Beggars Banquet

I can’t deny that the Rolling Stones are an iconic band and I do appreciate that. However, as much as I try, I just can’t get into them that much.

The thing I'm learning through this project is that The Rolling Stones seem to have a much patchier career than I'd imagined. Beggars Banquet has one (maybe two at a push) standout tracks whilst the rest is fairly rote blues / rock that doesn't really feel that distinct from other artists.

I don't like it sorry :)

Stones are not really my thing + they have better albums

It's crazy how many of the "Albums you MUST listen to before you die" are just subpar rock albums.

Nice bluesy rock!

It’s an ok album but I am more of a fan of older Stones.

enjoyable but not a comfort level album

no es el tipo de rock que suelo escuchar

First album from the site of 2026

these guys are snoozefests, next!

Just catching up on albums and wondered why I was in such a bad mood and it's because of this shit! Why they were ever successful is beyond me.

Good album but personally probably won’t be listening to it again 3/10

No es mi estilo

Boring, weirdly twee at times, some songs are actually grating to listen to. Street Fighting Man is good, and No Expectations and Salt of the Earth are both decent. 2/5

Trash blues rock. 2/5

I'm not the biggest fan of the stones but when Sympathy For The Devil comes on how can you not start swaying. The rest of the songs on this album is a great example to why I never got in to listening to this band more. While not bad its also nothing that makes me want to keep listening or find more from the same band. I understand how exiting and new it was for its time but with all the music I grew up with others have expanded on the genre and made music that appeals to me more.

Are The Stones a blues band with a Little Rock on the side? Based on this album, yes. Didn’t care for it, had to skip a few.

I like the Rolling Stones a lot. When I look at my Spotify "liked songs" stats, they are in my top 5 with 78 songs liked across all of their albums (as of this date). This album has 2 of their all time best songs which also happen to be 2 of the best rock songs of all time across any artist (Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man) PLUS 2 great deep cuts (No Expectations, Salt of the Earth). But then it has a bunch of songs which, to me, are kind of forgettable - not bad just not worth listening to again. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/10 Rating: 2/5

It reminded me a lot of country. I’ve never listened to the Rolling Stones so I didn’t know what to expect but I don’t enjoy their music as much as I wanted to

2 stars

Good album. "Sympathy For The Devil" is a favorite of mine from the Stones off this album.

Better Rolling Stones albums exist

Was okay :/

Sympathy for the Devil has no business being this long.

Enjoyable to some point, even though I‘m not a Mick Jagger guy. Still one of the most important rock bands, but not so much in this one.

Hadn't heard a Stones album before and didn't know they did blues/folk stuff, not for me.

+salt of the earth

Milquetoast medly of many genres I like. No Expectations isn't bluesy enough. Jigsaw Puzzle would be better if it went full Billy Joel. Salt of the Earth finally lands on its rock-n-rolling feet, and drags the album up to 2 stars.

Felt like I was in a rocking chair watching over a large farm estate - not really my thing

Was not in the mood for this type of music so they got unlucky. Was aight

Outside of the few bangers, I feel like there's too much fluff on this record. They probably had fun making the record, but I don't feel the fun.

Realized Im not a huge stones fan

I would have given this 5 for Sympathy for The Devil, but after that, it kinda derails into annoying country, which I don't love. Street Fighting Man was fine, then right back to the annoying.

I’m a little… disappointed from this album. I guess I’ve never been too into the Rolling Stones / the sorta genre of the time, and this is nothing special from it. Theres more from aftermath which was given earlier in the list for me, this just felt like Rolling Stones filler album

meh

Never understood the hype

Если не знать, что это Rolling Stones, то звучит, как любая другая банальная группа в том же стиле из этого списка. Из чего я заключаю, что значение этой группы для мирового рока слишком преувеличено. По крайней мере, мне не понятно, что в них великого или принципиально нового для своего времени.

sympathy for the devil? how about sympathy for me for listening to this frickin album! i like the opener, and the closing track is nice' but the rest kinda blend together

Taas kunnon boomerimusaa, ei tällästä jaksa kyllä vakavissaan kuunnella.

Tämä vierivä kivi kyllä sammaloitui, melkoisen tylsää menoa.

These guys need knocked down a peg or two legacy wise. (2.5)

Never liked them.

First time listening to The Rolling Stones, and honestly it was way more chill than i expected. A few good songs, but in general not my cup of tea

Meh. Some good songs but others just drag on and on.

Kinda monotone

one of the great mysteries of life is my adoration of Bob Dylan while I do not care for the Stones - they make the exact same music

Sympathy for the devil is by far the best song, starts strong and goes down from there. Pretty forgettable

Not the best not the worst

I’ve always thought of the Stones as a “hit” band rather than a “album” band, and boy does this album prove that. While I’m sure at the time this came out it was great, it unfortunately just has not aged with grace at all. Beggars Banquet is largely by today’s standards, an album full of subpar blues rock. While not sonically offensive, it’s disappointing for a band such as this. The only track worth remembering on this album is the iconic “Sympathy for the Devil,” the rest you could throw away. The only reason I’m not giving this album a single star is because Sympathy for the Devil is on this, and because of the time it was made, which is hardly an excuse. The Beatles had dropped the White Album a month earlier, people like Hendrix were pushing the boundaries, and Rock as a whole was just evolving past the sound that the Stones were sticking to. Best track: Sympathy for the Devil Worst track: Factory Girl

aside from sympathy for the devil, i found this kinda boring

Sympathy for the Devil carries this album insanely hard, they rest is extremely mid and awfully stereo panned

Pretty unremarkable album all things considered. Feels like the Rolling Stones were just copying many of the most popular and influential sounds of the 60's (i.e. The Beatles and Bob Dylan) and repackaging them. Not an offensively bad album by any means, just somewhat unoriginal. There were many other albums from this era that did the psychadelic pop/folky rock sound much better.

