Sticky Fingers

this was whatever. i listened to it while cleaning and honestly kept checking to see if it was over. +1 star for wild horses

One of the best Stones albums. 46 minutes of rock 'n' roll blues. Dead Flowers is low key the best song on the album and one of my favorite songs ever. Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, and Bitch are all great too. Just not sure i can justify a 5. More like a 4.5.

Definitely a good vibe, just not something I’ll find myself coming back to. Probably because it’s not my typically taste

No arguing from me that Sticky Fingers is a canonical record. But listening to it, I had the wonder about the following: if this is considered one of the best rock records of all time, does this explain why--with quite a few notable exceptions--why most rock music is so mid?

I like the idea of blues rock more than I like blues rock. I'd rather just listen to Zeppelin

Boring upbeat. 2/5

Pretty solid. Wild horses and dead flowers was probably my favourites there was one or two songs i didn't like but other than that i really liked it.

Sticky Fingers feels pretty weak compared to the Stones’ other big albums. There’s a few good songs but all the deep cuts are pretty forgettable

I loved this shit. album cover is a very Andrew's one

this is a great place to go for rock n roll and guitar and riffs and bluesy bits. classic and enjoyable but for me, not exceptional

Familiar, but not so special anymore in my opinion. The most special thing was that there was a real zipper on the cover that actually opened.

The Rolling Stones haven't won me over yet, and this album isn't changing that. Favorite track(s): "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "Moonlight Mile" weren't too bad.

Has Wild Horses on it. It’s good background I guess, but I don’t really get the hype for The Rolling Stones.

letsgooooooo

I’ve gained a new found appreciation for this album now. On a first listen I found it bloated and some of the songs to be dull but now I’ve realised, after reading up on it and listening to it again that it’s simply a great straight ahead no-nonsense rock and roll record that does everything it’s meant to.

Mid

23:51 nisam fan moram priznati, ne dopada mi se uopšte, ali mi pogrešno djeluje da dam The Rolling Stones niske ocjene, … iskreno boli me uvo

5/10 - the distinctive rolling stones sound, it's alright

I never know quite what to say about the Stones. I'm absolutely biased in favor of the Fab Four. Nonetheless, Sticky Fingers is a great sounding album packed with fantastically raunchy guitar playing and SOME wonderful songwriting. I can't quite get into some of their slow acoustic blues numbers. It doesn't give me anything in terms of emotion, and Mick can sound ridiculous - even hilarious - when he overdoes that blues affectation (e. g. "BRAAAAAING YU DAOWN").

Listening to this album and Brown Sugar plays. I remember the controversy around the lyrics as a kid. I heard them and I just shook my head. It’s just a cringy song. The music is okay but it’s whatever. Sure I have listened to many suspect things in my life but I have also gone back and realized it was terrible. Wild Horses is good. The album is really good. The album just rocks. There’s no denying that.

Ok

Rawk on

I liked wild horses. I know they’re like super famous but honestly this album wasn’t my fav

Wild horses is a classic. Didn’t love You Gotta Move and Bitch at all

Top notch. 5 stars (really 4.5, but half stars are not allowed).

All Time Great! 5 *

Good not great. There are some questionable lyrics on this album, but it’s from 1971 so what can you expect?

When I was in high school I had a philosophy class with our eventual valedictorian/my nemesis/academic rival. One day for a presentation, she went up to the front of the class to discuss Sticky Fingers and the album cover's transgressions. She preached how scandalous it was at the time for an album cover to provide a fully functioning zipper on the front that let anyone unzip at their discretion, the skinny jeans' dick imprint, the album title, and how all of these factors were an example of how art can push the boundaries of societal norms by brazenly marketing the sex appeal of The Rolling Stones. I, being the annoying twit I was who felt the need to one-up her at every opportunity, readily volunteered to give the next presentation immediately following. Similarly, I was instructed to give a presentation on how art can challenge societal boundaries. However, more important to me than the subject matter or even the class' intentions of what we were there to learn and discuss, I was determined to give a presentation that belittled the shock factor of Sticky Fingers, and therefore, more specifically, was an affront that antagonistically belittles the integrity and intelligence of my enemy. I proceeded to go up to the front of the class and described the album cover No Love Deep Web by Death Grips, featuring an uncensored photo of Zach Hills' erect penis, and the impact that the album had on the early 2010s Pitchfork-era music scene. My classmates perked up, and I saw all of them hurry to search for the album cover on their iPads to take a look for themselves what I was describing. As I continued my presentation, I notice all of them entrenched with the album cover, including my teacher as she peeked over the shoulders of my classmates to take a look without doing so as conspicuously as they did. I don't really recall how the presentation ended, or if there was a discussion afterwards about it. But no matter the context now where or when I find myself relistening to this album, I still will forever relate it to this memory and No Love Deep Web. The album itself - Fantastic. One of my favorite Stones albums. The first three songs are a killer intro already, with Wild Horses already being an album stand out, but then Can't YoU hear Me Knocking devolving into an instrumental jam session is incredible. I love the pensiveness on I Got The Blues. Oddly on Sister Morphine I felt like Mick Jagger's vocals seemed like they were imitating Bob Dylan. Dead Flowers is one of my favorite Stones songs so it being near the close of the album feels comforting. The album ending with the inclusion of orchestral strings on Moonlight Mile was both unexpected and welcome, feeling as if it was a self aware bow from The Rolling Stones to the audience to both thank them for listening but also to acknowledge a triumph in their artistic output. Given I now view the album as one of the greats, retrospectively do I feel any remorse for my unprovoked take down of the album as a high schooler? Nah, I still think it's a funny story.

Some great rock here, but everything about this group and this album (ugh that cover art) kind of puts a scowl on my face

I actually had to relisten to this because I'm still so enthralled with Exile on Main Street that it has been hard for me to hear Sticky Fingers or Let It Bleed. I don't know much about the Stones, but these three albums seem to be such a natural progression with EoMS being the final product in this "era", similar to Time Out of Mind -> Love and Theft -> Modern Times ending on a high note too. Ultimately, this lands at 4 because it doesn't pack the groovy punch of EoMS, but has some really nice slow jams and bluesy-rock. Unrelated note - Spotify has these short reels that play in the desktop app for certain songs, and every time I looked at the short clips during this album, it was striking to me how uncool the Stones looked lol i only find that shocking bc they're known to be this incredibly cool band, but I only hear it - can't see it

I'm aware of Brown Sugar as a track that ages really poorly (was bad at the time too), but which is unfortunately also a banger. Otherwise, don't really know anything about this album, which it feels like I should. So should be fun. Listening notes: Review: I'm not crazy about the famous songs on this album. Thought it was cruising for a 3.5 or even 3 in the first bit. But the album tracks are really sometihng. Loved Sister Morphine and Dead Flowers (hate to concede that brits landed a pretty solid country song). I think that solidly got the stones to a better place.

This album starts off with Brown Sugar and I'm not sure it ever really gets any better. But at least it doesn't get worse! And at least if you ignore the lyrics, it sounds cool I guess!

Honestly, can never get into the rolling stones, but they do a great job of dragging me kicking and screaming to a certain era of music. Banana:fruit as Rolling Stones:Early Rock, n'at.

Listening session: january 21th, while commuting to intership Listened to before: heard a few songs before Thoughts: I’m not really familiar with the Rolling Stones and while I wouldn’t really put it on myself, this album was nice to play as background music Favourite tracks: Wild Horses & Sister Morphine

pretty good very funky

Confused as to why this album is included in this list. Sounded to me like mick jagger and friends singing about doing drugs but with a more country sound. It feels generous to give this 3 stars, however there are redeemable qualities - a few good tracks (can't you hear me knocking, brown sugar, wild horses), plus an ensemble of differing instruments saves this album from being bad

listened to jan 20 on way to work and while cleaning + washing dishes at night. some groovy songs and some folky songs

Brown Sugar 4 Sway 3.8 Wild Horses 4.2 Can't You Hear Me Knocking 4 You Gotta Move 3.6 Bitch 3.7 I Got the Blues 3.5 Sister Morphine 3.6 Dead Flowers 3.4 Moonlight Mile 3.4 Score: 3.72

feel-good rock n' roll. emotional. belt in the car. classic. soul. memories. nostalgia. summer.

