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I’m not a stones fan but not a bad album..
Classic Rolling Stones. Sympathy for the Devil is excellent. Nothing else too exceptional, just a solid album.
What a banger to open with. Didn't know any other songs before. I dig the slower sliding notes of No Expectations. Stray Cat Blues has nice piano
Load of wank imo
Good album. Not much to write about. 3/5
I've never really understood Sympathy for the Devil. It's completely boring to me. No Expectations is also rather dull and repetitive. The vocals on Dear Doctor are so annoying. Stupid honky tonk sound pallet adds nothing. Jigsaw Puzzle is mildly more interesting than the first few tracks. This album is much more bluesy and folkesy than I was expecting. You wouldn't call it a rock album like some of the work the Stones are known for. Prodigal Son probably my favourite song on the album so far. Is this someone other than Mick Jagger singing? The voice is way less annoying than normal. Factory Girl has somewhat more interesting instrumentation. I won't be rushing back to this one. 2.1/5
Would I listen to this album again? No. Were there any songs I skipped? Jigsaw Puzzle Comments? I was surprisingly not interested in this album. Sounds like a drunk guy singing some songs. Favourite Songs? Sympathy For The Devil (Maybe cause I've heard it so much)
Like bass lines and melodies.
The Rolling Stones start becoming their own thing, drifting away from the trendy psychedelic pop into a bare bones roots rock approach, incorporating country, folk, blues, and rock n roll with some experimental effects and instruments, like the shekere in "Sympathy for the Devil", sitar in "Street Fighting Man", and mandolin and tabla in "Factory Girl". It's not a very accessible album, with only the 2 hits appealing to the public. The other songs are softer but sincere, with expressive vocals that evokes contemporaries like Bob Dylan and Howlin Wolf. It's all excellent though. Original, clean, consistent, and balanced. It's their first record that works as a collective art piece, but lacks the power that their next 3 albums would radiate.
I find the individual songs hard to get into but the album really works as one piece. More folky and blues than I am used to with the Stones.
Stones Sympathy for the devil is cool. I really liked factory girl too. Stones are pretty hit or miss for me. I found some of the generic blues rock stuff hard to listen to. Wish it was better recorded, and had better performances, and better songs too.
really didn’t like this as much as I thought I would. This feels weird to say but the guitar sounds terrible, especially the tone on sympathy for the devil which is such an iconic solo. Stray cat blues is pretty gross lyrically.
I think it’s cool but it wasn’t very memorable. First track is super cool.
I am a huge fan of The Rolling Stones when it comes to their rock songs. Not so much of a fan of their country/blues tunes which is heavily heard in this album. Overall it was okay and nothing too spectacular, except for the legendary "Sympathy for the Devil" (which is one of my favorite songs ever!) Favorite Song(s): "Sympathy For The Devil", "No Expectations", "Street Fighting Man"
Es un discazo de los Rolling pero no es la crema.
Sympathy for the Devil is a classic, but this album doesn’t hold my attention after that. To me it’s one of the less interesting Stone albums of their prime years
Banger of a Stones album. The Blues/Rock vibes this sends out are some of the best. I normally listen to the Stones on a greatest hits album, so this was a welcome surprise.
Woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, This is the only song that resonated, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo
A bit disappointed with the rest of the album after how good sympathy for the devil is, a bit more bluesy than some of their other albs
Sympathy For The Devil isn't my favourite Rolling Stones song but there's definitely something unique about it, which is more than I can say for the rest of the album. Once again, it's all fine (Stray Cat Blues and Salt of The Earth are better than fine) but everything's in that same rootsy vein that doesn't stand out to me, hence I struggle to understand the hype. FWIW I feel like I'm always slagging off the Stones so for balance, I'll go on record as saying I really like their new album. Much more than this one. 2.5 / 3
Another one with a couple heavy hitters lifting up an overall meh album.
Eu gosto de the rolling stones, então sou suspeito de votar. Stray Cat Blues melhor música do album
Pra mim é tudo fenomenal do começo ao fim.
It's a classic.
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.
Först en superhit, sen blir det aldrig riktigt jättebra. Når en knapp 3:a, men hade det inte varit för sympathy så hade det nog blitt en tvåa. Många låtar var väldigt country (mer än blues) tycker jag
Ok. Aldrig lyssnat på ett Rolling Stones-album från början till slut. Ska bli spännande. #1 mycket bra låt. En klassiker. (Här skriksjungs det också, men det är behagligare) #2 inte hört förut. Bra! #3 lite sämre, men ändå bra musik #4 kort. Inte så bra. #5 bra låt #6 bra #7 helt ok #8 bra. Skönt "jam" på slutet. #9 väldigt bra. Nästan bäst. Men så kort! #10 bra avslut Det är stor variation på skivan. Allt håller rätt hög nivå. Det lossnar inte riktigt för en fyra. Men en stark trea. Om det vore mer som låt 1 och 9 så hade det blivit högre.
Helt okej. Nästan bra jämfört med tortyren man tvingats genomlida senaste dagarna. Inte min kopp te däremot. Två hyfsade låtar.
Stabil skiva. Sympathy , no expectations och factory girl är bäst, även om jag inte tycker någon av dem är i närheten av deras bästa. Lite för mycket country- och bluesinfluenser, de är bättre när det är mer renodlat rockigt.
My favorite is still sticky fingers.
This is first of 4 great albums released where they define there new sound, more druggy, greasy, low down and dirty rock blues, they'd reach the zenith of that on Exile but this is the start. Great stuff, lesser known songs like Stray Cat Blues Jigsaw Puzzle and Salt of the Earth are so damn good. Dear Doctor and Prodigal Son are fine but they haven't gotten the roots rock songs nailed yet.
Mostly very good tracks on this record with the exceptions of Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man which are great. I have to remember to think of this record next time I hear Start Me Up.
Street fighting man and Sympathy for the Devil are great. I'd listen to the those tracks again but I don't think i'd listen to this album again.
I think this has been my favorite of The Rolling Stones I've listened to so far. Some really good songs, lots of great slide guitar work. I'll listen to this one again over the other's I've heard.