Starts off great with "Sympathy for the Devil", then it just gets worse? It abandons a great vibe in favor of what I would best describe as "hick rock", feeling like it belongs in 1950's Mississippi. Does it do that well? No, not really. It is quite boring and unenjoyable. Jig-Saw puzzle does it a lot better than the previous few songs, but its still not reaching beyond "good". 2/5.

Never really been a fan of The Rolling Stones. Sympathy For The Devil has grown on me over the years, but if it comes up on the radio, I'm more likely to skip it than let it play. If you don't know if you like The Rolling Stones, listen to this album. By the end of the album, you'll know. For me, 2 stars.

не мое совсем, ничего не запомнилось

Carried by sympathy for the devil, which in itself is quite repetitive and too long. Others not memorable.

Couple of bangers, lots of meh

Whole lot of meh …

This game has been worth doing because it has exposed Rolling Stones as absolute frauds to me. These bums don't have a single good album, and are 90% absolutely mid music. Maybe the most overrated group in music history.

Not a great Stones fan, and this album is not one of my favorites from them even. I found it quite monotonous and except for the first track, the big hit ´Sympathy for the Devil´, there were not really any highlights on the album. Not bad however, so 2/5.

A lot more folk-y than I thought

Think I was expecting more from the Stones but this one didn’t really do anything for me.

Two good songs… which are the well known ones. Otherwise quite meh!

Just meh.

Realising that the Stones is a singles band to me and that there is little quality control over each album.

This was a pretty nothing album for me. The first song was okay but I didn't feel anything throughout it. Hard rock is not my thing.

Another one with one hit and a bunch of filler. This is the standard Stones situation. The filler was more of that faux rural american stuff. And other bands have done that better.

🩰

meh. Im not a big fan of the stones other than their super famous

Very dull and uninteresting. The blues rock-and-roll sound gets tiring after the third track, so this album gets boring really really fast. The only songs that I liked were 'Sympathy for the Devil', with its catchy chorus; and 'Stray Cat Blues', having a nice energy; but even these tracks aren't exciting enough to want me to repeat the experience. This record may not be offensively bad, but it lacks on anything exciting or engaging, specially coming from an era and place where groups were pushing the music boundaries in extreme ways. At least the production is pretty neat.

eh o ultimo deles, graças a deus. ninguém merece tanto rolling stones assim esse eu achei chato. sympathy for the devil eh legal por conta do guitar hero 2 apenas eh bem country blues sem sal.

The Stones’ production and blues rock style have never really appealed to me.

Not my style

The Rolling Stones are boring. One or two of their acoustic songs that I'd never heard before sounded nice, but i just don't get them. it took me a few tries to get all the way through the album.

I know the Stones are beloved by millions, and are rock gods. Still, I’ve never warmed to them. They have great singles, yes. They have ‘great’ albums that have gone down in rock history as essential classics (like this one). I just can’t, well… I just can’t and never could. Alongside the 1001 albums generator project, I’ve also been listening through essential discographies. I’ve listened through all the Beatles and their solo records, all of Sabbath and Zeppelin, everything The Beach Boys did, and I’m 30 albums through Dylan. I gave up when I tried the Stones though. I gave it the old college try, and I failed with them. I just don’t see the appeal.

8/28/25: Sorry to say this album definitely is not my taste in music. I liked one song, the last one on the album called “Salt of the Earth”. They incorporated what sounded like a gospel choir that really brought the song to life. The rest sounded country and I just didn’t care too much for it.

This is a pretty good folk rock album, sounds more American than I'd have guessed. 'Street Fighting Man' sounds innovative and kinda fresh. But this album is not connecting with me emotionally, we're not vibing. To my ears this just sounds like some good musicians jamming and grooving.

I feel like I don't really have a handle on who The Stones are as a band. I only know their big songs. Their music is so-so to me. Brits going for bluesy, honky tonk americana. Not my favorite. This album was ok; I wouldn't reach for it again.

I really really liked Sympathy For The Devil (especially the percussion) but then was kind of disappointed that nothing else on the album had the same vibe. Wasn't a fan of the country/bluesy stuff unfortunately

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but every Rolling Stones song sounds the same to me.

I liked the opening ofc , but it kinda blended in for me

familiar with a couple of songs off this album, but never listened to it wholly. edit: sorry Stones, but largely unimpressed with this. listened as background noise while working, and nothing stuck out.

Yeesh, not my style at all. The country blues sound, especially on tracks like Factory Girl, was just not fun to listen to. This gets two stars rather than one simply because Sympathy for the Devil is track #1.

British people pretending to be southern Americans? Ok Very annoying singer Last track kind of sounds like it could have come off the Godspell soundtrack

The lyrics in this album are terrible. The album only has 2 great songs on it and the rest feels like filler.

Average at best. Tries to be country but fails.

4/10

ehhh 🤷‍♀️

Decent music, song about sleeping with underage people though

g1

Not into them

Good opener, street fighting man was good - otherwise boring

This is one of the lesser Stones albums for sure. Street Fighting Man is the only song I like on it. There are so many better ones on the list and this is just unnecessary. I would add December's Children instead of this one.

biski too much country for me

maybe I don’t like the Stones as much as I thought I did

Muuuuch more bluesy than I associate with the Rolling Stones. enjoyed more than I thought I would. Less rockstar cheese than what the band feels like it is right now.

Nice!

Not my thing but it's fine. I feel mostly indifferent about this. 2.5

Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO. Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO.Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO. Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO. Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO. Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO. Woo woo. Woo Woo. WOO WOO.

