seem to connect with the Stones the way some people do. I wasn't mad about having to listen to the whole album, but I probably won't come back to this much, if ever. Wild horses is a good song though

Ok, lets go. its ok, three stars of five, I wouldn't listen to it again sincerely.

Some great songs to give it a strong 3...but not quite enough overall for me to give it a 4.

I've listened before, but not for a long time. A few classics here but more than half of this album doesn't really resonate or feel that memorable to me. "My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum, alright"

I never owned this one and probably haven't listened all the way through very many times, but it's so good!

Ok so this was a pretty fucking good album but I guess that is a surprise to pretty much no one

This is The Rolling Stones in a MUCH better place than their last album. I thoroughly enjoyed many tracks, and although they lost me on a couple (Sway kinda bored me), I still really enjoyed it enough to give it a 4. Rolling Stones aren’t in 5 range yet, but Aftermath is still on its way.

i liked it, nothing stood out to me to comment on tho sorry

Front half 👍👍 Back half 👎👎👍👎

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Me gusta mucho.

I’ve always loved White Horses. I can see their talent but the music is just sometimes a tad on the messy side taking away some of the enjoyability.

Skipped “Brown Sugar” halfway through, just couldn’t handle the lyrics. The Stones are incredibly cool but that song is unfortunately super offensive. I grew up hearing it on the radio and even featured in commercials. Weird. Ok, maybe I’m not rock and roll enough but my favorite track on the album was “Moonlight Mile.” The piano and acoustic guitar just felt perfectly rustic like a comfortable home with a gentle breeze.

The older I get the more overrated the Rolling Stones seem to get. They're not bad, but they don't do much for me. 2.5

Great, but not quite a 5

3-4 Aber brown sugar is killer

Amazing guitar solos.

I had very little opinions about this.

Kinda country/bluesy. Doesn't sound dissimilar from other Rolling Stoneses of the time to me.

In the age old question of Beatles or Stones I would also say Zeppelin. This is probably my favourite Rolling Stones album but it’s just good not great

Now we're talking! My favorite Stones album. It's great from beginning to the end. If there's a Rolling Stones album that should be on the 1001 album list it's this one.

standard

Betydelig bedre end forrige album, men alligevel ikke noget som efterlod et ønske om at høre den igen

Ret hyggeligt. Stadig ret hill billy.. Dog med et glimt i øjnet. Der går næsten over i ren ZZ Top. Hittet er genialt.

Endelig levede Stones op til mine forventninger. Et fedt album med sange der fanger og en produktion hvor lydbilledet står skarp. Wild Horses er sgu en fantastisk sang

Más blues de lo que esperaba de los stones (no esperaba absolutamente nada)

Un blues bastante genérico, complicado hacer la diferenciación entre canciones tbh

2 Rolling Stones albums back to back, enjoyed this one more, brown sugar the standout

legend

Did the Stones ever do anything interesting? By the time Sticky Fingers came out both The Beatles and The Velvet Underground had come and gone. Black Sabbath was releasing music by this time. The songs are well-crafted but to my ears they are all so obvious: bluesy dude rock with lush instrumentation. It's just not for me.

The album rocks! As in RAWKS!! Perfect rock album by “the greatest band in the world”. If you don’t love this album you have shitty taste in music.

145 albums in and i finally find another album by the band that began my 1001 albums journey, The Rolling Stones, And they are back with Sticky Fingers. It actually is a pretty good album and i think its better than Let It Bleed. Unlike Let It Bleed which went further towards it's country elements, This one goes more towards rock with some of the country elements still intact which is a style i prefer. This album also had some more slower songs which worked well as breaks from the harder stuff. There are songs which i do think are not composed the greatest but this album still managed to be a pretty good album. Best Song: Bitch Worst Song: You Gotta Move

I've always felt like the Stones are one of the most overrated bands of all time. I love a few of their songs but for me, a greatest hits record would be enough. That said, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts are both among the best at what they do. For this record, there are some bangers on here - Brown Sugar (if you don't listen to the lyrics at least) and Can't You Hear Me Knocking are great. I've never liked Wild Horses. The rest of the album is sort of unremarkable to me. I think this is just one of the albums that you're supposed to like from a band that you're supposed to like. There's nothing wrong with this record, really, it's just sort of beige. 2.5/5 rounded up to 3.

The top five songs (Brown Sugar, Bitch, Dead Flowers, Wild Horses, and Can't You Hear Me Knocking) get this album to 4 stars or B+ for me, but the lesser songs prevent me from giving 5 stars.

Sticky Fingers is an absolute classic. Starting from the album cover it just presents that rawness that the Stones achieve so well. They bring their influences to the forefront and revive these old blue standards. What makes it great is that the songs themselves are amazing but inspire the listener to dive deeper into where this influences come from and go out to seek those artists such as Leadbelly and Muddy Waters. It's a brilliant piece of art from Britains most premiere R&B band. It's right up their with Zeppelin and Sabbath for albums of the 70s

Too bluesy for me

Bloody brilliant. If you want to understand what makes the Rolling Stones are so great, start here.