Blues rock. Primal Scream borrowed heavily from this for Give Out But Don't Give Up, particularly on "Big Jet Plane," which is basically a rewrite of "No Expectations" (even a reference to pearls and swine). Highlights are "Street Fighting Man" and "Sympathy for the Devil."
This was one of the bad albums I never bought!! 3 stars!
Enjoyed it.
I remember the first time I heard the Rolling Stones. For some reason, I expected quite heavy rock, whereas the reality was that they’re quite catchy pop rock with a dash of controversy here and there. I’ve liked what I’ve heard so far, so I’m looking forward to listening to this today. Songs I already knew: Sympathy For The Devil Favourites: Sympathy For The Devil, Jigsaw Puzzle I’ll start with the positives because there are a lot of them. This album is very catchy from front to back, with lots of groove and soulful guitar licks. The vocals are great and instantly recognisable, making for songs that instantly grab your attention. However (and it is a big however), can we talk about Stray Cat Blues? Can you imagine a modern day rockstar singing about wanting to shag a child and her friend? Whether it’s sung from experience or from a character perspective, that song gives me major icks. Apart from that though, this was fun.
this is what i expected classic rock to sound like, none of this folksy crap
Wasn’t what i expected tbh! Not that bad, but not my fave
I like the stones, but not there albums. Its usually 2/3 bangers with a bunch of filler wildly mixxing in quality. The bluesy stuff here is okay but nothing special. The hits on this one are great tho.
love the stones! Cousin Keif eh?!
Great great album.
It’s going to upset some people but I really don’t get it… it’s just ok, nothing special
Sympathy for the devil
Incdible entry point with Sympathy. Love the minor Jigsaw Puzzle Salt of the Earth epitomizes the album.
I mean sympathy for the devil and street fighting man. classic stones. but some of their songs (salt of the earth) I'm not a fan of.
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.
inmysweetshortlife will be my next Weibo ID Parachute Woman is my fav ⌯'ㅅ'⌯
Timeless classic
Really enjoyable. Loved the dabble into country and blues on some of the tracks. Probably listened through the album about three times and I could go again.
Classic!
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
Impressions: Opening track Sympathy for the Devil was a great opening, I wonder what happened to the other tracks which are just so blues-y. Near perfect album, if it weren’t for those. Favorite tracks: Sympathy for the Devil, Parachute Woman, Jigsaw Woman, Street Fighting Man, Stray Cat Blues Rating: 4/5
Geeuw
3.5/5. Great Album but nothing super exciting.
First track went hard, the rest were ok
Diversity of instruments in this album never fails. Easy listen.
Had some classic stones songs. Album flowed, with some classic British blues rocks interspersed with some iconic songs.
Classic rolling stones. Great album.
meh
Classic. Country/blues influence. Sympathy for the Devil is quite the start for the album.
The Stones are full R&B on this one. Great stuff!!
Sympathy for the Devil though
Short, no fat on the bone, just some good tracks with a surprisingly diverse sound despite there being so few of them. A great listen.
One great song. One other ok song. The rest is garbage. 3 stars just for 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
T was rustiger dan the beatles? Voor mij viel er geen een echt op , maar wel fun album voor onderweg
Really strong opener with sympathy for the devil. Pretty good album. I can see myself coming back to it Stand outs: sympathy for the devil, street fighting man, stray cat blues Duds: dear dr,
2 of my favourite songs ever. 5 stars.
The more I listen to these albums the more I understand why they're so relevant. This album sounds way ahead of its time. I was surprised that this modern sound stems from the late 60's. (Then again, possibly "modern sounds" also take influence from this.) Very versatile album.
I like when the Stones go country. Some all time classics on this record.
Pretty good - more down to earth than other albums of theirs... SAVOUR: No Expectations, Salt of the Earth, Stray Cat Blues SKIP: Dear Doctor
As with all Rolling Stones albums, the hits are incredible and the rest is generic blues rock.
One thing I love about this album a day challenge is that I rediscover deep cuts from some of my favorite bands. I love The Rolling Stones, but most of the time just end up defaulting to their hits. But on this album, the hits aren't even close to some of the best songs. "Jigsaw Puzzle," "Dear Doctor," and "Salt of the Earth" are the standouts for me, but honestly everything here is good. I definitely have some new favorite Stones songs, though, thanks to this album.
Meh
Had more of a hokey, less rock-n-roll sound than I expected.
It was better than I thought. A little more early than I was expecting. May play it again.
Absolutely an amazing album from start to finish.
Liked the first couple songs, hated the next couple, the rest were meh.
I don't know much about the Rolling Stones prior to sometime in the 70s, this album surprised me with how bluesy it is. Much more relaxing listen than I was expecting. I love finding out about the legends and learning about their depth.
Obviously the first song is a classic, but the rest of the album is pretty meh. Definitely some good musicianship going on, but honestly nothing too remarkable except for the lyrics in stray cat about banging a 15 year old. Yeech!
This is fine but not anything remarkable to me. I find most of the songs pleasant enough but rather forgettable. I've never been a huge fan of the stones and this doesn't change my mind. I like the folky and bluesy aspects of the music but would rather listen those genres outright than this interpretation of them. I'm enjoying the related songs spotify has chosen to play after this album more than the album itself.
Far from the best Rolling Stones album, but a few standout tracks
Seré muy exigente, dicho esto. 6/10 álbum de los clásicos, si lo pone mi papá en carretera lo escucho pero no guarde ninguna canción para mi biblioteca
Not my style of music. It really does bore me.
Good but not great, in my opinion I prefer Exile on Main St and whatever their album with the crotch shot is called. Definitely better than Aftermath though I’ll return to this one at some point, it could grow on me
Classic album. Lots to love here.
The Rolling Stones are monumental for the advancement of music. Their artistic decisions laid the groundwork for rock and roll to flourish in the following decades. Beggars Banquet, with a more country rock vibe, may have been an inspirational album at the time but felt a little lacking overall.
4.5
Crazy to read this was already their 8th album? Many bands would be hopeful to even manage 8 albums across their discography. Let alone the career they had past this. Overall pretty forgettable. Sympathy For The Devil is sweet but the rest of the tracks kinda pale in comparison.