Syns 45 min med Mick Jagger er meget for mye. Solid åpning og avslutning, men alt i mellom beveger seg på en skala fra gjesp til nope. Beste låt: Salt of the Earth

Was fine until stray cat blues. Really sours the album for me. Only song I liked was sympathy for the devil, but I'm not sure I would have liked it if I never heard before. Not a fan of "country" either- If some of the songs can be classified as that.

I found this whole album quite meh, and it went on much too long. I have always hated the song about the devil for its irritating and endless "hoo-hooooo" backing n vocals.

First song slaps rest is whatever

Meh

not my thing

Sympathy for the Devil and 9 other tracks that shouldn't have made the album. 4/10

Kjedelig. En god låt gjør ikke et album.

OKAY, KINDA FALLS SHORT AFTER NO SYMPATHY

Fine

Pro: has sympathy for the devil Cons: has the rest of the album

Me esperaba algo diferente, hay varias canciones que no se si son country pero un estilo muy parecido y no me gustan nada pero hay 3 temitas me llegaron a gustar.

This was kind of boring if I have to be honest. This is my first time listening to a Rolling Stones full body of work and it was nothing otherworldly. It just didn't give me reasons to dive into their discography, and while I understand the legacy they hold, I didn't particularly enjoy this album. I think "Sympathy of the Devil" is great and by far the strongest track on this album.

bluesy - same-y but jagger voice too damn good

Enjoyed the first half of most of the songs but they all seem to quickly descend into some coke induced jam session. They need to learn how to finish a song.

Two starts for Sympathy for the Devil.

I can’t say I’m a Stones fan and this album is why. This album had too much of a twangy country vibe. I had to skip through most of the songs. Now, a greatest hits album? I’d probably listen to that.

They really are a singles band aren't they? Sympathy for the devil is a stone cold classic that cannot be improved, but there's an immediate drop off. Street fighting man is vaguely memorable, but other than that there's not a single track that sticks in the memory. Compared to the beatles albums from the time, everything just feels like a poor rip off of American acts. When the stones are good they're almost untouchable, but this is very, very dull.

while it must be noted that they are extremely good at it, i've never been able to shake the feeling that the rolling stones are cosplaying at best. this is mostly fine if you can work your way past the weirdness

The album had four good songs with the rest of the album being crappy blues songs. After listening to this and “The Santanic Majesty’s Request”, I can see why The Rolling Stones wanted to go back to their roots after that experimental album did not work out the way they planned. I seems to me that they over corrected.

After Sympathy for the Devil and Streetfighting Man, the rest is pretty disposable.

Not my favourite Stones release. A bit too country for my taste. Still has 2 of their biggest bangers on it, though. 2/5

Sleeper

One great opening track and then a bunch of cringy takes on country rock. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing

Dreary at times with the acoustic backing, seems like a regression in 1968 for the Stones.

Not really a fan, buuuut there was a couple of good ones at the end.

This was bound to happen with a large number of these albums - but I didn't feel particularly strongly about this album one way or another. There were some decent songs, and it was largely inoffensive, though the vocals do start to lose some of their appeal by the latter half of the album. I would rate this a 2.5 if I could.

A lot of rock with country influence which I personally am not a fan of, but I wouldn't totally discredit it just for that. I at least appreciated the variety here, with every track trying something a bit different.

3eme album des Stones proposé par le générateur. Celui-ci contient 'Sympathy for the devil', mon morceau préféré des Stones. Mais je suis plutôt déçu par le reste de l'album qui ne contient pratiquement que des morceaux plus lents et/ou trop blues. Je n'y reviendrais pas. =>2/5

★★¼

I tend to prefer the stones when they are being funkier/groovier but even more so than that, seeing the movie sinners the other day really affected my enjoyment of this. Listening to the literal white colonizers attempt to sing the blues without any of the actual pain behind the music really fell flat for me.

I got nothing from this, maybe it's harsh but I just don't see the appeal. Sympathy for the Devil is pretty good though.

я опять слушаю ролинг стоунз, и у меня в голове возник какой то парадокс. я всегда думал что это какие то мощные звери с песнями по типу crazy, а тут чето какой то базовый нормисный рок-н-ролл 60-х годов

Sounded like I was in a back bar in key west with old sun dried tatted up ppl dancing and heaving cigarettes in front of a skanky pool. Oh and add in the smell of vomit but maybe a good burger too.

Didn’t love it with weird vocals and song concept.

I think I hate this band. This album starts off with what is unquestionably one of their greatest songs ("Sympathy for the Devil") and then inexplicably surrounds it with a bunch of honky tonk bullshit. In a vacuum, it almost feels like they must have sympathy for the devil because he gave them a good deal for that song. It gets a little better in the second half but not anywhere near redemption.

Not really my vibe

One song was great, but not my thing

Like anyone, I like a bunch of the Stones stuff. Country rock though?

Boogers banquet What stands out in this whole project is that superstar artists/bands do not necessarily sound as good as the rest of the pack. This checks out here, its cool but cmon it's the rolling stones, everyone knows their name i expected more. 2

I listen to the intro: "WOW, this album isn't a disappointment like the others. A new sound and a lot of experimentations" The second track starts: I get disappointed. Just a blues album, nothing more and nothing less. Sympathy of devil really catfished me. I dunno, maybe a 5/10

Some bright sparks, but otherwise quiet one dimensional

they walked so that laibach might run

Liked a few songs but overall not super exceptional

Second album i’ve gotten by them and i still dont like them.. well

Pretty boring. I don't really "get" The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones have always felt very unbalanced to me. Some killer tracks on the record though

Nothing about this album makes me believe it deserves a place on this list other than the huge single 'Sympathy For The Devil' (which admittedly is a highlight) and the fact that it has the name 'The Rolling Stones' on the front cover. How can you open with such a great track and follow it up with such bland crap. 'Salt Of The Earth' which closes the album is the only other highlight in my opinion. It's pretty stale and didn't excite me despite having a variety of music, including rock and roll, blues rock and even a bit of country at times. I forgot it almost as soon as it ended. I also didn't realise until listening to this album that Mick Jagger's voice is very grating and actually just not very good. It just seems like he's shouting over the music at times. I'm not even a fanboy but please, let's not compare these to The Beatles ever again, there's no competition.