I feel like I will never succeed

I’ll still never really be a Stones guy, the sound of white dudes playing the blues, even as well as they do (or when their competitors the Beatles did it), will never not scan as curious to me. But, for a favourite Stones album, this one comes in the middle of their incredible Beggars-Exile run and depending on the day of the week, any one of those would get my vote.

Was not a big fan of this album, funny, I have heard some of these songs before and didn't know it was by them. I skipped a lot of songs, unfortunately.

Album already listened before; I'll give it another try to rate it. 4/5, I'm still more of a Beatles listener.

really enjoyed almost every song on this album they all were so different didn’t sound like they belonged on the same album very cool my favorite was can’t you hear me knocking because of the sax solo but also love wild horses because it was recorded in muscle shoals but also bitch was giving new orleans so it was cool

giving tio rich en el coche a jugar discgolf txas country cows

Not for me. Too much filler.

Quality but not my vibe. 6/10

A classic

niet zo mijn ding

Pretty good

Had this album on cassette and used to listen to it all the time in my car. One of the Stones’ 70s best. NN Always grew up thinking the stones weren’t all that, but I’ve grown to see I was naive. They always sound like they’re having a blast and that makes for a giddy, nostalgic listen. (PS I was introduced to wild horses via the sundays so it’s always nice to return to the og) -Ruby

One of my favourite albums of all time 👌

Classic, must listen.

It's alright

Great album which I may put on once a year or so. I only listen to 3 or 4 Stones albums and Exile is their 5 star album for me. Wild Horses while different from the bluesy them is one of their best.

Yes! Rockgeschichte pur! Die Steine rollen seit mehr als 60 Jahren! Und sie werden es weiter tun! Zurecht!

In the running for the most iconic opening notes to an album ever. Don't have much to say this time except that I very much enjoyed this album. Not quite a 5, but definitely an album I will come back to.

great classic rock album

Tracks I've heard before: Brown Sugar Top 3: Bitch Dead Flowers Moonlight Mile Bottom 3: Can't You Hear Me Knocking You Gotta Move I Got The Blues

Classic bunch of songs. The Stones at their finest. Still prefer 'Exile on Main St' as an album. 9/10 [KEEP]

Amazing album!

like any other classic rock album - nothing special - didn't enjoy

Gonna be one of my favs

I'm not really a Rolling Stone's fan but give them their due. This is a solid and obviously iconic album of there's. It was a good relisten but it did not change my views on the band in any way. Several standout Stone songs on here like Brown Sugar and Can't You Hear Me Knocking along with some deeper stuff like Sister Morphine. This is probably the Stone's at their best.

I liked this better than I thought I would. 4/5

Is this the best rock band of the 60's? Am I missing some important context or concept? Cuz I was not impressed

So varied, just in the first four tracks. A joyous album, effortless switching between genres, yet cohesive throughout. There's attitude, but with quiet, soulful moments too.

Eh I didn't love it

Are rolling stones folksy rock?

just another classic rock album. REALLY nothing special. I want to give it a 3/5 because it was pretty boring overall! I also dont like the cover tbh.

It sure is the Rolling Stones innit

Doesn't get much better than this.

Killer album from the group’s best decade.

Wow, jag har inte insett hur bra det här är innan.

Once again a Stones record largely passes me by. Apart from Brown Sugar, which musically is great but lyrically is not, nothing sticks. Which is ironic, really. Fine, but... meh.

mhh first four songs absolutely incredible. then it just kind of loses momentum for me with a couple of exceptions.

Sadly I listened to this after seeing a photo of jagger in the Epstein files. Then he started the album singing about "young girls". Hmmm. If I try to get past that I really enjoyed the first half of this, a few hits I knew and the rest had some interesting rocky/grooving guitar work, fun times. The second half seemed largely forgettable. I could half done without it. If it was an ep of the first half I think I'd love it.

fine not sold tho

Incroyable aussi jsp pourquoi je l'avais jamais écouté la honte. White horse <33333

Хорошее звучание , но текста очень слабые , недостаточно обстрактные для психодела , но не очень свящанные и мелодичные для классического рока

Aside from "wild horses" there's not much to note. The last half of the album almost sounds like they're doing a parody

Can't decide between 3 or 4 stars.

3.5

Pretty bluesy, rockin' stuff. Overall a good album which I'd listen to again, one of the better Rolling Stones records so far. Wild Horses is the standout for me. A high 3.

Christ, what an album. Unless you have some visceral dislike of the Stones -- or you're so put off by the lyrics to "Brown Sugar" that you can't appreciate the groove -- there's practically no way that you couldn't rate this five stars. I mean, you can't go much harder than "This demon life has got me in its sway." Dirty blues and boogie at the peak of their powers. Even a song that could have been a throwaway, "Sister Morphine," has all the longing and yearning that only dudes with long drug experience can throw down. Pretty much a perfect album, strat to finish. (I just saw that typo, and I'm leaving it.)

Not my type of music

Favorite Songs: Brown Sugar, I Got The Blues, Moonlight Mile Least Favorite Song: You Gotta Move First ever Rolling Stones listening experience! Very solid record, but I wasn't really a fan of the country sounding songs.

My experience with The Stones on the list so far has been that they have 2-3 really great songs on an album with the rest being mostly ok or slightly good. This album is different. It's almost perfect. Every track is great, even the ones with the fake country twang (somehow). They finally get a 5 from me.

I feel like I’ve never wrapped my head around the Stones because I always assumed their prodigious output was as wooly and amorphous as Exile on Main Street. I hadn’t considered they were capable of a lean, mean blues rock record like this one, which is just banger after banger with none of the distracted devil-may-care maximalism that I associate with this band.

idgaf rolling stones

It’s okay. A lot of filler for this short of an album

Good so far

Meh, expected more from the legends.

Meio cowboy sla. Adorei os instrumentais. No fim é um pouquinho repetitivo mas é muito bom

Pretty feckin good. Not what I'd listen to normally, but I can respect it for being a very good version of what it is. First half does clear for me, maybe because by the end my patience for it was running thinner, which is more of a me-problem than an album problem. Pretty fecking good!

Wild Horses - always a banger Sister Morphine - new favorite

Stones at their best

Am I too old for this? Dead Flowers is an outstanding song. The rest is fun to listen to.

Sheesh, no skips on this one. Crazy opening sequence. Dead Flowers was my fave. It’s so funny to remember that these guys are British.

Not my personal favorite RS album, but brilliant nonetheless. It has the full range of the band's music from flat out rockers like Bitch, Can't You Hesr Me Knockin' and Brown Sugar (ok, politically incorrect) to slower, thoughtful tunes like Wild Horses and Moonlight Mile. A true classic.

My favorite Stones album and one I’d include in a personal top 10 albums of all time list. The Rolling Stones are at the absolute top of their game here and everyone is firing on all cylinders. The problematic nature of “Brown Sugar” should be acknowledged, but I think Side A of this album might be the best side A ever? Mick Jagger’s vocals in “Sway” are absolutely phenomenal, the jam sequence in “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is a journey that the Stones rarely take and “Wild Horses” is gorgeous. Between the booming horns on “Bitch” and the epic finale of “Moonlight Mile” side B ain’t bad either. Just a fantastic rock and roll record by some of the GOATS.

Obviusly I knew Brown Sugar. I probably didn't expect the rest of the album to be quite as varied. Lots of Neil Young/Dylan kind of vibes in there, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. As an album, I'm not entirely sure that it holds together quite as well as I might like it to. It's a bit all over the place at times. Not terrible at all, but not something I'm likely to spend that much time with in the future.

favorite - wild horses 7/10

So good, so bluesy. This is the kinda rock i’m about.

Third Stones album on this journey. My favorite so far. Love Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, and Knockin’. The rest are solid too.

I really loved this album! Wild horses has to be in my top 50 songs I listened to of all time! I’m only rating it a 4/5 because what are you talking about horse meat pie?! I thought we were saving the horses?! Now we are eating them?! Also to start off the song with brown sugar talking about a woman of color is wild. Other then that I enjoyed it!!