Kan i grunn setta pris på Jagger og co, men trur albumet trenge et par gjennomlyttinga til før da sette seg
Being the first Rolling Stones album I've listened to the whole way through, I consider this album a solid success. Sympathy for the Devil is an obvious classic. The production value is also second-to-none, to the point where it can carry some of the same-y blues/rock songs that may overpopulate the album. Highlight: Sympathy for the Devil Lowlight: Parachute Woman Surprise Hit: Dear Doctor
Probably about 90% of the music I love owes something to this period Stones. This is just a front to back great album.
Love the dark subject matter in the lyrics and the raw and roots-y instrumentation also brings an almost apocalyptic atmosphere to the Stones’ sound that had not been heard up to this point in their career Also one of my personal favourites from this band Favourite tracks: Sympathy for the Devil, No Expectations, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man, Factory Girl
slightly better than their magazine
Not their best, but decent nonetheless
This is probably the first Stones record that, throughout, you'll recognize as quintessentially them. A couple country tunes (Dear Doctor) that are a bit on-the-nose, some straight but totally respectable blues numbers (Parachute Woman and the excellent Prodigal Son, especially), an acoustic ballad about the working class that builds smoothly up to a choir (Salt of the Earth) and two of their utter classics: Street Fighting Man and my personal pick for best Stones song of all, Sympathy For The Devil (Gimme Shelter is second, but won't come till their next album). Jagger wails and pouts and pleads on the vocals. He even shows himself capable of literary artifice and metaphor on Sympathy. He's dynamic, rangy and powerful -- yet gentle in places where it suits. Richards plays basically all of the guitar parts on this -- Brian Jones was famously unreliable and scattered during recording -- and his work is competent and varied throughout. For a guitar icon, Keith Richards plays few solos. His work is often severe and terribly effective, spare and to the point. Rarely ornamented, but his gifts for melody, for hooks and for arranging chord structures are all evident here. Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts are inimitable here. Watts is so tasteful that when he does go for something elaborate, it's often so smooth that you miss it. Wyman plays the bass both rhythmically and melodically; his work on this album is prototypical of what great bass playing brings to the table. It reinforces the beat while driving the feeling of motion by adding additional rhythmic elements -- swing, syncopation, just a little interest. It's said that the band brought some Cuban and African influences to the fore in this record and so much the better -- rock and roll music has always included those in the mix, but feels dry and stilted when they are forgotten. Wyman and Watts deserve credit for holding into that legacy. Last, Nicky Hopkins plays piano for them on Beggars Banquet and his work deserves its own mention. It's not everywhere, but even just his work backing up Sympathy in place of a rhythm guitar is inspired. If you are curious about the Rolling Stones, start here. And when you've listened to a bunch of other rock music and you're not sure what it even means anymore, come back. This is the level set for the whole genre.
I dunno what it is but the Stones haven't ever excited me all that much, I find them very samey. There are undeniably some great tunes and interesting arrangements on this, but lots of it felt like generic country rock. 2.5/5 Fav Track: Street Fighting Man
Nothing super wrong with this! Some charismatic rock n roll with an Americana bent that feels a bit like cosplay but that's okay. Too much of that Jagger magnetism to be a write off but I won't necessarily be listening again. Fave track: Sympathy for the Devil
Enjoyed this listen - maybe not as much as other Stones records I've listened to, but still had a pretty good time. Great playing and character, even if some of the blues tracks all begin to sound a little bit samey. This is maybe a light three and a half for me. Fave track: Street Fighting Man
Just a well done, all-rounder album. I still dislike Sympathy, partly because the solo is shite and also because it goes on for six minutes and seems to sound the exact same for all of it. But everything else here is schooling in how to make a brilliant rock record; effortless delivery, captivating energy, and a timeless knack for melodies. The absolute DNA of rock is here, and would be exemplified even better on the Stones' next three.
Passabler Root Rock. Sehr bekannt der Eröffnungssong "Sympathy for the Devils"!
The beginning of the high point of one of the iconic bands of the 20th century. Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exhile on Main Street are musical nirvana.
I listened to this once years ago and remember liking it a lot. I still do. They do better country music than most country artists. And then there's Sympathy for the Devil which is an iconic song.
Only 1 song worth listening to
Great
The sound of a band having more fun then the listener, the Stones indulge their love of roots rock but never quite convince us of the same. Sympathy for the Devil is a tired old thing and Street Fighting Man is a dull riff. Stray Cat Blues was a highlight and an entertaining jam.
God oplevelse. Mere blues-agtig end jeg forventede
It is an okay album. Track 5 was the best
No Exceptions, Prodigal Son and Street Fighting Man are wonderful the rest are not songs I feel compelled to revisit.
The Stones are icons, but their stuff is hit or miss for me. "Sympathy for the Devil" hits, but the rest not as much.
Still think the Stones are overrated. Good album, but don’t think it’s as good as people make it out to be.
Allright-ish
Awesome. Buy on vinyl
intro was awesome, decent album, not really my taste but still really good
Iconic sound to usher in the legendary 70s rock n roll scene. Sympathy for the devil has unlimited replay potential, great song that people will recognize but aren't sick of. Nice crunchy guitar thoughout the album, twangy bass with a nice low-end, iconic vocals, and punchy drums! The sound gets a little bit repetitive with the slide guitar sound. Lead guitar can get a little bit too heady. Stand-out songs: Sympathy for the devil (T1), No Expectations (T2), Stray Cat Blues (T8). A good album for both the oldheads and younger listeners, super listenable, and not too demanding. I did find myself wanting it to end by the last track, despite being ~40mins. Really middle-of-the-road album for me, 2.57/5
I forgot that I had blocked Spotify from recommending The Rolling Stones until I got to this album, which gives you an idea of how sick I am of this band. However, I have never listened to an album all the way through. This one features one of my favorite songs by them, Sympathy for the Devil (because of the Master and Margarita). We’ll see how the rest stacks up. Ok after listening this sort of confirms my idea that The Rolling Stones were rock’s original hipster posers. That being said, I do lament the time when a band could record this many albums in quick succession because it allowed for more looseness and spontaneity, which bolstered confidence and was good for creativity. I would be hard-pressed to think of a band of similar stature operating this quickly today (which would be a false comparison regardless, popular music is so much more fragmented today). In any event, I get it, but it’s still kind of a big meh for me.