I don't like the Stones, I never liked them! I like the Beatles, prejudice confirmed? But I have to admit I like "Sympathy for the Devil" a really great performance by Mick Jager, hard to top. The drums and the piano are also a perfect fit. Keith Richards sounds more like he's stumbling into the number, I can do without that. Hey, but woo woo, woo... it really pulls it off. And we pass the gloves on to the other piece that I like, of course, "Street Fighting Man" and even the guitarist here. Is that really Keith? And the rest of the album, a kind of "blues trash" so I'll give it a miss and throw it in the bin. So two out of 10, that's not much, 2 stars. Both songs deserve more

Nothing bad. Just boring.

tbh kinda boring - i guess it has some historic significance but its just not a very exciting album

Not a stones fan

I was a little underwhelmed with this one, I was expecting more from my first Rolling Stones album. It ventured a bit too close to country at times for my liking. And the vocals tended to be a bit shaky at times and made my wince. They went a bit too haywire on the Honky Tonk piano for me throughout the record which I ordinarily don't mind but it went a bit too far this time. I mean, I literally have nothing to say about it other than it was what it was; and what it was was just OK. Still though, I'd be willing to give the Stones another chance. At this moment in time, I still think the superior Stones are the Roses.

Wow, apart from the big hits, Rolling Stones were surprisingly weird and boring

After the first song the album sort of falls flat. It may also be because I'm still scarred from Culture Club yesterday, but the whoo whoo's at the end of Sympathy did start to wear thin

Maybe I'm just sick of The Rolling Stones at this point, but this album, especially compared to their others, just ain't it.

Three very good songs on this record, surrounded by a lot of flak. Where Sympathy For The Devil, No Expectations and Street Fighting Man shine in originality and drive, the rest of the record falls into a lull of bland country rock confusion. Best Tracks: - Sympathy For The Devil - No Expectations - Street Fighting Man Worst Tracks: - Parachute Woman - Prodigal Son Rating: 5/10

Cowboy Music, or Everyone's Favourite American (yet somehow British) Band. Didn't do much for me.

"Sympathy for the Devil" is an incredible song whose influence may not have been immediate but would completely change the face of british music in 20 years or so. Pretty much all of 90's british rock music can be traced back to it. And then we a have a pretty good b-side in "No Expectation" to top things off. And that's it. Wait a minute... There were eight more songs on this album? And they were all very dull american cosplay? But why? Key tracks: Sympathy for the Devil No Expectations

wow this needs a cw for misogyny and child abuse :( wish we got to hear the artists who inspired these guys more than them. ofc the singles are classics but....do they need to be?

MOST OVERRATED BAND EVER. 2/5

Banger of an opening tune. Rest is okay. High 2s

**An ok album. Most tracks sound alike.

I've always sorta hated Sympathy for the Devil... it's too long-winded, and the background woo-woo absolutely grates after the millionth time... My hangups with that particular track aside, I found the rest of the album (save for the rebellious rock classic, Street Fighting Man) to be very... dirty country diner... which I suppose is what they were going for based on the cover art... I guess if I'm being fair and honest, it was a slightly less than middle-of-the-road experience...

Mhe.

they shouldve been turned into beggars for making such a trash album

I really wanted to enjoy this more than I did. Favourite Tracks: Sympathy for the Devil, Jigsaw Puzzle Least Favourite Tracks: Stray Cat Blues (fucking ew)

I'm finding that I enjoy a few tracks off of Stones albums and the rest is just ok. Not bad, just..fine.

I like Sympathy For The Devil but god this band is overrated.

Do not like this. Why do they sound like they do? They are british

Never been a big fan

I didn't realize the Rolling Stones were so twangy and country sounding on this album.

2.5

I can't pretend to be excited by rock and roll

Sympathy for the Devil is an excellent track. But that’s about it. Just another blues rock album from the stones.

Not a fan of the band, but I recognise their relevance and importance. The album has one, maybe two well known songs. The rest are absolutely forgettable. 4/10

Starts off iconic, and I can’t remember the rest it was so dull.

i didn’t care for it too much

not my type for real. and is this only gonna drop rock albums??

Fine dad-rock. Nothing special though, Sympathy for the Devil is the best song and the rest of the album is pretty tame.

Never been a fan of the stones. Besides sympathy for the devil and a few moments here and there this album is grating more than enjoyable. Find Jagger's talk-singing, ballady style annoying. wtf is jigsaw puzzle.

sorry for this one but apart from sympathy for the devil just not for me

Not mearly as good as the last one. This is countryish and simply not flowing appropietly. Micks voice sucks

Way worse than any of the other Rolling Stones albums I've had so far.

not fot me

mir passiert zu wenig. Viel Gitarre und viel ähnliche Harmonien.

Sympathy For The Devil is a good start. Dear Doctor was painful to listen to, just bad. The album is quite CCR Fortunate Sun-like which is not a compliment. Overall pretty boring.

The music has a good vibe, but I don't enjoy Mick Jagger's vocal approach at all. I don't think I'll understand this band, I just can't get past it!

