Beggars Banquet

update: still underwhelmed

I just don't think this album is that great to be honest. Salt of the Earth is nice, Sympathy for the Devil obviously and I actually enjoy No Expectation quite a bit, but to me most of this things is no more or less than blues rock that wouldn't even get noticed if it wasn't released by the Stones.

God I hate the Stones.

Not a rolling stones fan - here's 2 stars for Sympathy For The Devil

Sympathy For The Devil and 9 other boring and generic blues-rock song. Damn, this album is soooo overrated it hurts. How can this band be even compared with the Beatles? There's more genius in McCartney strumming a chord than everything I've heard on this.

Its the Stones. I liked it but in no rush to hear it twice.

“Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste.” With no more than one opening line, 14-year-old me was hooked. “Sympathy for the Devil” was one of the first classic rock songs I ever paid attention to, while I was still an innocent, wide-eyed musical virgin. From the opening samba percussion, through a build up of phrases introducing one new layer of sound at a time, up to the brash lead solo kicking things up an extra gear as the vocal careers deep down into Hell, it shook my young teenage world apart and refused to put it back together. It’s still thrilling, no doubt about it… but it was well over ten years before I ventured beyond it to hear the rest of its parent album. Listening now, I feel “Beggar’s Banquet” exemplifies a long-held view I’ve had on the Stones: they’re an absolutely incredible singles band, but struggled a little more with the album-format. Just like the other Stones albums I’ve had on the list so far (“Let It Bleed” and “Sticky Fingers”), this one has some absolute monster hits and then a fair chunk of filler to edge down the overall quality. In terms of the good stuff, just try to argue with the power of “Street Fighting Man”. Chiming open-tuned guitar chords, as distinctive a Keith Richards intro as you’re ever likely to find. Charlie Watt’s dynamite tom entrance, Mick Jagger’s incendiary two-note melody. Even Brian Jones’ touches: perfectly judged tambura drones, sitar coming in at the best possible moment. It’s arresting. Now try to argue with “Parachute Woman”’s languid blues, or “Factory Girl”’s patchy folk. You’ll find it much easier. These are off-cuts, with little substance beyond carefree throwaway exercises. It’s frustrating, because much of the genre hopping is really convincing. “Jigsaw Puzzle”, by all accounts an attempt to capture Dylan’s wild thin Mercury sound and songwriting of the mid 1960s, is a solid track. “Stray Cat Blues” deserves a mention: despite its deplorable content, it’s one of the most raucous Stones tracks going (the piano drives it home). And “Salt of the Earth” is simply electric: one of the band’s very best, forming a holy trinity of gospel Stones songs with “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Shine a Light”. “Beggar’s Banquet” is often hailed as the first in the Rolling Stones’ golden run from 1968 to 1972, which would culminate in the magnificent “Exile on Main St”. From here on out, they’re honing the experimentation and embellishments, beginning to have more of an established identity away from the Beatles’ shadow. It’s a very, very good album, but without the filler- and with some more of their surrounding hits- it could have been exemplary.

After 2 pretty dire 'stones albums so far, this one is much more worthy of the hype

Getting back to their roots after psychedelic experiments, this was the Stones first album with producer & drummer Jimmy Miller, and their first of a golden streak through to Exile On Main St. I cannot understand anyone giving this album less than 4 stars, and it was an absolute pleasure to be give an excuse to listen to it again.

First song was great, it went down every song though

On the strength of Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fightin' Man alone this is a strong album, and also feels like a apt bridge between their older country/blues/rock and their later refinements of their sound.

It’s a great album!!

Middle of the road Stones. Is this not an album band? A couple giant hits and some meddling blues rock numbers.

Nothing too exciting besides Sympathy for the Devil

7/10

great example of the more bluesy

-Sympathy for the Devil- Without this we'd have never had the G'nR version so I'm thankful. This one didn't know when to end. BS aside that's a good song but I do like the GNR version better. -No Expectations- I have none going into this song. It ended and I wasn't paying attention. -Dear Doctor- Folksy. -Parachute Woman- Bluesy. Meh -Jigsaw Puzzle- This one is better, but what's up with the lyrics on this album? Sympathy was good, but these others are a bit lacking. -SFM- Yeah. It's okay. Pretty repetitive. -Prodigal Son- Be my swine? What is this? -Stray Cat Blues- Less bluesy. I like this one. -Factory Girl- Pretty sure this is objectively bad. -Salt of the Earth- This is one of my favorite Stones tracks aside from not knowing when to end. All in all I expected to like a lot more on this album but I didn't. These guys have some all time great songs. They also apparently have some strikes.