Honestly could not understand the words for majority of the album. The instrument section was good but nothing to keep my attention without lyrics

Jeg er meget glad for Rolling Stones, men de er ikke det største albumband. Det her er dog en kæmpe undtagelse, simpelthen et af de bedste rockalbums der findes, alle numre er fantastiske. Nem 5'er. Som at komme hjem at høre det igen ❤️ en af mine all time personlige favoritter

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God plade med nogle fede numre!

Great record. Great ballads. Set of first four songs is simply outstanding.

Such a unique sound

An ALL TIME Favorite!!!

Het moment is daar! Misschien wel mijn all time favorite band.. ach wie hou ik voor de gek. Het is gewoon mijn nummer 1. Mijn pa heeft dit album thuis liggen met een limited edition hoes (1e uitgave als ik het niet mis heb), waarbij je echt de rits kan open en dichtmaken. Mede daardoor heeft de hoes van jongs af aan indruk op me gemaakt, en blijkbaar had ik al vroeg een uiterst kunstzinnige smaak, aangezien Andy Warhol achter dit kleine kunstwerkje zit. Brown Sugar is een geweldige binnenkomer. Menig Stones fan zou de aan de eerste twee akkoorden al kunnen horen dat het gespeeld is door Keith, die zo een onmiskenbaar dikke stempel op het gehele album gezet heeft. Vaak wordt Mick Jagger als de grote koning en belangrijkste spil van de Stones gezien, maar ik denk dat door de decennia heen er langzamerhand een paradigmaverschuiving gaande is: Keith is de onbetwiste koning van de Stones. Hij is dit geluid nooit verloren: hoe knoestig zijn handen ook geworden zijn. Van Wild Horses heb ik altijd gezegd: dit mag op mijn begrafenis gespeeld worden. Misschien een beetje cliché, maar het nummer heeft veel emotionele waarde voor mij. De gevoelige nummers zijn misschien niet het eerste waar je aan denkt bij de Stones, maar toch hebben ze een aardig repertoire (Angie, Sister Morphine, Waiting on a Friend, Ruby Tuesday, Wild Horses). Sway is eentje die ik met de tijd meer ben gaan waarderen. De outro solo van Mick Taylor is gigantisch goed. Bij Can't You Hear Me Knocking is al helemaal duidelijk dat Mick Taylor van de partij was. Hij verving de net verdronken Brian Jones eigenlijk heel goed. Dat bleek al bij de voorafgaande albums Get Yer Ya Ya's Out en Let It Bleed. De Stones hebben mede dankzij Taylor een enorm succes geboekt, zijn periode wordt nog vaak aangeduid als de Golden Era. De uit de hand gelopen jamsessie bij Can't You Hear Me Knocking is echt een genot, Mick Taylor heeft net als Keith een herkenbaar, eigen gitaargeluid. Scherp, op de maat, verfijnde techniek. Keith is de knoestige (ja, ik pak elk moment aan om dit woord te gebruiken) laatste man, Mick Taylor de wendbare kleine buitenspeler met een strakke pass. Een geheel andere dynamiek dan met Brian Jones er nog bij. (Tip: Luister eens naar de alternate version van dit nummer op spotify, leuke afwisselaar) You Gotta Move zou voor sommigen een beetje buiten de boot vallen in vergelijking met de andere nummers op het album. Het nummer is niet origineel, maar afkomstig van de Afro-Amerikaanse spirituele zanger Mississippi Fred McDowell (Hoe chill kan je artiestennaam zijn?). Maar als Stones fan kan je ook dit waarderen. De zeurende stem van Jagger is zo vervelend nog niet. Het hoort er bij. De stalen slideguitar van Keith klinkt net als altijd als thuiskomen voor mij. Bij Bitch komen de uitstekende blaaspartijen weer naar de voorgrond. Een enorm swingende bluesrock song. Noem een blues of rock artiest die beter blazers kan inzetten dan de Stones. Ik wacht. I Got The Blues vind ik eigenlijk het allerbeste Stones nummer van het album. De blazers zijn geweldig, maar de solo van het hammond orgeltje dat je hoort na ongeveer 2 minuten is zo goed. Voor Sister Morphine is een ware slide guitar legend aangetrokken: Ry Cooder. Ook wel bekend als de man die later de gehele soundtrack van Paris, Texas ingespeeld heeft. De film heb ik laatst gekeken, wat een genot was de muziek alleen al. Het tumbleweed gehalte is off the charts. Dead Flowers is een andere personal favorite. Verassing: het gaat weer over heroïne. "I'll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon. And another girl to take my pain away". Ach, wat zwaar zou jij het hebben gehad Mick. Moonlight Mile is de magische afsluiter die het album verdient. Mick Jagger zingt vermoedelijk over het neerkomen van een (cocaïne)high. Toepasselijk, de luisteraar mag nu ook even bijkomen van de geweldige rollercoaster genaamd Sticky Fingers. Rating: 10/10 Highlights: Brown Sugar, Sway, I Got The Blues, Bitch, Moonlight Mile