Sympathy for the devil is good everything else is very meh

I’m assuming this isn’t their best work, but I was unimpressed. Especially with how famous The Rolling Stones are in general. Nothing really made the album stick out to me. A lot of the sounds/instruments reminded me of SpongeBob oddly enough.

Really wasn’t expecting such a country sound from what I know about the Stones. Starts off strong with Sympathy For The Devil, but there wasn’t too much worth mentioning after that. This is probably the first time I’ve listened to entire album of theirs, but so far it’s solidifying me being more of a Beatles guy. Kinda feel bad about my rating but I don’t think this is their best.

its fine, maybe a little less. I cant figure out why they're such a classic rock group. I could see initially how different they were was probabky refreshing and cool, but overall I just cant get into the Stones. Sympathy for the Devil is fun, so is Prodigal Son. but man, most of this is just humdrum bluesy rock with sleepy Mick Jagger voice.

Ok this list has made me listen to 3 Rolling Stones album and honestly… I do not get why they are so highly regarded. They’re a 3 star band AT BEST. The first two songs and Street Fighting Man are all you need off this album. The rest is awful and someone needs to sue Jack White because he based his entire solo career on the song “Dear Doctor” and that was a terrible mistake. That’s right I dislike the Stones so much that Jack White is catching strays

I can really see how this was a precursor to a lot of the music I like, but as it is, it doesn't really excite me.

I think there is a reason that sympathy for the devil is the only track that still gets remembered.

Nothing like a bunch of British dudes pretending to be country musicians. Couple good songs.

not for me

Starting off with "Sympathy" is such a bold choice, there is no way the next track can live up to that standard, ironically the next track "no expectations" lives up to its name - way too boring and country-coded to be a pleasing follow-up; and unfortunately most of the album continues this trend. Street fighting man is still a cool stand out track, and stray cat blues has something fiesty kicking in the tangy chord progressions. Overall, this album is so bland, it hurts my inner stones fan.

Most songs sound the same, not much originality between songs sound

Exactly how I feel about every other Stones on here. It's fine, but with how much praise is shoveled onto the band, I expected it to grab me more. And that may be because I'm so desensitized to 70's-80's classic rock with a touch of country thanks to this list, it all just blends together at this point into a tepid mush.

I liked this less than I thought I would. There's some hits here and the rest is deservedly obscure these days. I did kind of like "Salt of the Earth," though.

2.5 stars - I'd pay it cover to cover in the background. Didn't find the music particularly engaging.

Once again, I'm sitting here wondering why the Stones are so well respected. The woo woo's are only slightly less insanity inducing than the "electric jug" in 13th Floor Elevators. I'm also sitting here wondering how Townes Van Zandt isn't anywhere to be seen on this list, but these schmucks get to pretend to be country for an entire album and I'm supposed to accept that just about every album of theirs is necessary listening. I do like Street Fighting Man though.

The album opens up with the greatest Stones song ever. "Sympathy For The Devil" is a super unique, unpredictable song, filled with a great groove, smooth and mesmerizing guitar licks from Richards and a solid vocal performance from Mick Jagger. However, all of the inspiration and great musicianship seems to fade away as the album goes on. No other song has the same level of writing or passion as the opening track. Overall a disappointing record. I'm feeling a 2/5, or Fantano style rating, a light 4.

okay but why did he start singing about banging a fifteen year old the rest was ok though

I don't know it was alright, didn't vibe with it that hard never been a big stones fan, also in a bad mood

Sigh.........The Rolling Stones. Rant incoming. I almost always use Sympathy for the Devil as an example as to why I am not really into the Rolling Stones. The backing vocals man.....the 'whew whews'.....4 bloody minutes of it! Why!? The song is slightly over 6 minutes long and seems jam oriented with not much in terms of dynamics or chord progression so then why put those constant 'whews' on it every few seconds for 4 minutes? Why not just drop it in periodically and take it out sometimes!? For me it overtakes the song and just becomes an annoying focal point. It is maddening every time I listen to it. In fact anytime someone mentions the Rolling Stones I automatically think of those damn whew whews. Look at the contrast with what Quincy Jones did with 'Wanna Be Starting Something'....if I remember correctly that entire song is based around one baseline that repeats for the entire song without changing in verse and in chorus. It builds, breaks down, many different parts drop in and out, instrumentation changes drastically as the song progresses...apexing in 'mama say mama sah ma makusa' all over one consistent set of notes and baseline that never changes. Because Quincy Jones is an instrumentation freak of nature that can simply squeeze out massive amounts of jams and variation from one baseline. Rant over. Again the Rolling Stones have their good songs, but Mick Jagger's voice just doesn't do much for me. I understand they are icons but considering how much music they've put out a lot of it for me is just kinda bleh. This album included.

I had heard "Sympathy for the Devil" before when it was used in the film INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE in the mid-90s, but had not heard anything else off of BEGGARS BANQUET. So, I was excited when this album came up because I was looking forward to lots of unbridled creativity in the same vein of "Sympathy for the Devil". Unfortunately, with the exception of "Factory Girl", the other tracks felt like a melange of Blues/Roots Rock sameness. It feels like everyone in British rock, or hell rock from anywhere at the time was truly experimenting more with music composition and arrangement and pushing the boundaries forward than The Rolling Stones. I have immense respect for Glyn Johns as engineer, but I have never enjoyed ANY of the albums that Jimmy Miller produced. BEGGARS BANQUET was technically recorded well, and the instrumentalists in The Rolling Stones performed well, but at the end of the day it cannot save the album from being boring.