Very good

Fantastic

dad rock kinda ting nem rossz amúgy

gg

Dont really like rock n roll 5/10

Yeah, obvs a great album but I swear I'm getting Rolling Stones fatigue now. There is more to life than blues. If I was writing this list I would enforce a strict 2 per artist cap. 7 / 10 Best track/s: Bitch, Dead Flowers, Wild Horses

Five stars, naturally. A master class in swagger that cashes every check it writes. From raw funk to aching tenderness, this is the Stones at peak confidence, sounding like they own the room because they absolutely do.

Really cool, better than I was expecting. Such good grooves, even with the drums pretty low in the mix which was surprising. Two filler tracks I didn't really rate, sister morphine and you've gotta move, but can't you hear me knocking is a stone cold bop. Awesome guitar work and you can really hear big influences on Wilco and beck in tunes like midnight mile, will definitely give it more listens in the future

Peak stones. Hard to believe this is 55 years old.

Great diverse album. This mix is a 9, but the original may be a 10.

Very good

This was interesting. I liked some but not all. You gotta move not being about cows is sad. Thought it was you gotta moo.

Beter dan verwacht! Ik hou van de elektrische gitaar solo’s en de “soft rock” vibe

Another one I haven’t listened to as a full album but I know most of the songs. Great classics on here. Most of them were remasters on the version I played. Can’t you hear me knocking, Bitch are my favourites

A classic

A great first listen experience for me. I’ll absolutely go back to it, it’s rock but I would also recommend it to people who aren’t fans of the genre. I love longer songs as they take the time to really create an atmosphere of their own. A great car-ride album too, in my opinion.

Great sound for drums and guitar on 2009 remaster, cool jam on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." Good songs all through, impressive arrangements.

My mom had this album where you could unzip the zipper to see tighty whitey’s. Little kid me thought it was so weird and gross. Flash forward to the Black Crowes Americana album with the pubic hair. Grown me liked that. And Ween’s album with the underboobs. I really don’t understand why I haven’t given these guys a real chance. Any album I’ve heard has been quite impressive. I think it’s because the Stones I was really introduced were the cheesy late 80’s type of stones that really got played on the lite rock stations. I need to make a note to bust through this catalog. This is just catchy. The only reason why I want to skip a song is because I’ve heard it numerous times and not by choice. Interesting tidbits for you. The first time I heard Dead Flowers was when Guns n Roses covered it. Same with Sympathy for the Devil. I heard GnR do it first. This album tapers off near the end. Dead Flowers saves it. Choice cut: Dead Flowers

Will take Susan Boyle's cover of Wild Horses any day. Such a dirge. Lots to like in the rest of this album though. Not too heavy on tedious blues riffs.

Despite Brown Sugar lyrics being very very questionable there is no disputing the quality of the track, Wild Horses a great tune. I do find myself questioning the general lyrics nowadays and think that it just wouldn't hold up in modern times now both in quality (e.g. I salivate like a Pavlov dog, Yeah when you lay me out, My heart is lounder than big bass drum, alright!!!) and in a pc world. (re Brown Sugar) but still it’s the Stones man!

Actually a really good album. I liked the jammy sessions and I also enjoyed the hits.

I had never listened to an album from the Rolling Stones before today, believe it or not! The closest thing I had to a genuine experience with the band in the past was that I watched the 12-12-12 Concert (in which the Stones performed "You Got Me Rocking" and "Jumpin' Jack Flash") on TV and bought the live album version on CD. I'm sure I heard "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" at some point as well, but I couldn't tell you exactly when or if it had even a modicum of impact on my music taste. Now I've written about the weight of expectations before, but that wasn't as much of a problem with Sticky Fingers for some reason – probably because modern critics and fans don't seem to worship the Rolling Stones to the same degree as Prince or Bowie. Either way, it seems like this was a good place to officially start my journey with the band (seeing as Sticky Fingers is their highest-rated album by the 1001 Albums Generator community)! I don't get to say this very often, but I got to listen to a near-perfect album today. Much like my first five (Joni Mitchell's Blue), Sticky Fingers isn't some mind-blowing conceptual work of art – it's just one great song after the next. There were a couple tunes I didn't immensely care for and the music generally didn't strike me as one-of-a-kind in the same way a lot of my favorites do, but this is pretty much as good as rock and roll gets for me. Definitely looking forward to more Rolling Stones in the future! Highlights: Brown Sugar, Sway, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, B**ch, I Got the Blues, Sister Morphine, Dead Flowers

Very solid rock with big variations. Tough rocking tunes to mellow, sweeping sounds.

Started off strong but the rest of it was just very generic classic rock. I like classic rock don’t get me wrong, I would listen to this album again but the vocals got more annoying as the album went on. Wild horses is a classic tho

Yesssss ofc another Rolling Stones album back to back…..I still am not convinced I am going to love this album. However, Wild Horses is on it, so at least I have that to look forward to. Brown Sugar - 6.5 Very bluesy and with some honky tonk elements as well as some soulful vibes. Plus a sax? Always appreciated. Almost too sexual of a song but has a solid vibe, I just feel kinda weird listening to it. Sway - 6 So this one is going to be around the pitfalls of the rock n’ roll lifestyle. Yea idk, I don’t love listening to Mick Jagger. He just kind of feels like he’s yelling at me while trying to find a key to sing into. I do like the actual meat of this song though and the writing is solid. Guitar goes crazy. I feel more emotionally invested in what the guitar is conveying in this track. It almost sounds sad while absolutely wailing - kind of how I imagine the guilt and pain must be living the life of this band. Wild Horses - 9.5 Extra half a point for the memories associated with TSITP. This is such a great song, not much more to say tbh. Wild horses couldn’t drag me away. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - 3 Entirely too long of a song at 7:16. But it was groovy, I just lost attention. You Gotta Move - 5 I hate this twang in Jagger’s voice I’m hearing. Very like church hymn energy. It’s a fine song I guess, I just cannot see myself ever listening to it again. Bitch - 8.5 Like the rock energy I’m hearing in this one. Okayyy so this one is about feeling just out of wack when you’re in love. HORNS??? This is prob my second favorite track after Wild Horses. I Got the Blues - 6.5 Mick Jagger singing a ballad is just not my fav. More horns though which I appreciate. Organ??? Very southern/gospel. I honestly didn’t dislike that one as much as the beginning would have led me to believe. Sister Morphine - 4 Drug ballad. I’m not saying it’s not coming from a very real place, but idk it really just doesn’t land for me. Rock n’ Roll in the 70s and 80s folks!! Don’t do drugs. There is some funky keys in the back here that open up into a pretty cool instrumental section. I think I like the Rolling Stones best when Mick Jagger is not singing hahah. Another song bordering on too long at 5:31. Dead Flowers - 5 Is this Mick? Why on Earth is he singing this way? But I like the “easy listening” kinda country vibe even though it has bananas sad lyrics. A more upbeat song about using drugs. I think this kind of a petty song tbh. Like he’s telling this girl (or maybe he’s talking to the drugs???) that she can still send dead flowers as a “fuck you”, but he is still going to get the last laugh by sending roses to her grave. So maybe leading us to that he’s stronger than his addiction even though is seems like he’s actively going through it? Idk that’s just my take on it. Kind of intriguing song. Moonlight Mile - 7.5 (maybe 8) Last song (kinda finally)!! He has a very...interesting falsetto range. This one is giving a moody musician song. He isn’t fulfilled by the fans and adoration anymore, he’s constantly on drugs, and living on the road. It seems like he’s still finding some satisfaction in the music of it all. Pretty piano in the back. Maybe that’s symbolizing a more “pure” version of his love for music underneath this hardened rock n roll shell. I really fuck with the instrumentals in this one. I think this is the most genuine song I’ve heard from Jagger. I like him exploring a very real emotion to expertly chosen instrumentals. After listening to this, I imagine Jagger still having his dreams (the moon/this "thing" that's being lit up that he is still doing all of this traveling for), but maybe needing a new way to chase them after getting fed up with how it’s been going so far on the road/touring/singing. Overall: 5.5 Okay, this album kind of surprised me. There were def some stinkers on this one for me. I’m not absolutely in love with Mick Jagger as many of my individual reviews would support. I think his voice just doesn’t do it for me. But there were definitely some songs I liked and will be adding for their instrumentals and overall story. Wild Horses is a classic that was already on my playlists, but additionally I will be adding Bitch and Moonlight Mile and maybe even I Got the Blues. My least favs were Sister Morphine, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, and You Gotta Move. I really don’t think I have it in me to listen to another Rolling Stones album for a third day in a row so HOPEFULLY I get a good one tmr.