Average rolling stones album.
This is a mix of styles. What I notice most is how rough and energetic this is compared to other Stones albums. Not 5 stars but solid 4.
Just always way too much Stones on this list. Given that, for some reason I enjoyed this album more than the others I received, but man did I just forget it immediately and will not listen to it. Just bluesy bar band rock music. Not for me and certainly way too over represented on this list. I guess it is what it is.
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I listened to this while doing some email admin tasks at the end of my work day. I thought the first song was fun, then at some point I was a bit bored of the vibe. Thems my thoughts. ty. x
During the height of Stalin's regime, Mikhail Bulgakov secretly wrote a wonderfully surreal tale filled with disappearances, mass disillusionment, inexplicable deaths and sudden hysteria. Bulgakov explains that these mysterious happenings are due to the arrival of a big fat cat (Behemoth) and his sidekick (Azazello) who accompany Satan (Professor (Lord) Woland(emort)) and a vampire (Hella). The story is ludicrous, ridiculously fun and deeply traumatic. The cruelty of Stalin's reign could not and can not be comprehended. It is easier to believe that a flamboyant Satan rocked up in town with his whimsical entourage and wrecked havoc, than to face the real events. After reading The Master and Margarita, Mick Jagger was inspired to write Sympathy For The Devil, 6 minutes of derivative blues where Jagger lists off various atrocities and asks "what's my name?" with all the mischief of a wayward schoolchild. There's some interesting percussion at the beginning, but that's about the highlight of the song, and sadly, the album. I have never understood the comparison between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. One band instigated a cultural revolution which still shapes the way we dress, talk, socialise, dance, play music and enjoy life to this day. The other band were a bunch of posh English boys playing at being American bad boys. Sympathy For The Devil indeed.
A strong opener followed by surprising but not unwelcome country music. Not super familiar with the rolling stones but this is not what I expected. It was an interesting mix of rock and country. Enjoyable but I got a bit tired of it by the end. 3/5.
- Stones have a good sound that I wish had a little more edge - Cool classic rock with some jamming - Stray Cat Blues explicitly being about a 15 year old is not a great look - Sympathy For The Devil and Jigsaw Puzzle are my favs
- a little too bluesy for me - really enjoyed the drumming
Is there a good Stone's album? Does this really deserve to be on the list? Is there a Stone's album that's chock full of hits or is completely listenable for its entirety? Maybe I'm not boomer enough, but having two slappers dispersed into snoozers is not indicative of a good album. Rather, it seems as if the Stone's longevity is due to the consistent release of one or two fantastic songs on each album. I'm not denying their talent, just that this album deserves to be on here when many other albums are more complete and polished. This is a 2/5 for two good songs.
It seems that the Rolling Stones have made it as far as they have by pumping out as much music as possible. Most of their albums have a couple hits and then are strewn with mediocrity. This album is no exception. Sympathy for the Devil is the standout, followed by Street Fighting Man. A band with a fantastic Greatest Hits album and a remaining catalogue of music I don't really care about.
It was alright I guess. A little harmonica goes a long way. The first song always slaps though
3.5
Classic classic rock from one of the most influential bands of all time.
Sympathy For The Devil was the only track I knew here. I heard that as the opening track and I was thinking "Okay, here we go, this should be good..." but then Sympathy For The Devil finishes and nothing as fun or compelling follows. There were a couple of alright songs but most of them were a bit boring. Quite a shame really. Favourite: Sympathy For The Devil
7/10
They make it seem easy with this one. Not perfect but so loose and easy. Great stuff.
Fine album. Great singles, kind of meh filler throughout. Sympathy for the devil, oh doctor, and street fighting man were my favs. Aside from that it feels a bit like a standard Rolling Stones mid-tier album. Solid, good, enjoyable, but nothing really particularly special.
Fun, Classic rock, couldnt keep me interesred
Not a lot happened 2
Bar the incredible songs at the start of each side, this one is a pretty average Stones record
Decent, classic rock.
AJ: the stones are awesome and I should listen to them more. Sympathy for the Devil opener!? Jigsaw was great, had never heard it. Streeet Fightin Maaaaan. They good.
Every rolling stones album seems to be a couple of the greatest songs ever written, and a handful of basic blues tracks that would be done better by your local bar band.
It's rolling stones Better than most of their stuff but still, mick jagger is gross and boring
Love the Stones. Parachute Woman alone is reason enough to appreciate this album. I can't do some of the campy country blues stuff though, t's just way too on the nose
Obviously an iconic band so so you expect better things, this wasn't a bad album but it didn't wow me. Track 1 and 3 are the stand out tracks. It's a bit all over the place with the genres the songs don't seem to transition from each other well. I expect better from the rolling stones.
kinda country but pretty swag
The Stones are one of the best greatest hits bands ever, but I've yet to be really impressed by one of their albums.
Some good songs and some that weren't that interesting. still a good listen.