It's surprising the I'm giving an album with the 5 star song, Sympathy for the Devil such a low score, but most of Beggar's Banquet is really bad. I liked Street Fighting Man and Stray Cat Blues but, Dear Doctor and Factory Girl are utter dog shit, some of the most annoying, anger inducing music I've heard since I started 40 or so albums ago. The rest of the songs are pretty crappy too. I can't give this more than 2 stars, frankly it's lucky to get that.

Dreary. Apart from Sympathy for yhe devil

jick magger

This whole album is basically the brilliant "Sympathy for the Devil" stacked on top of nine turds.

One decent song does not an album make. Disappointing.

I agree with another review I read. This album opens with a great song. “Sympathy for the Devil” rocks. But then it’s followed by 9 absolutely forgettable bluesy songs. It’s not terrible, but it is mediocre. 2.5/5

this was actually a Slightly more fruitful revisit then i expected, if only because i do think the songs r a bit better crafted then i remembered...probably part of my ongoing rewiring of my brain in a classic rock direction thanks to years of classic rock radio at work, but in general i would be remiss to deny that there is both tunefulness and creativity on here, and each song is impressively distinct in hook and arrangement. but absolutely no band could survive being fronted by mick jagger, who only comes across worse and worse with every bit of experience i get with the black vocalists he was biting. i can see how he's a very expressive singer esp for the time and place but he covers everything in layers of sleaze and sarcasm that make the intense moments unconvincing, the emotive moments condescending, and the "humorous" moments near unbearable. i think im the only person who intensely hates him as much as i do but So Be It.

Don't really care for the opening track and it's all downhill from there.

Two great hits and a bunch of filler, which is my review of every big Stones album.

It's the Stones, problem is it's the Stones. Never been a fan, and this hasn't changed that. Oh, it's reasonable enough. Just doesn't do it for me. 2

An album of extremes for me. 'Sympathy For The Devil' is one of the greatest songs of all time. 'Strrt Fighting Man' is epic. Liked 'Jigsaw Puzzle' but the rest? Painful Americana Blues which is very tedious. I'd like to give it more than 2 stars just for 'Sympathy' but I can't.

Ehhhhhhhhh, there are some signs there but overall I don’t like it. Too bluesy. Always gonna be a band where I just want to hear their hits, I think.

STANDOUTS: n/a, although there's one I assume I'm supposed to mention. OVERALL: 2/5; this wasn't good by ANY means. For boomers only???

No. Not again.

Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man are really good--the rest are not.

10 devil - 2.5 2. ezpectationz - 1 3. doctor - 1 4. parachute - 1 5. puzzle - 1 6. ztreet - 1 7. zon - 1.5 8. bluez - 0 9. girl - 1.5 10. earth - 1

Ok die Stones. Größte Rockband ever sagen einige. Aber diese Scheibe ist (bis auf den Opener) uninteressant. Wenn ich da an Led Zep oder Hendrix denke, haben die Stones den Rock mit dieser Scheibe nicht weiterentwickelt.

not my favorite Rolling Stones album. Street Fighting Man and Sympathy for the Devil are obvious classics. The rest of the album has always been meh for me.

Yeah alright it’s got sympathy on it but further not very much for me to be honest.

✅ fine. I don't really get it with the Rolling Stones. I just got sticky fingers a few days ago and thought this was less work to get through... Though the global reviews seem to prefer sticky fingers. Maybe it's the "Seinfeld isn't funny anymore" effect, but so far, I just don't understand why the Stones wind up in all these best album lists.

WTF?! Sounded like country music to me.

Not a huge fan of these guys

The Rolling Stones weren't really built for that 1960s six month album cycle thing were they? Two moments of real inspiration, a bunch of competent stuff with some interesting moments and one awful blues cover they grubbily passed off as their own. It could be a 3 on another day but you have to factor in the Jagger tax.

Eh. I listened to it as background music in the car and eventually tuned it out. Didn’t care for it that much

Most of the songs are too long and too boring. Imo, this album represents everything wrong with this era of a basic rock. Nothing new or adventurous. Many bands were doing much better things, especially the Rolling Stones themselves. When we get to Aftermath they will earn a much higher rating but until then, 2

i am so sorry but this album was so boring i could not get into it every song felt like it blended together and it was all just bleh and i know this might be strange considering it’s my only low rating so far and i am so sorry but MY GOD i can’t sit through this again i am so sorry

i don't know much rolling stones but they must have better albums than this one right? RIGHT??!

idkkk i liked some songs but i found it weirdly annoying

Not their greatest only two “hits” rest are unknowns and should stay that way

Sympathy for the devil and street-fighting man we’re good. Otherwise felt very bluesy and slower than classic Stones

I’ve never understood the Beatles vs Stones debatt, as The Beatles are hands down superior songwriters and, not least, singers. Street Fighting Man is catchy and rocking, Salt of The Earth is a nice song. The rest is boring and tedious, and I tire really fast from Mick’s vocals. Trying to swag, but later Iggy came along to show how it’s really done

I’m still not sure why they’re still around.

Sympathy for the Devil and Jigsaw Puzzle are fucking amazing songs. Everything else here though, while well played, is just boring old blues numbers that don't at all interest me

I really don’t like The Rolling Stones

It just made me realize how much certain British pop/rock stars have made a career out of copying this. I guess I prefer their earlier stuff so far?

In my experience, fans of The Rolling Stones tend to be really vocal defenders of “what rock and roll used to be,” and really vocal crusaders against, “the shit they play on the radio now.” No one likes these people, but they all seem to like The Rolling Stones. I never really knew why, but their attitude alone convinced me to avoid the Stones at all cost. After listening to the traditionalist wankery of Beggars Banquet for the first — and probably last — time in my life, I now know why those people all really like The Stones.

Maybe I was on drugs I’d like this. But fortunately I am not.