Pretty good album!

Loved every minute of it. Be fun if the digital version had a zipper action

ok

really good

Good stuff

Top 25 album? Fave or 2nd fave stones am um

I mean... I actually need the vinyl variant with the actual zipper on the front. Brown sugar is a classic. Wild horses is perfect. The whole album is gold. What the hell was in the air in the early 70s??

i didnt like it that much tbf, not my style of music, too unhinged

The third album of their classic four album run that began with 1968’s Beggars Banquet and ended with the glorious sprawling mess that was Exile on Main St. I’ve always felt that Sticky Fingers was the weakest of the bunch, but in that company, that’s hardly a criticism. They were, after all, inventing modern Rock music, so we should probably cut ‘em a little slack - and the Stones were all about the slack. The album’s anchored by Brown Sugar, a song that’s attracted its fair share of disapproval over the years, though it remains a cornerstone of the Stones rep. and still sounds pretty good to these old ears. Other highlights: Bitch is propelled by an immense Keith riff that’s almost too good for the song, Sister Morphine feels like a state of the nation speech set to music, and Dead Flowers - the sort of country shuffle that the band were adept at during this period - is dark and prophetic. Check out Townes' version. 9/10

Late 60's/early 70's were the Golden era for the Stones. They had finally found their style and wrote most of their best guitar riffs and songs during that late Brian Jones and Mick Taylor period. Sticky fingers documents band at their peak and is top3 Rolling stones album for me.

Solid stuff

This turned out to be surprisingly entertaining.

I've only heard Brown Sugar before this and while a pretty good song, it's hard to hear it as "one of the top then greatest records in the history of rock’n’roll ". This at the time when Black Sabbath was putting out "Master of Reality" and had already released "Paranoid". Or Pink Floyd's "Meddle" or The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jethro Tull, Santana, Deep Purple and so on. Led Zeppelin's album with "Stairway to Heaven" came out the same year, for fex sakes! Personally, I've never been much of an fan, for me Rolling Stones has been the vanilla of rock 'n roll, kind of like Elvis brought watered down black music to the masses, I feel Rolling Stones made hard rock but watered down and to suit everyone. The album is quite a bit spread out stylistically, usually that's not a bad thing, but the width of styles on this one is enough to make it feel very inconsistent. Also, too many ballads. Upon listening to the album, I did get quite positively surprised by few tracks. Namely Bitch and Sway.

Always one of my favorites. I still have the original album

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled...was convincing boomers that The Rolling Stones weren't dog shit.

I liked it. Definitely grew on me and I could see myself being in the mood to listen to this

Wild Horses is SO good!

This is #day507 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to my third Stones record already. While I rated the previous two a 3 and a 2, this one's begging at least 4, I guess. From lascivious presentation to its actual contents, this record marks what can be considered the Stones' prime. "Brown Sugar," "Wild Horses," "Sister Morphine," you know the drill… "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is just such a gem. All in all, good ol' blues rock done right. This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day508.

Strong. Probably my second favorite Stones album

Another one about which reams have already been written. I'll say that one of the things that most surprises me whenever I listen to The Stones is how thin the sound is. Bill Wyman's bass has an enormous amount of room to breathe and both Jagger's vocals (somewhat nasal anyway) and the guitars of Jones and Richards all sound almost tinny and gutless. But, then, I came of age around the millennium, when a great number of guitar players favoured a thick, mid-heavy sound. Plus, Charlie Watts's kit has always been a pretty small jazz affair. Anyway, rest in peace, Bill -- they really leaned on you. Mostly just cool, bluesy rock with a couple good ballads. A standout for me is 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking: this showcases Richards's ability to write interesting, infectious, novel riffs, particularly when he's experimenting with open tunings (G, here). The jam at the end (genuinely spontaneous -- the he band thought recording had stopped) goes from sounding a bit like Santana to sounding like a major-key Luke's Wall, which is pretty cool. Shout out to the under-sung Billy Preston who really fleshes it out. Anyway, it's peak Stones. Most of their records aren't much more dense with classic singles and the deep cuts are just about as worthy as the ones that chart. Not too many songs come close to that intro and riff for 'Can't You Hear Me Knocking', though. 4/5

A good listen

Goooood 👌

Too old

Great, classic rock and roll.

I was never a big fan of the Rolling Stones, but this was their album I liked the most. It's just great rock 'n' roll, blues-rock, played and produced so well. None of the songs were really familiar but it holds well together as an album, the album itself doesn't overstay its welcome either. I like the druggy/psychedelic atmosphere to it too. The original album cover with the zip is creative. No perfect five stars as I didn't enjoy it as much as other 5-star albums but it must be listened to it once as it's a great and influential album.

loved the country-western B-side. Top tracks: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knockin, Bitch, Sister Morphine

I go back and forth on the Stones. Right now I'm in a Stones are Chill mode. Their 60s-70s transition albums are such a good mix of moods. You've got their blues rock bedrock laid underneath near every track but the longer they spent in California, the more countrified their music got. Some of their late 60s work I run hot or cold on but I find Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street to be remarkably consistent. Lots of ironic miserable aching on this one, everything tempered with dope blues arrangements and country twang. Favorite Tracks: Wild Horses, Bitch, I Got the Blues, Dead Flowers, Moonlight Mile

Aika perus rollari soundia taas. Ei yhtään tuttua kappaletta. Ei huonoa. Parhaat: Wild Horses, Dead Flowers

A classic, must listen to at least once in your life.

From the era when records belonged to artists and not crap marketing departments. A genius album with a title that would be marketing dept rejected and a cover that has to be one of the best to ever keep the dust of a record.

when I was 17, my mum approached me and (very politely) asked me if it would be ok if she stopped going to my jazz performances at school. I didn't really care that much; she'd been to dozens of my orchestra and band and choir concerts over the years. she didn't need to prove she cared. but I asked her why jazz specifically, and she said that to her, it always felt like we just played the same song and improvised different solos for like ten minutes on each one. when I hear albums like this, I think about that conversation. I now know how she felt.

A solid rock and roll album. You can hear how they influenced so many. Entertaining throughout.

Great way to kick off Christmas week! AT YO DOOOOOOHWOAHWOAH

Absolutely brilliant, the album felt so smooth and engaging at the same time. I love how it encapsulates the early 70s vibe with a tiny bit of cowboy cuntyness.

It's arguably the greatest rock n roll album ever made. You could say it's not but it's in the conversation. Tt's an easy 5 Stars. 10/10. Mick, Keith, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman & Mick Taylor... The ultimate Stones lineup with some of the best songs they've ever made. The Hear Me Knocking Riff alone is worth 5 Stars alone and you also got Bitch, Dead Flowers, Brown Sugar, etc, etc... Tt's all killer no filler with an Andy Warhol cover to top it off. Burry me with this damn album.

Yeah just typical Rolling Stones by now, just alright

The penis outline on the album is throwing me off 😭 Brown sugar reminding me of “start me up” by the Rolling Stones (oh, it’s the same band)- bit lazy with the riff guy’s , come on-6/10 Wild horses-9/10 love Can’t you hear me knocking- 7/10 banger but rlly do not have the patience to listen to a 7 min song( this isn’t pink Floyd guys) Wasn’t a big fan of you gotta move tbh ( dad loved it tho 😂😂) Bitch- 9/10 BANGER riff is stunning I got the blues-6.5/10 defo a good song, maybe just not my vibe atm. Sister morphine- 0/10 DEADDDDDD Dead flowers-

Mueeeeeeeeeeeeh

Kinda of familiar, but not a fav

Eu já escutei esse. Não acho ele incrível mas também não é péssimo, achei que fosse ser melhor antes de escutar. Mas a música “Dead Flowers” é show de bola, inclusive acho que ela me lembra bastante do filme “My Own Private Idaho”. 6,5/10.