This is the start of something special in the Stones’ career. That late 60’s/early 70’s run was a doozy and it started here with Beggar's Banquet. Fun, bluesy-countryish songs are the vibe and they do it really, really well. So many different sounds on here to accomplish this, too.

One of the better Stones albums

T M & M saves it

The Stones go country (mostly), and in the process start to discover what sets them apart. Every member is on fire.

Probably the best opening track of all time, imagine coming home with that record under your arm in 1968 and spinning it for the first time, yowza. Pretty much just a solid blues album at the end of the day though, certainly weren't doing anything new by that point. Loses a star for the fkn fiddle in Factory Girl and the tacky closing track

What happens when you hand out the Satanic Majesties' Request? You get written off as poseurs, trendhoppers, anything but authentic. 1967 was a trying year for the Rolling Stones and it was a time where they were finding things out the hard way: arrests, potential jail time and a moment where an allegiance with psychedelia produced less than stellar results. What can a poor boy do except sing in a rock and roll band? Well, anything that requires going back to basics. And that's how we got Beggars Banquet. Their last album with Brian Jones fully in the fold, Beggars Banquet is part back to basics/part expansion of newer musical sounds as the Stones explore roughly hewn, down on their luck blues with outward expressions of mysterious intent and thinly veiled rage that was prevalent in the year 1968, bringing about their most memorable and epochal songs in their catalog. Yet it is those ragged blues numbers (No Expectations, Dear Doctor, Jigsaw Puzzle, Stray Cat Blues) that keep the album from being a two song show with lots of filler dressing and allows the band to showcase their increasingly adaptable depth before they swim deep into predictable waters. But that was many years away... From decrepit toilet seats to pristine invitations, Beggars Banquet marked the beginning of a brand new chapter in the career of the Stones; a chapter that, while bringing about tragedy and bumpy roads, still keeps listeners gratified to this day.

I can never really get on with a full Stones album. More of a singles band for me. This is alright.

Ok ok ok, really good for a Rolling Stones album. I'll give it that. Still keeping my title as the most critical Rolling Stones fan, though.

Mid but some good tracks liked salt of the earth and stray cat blues and obvs sympathy for the devil is goated

I wasn't really sold on this at first but it got better as it went on, or at least my impression of it did. I like the energy of it, and I do like blues.

Started out strong with Sympathy for the Devil, but other than that I only like maybe two other tracks. The rest were a bit slow for me. Honestly lowkey a bit disappointing.

Bit too rhythm and blues for me but has its bangers

Får bara godkänt. 2-3 låtar är väl okej.

Bit too much country/acoustic, but some fantastic tracks on the second side - Stray Cat Blues and Salt of the Earth especially. There are at least 3 Stones albums better than this but still great overall.

Classic, listened to it 3 times

Classic

Hell yeah!

Artist #331 but hadn't listened to this album before

Dont think I yet appreciate this record enough due to little knowledge of the ganra, good music tho.

No tengo nada con que compararlo ya que no me he escuchado ningún otro disco de los Rollings Stones pero bastante normalito. Algunas canciones algo mejores que otras (especialmente las largas), pero nada que me vuelva loca

Ein af mínum gömlu uppáhaldsplötum. Finnst hún ennþá æði. Keith er samt lúði.

This is great, exactly the kind of thing I'd listen to

A great album that lays the foundations for what’s to come in “Let it Bleed” and “Sticky Fingers”.

I was prepared to be disappointed, expecting a couple of bangers and a medley of mediocrity. But what an absolute gem!

Sounds like songs for sitting around a campfire.

As always rating on how much I enjoyed this album right now and that's quite a bit. Opening song is a great, rest of the album bit too bluesey, country and all over the place. Jigsaw puzzle is good as is Street fighting man. Ultimately still has enough about it to stand out above most other albums. 4

Lo escuché como tipo country en algunas canciones, la primera canción fue la que más me gustó pq tiene como un ritmo más rápido y de rock

I liked this album more than I expected I would--some of the Stones' music either bores or annoys me. I like the swampy-bluesy feel of a lot of the tracks, and there's some great musicianship going on here. It feels more accessible to me than quite a bit of their other work. Almost garage-band or bar-band (in the most positive way) but also with some very skilled performances.

I am a Beatles > Rolling Stones person. I don't mind the Stones but they are not a favorite. I liked this record but it leads with the hit and wastes the rest of the time.