One era-defining song and a bunch of garbage songs.

Not quite what I was expecting, it's really different kind of blues. Not bad, probably not my thing though.

Did they only sell their soul for singles? Why is the rest of this album so terrible yet still come up with sympathy for the devil??

This site loves the stones

Ну нет. woo-woo прикольно (кроме пения, оно ужасно), остальное -- беее. Слишком по-деревенски. Это они и намервались создать, но такой стиль меня отталкивает.

A few good rock songs like SFTD plus lots of blues songs, ho hum. Not terrible but not my thing.

Rolling Stones me tiene suave, se tiran una canción seria y el resto del álbum es again British honky tonk

Musicalmente soso y sin nada que lo caracterice realmente, me pareció muy aburrido. Tienen mejores discos/canciones que le hacen mucho más honor a su legado en la cultura y en la historia del rock, este álbum no le hace justicia a ese legado. Suena como una banda indie panameña intentando ser diferentes intentando sonar like any other band. Debería ser olvidado por la historia. Ya no quiero mi camiseta pendeja de la lengua para afuera. 3/10.

Cha, me aburrió

Beyond the few hits, it’s meh at best.

I’m just not a fan of The Rolling Stones. Sympathy for the Devil was pretty cool and the clean guitars and slide guitar had a great tone and texture, but the lyrics and overall mood of the album was at best kind of boring and at worst creepy. I understand The Stones are very influential, but I’m not giving with them.

1 extra star for the first track, otherwise pretty boring

first song best song. ending of black ops. iykyk

This doesn't have the typical Stones feel in my opinion and I think I liked it better. Maybe I'm not old enough to be a real fan. This album has a way more bluesy, folk-rock feel than I expected but the production is terrible. One great song and then a bunch of ok ones.

Another meh album from the Stones. 2 songs...the rest took a folkie/saloon style I do not jive with at my current age. Cetainly not a must have album but I picked up a beat up copy for a cheap price just for the 2 hits.

It's not bad, but it's also not great. Just another mediocre album from the Stones for me. Sympathy for the Devil is a great opener and the rest of the album is relatively forgettable. Some OK blues rock but nothing I feel the need to go back to. 2.1 stars

First time consciously hearing "Sympathy For The Devil" - boring and repetetive song in my humble opinion. Same for most of the rest of this album. Good Songs: "Street Fighting Man" and "Prodigal Son"

Another disappointing dad rock album. There was virtually no distinction between songs and the album sequencing was subpar. Sympathy for the Devil was obviously the big hit here then the band were comfortable filling the remainder of the album with sun-baked southern guitar and uninteresting content. It wasn't offensive but really not for me. 2/5.

It's getting a 2 and i'm being very generous. 'Sympathy for the Devil' is a banger, but everything else after just bored me to tears, but it's listenable, that's as positive as i can be about it. Maybe you just had to be there, the Stones do nothing for me.

Sympathy for the devil is quite nice, but the rest of the music is okay, but not really my style. Never was a big Rolling Stones fan anyway.

i’m not a big fan of the stones and i think they’re overrated. there’s two ok songs on here and the rest is eh and forgettable

The album was mediocre at best. We got Sympathy For The Devil from it, which just a fantastic single. However, it seems like everything was put into the single and the rest was just a tired attempt at adding fluff around it.

I spent a lot of 1/31/2024 contextualizing Beggar's Banquet. I read reviews from people who were alive at the time of release. I listened to their previous album, Their Satanic Majesties Request, and I listened to The Beatles' Revolver. I do this because I find music more enjoyable when it's contextualized in the culture, period, and politic of the time. I could listen to Beggar's Banquet and say, meh, rolling stones, never liked em. Or I could try to understand why this album was so culturally impactful; listen to accounts of the impassioned fans, understand the history of where the music is coming from, check out the production stories of the album. There is a relationship that forms with the album as research and listening goes on. It's a similar effect to reading through a vinyl cover or CD/cassette insert about the album. You have images in your head of what went into recording in the room, the live shows, the life experiences of the artists. It isn't necessarily a positive or negative one, but certainly a one of curiosity. My favorite account was a RYM user noting his preparation of the tape to bring to the Vietnam War, only for it to be blasting out of every war machine and stereo in the army. This isn't an album that just played on the radio. We are talking about the soundscape of an imperial/colonial war. That's a majorly distinct context for an album to exist in. Beggars Banquet leans hard into the group's original blues inspiration. Songs like Dear Doctor and Parachute Woman follow this traditional blues sound with acoustic guitars and harmonicas. Meanwhile other tracks like Sympathy for the Devil and Jigsaw Puzzle amps the guitars up to accompany a kind of gizzard reminiscent variety of sound. Perhaps, the Stones compositions are a bit more poppy, repetitive, or even flat, but they are certainly the highlights of the album. The flute in Jigsaw puzzle sings in the back, the Factory Girl fiddle yearns for love, the ragtime piano adds to the chaos of Sympathy, and the slide guitar glides around the album. Yet, I just don't care much for Mick Jagger's voice personally. Mick doesn't have the punchy anger of Dylan (who was another inspiration for this album), the charismatic sadness of any of the blues masters, and his elongated whines don't make a lot of the lyrics work for me. This is a shame because the lyrics are about 40/60 hit or fucking flaming miss, on a spectrum from "I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the king" to "It's no capital crime, I can see that you're fifteen years old" (the former song's next lyric is about raping the king's servants.........). Even something more calm and pretty like Factory Girl just doesn't really land for me as a result. Ugh! What a bummer. Mick just kind of seems like an annoying shitty dude, and I say Mick because he is singing most of them! I know Keith Richards helped write both of these songs and that the band was all like this. So I'm not super into this group as a fan really. This was kind of my expectation going into Beggar's Banquet. Shitty British dudes iterating on sounds from other cultures, while heedlessly appropriating it, and just....making something alright. I wish I could say it was awful out of contrarian disdain because I do kind of hate that pedophile stuff. However, there is some alright musicianship, and it's hard to discount the anti-government, anti-boss sentiments throughout the album. That being said, it doesn't really make the sheer fervor for this album make sense for me against all my other critiques. I'm giving this a 2.5 on RYM. I wanted to give it a 3 for it's consistency, but the bad taste in my brain from Stray Cat Blues really got me bad. Almost wanted to give it a 2 because of that and maybe I still will. But for now it remains.