Definitely not my style

I prefer music with more lyrics than instrumental

quelques très bonnes chansons mais rien de révolutionnaire pour moi. Je trouve que c’est une bonne représentation de son époque et j'apprécie ça. Fosho je dois réécouter pour rlly make my mind up.

Sleazy in a good way? Sleazy in a bad way. Sleazy in both ways? Sleazy in every way? Omnisleazeant?

My favorite of the classic four album Stones run, this is the one with almost no skips. And Wild Horses alone!

I didn’t want to give it a 5, but I can’t help it. It’s great.

This is the album that found the sweet spot between blues, country and rock n roll. It is such a joy to hear. 4.5/5

Quintessential Stones. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is a top 5 Stones song. Great album.

I think I’d only heard Sway once of twice and I really liked the experience of hearing what felt like fresh music from this era of the Stones. Overall a great album. I’d say I still prefer Beggars Banquet but this one is up there. 3.5/5 Stand outs were “Wild Horses” “Sway” “Moonlight Mile”

Wild horses is amazing

good album

Classic

Those jeans would be a bit uncomfortable. Looks like a prize hog, though.

This is my first Stones album on this list. My past exposure to the Stones mostly concerns my mom playing 40 Licks (a greatest hits compilation) often on CD and their songs that are played on rock and oldies radio. This album is iconic somewhat because of the album art, which is polarizing and recognizable. Sticky Fingers has a couple of their great songs and the rest are just okay.

8,70

Wow! I have never listened to the entire album and I have been missing out! This is a perfect album if there ever was one. For those who compare the Stones to other rock bands of their era like Led Zepplin, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Both bands are completely unique and different styles of rock. I’ll always consider myself a Zepplin fan first and do enjoy them more, but there’s something to be said about being one of the longest lasting rock bands that has had so many #1 hits. As a Zepplin and huge Jimmy Page fan, I will die on the hill that the opening guitar lick on Can You Hear Me Knocking is the best rock guitar intro of all time. It’s damn perfect, from the tone, the grittiness, and to the mixing to just the right speaker in a stereo mix. It’s filthy, raw, and sinks its hook into you immediately and deeply. Supurb. If you’re looking for a whole album of rock music, this ain’t it. This is a whole album of fantastic music which some of the songs are rock. Bravo! I’m going to listen to the entire thing again even though I just finished it. Cheers.

Very good album

Good album. Classic Stones album and sounds. Notable tracks include Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch, I Got The Blues, Moonlight Mile.

Such a great blues rock album. Keith Richard’s guitar takes the lead over the vocals on most of the album

I feel like the key take away from this exercise so far is that the Stones are GOATs. No bad songs, let alone half the tracks on this album are absolute classics. Another obvious 5 star.

I love that we drew this album on my guy Keith Richards' birthday. To me, this is in a 1A/1B with "Let it Bleed" for their best album. They rock, they roll, they do some sloppy country, and they probably have their prettiest ballad with "Wild Horses". The addition of Mick Taylor gives some really tasteful lead guitar to play off of Keith and Charlie Watts holding it down. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is an epic jam with a filthy guitar tone, recorded live in the studio, almost by accident. "Dead Flowers" is a great song. Another 5 star for me.

It's the Stones. That is all. One of my favorite collections. Listening with 2025 sensibility changes the ick factor of some of the lyrics that once didn't ick hard (Im talking to you Brown Sugar).: I still love it, separating my 80's self from '25. Guitar is unparalled and the sax and keyboard work keeps up. Listened before? Y Saved some tracks? Y Favorite tracks? Wild Horses, Bitch, I Got the Blues, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Liked it a lot: saved a bunch of tracks

Rolling Stones once again giving me the ick with Brown Sugar. Yikes. No recovering from that, and it was boring from there. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐: Hated it.

I should give it 5 for Dead Flowers alone but… not quite.

This album is incredible. True classic. This band, love them or hate, are iconic and made some of the greatest tunes in the 20th Century. They truly embodied the rock and roll lifestyle and took that the every level of their music. This album is probably apex mountain for the band and for that overall ethos. Though.. I will say, its hard to write this review when Mick Jaggers bulge is just staring me in the face. The blues, the rock, all of it. Its all so dialed on this record. A few my favs: -Wild Horses: I could listen to this song at any moment of any day. This is a perfect road trip song. -Can't You Hear Me Knockin: this one is so good and its super popular, but what you don't hear on the radio or movie soundtracks is the 3 minute psych jam that kind of ends the song. So cool and way more interesting that the first part of the song. -I Got the Blues: what a great blues ballad! Its kind of trite, kind of obvious, but mostly perfect. -Dead Flowers: one of my favorite songs by The Rolling Stones. It always reminds me of the Big Lebowski -Moonlight Mile: I sing this one to Goldie to get her to sleep. Its perfect.

That was awesome

Second half of the album isn’t as good as the first half. Fav song is ‘Wild Horses’.

What an incredible album. Opening with a banger in Brown Sugar and then it just gets better. I've missed out by knowing just one song from this album!

sounded like sad country, not my cuppa tea

Listened. Enjoyed. A side more interesting/noticeable than B. Great sax. liked wild horses, cant you hear me knocking and dead flower best

Like most of their albums it has too much filler besides the couple of great songs. Favorite song: brown sugar

Wild Horses

I love this era of the Stones. And between Wild Horses, and Can't You Hear Me Knocking... this album may be THE album? Love it.

The Stones' tightest dirty blues rock album, and possibly their best - it's a close call between this and Some Girls. Similar to Exile on Main Street, the album works best when it's loud and filled with horns. "Bitch" is one of their brashest songs, and "Can You Hear Me Knocking" shows they can jam. But the best song may be "Sway," I love how the melody of the chorus rolls right back into the verses. These highs are up there with the highs on Exile, but this album has much less chaff. There are a couple tracks that are too bluesy and sound weak next to the rest of the album, but it concludes on a very strong run highlighted by the country rock of "Dead Flowers." As far as 70's blues rock goes this is really hard to beat - it's got the grit of the blues with all the catchiness of rock.

Never played this in full before - yet overly familiar. Very good

You could say the lyrics to “Brown Sugar” didn’t age well. But even in 1971, a song about a plantation owner raping his slaves shouldn’t have been made so cheerful. I was happy to find an article where Jagger said they would not have written that song today. But it is so tasteless, it distracts from the overall quality of the remainder of this album.

The blues are really good, but the Stones are too much country here for me to love.

4.5

Solid album. May be my favorite overall Stones.

75/100

Wonderful album. One for the books. Some of my favorite songs of all time.

Love the blues touch on this one!

2.5/5 A few good songs but I only rated 3 songs 3/5 so it gets a 2

Growing up my Dad was and still is a Led Zeppelin guy through and through, while he had time for The Stones like any music lover should, it wasn't what was played around the house. But, luckily you cannot avoid this incredible band in life and for that I’m grateful. With Sticky Fingers, every emotion you could feel from classic rock is distilled into 46 minutes of perfect escapism. Snarling vocals, some of the greatest guitar riffs and grooves ever put to popular music, leg slapping drumming, eclectic instrumentation, this album is The Stones at it's highest and most concise form. For me this is as essential as it gets.

have never listened to TRS actively, and i think it's better that way... this album is great to mindlessly drive to while not paying too much attention to it if that makes sense

still British but at least it’s not boring anymore. Probably my favorite Stones album, due in no small part to really figuring out some new shit with Mick Jagger at the helm now. No skips. Maybe this is just me, but this album probably gives me the purest Beatles influence, which raises its score for me by an artificial and negligible amount. It’s great on its own merits. I particularly love the investment in blues and the back-and-forth between muddy, fuzzy guitars and bright, sizzling ones. Good shit.