The psychedelic fad (a fad for them, at least) didn't suit the Rolling Stones very well. *Between The Buttons* and *Their Satanic Majesties Request* respectively had couples of nice tracks, but those records were half-baked endeavors nonetheless. It was time for the band to return to their roots. Hence *Beggars Banquet*. Three highlights in this classic LP. Let's start with the closer, "Salt Of The Earth", which is a genre into its own. That elegiac ode to paupers, misfits and freaks is a sardonic ballad for sure--and sardonic or not, carnivalesque or not, it's one of the most beautiful ones ever written. File next to "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Moonlight Mile" and "Angie". Then, there are "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", among the top-5 most iconic Rolling Stones songs (and never forget that Jagger and Richards have written far more than five iconic tunes overall). Competing that top 5 list, I would probably add "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Jumping Jack Flash", "Paint It Black" or "Brown Sugar"--yeah, I know, that's six songs in total, but don't complain: I could have added " Brown Sugar" and "Under My Thumb" as well... The thing is, when a single album gathers *two* of these iconic tunes, you just can't dismiss it that easily. Under that light, it doesn't really matter of the rest of this album is mostly made of amiable blues fillers--they have their charm too anyway, and make the whole collection an immensely pleasurable collection once you get to know them. The Rolling Stones would get better at crafting more cohesive LPs right after this one (first with *Let It Bleed*, but mostly with *Sticky Fingers*, before returning to topsy-turvy aesthetics with double-feature *Exile On Main Streets*). But it's with *Beggars Banquet* that this lucky streak of classic Rolling Stones albums started. 5/5, what else? Number of albums left to review: 440 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 263 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 133 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 168
4 sterren
Alfa blues/roots rock. I saw them play a few of these songs live. Stray Cat Girl couldn’t get made today. Sympathy for The Devil is probably top 5 songs for me. 9/10
Sympathy For The Devil only. the rest of the album is just sitting there.
Sympathy for the devil is alfa, the rest is goof but not amazing. Too much similar sounding blues. 3.5
Average, Rolling Stones sound
two rolling stones albums being generated SO CLOSE to each other kinda made me not want to listen to this but i kept going fr 🙏 this album is kinda just there. my favorite, and like objectively the best song, is “Sympathy For The Devil.” everything else kinda just blends together. from the two rolling stones albums i’ve listened to start to finish it seems as if they made great singles and then just gave up for the rest of the album
Sympathy for the devil is obviously a huge track, but aside from that nothing really stands out at all as being very good.
Obviously solid, but not perfect. I think I’d take a real blues or folk album 100/100 times over this.
there are some great songs on here (maybe the most legendary intro to a song/album?) but the misses are real misses. i can’t go below a 4, but this reminded me of why the stones have never been my favorite — they’re just really inconsistent
Great folk n roll. Love the percussion instruments.
Yep, it is a Stone's album. A few outstanding tracks with a bunch of countrified-blues filler. Not bad as their offerings go but not essential for me
Classic
It is a great Stone album! Very good listen.
Brilliant - still my favorite Stones album. Stands up as well today as the day it was released.
Sympathy
Ive listened to Symapthy for the Devil like 100 times but never listened to this album before. It has a really interesting blues sound I would say and IDK how I felt ab it. Different
Aika monta tuttua kappaletta. Enemmän bluesmaista mitä olin aatellut
Bluesy and assertive, this album struts.
Brilliant example of 60's rock, with a bluesy-folk vibe. Very enjoyable but a bit slow for today's standards of rock.
Great album. Opening song is a classic
A classic
"Sympathy for the Devil" is one of the greatest rock songs of all time, and unsurprisingly, the rest of the album doesn't clear the very high bar it sets. That said, it's a solid album with nary a throwaway track. Surprisingly bluesy and country, I quite enjoyed this album.
Great album with some of my favorites
Not a huge Stones fan, but this had some great classics, but a few were just kinda meh.
In a lot of ways, this might be the quintessential Stones album. It’s lean, stripped down, and full of menace and snarl. Great album.
yeah this really is a rolling stones album and that's about it. not offensively boring but nothing special. best track: sympathy for the devil
My dad owned a CD of this album, so I listened to it a lot as a kid Some of the songs are still in my playlists, I don't like all of them but it's a good nostalgia listen
no fue tan interesante digamos (? me gustó pero no es mi estilo; letras que llaman la atención y más en el 68, también tiene un rock medio blues y country así que es una identidad definida de ellos, bien stones (y tener una identidad es un punto a favor). aún así no es ni un meh ni un wow. si tiene el tema de u u u u (nais chu mit iu) q me re gusta jdfjjs. en general, una escucha que no apela a mi gusto pero aún así reconozco su calidad musical. medio repetitivo igual. 3/5
There is one good song on this album
3.4 Basically a Bob Dylan album lmao. But I actually enjoyed it, it's a good album to have in the background since the songs flow into each other pretty well and the overall theme and vibe is the same. fave songs: jigsaw puzzle, prodigal son,
A bit more country than I was expecting, but that’s ok. Always nice to hear Sympathy for the Devil too.
Good background noise, but I did not finish bc it got annoying. Very repetitive.
A few of their famous hit but this may have a few you seldom list to.
Its mostly alright but spiced with one very good song.
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-i mean cmon, its the rolling stones -first song was pretty cool -no expectations was kind slow but sweet -im always surprised by the rolling stones idk why -parachute woman has this really cool vibe to it -i don’t love the rolling stones, but i don’t hate them -street fighting man isn’t as good as i was expecting it to be but i enjoyed it! -i do really like prodigal son -stray cat blues is a certified banger -love the name of it too
"Beggars Banquet" is the seventh album in the UK and ninth in the US by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was back to roots rock and blues, a departure from the more pyschedelic pop of their previous two albums. It was also more instrumentally experimental incorporating claves, tanpura, tabla, congas, Latin beats and African music. The album was the last with Brian Jones due to drug issues and the first with producer Jimmy Miller who would be a big part in their music over the next four years; this album marks the start of the Stones' "Golden Era." Due to Jones' issues, Keith Richards played most of the guitar parts. Commerially, it hit #3 in the UK and #5 in the US. The hypnotic African rhythms open "Symphony for the Devil." Jagger yelling. Keith Richards' guitar and Nicky Hopkin's piano are highlights on this and throughout the album. All band members on backing vocals; the most famous "woo-hoo"s in music? Jagger said the lyrics were inspired by French poet Baudelaire as they describe atrocities of mankind from the view point of satan. Richards' slide guitar, Hopkins' piano and bassist Bill Wyman bring it on "Jigsaw Puzzle." Some say this was the Stones' attempt at Bob Dylan's "Stuck Inside of Moblie with the Memphis Blues Again." Don't know about that but a song describing life difficulties for everyone. "Street Fighting Man" has a great goove, raga rock. Jagger forceful vocals as he describes the growing violence in the US and France of political events. The Stones take a more aggressive blues approach with a faster pace on "Stray Cat Blues." A searing guitar solo. Charles Watts' drumming. The closest thing to the the Stones jamming on the album. The album closes with "Salt of the Earth." Richards on lead vocals. Acoustic guitar. Piano. Jagger comes in on backing vocals. The Watts Street Gospel Choir also come in on backing vocals. Fantastic. A favorite Stones' song of mine. It's funny; the two big songs on this album "Symphony for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man" are pretty much outliers compared to the rest of the album. They are great in their own right but the other songs are all blues-based with little wrinkles, whether it's instruments or rhythms, which separates them from other blues songs and other songs on the album. Richards' guitars and Hopkins' piano are exceptional. A great album and the first in a string of great albums.