Deze plaat zie ik altijd als de middelste van de trilogie van de "Americana Stones". Natuurlijk was de band van origine al een bluesy hitmaker, beïnvloed door tal van mythische Amerikaanse artiesten, maar vanaf 'Let It Bleed' ontwikkelde de Stones een sound moerassiger dan Louisiana, en dustier dan de plains in Nebraska. Waar het honky tonk geluid - zo kenmerkend voor de grote neef aan de andere kant van de oceaan - op het eerste album nog subtiel was en in zijn kinderschoenen stond, is 'Exile On Main Street' één van de meest Amerikaans-klinkende albums van de jaren 70. Van het trio slaat die volwassen sound bij mij het meest aan, maar 'Sticky Fingers' zet al wel een paar belangrijke en aangename stappen in de Americana evolutie van de Britse rockers. De eerste helft van het album is classic. 'Brown Sugar' is Stones rock & roll in optima forma, en werkt hetzelfde als de energieke opener 'Rocks Off' op EOMS. En daarna wordt even het spectrum aan Amerikaanse, rootsy muziekcultuur tentoongesteld met 'Wild Horses' en 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking'. De eerste is een country-rock masterpiece. 'Eagles done right' zeg maar. De tweede is een blues-rock powerhouse, met een geweldige transitie naar een heuse boogie jam, die doet denken aan 'Midnight Rambler' van het voorgaande album. Die vrije jam sessies tekenen vervolgens het middenstuk van het album, wat prettige blues oplevert, maar verder weinig om het lijf heeft vergeleken met de sterke beginfase. De eindfase pakt de draad weer op, en het afsluitende duo 'Dead Flowers' en 'Moonlight Mile' zitten zeker bij m'n hoogtepunten. De eerste is magistrale country, later gecovered door Townes Van Zandt. Ja, dan ben je wel geslaagd voor je inburgeringscursus. De afsluiter is een all-time favorite, en was zelfs op EOMS een uitblinker geweest. Geweldige orkestratie ook. Een belangrijk transitiealbum in wat uiteindelijk m'n favoriete Stones sound moest worden. Sterk begin en een sterk slot, met een gezapig middenstuk. 8/10 Highlights: Wild Horses Can't You Hear Me Knocking Dead Flowers Moonlight Mile

Ja wat een knaller van een plaat. Wel gefascineerd door het Amerikaanse geluid. De wens om als Britse rockband in die tijd dus zo Amerikaans te klinken. Gelukkig doen ze het beter dan de American classics als the Allman Brothers of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Zo lyrisch als Floris wordt ik niet van de Stones. Maar dit is wel een van hun beste platen en met de sterke riffs, jamsessies en heerlijke zang van Jagger één waar je heerlijk doorheen rockt. 8/10 Highlights Wild Horses Dead Flowers (Toch de Eagles/Band achtige tracks) Ik vind het wel een taaie hoes. Zeker met echte gulp.

Man, there are too many Stones albums on this list. This is fine, there are some good songs, but still just too much bluesy bar bad stuff shining through. Not for me.

Never heared this whole album before, but within the first few seconds I´m already familar with this sound. Just the Stones. Unique voice, nice guitar-riffs, bluesy songs, lovely saxophone. 👄👅 Some of their well-known songs "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses" and "Dead Flowers". Very round album. Favourite: "Bitch", "Sister Morphine"

7/10

The album has some great guitars and an envolving rhythm, but nothing especial to be my favorite. However, I would listen to in a lot of situations, it's very good. My favorite songs were Brown Sugar and I Got The Blues.

I had formed the opinion that the Stones were over rated, even though I hadn't really listened to them, only knowing their big overplayed radio hits. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by this album. There's a good variety amongst the tracks, but more than that there's an overall feel that's hard to describe, but works. There's a couple of songs that didn't quite land with me (what the hell was Dead Flowers?), but there is no denying this is a good album.

Didn't know what to expect, I thought it was going to be more poppish

As good as it gets for Stones albums. This and Let it Bleed and Exile and the best of their catalog. Really likes the blues inspiration and “Can’t you hear me knocking” is just and unbelievable song. 4/5 Will listen again

This is what I was hoping to hear from the Stones. A little more subdued, and every song felt like a slightly different genre. Some simple yet beautiful acoustic guitar, strings and even some worldly sounding drums at times.

I wish this app would stop making me listen to the Stones. It sounds like a drunk sing-along to songs nobody knows. What in the fuck is "You Gotta Move"?!

Incredible album all the way through. One of my favorites Stones albums so far

Good songs from front to back. Internet brainrot has ruined You Gotta Move for me. Absolutely love the horns on Bitch.

Super slay with so many cool things. Heheh yes so specific. Not really my style but I still really really enjoy and defs will listen again. Works rlly well as a whole album listen vs just individual songs

Like the blues influences and the songwriting is great, but the fake southern accent lost this album a star unfortunately.

Second Stones album in a week. Just as good, if not better than the last one.