As soon as the album started I said to myself "yep. that sounds like the Rolling Stones." A band whose hits I've kinda always known, but was never really all too interested in past that. I've listened to Tattoo You and Let it Bleed, but this is not a review for those albums. Brown Sugar is kind of perhaps one of the wildest ways this album could've started off. I almost wrote the album off entirely after that one. Similar to the Kings of Leon album that kicked off with the "oops she was underage" type shit. But alas, I continued. The album will probably get a -1 for that one alone though (and i am not going to apologize that's really weird to me idk). Going off music now. I think Can't You Hear Me Knocking may have become my favorite Rolling Stones song. I'd never heard it until this but I'm glad I have heard it now. This may be a hot take, but I think Keith Richards is really good at guitar. He was consistently the highlight of the songs on this album for me. Charlie Watts on the drums was a treat, especially in Can't You Hear Me Knocking. Mick Jagger has an interesting voice that I can't tell if I actually like, or if it's just rock n' roll enough that I don't care. I'll listen to it anyway. In summary, I liked this album a lot. It was one that I was not expecting to like as much as I did since I'm just a Rolling Stones Greatest Hits guy, but it's led me to believe I should be listening to more than just that.

Absolute bangers all the way down.

Historically my favorite work of theirs, with Dead Flowers and Wild Horses in particular standing out as my absolute go-to Rolling Stones songs. But I also think You Gotta Move is incredibly unpleasant. That classic blues sound is deeply unappealing to me. I’ll let it slide because the rest is so good but I don’t want this rating to be perceived as endorsement of that wretched song.

It’s the definitive “sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll” album — Brown Sugar, Sister Morphine, and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking respectively. It’s raw, but is also intricately produced. For me, it’s the perfect rock record, ~bulging~ with attitude and bangers.

💃

Not a stones fan but this is a good album, solid 4

Is with this album that I think I can confidently say that blues rock is not my thing. I didn't like the previous Rollings Stone's album that I had to hear, that would be 'Beggars Banquet', and I also not crazy about The Doors or Janis Joplin, just to bring some examples of what I saw was considered Blues Rock. And also I'm not a fan of country rock. So anyone reading this should have an idea of where I'm going to. I did not like this album. I find it to be quite bland and uninteresting. The only songs I can say I liked were 'Bitch', because I really liked the energy and the horns in the chorus; and 'Sister Morphine', a very slow and emotional track about the dependency of drugs and their withdrawal. I would also like to say that I liked 'Brown Sugar', as it is also one of the most energetic tracks, but the lyrics are so terrible and aged incredibly bad. People from this time had an unhealthy obsession with teenagers... Now let's continue talking about what I didn't like. 'Wild Horses' is a painful acoustic country ballad, 'You Gotta Move' is a boring blues track, 'I Got the Blues' feels overdramatic, 'Dead Flowers' and 'Moonlight Mile' have a very irritating country twang and the rest is forgettable. It is the worst I've hear from this list? Nope. As much as I didn't like it, it wasn't that draining as other albums.

i'll admit i only listened to half of it sorry but it sounded nice to my ears

i'm not surprised we've got yet another entry from the stones. this is the first album release to not feature brian jones, vocalist and musician who passed after drowning in his swimming pool. more of that classic rock the group is known for, a bit of country, blues, and maybe some big band influence as well? it's got a lot for the listener to take in, and with full creative freedom, you can definitely hear all those restraints popping loose. speaking of popping loose... i have this record physically. the zipper on the cover is actually functional, you can zip it down, you nasty little ninny.

A near perfect album, classic 70's blues rock'n'roll with a tinge of country thrown in.

Favorites from album: brown sugar, wild horses, can’t you hear me knocking, bitch, I got the blues. Overall a solid album but not my favorite. Rating: 6.5/10.

A lot of songs about drugs, and rhythms to accompany your own drug usage

Liked everything about this album other than Jagger's vocals.

It’s the rolling stones

Pretty good the first couple songs on the album are better towards the end it starts to get a bit slow and repetitive, not my favourite album of theirs

Very classic rock

I was around 11 years old when I got an iPod. On that iPod, I bought The Rolling Stones Greatest Hits. My stepmom asked me to play Wild Horses for her. I gave her headphones and pressed play. She sat back and her smile soon turned into tears as she wept. I will never forget that moment because it showed me how powerful music can be. After listening to the song within the context of Sticky Fingers, I can say that the songs that accompany it are great too.

Already familiar with a few songs from this album mainly Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking which made it exciting to finally listen to the whole thing. Sticky Fingers has that dirty, bluesy rock sound that The Rolling Stones are known for. The production still feels raw. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is a long masterpiece. Had no idea the “You Gotta Move” meme song was originally done by The Rolling Stones and was on this album at all, that made everything even better. I love the involvement of the air instruments (horns) section throughout the album, especially on Bitch. I also love the groove this album has, that typical 70s groove, very bluesy with tons of great guitar riffs, but with enough rock and roll to not be considered disco. The album has a great range. I enjoyed the balance between slow, emotional songs and upbeat, groovy rock tracks. They play that dark, moody blues songs like Sway and Sister Morphine, the country influenced songs like Dead Flowers, and then the classics like Brown Sugar and Wild Horses. It makes the journey of the album much more engaging. The album cover is also iconic a simple but bold idea The close up with the zipper was shocking at the time, very suggestive and very rock ’n’ roll. The fact that Andy Warhol designed it only cemented its legendary status. My favourite tracks are Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knockin, You Gotta Move, Bitch, I Got The Blues, Sister Morphine, Dead Flowers, Moonlight Mile.

stonsi inače šibaju albume koji su po meni ništa posebno... nije to ništa loše al me ne zapanjuje. zaboravim da sam ga preslušo itd. al ovaj ima jednu stvar koja mi se dopala (»dead flowers«). generalno i bolji album zbog dobrih saksofona

I was amazed that wild horses is their original song and that I've spent my life annoyed that what's her name did the cover. I went back to try and find the rendition in my mind that I fist heard the cover back in 2012 or so at Wally's on serious XM Lithium it would play a lot just like that dude and the hallelujah song so often dam. anyways. she did a good job I just didn't know about Bridgers and Julian Dacus and such to really make sense of it. I grew up listening to bright eyes and Pedro and didn't know that women are doing it better! Karly Hartzmen is like quint. status. kRISTEN sTWEART IS a god. goodbye. LOOOKIT. at the end of the day I know they shaped the music industry but retroactively listening to this after all that's out I'm hard pressed to appreciate the "Rolling Stones ran so ya mother could cry" concept. I'm a flake on this album. thanks.

dead flowers was my favorite, a few of the instrumentals reminded me of foreigner

Favorites- Brown Sugar, Sway Least Favorites- You Gotta Move Solid album

This does have a lot of hits and it sounds great. I did not have a big Rolling Stones period in the past and my parents were much more into Zeppelin and Rush. I listened twice today and this really is some great music. I don't think I can give it a 5, because I haven't spent enough time with it yet and it didn't blow me away like some other unknown 5's I've had. I gotta go with my gut on this, 4/5.

In Mick Jagger’s sway

All time classic!

Definitely the best stones album I’ve heard, not much detour from their normal style, but more interesting song structures and generally more expexperimntal vibe Fave tracks: Wild Horses, Can’t you hear me knocking 3.9/5

Misogyny, racism, and ephebophilia all wrapped up in one song. And that's just the opening. Yippee. There are so many songs in the classic rock sphere that also relish these subjects and wow, is it exhausting to not be a white man in this world. Brown Sugar aside, I've never been a fan of the Rolling Stones. I don't like their sound and the artificiality of it all. Mick Jagger's voice grates on me. Wild Horses would be a lovely song if someone else sang it. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is amazing until Mick opens his mouth. I guess I am not the target audience for this. I get that it's beloved and considered iconic, classic, etc. Some things are best left in the past. Nice sock, dude.

Good, but not something I think I will find myself returning to. 3 stars.

Good, now seems very straightforward Rock'n'Roll.

YES!!! The Stones are my all-time favorite!

Until, and even at the start of Moonlight Mile, I was strongly feeling this review would be "Like every other Stones album, great singles, don't care about the rest because I'm just not down for the bluesy stuff". But Midnight Mile managed to right itself pretty quick after a shakey start. And there are some pretty solid deep cuts like Sway as well. Just slightly the best Stones album I've gotten so far.

classic album and really good. kinda sounded like uncle rukus

Wild Horses always makes me cry, but The Rolling Stones are much better at singles than albums.

It's the Stones! Every album is a winner. No notes.