Enjoyed the two listens. Only tracks I really dug were Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fightin Man, and Salt of the Earth. Not a bad album, but not my favorite Stones album. Solid 3.
I'm not quite sure how I've managed to avoid listening to so many classic albums, but The Rolling Stones always seemed a band cemented in a time before mine. Ultimately you can't really beat a bit of good old rock n roll, and The Stones have always excelled at that. This album feels to me like you're in the studio with the band getting loaded and just enjoying some jams. The type of album this list was made for, imo.
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I've listened to a lot of songs from The Rolling Stones through the years, but I'd never listened to any of their whole albums until I started the 1001 Albums list. This is my second Rolling Stones album that I've gotten on this list, the first being Let It Bleed, which I really loved. Beggars Banquet was really good as well, but a notch below Let It Bleed in my opinion. "Sympathy for the Devil" is one of the best rock songs of all time, and it's a great first track for this blues-infused album. After that, other than "Jigsaw Puzzle," I thought the rest of side one was just okay. Thankfully, things picked up quite a bit on side two, with the booming drums and the jangling of the sitar and tamboura of "Street Fighting Man." The rest of the album was really good, and I think that the Stones do a really know their way around the blues. Overall, this was a good album with two tracks that stand tall above the rest of the album. I'm excited for the rest of The Rolling Stones' catalog that's on this list.
Better than ‘Aftermath’, maybe not as good as ‘Let it Bleed’. I think this is the fourth Rolling Stones album the machine has ladled out to us, and this time I started listening closer to the bluesier songs I’d let drift past and realised the weird irony they wrestled with over them, which makes them interesting to listen to. Some bona fide bangers earn this a 4.
the only "classic period " Stones record I have never owned. Mostly filler, to me this album has a far higher miss/hit ratio than "Exile". Hot Rocks has the essentials. Sorry, Brian
Strong first and last songs but didn’t do much to convince me the stones aren’t a greatest hits band.
Very 70s, and a little more yee-haw than I had in my head for the rolling stones.
It still sounds fresh and urgent, and that might have a lot to do with the fact that it's the one Stones album Scorsese hasn't raped and pillaged. Everyone else has overused Sympathy For The Devil while missing the point. But there are rewards having it kickoff the album, allowing you to listen with fresh ears. This is where Mick and Keith really found their chemistry, with possibly Mick's best lyrics. I've long argued that Salt Of The Earth is the best track here, and have it in my Stones All Time Top 10. And I'm a sucker for the country song about the fella having to marry a rotund woman only to have her jilt him near the altar. What's insane is that as great as this album is, I have it as their 3rd or 4th best.
Country blues, guitar parts get slightly repetitive but the inclusion of conga + other African/south Asian instruments make for an interesting sound that’s quite unique. 3.5
Some of this is too honky-tonk, a little boring. Trying too hard to be American gospel or blues. But I do like a few songs. Somewhere in between a 3 and 4 for me
I have not listened to this album before, and was only familiar with the two hits (Sympathy, Street Fighting Man). Of the lesser known songs, they range from Dear Doctor, which is pretty poor, to Stray Cat Blues, which I liked quite a lot. Jigsaw Puzzle is basically Sympathy for the Devil over again but less interesting. Overall, this is fine, but not something I'd choose to listen to.
mildly depressing aura about this album. it's boring and mediocre.
Great album but the weakest of the big 4
not a huge rolling stones fan but its definitely a record with really good creative decsions and work put into it. 7.3/10.
Another good one from the Stones? What a lovely surprise. That makes me pretty happy.
This is the best Stones I've heard thus far.
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Rock de los Stones. Sympathy for the devil. Vinilo.
Muy bien. Pero no es para 5. Está Sympathy for the Devil
Not their best album. Sympathy for the devil and Street Fighting Man are good songs but the rest doesn't hold up. There are better Rolling Stones albums like Sticky Fingers. This one didn't have to be on the 1001 album list.
This is the beginning of The Rolling Stones "classic" period (Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile), while these are classic albums with some of their best known songs, I feel like they don't all reach the 5 star mark. Outside of the hits the songs are still good, but do they really come together for something exceptional?
you know what i actually like the rolling stones
I feel often that with this generator I'm getting nicer and more open towards the albums I get, which is probably good overall, but it's making my positive-to-negative ratio feel slowly more and more lopsided to the former of the two. Luckily, I can count on The Rolling Stones to put me straight and remind me that my tastes and opinions are still consistent with when I started. For instance, here is the third Rolling Stones album to get a three star. Is it bad? No, in fact I could totally understand why someone would like, nay, love this, but it just feels so generic in a modern lense where Rolling Stones was falling so behind on the revolutions happening around them in music that they decided to fall back and rest on what they knew, and there can be merit in that, but what makes this more special past an admittedly great opening track. If I wanted music that sounded like this I would either go earlier into the 60's or later into the next decade, not give the very personal genres of folk and country to the British boy band. I''ll never deny Rolling Stones their iconic status, as they've certainly earned it from various track to track, but I don't understand so far what any of their albums as a whole work of art has done for the music landscape but seem like music your great uncle swears is better than the Beatles.