One of the greatest R&R lps ever

Wild horses❣️

If Mick had joined the 27 club this would be a 4

Not their best but a couple of bangers

Rolling Stones return to basics with a straight blues rock record. The previous 4 albums were lush and triumphant with excessive production. In contrast, Sticky Fingers is fairly barebones, with lots of simple repetitive melodies, pop hooks, and an even mix of ballads and hard rock, with influences from blues, folk, jazz, and country. Out of all the Rolling Stones albums, this is probably the most focused one with the greatest songwriting, with clear melodies that highlight and compliment the storytelling. All the songs are memorable with tight production and fantastic songwriting. The ballads aren't really my thing, even "Wild Horses" which most people really love, but they do grow on me. It's one of those albums where if you're expecting to dance and rock out to all the songs like "Brown Sugar", then you're gonna be disappointed. "You Gotta Move" is one of those cool ideas that drags on and bores you, could have been just a 30 second interlude. "I Got The Blues" is another ballad I didn't like, soul-inspired, but relatively boring and long. I like the basic yet accessible blues rock "Bitch" and country rock "Dead Flowers" even if they don't offer much more besides good vibes. Track ordering evenly splits the harder songs and ballads back and forth. Usually I'd hate that but it works alright here. Helps keep me engaged in each track. "Brown Sugar" is an excellent opener to hype up the album, and "Moonlight Mile" is a beautiful and atmospheric closer. This album also features "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", one of my favorite songs of all time. I really wish they had more mind-blowing jam songs like that.

Aye decent but bored of the stones

Nice rock album

A classic blues rock album by the Rolling Stones—not my personal favourite, but it's getting up there. Sister Morphine, Wild Horses, Moonlight Mile and Brown Sugar are some of the best songs they've ever written. Everything else holds up; there are lower points on the album but nothing that warrants a skip. I really enjoy listening to this record as a whole.

Very good classic rock and roll. No duds at all, and great performances by everyone throughout!

Rockin' and rollin.

The fact that I thought “Brown Sugar” was “Start Me Up” tells you all you need to know about the Stones’ songwriting abilities. In all seriousness, though, I actually like this. It’s heavier and in your face, but there’s a lot of dynamics. The lead licks kick in the door and the rhythm section is tight as hell. Jagger can really command a track, with badass verses and sweet chorus melodies. It’s not like this made me a Stones fan or anything, but there’s a good energy here that feels much more unique than Beggar’s Bargain. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still too much pastiche for me, but at least they sound like a unique band, and that goes a long way.

Rolling Stones don't do it for me.

Second stones album I've got and I enjoyed it! Lots of really good tracks on this record with some pretty decent variety. The singles are all good, popular but not-too-popular tracks. Dare I say this might be my favourite Stones record!

Damn fine album. Perhaps the best Rock n Roll band ever. Not their best work, but 4.8 gets it close. Rounding up a star.

Some really great songs on here, a couple that annoy me, so, a 4!

Better than Beggar's Banquet. I would change the rating of that one to 3.

A great Stones album and a great rock album! Worthy of this list.

A couple of great tracks, but the rest isn’t my bag

Obviously 5 stars…

Classic stones album. Favourites: Brown sugar, wild horses, can’t you hear me knocking, dead flowers, moonlight mile

3.75 stars. The Stones construct their songs well, whether they are upbeat or slower, more emotional tracks. The elements are thoughtfully added together, some string sections and satisfying drum crashes, and Mick Jagger performs all the vocals well. A couple of big hits on here like "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses." "Bitch" and "Dead Flowers" are good songs too. I'm not usually a fan of classic rock, nor do I resonate with wanting a visit from Sister Morphine, but this was a pleasant listen.

Such an Amazing album, but such a shame that Sister Morphine got always scratched on original LP because of the métal zipper cover !!!! And again, i always think that Dead Flowers is not AT the right places on the b-side... Right after Sister Morphine!!! Not a great move

white horses ist gut ansonsten nicht mein ding

90/100

знаете, а я кайфанул

Короче, это хороший блюз рок. Довольно базовый и вайбовый, но вроде как хорошо Алкоальбом: пару шотов текилы

Роллинги, но это не звучит как говно (зачеркнуто) Роллинги. Интересно. Очень хороший звук, он мне сильно в памяти отпечатался. Повзрослели, больше лирики появилось видимо.

Les Rolling Stones s’approprient un répertoire et un imaginaire américains, avec la fougue qui la caractérise, mais en gardant un certain sens de la mesure

Ok boomer, I will grant you, this one is decent. I’ve been underwhelmed by all the other Stones albums on this list but this one is my favourite.

3.6 stars rounded up. Heroin chic.

Classic

Looking back at this point, it feels a lot like country music. Certainly I respect the Rolling Stones, although it's not my style at all.

The funny thing about the Stones is that living through these moments I always considered them to be one of the weaker acts amongst giants….but in this list you quickly realize just how good they are.

Strolling Bones more like. Mid album. I think the band clearly have a lot of energy and vigour - I can imagine they'd be absolutely sick live, but their music has rarely done anything for me. The bangers always feel like they need more punch, and the ballads always feel too meandering. Best Song: I Got The Blues Worst Song: Moonlight Mile Score: 6/10

I dislike Jagger so much but then Wild Horses...

It’s tempting to give the Stones a pass here. It’s my first album of their’s for this project (I’ve heard many others before), it’s got songs on it I happen to really like, and it’s the Stones. But “Brown Sugar” is abysmally racist and sexist and cannot and should not be excused or given a pass. So that’s a star off my final rating for that alone. Everything I say hereafter will be said with the understanding that “Brown Sugar” needs to not exist and what is written next ignores this song entirely. Moving on. This is, unsurprisingly, a really fun album. This is just before one of my favorite Stones albums “Exile on Main Street” and you can hear the origins of that sound here. If that album is a party, this one is the pregame. It’s got everything. Wonderful, meaningful ballads like “Wild Horses” (which if you know its origin/context is even more heartbreaking), romps like “Bitch,” and straight up blues like “You Gotta Move.” There’s something for everyone here. And it’s awesome. The introduction of horns on this album is something to be celebrated, especially by someone who can never, ever turn down a horn solo in a rock song. Jagger and Richards are on point as songwriters here, and the band came to play. This is just a fun, grooving album that I’d listen to again and again. Except that first track…3 stars (could’ve been 4 but, well, like I said above…)

4 stars

Nice

a Rolling Stones classic full of drug references, what could be better?