Why not

I enjoyed the two songs I knew before listening (Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man), but I somehow had second-hand embarrassment listening to the rest of the album. Something about the songs made me cringe.

The rolling stones are a fake American band who got lucky with a few bangers.

They hadn’t started taking risks yet.

Some highlights- Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man. Rest was meh. Stray Cat Blues is gross.

It's a Rolling Stones album

Meh

I just find The Rolling Stones so mediocre, and this album is no exception. Even its best song, “Sympathy for the Devil,” drags on way too long. I’ll never understand why they are so well regarded… to some degree, I feel like I’m missing out on something…

Truly one of the most baffling "superstar" bands of all time. For example, I don't like Bruce Springsteen, but the *music* on his albums is dynamite. His voice is shit, but lyrically, at the very least, the man tells an excellent story. The Rolling Stones? Jagger's voice is awful. The music is bog standard basic "rock" at best, and cookie-cutter, cliche "bluesy" at worst. I just do not see the appeal in this band - at all. Now onto the actual album review. Sympathy for the Devil. That song slaps. I might like it because it's in the final scene of Interview With a Vampire, and I absolutely loved that movie when I was a kid. Street Fighting Man is a halfway decent 60s rock song. Not great, but better than what I've come to expect from the Stones. Prodigal Son is *actual* blues! Jagger does something with his voice that sounds different than usual, but fits perfectly as a blues song. Stray Cat Blues - not bluesy at all, but another pretty solid 60s rock jam. Better than Street Fighting Man, and I'd actually go so far as to call it good. And that's it. The rest of the album is filler trash. I'll give it 2 stars because there are two, possibly 3 good songs, and one song that doesn't suck.

I liked most of this album. Not a "Stones" listener generally. Will more often now.

I know this is not a 2 star album, I just don’t really like The Rolling Stones. So I can appreciate what they did and how people love them but they just never did it for me.

wow this was one classic single followed by nine filler tracks. i know the stones have hits but i guess they just put one on each album over 20 years so we end up with entries like this. did this really need to be on the list? favorites: sympathy for the devil

Meh

Typical Stones sound with some heavy hitting classics, lyricism and style aren't for me

Been doing this for 6 days and I've had three Rolling Stones albums. Am I going to listen to 500 fucking Stones records before I'm done?

War schon ok, nicht so aufregend

Dosadno

Makes me want to buy a Hyundai. One good song. The rest kind of blow. The one song may only be “good” because it’s familiar. Won’t listen again to double check…actually I take part of this back: Stray Cat Blues was tight.

A well-known song that is definitely contemporary and listenable. A Otherwise boring 60s music

Sympathy For The Devil - oh god this song (3/5 it is catchy but it is too long) No Expectations - it’s a slow almost second intro. (3/5 different but not better) Dear Doctor - drunken road trip vibe i think (3/5 it’s so middle of the road) Parachute Woman - it’s all just alabama road trip music. the whole album is just alabama road trip music. i think it is all very.. boring. so 2/5 cause everything would have got a 2 or 3

Kinda meh outside sympathy for the devil, none of the other songs reach the same level, and a decent portion of the album is lower mid at the very least. 5/10

Load of wank imo

Tror att det är skillnad om man knullade första gången till denna platta och levde ett allmänt obekymrat liv där man rökte hasch och inte behövde vara så orolig för framtiden eftersom det räckte med en halv termin på Socialhögskolan för att arbetsgivarna skulle kasta jobb på en. Den musik som ackompanjerade den livsstilen kommer alldeles säkert vara kanon resten av livet. Men faktum är att 1) Mick Jagger inte kan sjunga ssk bra. 2) Mick Jagger skriker som en utvecklingsstörd 3) Låtarna är ganska svaga 4) Keith Ricards solon låter som nåt ur ”Min första gitarrbok”. Den första är låter är ju dock en klassiker. Men jag trodde faktiskt att texten var bättre än nån som låstas att han är djävulen. Tvåan som jag ger är helt och hållet denna låts musik förtjänst.

Helt okej. Nästan bra jämfört med tortyren man tvingats genomlida senaste dagarna. Inte min kopp te däremot. Två hyfsade låtar.

It’s going to upset some people but I really don’t get it… it’s just ok, nothing special

Listened to album while sick. Very strong opening track. Tracks seemed too extended and drawn out. Felt like some filler. No tracks matched the first.

Did not enjoy a single song to be honest.

I do not like this album. I don't get the hype around rolling stones at all tbh. Shits just rambly and rolls into each song in a daze, I can barely differentiate each song. Idk if I'm missing something but this is not for me. The riffs are cool ig Fav songs (don't really have any but if I had to pick): sympathy for the devil

First track is a classic, rest pretty forgettable

Sympathy and treet Fighting Man are classics but I thought the rest was just very ordinary bluesy rock. I don't really get the hype with the Rolling Stones to be honest. You probably had to be there

begon wel nice maar toen de kinderboerderij type beats kwamen begon het echt wel te vervelen

Meh