The Rolling Stones always struck me as an elaborate practical joke on the Western world. Hey, look Boomers! Blues music repackaged by some limey honkeys! Oh, how edgy - they're singing about sex and Satan! That'll stick it to your parents who won the war, built the economy, and gave you jerks a head start not experienced by any generation prior or since! But Charlie Watts is pretty tight.
i've obviously listened to sympathy for the devil and that's a banger, then there's 3 mid tracks in a row but it picks back up at the end of the a-side this is a pretty easy 7/10 but the rather mediocre half of the a-side prevent any higher
The two big songs are iconic. The rest of the album is similar to Side 2 of Exile on Main Street with a variety of genres nailed. There is a good dose of humour mixed with their bad boys image in songs like Dear Doctor. No Expectations is an excellent song and the only one to feature Brian Jones' lead as he shows his sliding prowess. I was surprised to see a restaurant on the Danforth named after Factory Girl. It made me check the place out but I doubt many others know the song. It's a great tune with Charlie banging the tablas and also some haunting fiddle. Keef was able to fill in the lead guitar role competently. Keef's the GOAT at rhythm guitar but he's middle of the pack at lead. To see what I mean compare his lead on Stray Cat Blues to Mick Taylor's lead on that song on Get yer ya yas out. Not having a lead guitar player on all but one song takes the 5 off the table.
So I guess the people who heard "Sympathy for the Devil" on the radio and ran out to by the album would have been surprised with the country numbers that followed. Jagger and Richard, but probably mostly Jagger, knew that one or two hits per album would keep the band front-of-mind, fill stadiums, and give them the leeway to play the bluesy country music they loved. "Street Fighting Man" is a classic, but I can barely hear the sitar :)
Well it certainly starts of with a bang with Sympathy for the devil, easily one of their top 5 singles ever, maybe even their best. No expectations is a nice change of pace with Brian Jones brilliant on slide guitar and Jagger in peak form. Street Fighting man is also a fine single. I'm not familiar with this original album cover showing a graffiti covered bathroom wall compared to the later cover with the elegant script on their white RSVP invitation, but this one suits this music. If you like the Stones bluesy, this is one of their better efforts.
Estuvo bien. Debería explorar más la discografía de sus majestades satanicas
huh. the rolling country bears. who’d’ve thought. good pacing. actually didn’t really care for sympathy for the devil 🚂🚂. jigsaw puzzle, factory girl, and salt of the earth were the standouts to me. stray cat blues costs the record a star. hate that we can’t do half stars on this webbed site. put me in a room with a gun with two bullets john lennon kevin spacey and mick jagger and watch me shoot jagger twice.
Epic.
Sympathy for the devilin kasvava junnaavuus on koukuttava, vetävä alku. Ihailtavaa, että levy pysyy loppuun asti teema-albumina ja lunastaa ekan biisin lupauksen. Toki toiset biisit vähemmän sisällökkäitä kuin toiset.
Tämä "paluuna" bluesiin ja folkiin tunnettu LP on ennen kaikkea osoitus rollarien poplahjasta - kyvystä säveltää kappaleet siten, että ne TUNTUVAT tuovan esiin melodioita ja koukkuja, jotka esiintyvät myös bändin edeltäjien musiikissa, mutta vain latentissa muodossa. En myöskään tunne levyä, joka tuntuisi enemmän vuodelta 68 - ainakaan näin vuonna 94 syntyneestä. Tarkka arvosana: 4,5.
Great album, turning point in the stones catalogue
I really like the Rolling Stones, especially the late 60s - early 70s albums and this album in particular feels like when they finally started to come into their own and not just follow the trends. This kicked off a solid string of records that are my favorites of theirs. Standout Tracks: Sympathy for the Devil, No Expectations, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man, Prodigal Son, Factory Girl, Salt of the Earth
Might be some cultural cache in this rating
I actually didn't mind this!
Was okay, started amazing. Bit dull in the middle
I've found that The Rolling Stones are more of a singles band rather than an album band. That being said this album isn't too bad, everything gets overshadowed by Sympathy for the Devil.
This album was already in my regular playlist. A first, however - after listening, I actually removed some tracks from my listening rotation. There is such a think as too much honky-tonking
Owes more to jazz and gospel history than I’d realised. Although was a bit tired of the harmonica by the end….
meh
It's cool
The album that brought us "Sympathy For The Devil" is sort of where The Rolling Stones cemented their legacy. At this point, their consistent offerings and evidential openness to evolve and mature seems to have granted them a clear path forward, and even at 50 years later, their popularity and generally positive nostalgia makes it true.
3/5 Best: Street Fighting Man Worst: Parachute Woman
Strong 6
Album starts strong with Sympathy For the Devil, but doesn't keep the momentum alive in my opinion. The first half is otherwise mushy and "Stray Cat Blues" is the standout of the second half. 3/5 purely because SFTD is a jam and Keith Richards.
Good album, crazy how long ago this was
Pretty damn good album! Factory Girl and the end of Salt of the Earth were some standouts.
Rock album
Sympathy for the Devil fuckkkkkkkkkk yeah. WOO WOO!!!! I love that slide guitar on Jigsaw Puzzle. Street Fighting Man is also a jam and the 5th(!!!!) song from Rage's Renegades album. Pretty wild in the first 114 albums. Also pretty wild that Keith Richards will be alive long after the crust of the Earth melts away from climate change. I took an Adderall today, might have to NIN after this.
I'm still not sure I like the Stones, but there was enough familiar music I enjoyed that I enjoyed the album as a whole.
Classic Stones, a really good listen. More rock than pop but influences of international sounds add a bit of flavor to this. Standouts are the leadoff and six minute long "Sympathy For The Devil," and "Street Fighting Man."
Not generally a stones fan, but this was easy listening. I even added one song to my favorites
Timeless sound. I respect it. That being said, it’s a no for me.
I like some songs from The Rolling Stones. Preferred the Beatles over them tho.
OK. Some nice songs but some not a fan of
Hope you guess the name. I didn’t. Interesting album with country style but nothing special in total. Just very well-balanced. I don’t want to listen it for a lot of hours. 4 in my old scores system. 3 in my new.
Second listen. I think this might be my last Rolling Stones album? I ranked it the highest of them but it still gets a 2.
Typical RS album: one great song, Sympathy for the Devil, one my all time favorites. Street Fighting Man is good. One or two others in the not bad pole. And then a bunch of what seems like filler.