This is real Stones doing what they do best.

This is a superb album. I’d give it a 5 easy just for Can’t You Hear Me Knockin, Sister Morphine and Moonlight Mile. No filler on this one.

It’s the Stones

One of Mick & Keef's finest.

Replace Jagger's voice with a good ol Southern boy and you'd have a pretty good rock country album. Never been a big fan of the Stones, but the more I hear of their earlier stuff, I would swear they are more country than rock. Anyway, there's quite a few good songs off this album. The opener, while wildly inappropriate, is a great tune. Same for Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking and Bitch. A couple of the country songs, I got The Blues and Moonlight Mile were the surprise likes for me. This album was a decent blend of rock and country that I thought was pretty good.. Just not the biggest fan of the band and Jagger's voice. I think Charlie Starr would make this album better, but here we are. 3

3 So, I’ve gotta start this off by saying - one of the worst album covers of all-time. Who wants to be staring at a dude’s bulge while listening to the Stones? I don’t care that it’s Andy Warhol-inspired, the cover art alone has always deterred me from listening to this thing. I know it’s not the first phallic album cover he had a hand in, but at least The Velvet Underground’s was more subtle. And if that’s not bad enough, the opening track Brown Sugar - wtf. I have heard the song before and have always found it to be questionable at face value just knowing it describes a black woman, but I didn’t realize until now it describes a young, enslaved black woman specifically. “Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? Uh huh/Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, uh huh, oh/Ah, got me craving the, the brown sugar/Just like a black girl should, yeah” How the hell did this get made? I guess Mick Jagger has gone on to disown the track, but I’m still surprised there hasn’t been more negative attention surrounding it, especially given that it was a pretty big hit. Anyway, that all out of the way, the rest of this album is pretty good. I guess I never really realized how much of The Rolling Stones’ music has blues, country, and honky-tonk inspiration to it, especially given the lack thereof in a lot of their hits (though Honky Tonk Women should probably have been a giveaway). And I think it works pretty well for them - Wild Horses and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking are both fantastic tunes, though really I enjoyed most everything here. That being said, I’m not picking up on why people consider this album to be monumental or game-changing for rock music. It’s a fine slice of the era for sure, and maybe I just had to be there to really get it, but listening now, this feels far from mind-blowing or even all that phenomenal for that matter. It’s the kind of thing to register around a 3.5 for me, but I’m going to knock it down a half star for the reasons mentioned in my opening paragraph. Call me a snowflake or woke or whatever you want, I don’t care, regardless, I’m not hearing five stars here.

I think it's a masterpiece.

cool rock ;-)

Hated the creepy first song and thought I would hate it all, but surprisingly won me over, and I can see why people like them

Classic and gorgeous

3.5 Better than the last Stones album I listened to for this project, more solid classics. Wild Horses always gets me in the feels. I like the Stones just fine, probably more than many, I just don’t think they’re ever gonna touch me super deeply

Cock 7

Top 5

Blues Rock. Very solid album. Love all the bluesy vibes, amazing guitar tone. Strong vocals, fun lyrics. The standout is the guitar performance on this record. Very passionate riffs and solos. Great bass work all over the album, especially in some of the slower songs. Not an entirely cohesive album, many genre jumps between songs that don't always work out, but it's overall a great collection of individual songs with strong performances throughout. Might revisit, mostly makes me want to visit other The Rolling Stones records. 4/5

Excellent

My first play through I thought it was just okay, really enjoyed the second listen to several songs. My favorite was “Wild Horses” and “Sister Morphine”

Fantastic Stones album, practically a greatest hits and with Mick Taylor. Awesome!

Liked Songs Brown Sugar Wild Horses Can't You Hear Me Knocking Dead Flowers

Generic Stones album. Wild Horses is great though! Showcase their trademark style and if you like it you'll love this. Its a solid 3 for this guy.

The hits off this album are great. The rest just weren’t for me. There must be a Rolling Stones album that’s great front to back but I don’t think this is it

Good stuff

Love this album. Wild Horses & Sister Morphine are my favorites

This is the third Rolling Stones album I've had come up , and they have all been excellent. This was easily the best of the lot so far. Not one bad track, I listened to it three times on loop it was that good. Will be listening regularly from here on.

I maintain that the Stone’s run between Beggar’s Banquet and Exile On Main Street is one of the most perfect in popular music. Sticky Fingers is the third album in that run, and in many ways it’s possibly the best, or at least the most refined. The real mvp of this album is the excellent second side, which is by turns beautiful, heartbreaking and so, so, soulful

Iconic

Zipper cover! 4.5/5

7/10 I was dreading a Stones album, so this was a hugely pleasant surprise. Liked it quite a bit, good album. Excellent musicianship, layered sound, vocals didn’t grate in the way I expected them to. Maintained a cohesive blues rock style whilst hopping around genres. Some of the blues jam sections were overlong and aimless. some of the positives actually ended up as negatives - hearing posh boys from Richmond do delta blues or country rock (including Jagger doing pastiche accents) felt hugely inauthentic at best, cynical and exploitative at worst. Overall this didn’t grab my own soul but I can see why it is considered a great album by a top band Best: Wild Horses

Sticky Fingers indeed

Decent album, just not the band for me.