Out of the four Stones albums I’ve had on this list so far, this is easily my favorite. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is far and away the highlight, but there isn’t really a bad track on the record. A strong, confident album that holds together from start to finish.

Wild horses is good, the rest sounds kind of mid to me. 3* Still don't think the RS are on par with the Beatles, not even close.

Æ holdt på å gråte av «Wild Horses», så der har dokker min mood of the day, og sjøl om Exile on Main Street e det albumet av dem æ har hørt mest på (i den grad man kan si at æ har hørt veldig mye på Rolling Stones), så e ikke det her så verst, det heller!

Bliss

The trad blues is a bit crazy but when they go to rock it can really be something special

Ok this album has some groove but I can’t really get over Mick Jagger’s strange impression of a honky tonk guy with the very British-sounding (cheesy) choruses. Like, why? At the same time, I can see how an album like this would influence future generations of folk rock guys.

4 stars for wild horses and can't you hear me knocking. Amazing hits. The rest is nice and easy listening as well...but we know who the real stars are

Favourite Songs: Bitch

Okay took two listens but this is so good. Fav tracks: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses Saved a song: Y RYM: Y (#275)

Excellent, just what I needed on a filthy December Monday having fought through the traffic to do my menial office job for about half of what I should be paid... An album made by millionaires jacked up on Class As sitting around in their mansions writing half-arsed songs about their cocaine addictions... Whoopy-do. The Stones should have disbanded at the same time as The Beatles and saved us all from having to listen to this dreck.

Amazing piece of art

Really f***ing great album!

A fantastic album!!!

Got a take here I’m unsure of. First of all, love this record and some of these songs are some of my all time favorites. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking at the top at the moment, may have heard Wild Horses too many times. The take is that this album is depressing. Not because of the lyrics and subject matter, though that doesn’t help, but a very subtle undefinable vibe. I’ve always felt that way about Sway, but now I hear it on most of the songs. The sounds of a band who is strung out on drugs and just lost their friend, but are soldiering up for another hit album. Curious if others will notice this or if it’s just December in Boston and life is about to suck for 4 months.

Probably my second favorite stones album after Exile on Main Street. Solid from start to finish, some of the best songs from their whole catalog. Dead flowers is probably my favorite. Crazy that so much of what we remember as the stones signature sound developed AFTER the Beatles had already broken up. A point in their column. Also I love how none of them ever tried a real solo career. They knew it was all in the unique mix they’d made, not about individual talent or vision. Self-awareness is a type of genius maybe. The more I listen to them, the more credit I think jagger deserves. Most of the songs start kind of sedate until he bursts in and starts ho’ing it up. It all comes down to him really selling standard blues licks with his bizarro sexual exuberance. the best front man of all time.

3 super hits, Bobby Keys sax, artifacts everywhere in the recordings, peak state of the band, deep cuts, real/classic blues, extended jams, iconic artwork, multiple genres, film soundtrack city in a TIGHT 46 mins package. A huge recency bias, but I think this might beat After The Gold Rush for me as my number one album. Certainly top 5 I usually laugh when people say something like “UhhhnNUhhH, thuuures NO freaking WAY tHeY couLD make THAT toDay”. One ACTUAL example of this is Brown Sugar. This song belongs somewhere with Randy Newmans Rednecks. Songs you cant help, but rock to while you disgustingly stomach the themes. I strongly recommend the episodes on the Stones in the History Of Rock And Roll in 500 Songs podcast to dive through that. A small personal note. Cant You Hear Me Knocking’s extended jam is one of the first songs that I can remember getting transfixed in the jam (maybe Light My Fire is in there too). Even today, I still feel so locked in with the band. Bobby Keys sax solo is memorable to the point where I can scat my way through most of the parts. The way Richards brings in his solo after Bobbys is a masterclass on transitions. Lastly, I love how the full song feels as if it’s inching towards the end a full 90 seconds out and never lets off the tension.

I’m not a Stones mega fan, but was lucky enough to see them about 10 years ago with my dad. My favorite memory of that show: my dad and I were talking to a woman while getting beers, and another woman came up to us and started shouting “don’t talk to these guys they’re just trying to fuck you!” My dad rightfully thought she was joking, and started trying to banter with her too, which only made her more mad. She shouted her accusation even louder, which only made us laugh harder. Eventually she got so mad, she stormed off and dumped out her beer on the ground.

what a total banger! I've never listened to a rolling stones album - i've only heard their hits. I enjoyed every song here - the country, the blues, the rock.

One of my favorites from The Stones!

Favorite Track: Wild Horses

Pretty good.

Not a fan of the this album which was a surprise. I like some stones songs but not too many off this album I enjoyed!

A great ride. Strong Stones release.

5/10

I keep forgetting that I still have two Rolling Stones albums to review during this home stretch, but here we are with my fifth album of theirs to review, the infamous Sticky Fingers. I know a few songs off of the first side of this album, but the rest of this will all be new to me. My most recent Stones album to review was their debut album, which I didn’t enjoy at all. My favorite album so far of theirs so far has been Let It Bleed. I can’t see Sticky Fingers unseating Let It Bleed as my favorite Stones album, but I think it has a better chance than Aftermath does. Time to unzip... er, unwind with some more Rolling Stones. Sticky Fingers didn’t top Let It Bleed in my hierarchy of Rollings Stones albums, but I can definitely see why this album is regarded as some of their best work. This album has what I like best about the Stones: excellent guitar playing, incredibly catchy hooks and riffs, and a bluesy sound that’s completely their own. Sprinkle in some fun saxophone playing, jangly piano parts, and a couple of emotional ballads, and you’ve got a fantastic album. My only nitpick with this album is that the lyrics are a mixed bag; some songs have some great depth and emotion, and some songs feel like gibberish. But even the songs with wacky lyrics are still fun, so I can’t complain too much. The Wikipedia article for this album has a link to a separate page for each song, and while I don’t have notes on every song, I did want to pick out the highlights for me: “Brown Sugar” is the perfect lead-off track for this album. I love when the Rolling Stones kick out some blues rock, and this song fully delivers. Those opening guitar licks combined with the castanets set the tone for this album. The saxophone hangs out in the background until it’s time for it to shine, which I thought worked perfectly. I have no idea what this song is about lyrically, and I’ve seen some really interesting theories online, especially in the aftermath of the Altamont Free Concert, but I have no clue if there’s anything deeper to lyrics. I’d never heard of “Sway” before, but I loved this slower ballad. The piano and guitar sounded great together, and the string arrangement was excellent too. My parents loved the Rolling Stones when I was a kid, so I got to listen to them quite a bit too. I was always drawn to their more traditional rock songs, but as an adult, I’ve really grown to love “Wild Horses.” I love the guitar and piano playing, and as far as lyrics by Mick and Keith go, this song is top notch. “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” is a fun and bluesy romp. The drumming really punches up the guitar playing, and I love how you can hear Keith and Mick working off of each other on this song. I’d never heard “Bitch” before, but I really loved the trumpet playing on this song. “Bitch” feels like a blend of blues and roots rock, but it’s sneakily one of the strongest songs on the album. I really loved the twangy guitar on “Dead Flowers,” and I thought the lyrics were really good too. Mick’s vocals were excellent on this song too, and I loved how he exaggerated a drawl on the verses. “Moonlight Mile” was an excellent closing track. It was one of the most beautiful songs on the album, and I really loved the string arrangement it had. I thought it was a really great stylistic choice to not have the string arrangement be present for the whole song, and it was really emotionally effective to have it kick in later on in the song. Sticky Fingers is the Stones doing what they do best: cranking out the blues. There’s a really great mix of rocking blues and blues ballads on this album, and I think it works very well. It’s not my favorite Stones album, but I certainly can’t deny its greatness.

From its first notes, you know you are in the hands of the ballsiest, most confident, struttingest rock band to ever rock. And they back up their outrageous arrogance with outrageous talent. The husband and I put it on on a Saturday morning en route to a hike and immediately began singing along. It got us even more amped up than our coffee and we attacked that trail. The Stones is the ultimate rock band and this is an ultimate record.