I've never listened to a ton of the Rolling Stones. I'm familiar with all their hits, but I forget how "bluesy" they are sometimes. I really enjoyed this album.
Again, I've never been a big Rolling Stones fan but I like the bluesy, southern rock feel this album has. And Sympathy for the Devil is a great song.
It's okay. I like a few select songs of theirs but it just becomes same same after a few songs.
I liked sympathy for the devil and street fighting man but the rest of the album was too bayou blues for me. Didn’t really feel this one.
Not exactly “Let it Bleed” levels of greatness but still very good. Gets bumped up to a 4 thanks to a certain song
ну было и было базово хорошо. Трек stray cat blues запомнился хорошими соляками под конец алкоальбом: weissbier
Прям классика классикой. Ничего лишнего и ничего экспериментального. Просто блюз, просто кантри, просто песни простых работящих парней. Знающие люди пишут, что роллинги вернулись к истокам после двух психодел альбомов - надо заценить послушать их психодел. А то таких (как здесь) роллингов я как раз знаю и слушать потому было не особо интересно. Но как же меня задрал тамбур в первой песне, вы бы знали... гармошка и Райан Адамс вошли в чат просто!
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Prima album, maar wel een veel-van-hetzelfde-show. Niet echt vernieuwend, maar wel een paar topnummers.
Great listen. The Stones versatility really shine here.
i like it
Fantastic album
This is so amazing. 5 Stars. The Stones at their finest.
Every time I listen to the stones I think, I like these more than I thought I did. Shockingly noncey lyrics like.
Good but not great for me.
Liked it a lot
Needless to say: a classic is a classic for a reason.
Well, the epic opener did overshadow the rest. But overall, it's still a charming set of blue-based tunes.
Never really given the Stones a chance, but this album has made me think otherwise. Good ol’ classic rock with a bit of a southern feel to it. Not bad!
I can not objectively review an album when it contains Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man. It could be Mick banging bin lids together for the rest of the run time and it would still get 5*s
This album is fine. Never been a fan of ‘Sympathy’, but went in with an open mind. It starts out as a fun album, but starts to lose me after a while.
I mean it's Beggars Banquet
Stray Cat Blues
Good stuff
It's Rolling Stones. Classic. Not much else to say.
Beggars Banquet is a return to roots after dabbling in the psychedelic rock mania, and here we can find some of the absolute best of The Rolling Stones, like Sympathy for the Devil, which is quite possible my favorite song of all time, and some other amazing songs, like Stray Cat Blues and Street Fighting Man. i would say though, that between the "big four" of The Rolling Stones albums, this one is probably the most inconsistent, somewhat lacking cohesion even in it's relatively short 40 minutes length, which makes it come short of a masterpiece, while still being great.
i like sympathy for the devil
Love me some stones, classic 8 out of 10
I'm always hit or miss with Rolling Stones albums, but I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Lots of blues rock, but they manage to do some interesting things with it 4/5
Superb
Les Rolling Stones peinent toujours à prouver qu'ils ne sont pas le groupe le plus surcoté de tous les temps. Il leur reste un album pour prouver le contraire.
J'espère ne jamais avoir à recroiser les Rolling Stones dans ma vie. Si j'entends quelqu'un ose me ressortir que les Rolling Stones sont un groupe légendaire ça va très mal se passer je préviens.
great
Not my vibe, but not bad. Fav: Dear Doctor Least Fav: Salt Of The Earth
Didn't sound too bad: kinda rocky but also had a lot of folk/country elements, wasn't an awful album with a couple of songs added to the liked, a lot of it sounded very similar sadly.
Nothing special at all
I really want to like this whole album, but then there are songs like "Dear Doctor" and "Prodigal Son" that ventured too far down the hillbilly road for my tastes. I really liked "Jig-Saw Puzzle" and if all the songs were like that, I'd rate this album higher
Not as good as the other stones album I rated a 3, so I had to take a star off.
Not sure why this album felt disjointed to me. I guess it's hard to avoid comparing albums against each other when you get the same artist back to back, but it never felt like the whole package of Sticky Fingers. C'mon, that's a great joke - look at the album cover.
The start of the stones incredible 4 album run, this album is great but probably the weakest of those 4 albums, hence doesn’t quite get the full marks when compared to sticky fingers or Exile on Main Street
This isn't my favorite album from the Rolling Stones peak late-60's/early 70's period. It's probably fourth out of the four "peak" albums. Being a big Rolling Stones fan, I still enjoy this album and love the 180 degree turn after their previous "acid-trip" album in 1967. "Beggar's Banquet" is still a really good album and I think it's a great transitional album where the Stones spread their limits a little bit and tried to figure out what life after Brian Jones may look like.
Great.
We have here an interesting album by The Rolling Stones that includes their best song ever, "Sympathy for the Devil" of course, and another anonymous 9 songs, which are pretty nice for a bluesy/rock background, but nothing else. "Beggars Banquet" is seen as one of the best rock albums of all time, and possibly the best record by The Rolling Stones. I definitely think that this is a massive exaggeration. It's an average plus album - it has great guitar solos written by Keith Richards, some exquisite bass and drum line, but other than the first song, nothing is catchy or too interesting. I gave it a good listen, but I wouldn't speak highly of this album afterwards.
Favorite/liked songs: Sympathy for the Devil No Expectations Street Fighting Man Factory Girl Salt of the Earth 5/10 Least Favorite Song: Dear Doctor Didn’t dig the bluesy songs as much
Mediocre, as stones always are
Decidedly boring
Well. Honestly, after Sympathy for the Devil, rest of the album was kind of a letdown.
it’s a fine white boy blues rock album. they sometimes have sparse backing tracks and sometimes have extra layered guitars. the devil song opens the album and people fucking love that one. the rolling stones are fine. i cant see why anyone would call them overrated. it’s okay, while being a little boring. its boring, while being pretty okay.
Sympathy of the Devil is a fantastic song and the best song on the album. This album gets a little more country and I did not particularly care for it. It wasn't awful but not super enjoyable. I don't feel the need to revisit it outside of Sympathy for the Devil.
So torn between a 4 and a 5 here. It's like a 4.5 for me but I'll round up.