Classic Greatness - 5 stars BTW - I see some reviews comparing them to Led Zep and others and rating lower because of that. Why? They are a completely different band and style.

Pretty pretay pretayyyyu great. Diverse styles and paces throughout

4/5 Best Track: Wild Horses

Hey listen! Can’t You Hear Me Knocking? You Gotta Move when you listen to this album.

This is one of the greatest albums ever made. Top to bottom, every song deserves its place on the record. Good songwriting, great execution by the band, and a unique sound that helped shape rock and roll for generations.

Still not the biggest fan of them and I think their less pop-sounding stuff is better but this has a lot of variety and a lot to like on it. Sister Morphine was my favorite.

Probably the best stones album. Probably.

love

Kinda underwhelmed considering the reputation this thing had. Then again, Brown Sugar was always a bit too cheesy out of the Stones singles for me to get into,so no wonder. Bitch and Sister Morphine are great, and Dead Flowers goes from laughable to incredible in the second half quite quickly, but overall not really into this one

The best!

This was most certainly an album. The songs on here were very good. probably an 8/10 #54

Old western rock vibe

Pretty good Stones album as a whole, but doesn’t really have any of my favorite songs of theirs on it.

Another artist I am familiar with but haven't taken the time to listen to everything they've released. I have found in the past that the Stones are about 50/50 with me. Sometimes I find something by them I really love and other times they just annoy. It's rare that I listen to them in whole album chunks though so let's see how Sticky Fingers does. I know the vinyl sleeve for this album had a working zipper that revealed a piece of underwear. I will keep that concept in mind as I listen to see if thematically the music is about taking a man's pants off. And why would the man have sticky fingers? Let's find out! Ok, so we start with a little interracial sex. Absolutely nothing wrong with that but the way it has been lyricized here is very cringey. I could see this offending some people and is most likely the Stone's MO with the song and the album art in general. They are ushering in a new age of rock and roll and it's going to be right there in your face and they don't give a shit how you feel about it! Musically, I actually kind of found this song pretty catchy. Same with Sway. They introduce the album being about sex and drugs and rock and roll mannnnn. But hold on... The Stones have a softer side... Oh but it's a beautiful lullaby that might be about a heroine overdose? But damn it, it's not bad and has solidified itself in pop culture. I honestly don't think I even had a clue this was a Stone's song. OK another sex drugs and rock and roll song next. Starting to see a pattern, but it's interesting and varied enough that I actually am enjoying it. I enjoyed almost every song on this album, which I honestly didn't expect because I have been so iffy on the Stones in the past. But I would say this may be one of their best albums. Despite the majority of the songs relating to drugs, the music itself is really good and I would definitely listen to most of these songs again and feel that a second listen might even solidify this as a 5 star album.

Fun, rocking and great lyrics. Had to listen to this over a couple days but really enjoyed it. Might need to revisit in a single sitting soon.

Can you hear me knocking is an all timer. Rest of album JS Softer than I like the stones but top notch soft rock

A good album. Some brilliant songs. They’ve never really been my cup of tea but moments like Wild Horses stop me in my tracks.

Not much to add, one of the greatest records ever made by one of the world's biggest and best bands.

Can’t You Hear Me Knocking might be my favorite on this album. The longer version is much better than the radio edit. Too much honky tonk overall. But the good stuff is great.

Amazing how good it still sounds. Rock and roll pioneers who are still at it in their geezerhood. It’s an incredibly hard life that only looks easy. Mick is a brilliant survivor.

Laid-back and kind of cool, but Spinal Tap's satire has made parts of this hard to take seriously now.

Good Album! Understandable that the rolling stones be considered as the greatest or at least one of the greatest rock bands off all time!

Can't believe I haven't heard this album before. Only one or two songs I wasn't huge on, but even those are still really good. Every other song on thos album I REALLY enjoyed. Amazing album, and it has definitely motivated me to listen to more of The Rolling Stones. 5/5, 10/10.

It sounds alright, but is utterly forgettable.

A good album though a little generic in parts. Low 3.

Know it too well

The Stones have been around forever, but I don't think I've ever listened to a full album of theirs. I've heard dozens of hits but really have no context as to what came out when, so hopefully this will be fun, and that there may be a few more from them on the list. With the somewhat risque cover, then opening with "Brown Sugar" this band clearly was a bit naughtier than I imagined. It's not great to think about a 60 year old singing these songs, which is about how old he was when I kind of noticed them. Thanks largely to twisted metal black. Overall it was a decent album, I was looking through their catalog to see if there was one main album that had more hits than others and most had just a couple recognizable songs, so this may actually be the best overall as I liked a lot of the filler so going to bump it up to a 4. Favorite track "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" 4/5

It's fine.