Back when I was in my early 20s, and a smoker, I used to carry around a Rolling Stones "Hot Lips" zippo lighter that I named Charlie, after Charlie Watts. Charlie would often slip out of my pocket during a night out, but would always somehow make his way back to me. Those lips are so instantly recognisable as representing the Stones. As a designer, I tip my hat to one of the greats of logo design. That this iconic visual was first introduced with this album, yet was overshadowed so massively by the album artwork itself says a lot. Another of the records that I rescued/nabbed from a friend's father, who was inexplicably dumping his vinyl collection when I was younger, is an original 1971 pressing of Sticky Fingers, complete with working zipper and inner sleeve of underpants stamped with Andy Warhol's name. It just goes to show what the Stones are capable of when they have full creative control: one of the most innovative and iconic album covers of all time, and one of the most recognisable logos in the world, all in one release. And we're still just talking about the artwork - we haven't even gotten to the music yet. I stand by my previous claim that Let It Bleed is my favourite Stones album, but Begger's Banquet and Sticky Fingers are very close behind. What an album run! It's acutally pretty weird that the 1001 gen algorithm served me Let It Bleed yesterday and Sticky Fingers today. I'm looking forward to Exile on Main St. tomorrow. Sticky Fingers carries on the "return to blues roots" Stones era that Banquet introduced and Bleed perfected. There are some iconic Stones classics on here, like "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses" and "Bitch", but some of the real gems are the more stripped down blues tunes, like the absolutely brilliant "You Gotta Move". The Stones always bring a very unique and raw sound and energy to the blues. Long, extended jams often break out, like on "Sway" and "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", showcasing just how tight a band the Stones had become with Mick Taylor settling in nicely. Iconic cover art, iconic logo, and a record that matches the attitude of both.

I prefer the Beatles, but the Stones are still just fantastic and this is proof of that

This is my greatest album of all time. Listened to it over and over. No bad songs. Really every song is fantastic.

A classic and a belter - 4 stars purely because it isn't as magnificent as my personal preference on 5 star albums.

Good, liked songs: Brown Sugar, Bitch and Can't Hear me Knocking

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background Hard to beat Mick Taylor leads against the backdrop of Keith Richard's riffs. The Ry Cooder appearance is just icing on the cake. This era is peak down and dirty Rolling Stones and I'm here for it.

A classic. Brown Sugar was never a favorite and a weak opener but the rest is great. No GNR or Aerosmith without this.

Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knockin', and Dead Flowers all stand out on this album. I think the hits are definitely iconic. The album challenged its band's genre by some of the borrowed sounds from other genres like country and blues. All-in-all, it's a good listen and worth knowing.

it’s a five. how could it not be?

They are a band I can't wrap my head around why they are hugely popular. Sure they have some hits but man when it's not a hit it's rough. I need to sit down and listen to their discography and make my own hits playlist. Maybe I'll gain an appreciation then.

Yeehaw! And howdy? When these rootin’ tootin’ sons of the blues ain’t panning for gold they’re out there takin’ no prisoners. Sticky Fingers is a special sort of disc. It is to American music of the 20th century what Pale Fire is to literature originated in the English language: something from without elevating all that’s within. “Brown Sugar”, “Wild Horses”, “Dead Flowers” – there are more hits in here than in a high noon in the saloon. My own “aha” moment with The Stones might not have meant an opening of the floodgates; but as a document attesting to the strength of the cultural “special relationship” shared by the US and the UK … there can’t be many more as sincere and authentic out there than this.

One of the top 3 Stones albums

"Moonlight Mile" was actually a good song, and it kept me from dropping this album to a 2 after the awful country song and unnecessary saxophone solo.

Ahhhh - Brown Sugar, Wild Horses - hell yes. Never listened to this album all the way through but god damn is it good. Never heard can't you hear my knocking or I got the blues! This is just a perfect album...So funny it feels like a breath of fresh air post Madman and if you asked me who I liked better the stones or Elton John, I would have said Elton. And I know this is one album to another - might choose hotel or don't shoot me over this but the writing here is so fucking tight. The production is so together but suites itself to each song. amazing Dead flowers!!

My personal fave Stones album. Just the right amount of sleaze. 4.5/5

just classic <3

I had never taken the time to listen to a full Roll8ng Stones album but now that I have, I understand a lot of the criticism I've had throughout the years. The more listen, the more generic it sounds. This album feels like a bunch pieces from better, more knowledgeable musicians thrown together by people who just want to sound "bluesy". I am incredibly bored. The lyrics are also uninteresting... Wild horses was almost 2 minutes of the same loop. Like they ran out of ideas. It goes from terrible white guy country to empty blues/jazz. Singer can't sing for shit Oh no, "I got the blues" is terrible

Vibes: 3/5 Instruments: 4/5 Production: 4/5 Emotional Value: 2/5 Storytelling: 2/5 Album Cover: +0 Stand Outs: Can't You Hear Me Knockin', You Gotta Move Overall Rating: 3

First Stones album I am getting here and oh boy what a great one this is! Either this one or Exile are my favourite Stones albums so this will be an easy 5. A great great Blues rock album

Hey this thing is really good! Didn’t know can’t you hear me knocking knocked half the run time off for the radio. The second half falls off after the hits but I can definitely see someone buying this for the hits and growing to adore the rest of the album. Wild horses is enough to give this thing a 5, perfect song.

Better than I thought it would be based on how annoying the Stones usually are. I never got them. They have a cool guitar lick here and there and a couple singles that are decent, but on the whole I just don't understand them. Sticky Fingers though is something I could stand to listen to again. But jesus christ does Mick Jagger make me feel uncomfortable with his lyrics, e.g. Brown Sugar... yuck. Still feeling a 4/5 on this and that's as high as a rolling stones record will ever be for me.

The best Stones record, and you'd be hard-pressed to argue otherwise. Only Let It Bleed and Exile On Main St. give it a run for its money. But Sticky Fingers is the band at their most stylistically assured, their tightest, their grooviest. And it has some absolutely killer compositions. Brown Sugar and Wild Horses are almost anthemic, for wildly different reasons. The former, for its brash political commentary that gets away with it only because "Eh, it's just the past, we've moved on from slavery, right? Nudge, nudge?" The latter for just being breathtakingly beautiful, in its melody, guitar line, bringing-in/-out of the percussion... and yet still being genuinely catchy at the same time. That song, as well as Sway and Moonlight Mile, have some excellent lyrics as well, rivalling even the best from the ridiculously competitive year of 1971. Another reviewer described Jagger's vocals as a mess, but in a way that's perfect for the rock'n'roll style they're going for. Absolutely gritty, dirty, imperfect. Jagger's rock scream is on-point and can be heard in every upbeat track. Maybe there's a slight issue with his delivery of lower-energy tracks, where his exaggerated faux-country accent is on full display and you can start to hear the cracks in his delivery. Such is the case for Wild Horses (and others, like Sway, I Got The Blues, and Moonlight Mile). But Wild Horses is a special case because it's such a stunningly beautiful composition in its own right that I'll let the Stones get away with using the wrong vocalist for it. (Countless other bands have covered it anyway.) Can't You Hear Me Knocking contains one of the best rock jams you'll ever hear, especially from such a hugely popular band. The three-plus minutes at the end were not only entirely improvised and done on the first take, but they also hadn't planned to jam at all until precisely that moment. Pretty darn cool. It also begins with one of the sickest riffs in all of music, and I wish they'd returned to it later in the song. The riffs, in general, are excellent: Brown Sugar with its humorously uplifting chords to launch off the album, and Bitch spitting out fire straight from the blues scale. Sure, I *guess* this album could be improved by making tracks like Sister Morphine or You Gotta Move a little more musically interesting. But cut the boys some slack. 1971 was a hectic time for the Stones (and just about the entire music world). 5/5 Key tracks: Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch

The epitome of "Rock out with yer c0ck out" Thanks to this 1001 list - this is the first time Ive actually sat and listened to a Stones album. Its also the first time I've actually looked at the lyrics to Brown Sugar....man they wouldn't fly today Guitar in "Hear me knocking" and the brass/Guitar jam in "Bitch" were two highlights in songs previously unheard. Sister Morphine has range due to tempo changes & a quick Google showed that awesome slide guitar to be from Mr Ry Cooder! The fact that the window for making mainstream albums like this has long since past resolves my question of whether to throw it a 4 or a 5