4.5. A perfect album has to have no skips. This one has one.

I don’t get it. Had some good songs, but by and large it’s a bunch of drunk friends trying to play the blues

White Horses hits this morning. This is a great Stones record. Not concerned with anthems or gyration, this album is trying to throw something more heartfelt at the listener, see Moonlight Mile.

I generally don’t care for the Rolling Stones, but find this album particularly uninspired and distasteful. White dudes doing a Ledbelly impersonation while strutting around and horndogging over black women (I guess, reading the lyrics closely, self-awarely?). “Moonlight Mile” is the only sonically interesting track for me.

I don’t think I’d ever listened to this album all the way through just some tracks. The outstanding tracks on this album like Wild Horses and Brown Sugar were familiar and still enjoyed. The others the songs blended together for me as in I didn’t know what track I was on, but I still enjoyed it. The last two tracks started to really grow on me Dead Flowers and Moonlight Mile.

Great record. It’s the start of pouting strutting Mick that endures to this day. Plus some slow bluesy stuff. Great!

Vahva 3

10 / 10 Rolling Stones en estado puro.

If this is supposed to be the Stones at their best, boy do I don't wanna hear their worst. Don't get mw wrong, I like the Stones overall, but my enjoyment us mostly limited to a select few songs cause I never really listened to them consistently. And if this album is any indication then that will probably continue. It's just decent and nothing more.

Expected big things when I saw The Rolling Stones pop up, but I was let down. Not really digging it, kinda mid album. Best song is probably 'Moonlight Mile'.

Son los Rolling Stones, Rock excelente.

I think this is the first time I’ve ever listened to a full album from The Rolling Stones. I certainly know their hits. But this was far more country and blues focused than I was expecting. I dug it. It was a busy day so I could only listen once. But I’ll be back to listen to it again. 4/5

For a band that is well known as a singles artist as opposed to an albums artist, there sure are a lot of Rolling Stones albums in this list.

The Stones at their best. Production is great too.

Classic album, one of my favorite Rolling Stone albums Top tracks: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking

4/5

A classic and my favourite Rolling Stones album. Love the mix of blues and rock on this album.

All time great, makes stuff I rated as high seem like I was being too generous earlier. Sway stood out this time to me, but I like it all so much (nb: dead flowers is only song that I'd maybe be fine without hearing every time I run through this album).

Never listened to the Rolling Stones before and didn’t think I’d be one to like them but this album is great. Will definitely be listening to this again and more of their albums.

Pure rock n roll, this is prime Jagger and Richards partnership, possibly there greatest ever work 5/5

Only exile tops this in terms of stones albums. One of the greatest to ever do it. 4.5/5

Tony is saved as brown sugar on my phone

really liked this, another album where i knew a few songs but had never paid proper attention. listened with my breakfast…probably a lot more of a calm time than they’d condone….it’s a classic for a reason and i see a lot of it in the music that came after

Rock and roll perfection. 5/5

Probably their best album, in my opinion. As a not a huge fan.

It has some nice riffs, but it's not outstanding.

It's Stones so it's not bad. But saying "not bad" about Stones is not right. I felt I should've get more from them. Maybe it's just my taste in music kicking in. Not the biggest fan of Stones. Still valuable album.

Cocksucker Blues. That's not me talking, it's a documentary about them.

idk I really dont like this but I could forget it was on enough for it to be listenable

I never really considered myself a fan of The Stones but this album has a great mix of hits and b-tracks that really hit home.

Good

Going in I thought this would be a sure 5 because Wild Horses is one of my all time favorite songs. Unfortunately I didn’t love the rest of the album as much, so knocked it down to a 4.

The weakest of the stretch of 4 albums that defines the Stones for me (Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, SF, and Exile on Main St.) but still a solid 5 for me because the other three are all so superb. The first album to fully include Mick Taylor on guitar, and he shines throughout, especially on Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, a seven minute, one take song that turned into a long jam. No Keith lead vocals anywhere on the album, but lots of horns. Released 6 weeks before I turned 16, this was a basement playing cards staple. I owned the original zipper cover back then.

Surprised myself—I’ve tried the four “must listen” Stones albums before (Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Exile, and this) and never felt they deserved their reputation. Decided they were a singles band and went back to 40 Licks. This time around, this one really clicked. Favorites include I Got the Blues, Sway, and Wild Horses. Not so much: Brown Sugar, You Gotta Move.

Any album with Wild Horses and Moonlight Mile is a guaranteed 5.

My feelings toward this album are similar to those of yesterday’s (L.A. Woman, The Doors), another rock album from 1971. I’m still a bit ambivalent, but I did enjoy this more than the other Rolling Stones album I listened to for this project (Exile on Main Street). 3.5 rounded up

one hell of an album by one of the all time great rock and roll bands. gritty blues rock with plenty of swagger. highlights: “wild horses”, “can’t you hear me knocking”, “sister morphine”

Like drinking a warm beer with a fly in it on a monday night

Awesome

One of the best - brings back so many memories!

One of the Stones best albums.

A classic album with a couple of classic songs.

I liked it, but some songs were pretty forgettable.

In retrospect, generic classic 1970's rock and roll. Notable in it's role in establishing that sound in 1971.

A quintessential classic rock album that I can't believe I'm just hearing for the first time

I know the Rolling Stones is very popular but I honestly can't remember any of the songs I listened to now that it has been a couple days and that's not a great sign for this album

Fun, classic, and deep. A good time

Fantastic album, great songs, solid musicianship!

It was pretty good, as all Stones albums are. However, there weren't really any songs that particularly stuck out to me and I didn't really vibe with how slow it was compared to their other music. Overall, it was still pretty good though.

Had cool guitar riffs and some classics!

We’ll always have a sweet spot for this album. Wild Horses - BHS ‘78 class song. Childhood living IS easy to do. Brown Sugar played heavily at high school parties throughout the 70s, one classmate with the mover like Jagger (long before that was a thing) doing imitations. Yeh, ya probably had to be there (and be drunk.) Bitch is still kick ass rock . Zipper cover was cool for a while, then just broke. (2.9*s)

A fair bit of filler, but overall enjoyable blues rock.

Bops all through

This album has some real bangers on it. “Brown Sugar”, “Dead Flowers”, and especially the jam at the end of “Can’t you hear me knocking” (my favorite part of the whole ride). Some of the songs fell flat with me, like “I got the blues”. “Sister Morphine” followed by “Dead Flowers” had me wondering if these dudes were OK. I loved the sax and the keys on this album. The orchestral ending was a nice surprise. “You gotta move” seemed like a fun riff on “come on in my kitchen” but ultimately, I felt like they were lampooning things at times. The feigned or attempted country western accent in “Dead Flowers” was a good example of this, though I absolutely love that song. Wish it was longer, I could have used more of the “brown sugar” energy/vibe.

Own it

does anybody really think that this album is even remotely listenable? there is literally nothing redeeming about this snooze fest. bored me to death.

Great Album

One of my all time favorites with my favorite song - Can't you hear me knocking. The perfect rock album.

these fellas are alright. their instruments are the real love-makers here.

I really enjoyed this album! You can tell how much blues influenced The Stones in quite a few of these songs especially 'I got The Blues' and 'Dead Flowers'

I need to hear Some Girls again before I say this is my favorite Stones Album, but it probably is. It has a polished feel that sets it apart, but each song feels like a unique success. They stand apart and on their own some are gritty and vulgar others sweepingly beautiful. Warhol’s iconic design is icing on the cake.

Generally speaking, I loathe the Stones. This album gets a passing grade primarily due to the nostalgia factor of Brown Sugar and Wild Horses. Wild Horses is one of the (very) few Stones songs that isn't complete garbage IMO.

Not to be one of those ppl who think old music is always better but… crap, they don’t make ‘em like they used to! Barely any skips and guaranteed to out me in a good mood. Brown Sugar and Can’t You Hear me Knocking are going to my playlist for sure.

Ah, que gusto da escuchar un buen disco. Aún sin ser el mejor de los stones, es un discazo.

This is not what I expected when I saw it was a Rolling Stones album. Pretty basic sounding country/folk. I wouldn’t call this rock. And I’m over the tight pants too.

Classic

Thats good american sound...

For me this is one of the best Stones albums. I find most of their albums have a few good singles and a lot of filler. I find this album pleasurable from cover to cover.

Great mix of Rolling Stones styles

Te sumerge en un clima muy especial, con varios matices. Definitivamente un disco Stone que te transporta.

Have you ever been to a karaoke night and watched someone learn the actual lyrics to a song they thought they knew? Don't do "Brown Sugar" at karaoke, friends.

I've never really been a rolling stones fan and this album didn't change that.

This album encapsulates the sound of classic rock. Not the type of music I would go out of my way to listen to, but I enjoyed nonetheless. The top half of the album is the stronger one in my opinion, however, you can feel the sound of quality musicianship and songwriting all over the record. Overall, this was the first stones record I listened to and it’s safe to say that I like it!

Me gusta pero no es mi estilo

Classic Rolling Stones, better than Let It Bleed

Starts out great then the seeding half changes genre to more of an experimental rock. 2nd half not for me. Enjoyed the first half

The Stones are primarily a combination of two things: blues-influenced rock, and provocative lyrics. Well, I'm not much into blues, so that aspect of the Stones doesn't draw me in. And I'm not a 13-year-old boy, so these "provocative" lyrics also don't do anything for me. In fact, whenever I hear it in their songs, I roll my eyes because it seems so calculated. Songs like Brown Sugar, Sway, and Sister Morphine seem to be trying to push the lyrical envelope, but it more or less turns me off. You Gotta Move and I Got The Blues are straight boring. That doesn't mean it's all bad. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is probably my favorite Stones track. Bitch is a classic, and Dead Flowers is a great, down-home, country rock sing-along. I like that Moonlight Mile is a little different. I'm hoping in doing this exercise I'll find the deeper tracks that will open my eyes a little more to this band. However, that didn't happen here.

Only listened to a couple songs. The Rolling Stones always comes out with good vibes music

One of, if not the favorite album of theirs for me behind maybe Let it Bleed. Great, great stuff.

This was great, a lot better than I expected. Would come back.

Objectively funny album cover. I’ve realized they’re not a band I can listen to by the album.

- Pretty quintessential Stones sound throughout; there is no mistaking who this is. - \"Wild Horses\" is one hell of a track. - Would definitely listen to this album again, even if it does not continually grip me throughout.