This album is a wonderful kind of bait and switch, starting off with something quite philosophical but then veering into blues songs about traveling and heartbreak. The slide guitar swirls around the vocals like a dance, enough to distract anyone from his jigsaw puzzle. And don’t worry about being so far from home—it ain’t no crime. Just make sure you don’t let your mama know what you’ve learned how to do. For all the swagger of these songs, however, there’s an underlying theme of a desire to return home, a longing for peace and quiet.

Fantastic

OK, to be honest I'm not a stones fan, but the first track Sympathy for the devil is in itself a standalone track. The rest of this album, although good for its time, does lack ingenuity, a lot of it has a deep south USA sound, although I do like the prevelance of acoustic guitar on most of the tracks. It's a fair album, but neither this album or the group ever warranted the hype, in My humble opinion.

Wouldn’t be their best bored me a bit

Not my favourite Rolling Stones album but all pretty listenable.

14th February 2023 Listened on the drive in to the office in the new car. Home for valentines enchiladas. I mean it’s perfection.

It’s like 4.5 really good songs and then the rest of just so forgettable… Like how were Street Fighting Man and No Expectations the singles for this when they’re so bland compared to the better cuts? 5/10

Starts off strong with the opening song, then takes a serious plunge, as if any and all creativity was flushed down the toilet on the cover. Occasionally there are flashes of quality throughout such as on Jigsaw Puzzle which is a worthy ode to Bob Dylan, or Street Fighting Man, a worthy ode to MC5, then there are also some very very unworthy odes to various country and blues artists. A messy and inconsistent album of odes is all it is. 3 toilets out of 5 🚽🚽🚽

Meh

i can appreciate the impact/iconic-ness but it doesn’t really stand out to me. guitar goes crazy and it’s an interesting album but not one i’d keep going back to listen to

There isn’t a dull moment in album. i’m too sleepy to right a good review but i liked it a lot.

good

If this album were released by a different band, I would perhaps have considered five start. But I expect so much from the Stones, that I stop on four.

No debating, it's a classic. That is all.

It’s hard to evaluate the Rolling Stones on an album-by-album basis. Their brand of bluesy rock which set the template for many imitators doesn’t necessarily yield a consistent listen on record. And for every classic like “Sympathy for the Devil” or “Street Fightin’ Man” there are a number of more routine numbers. And this album is no different. It’s a well-produced affair, and cemented the Stones’ status as one of the most subversive and dangerous groups in popular music. But the latter element has long dissipated as they transitioned into a commercial behemoth, and that definitely hollows out some of the lyrical sentiments on this album. It’s still well worth a listen at the end of the day.

I can't quite get into the Stones as an album band, though they wrote some of the most sublime songs in rock history.

I liked factory girl. The rest of it is very stones blues and honestly just sounds the same to me 🤷‍♀️

Ho hum...

Decent but not their best.

The Stones at the beginning of a great run Sympathy for the Devil starts out menacingly low and burns Keith starts showing his skills on this lp

Most of these tracks are classics. It's impossible to listen to them individually and not automatically hear what's coming next in your head because this albums is ingrained in our consciousness. I'd put it in my top 3 Stones albums. The diversity of sound is great, leaning more into country/folk elements and heavy in blues lets Keith's riffing really shine. Sympathy has been so prevalent in film and TV, but it is so fitting sometimes, both musically and lyrically. Who doesn't sing along to the Woo Woos at the end?

One of my favorites. Really good introductory stones album for people who only really know the hits. Sympathy for the devil is my favorite song by them. Super bluesy album with just the right amount of variation. 4/5

Sympathy for the devil is the standout, the rest aren’t really that noteworthy for me but the overall sound is enjoyable enough

Wasn't expecting the vaguely country sound of a few of these. Good album.

Very familiar with the two big singles off this, looking forward to hearing the rest. Sympathy bangs, sill. No Expectations a slow burning blues number that wants to explode but never does which actually works, nice piano on this. Dear Doctor, another blues track, very minimal, chugging along very "I'm hung over as shit" type of track. Parachute Woman, more upbeat blues track, I'm sensing a pattern. Jigsaw Puzzle, mid tempo blues, I dig the drumming, starting to sound all the same, a little less blues-y but still on brand, too long can't get through it lyrics kind of dumb! Street fighting Man still bangs! Prodigal Son, um...this is a blues cover I hope and I hope Mick isn't proud of this voice. Stray Cat Blues, gee what's this going to sound like? Play the blues punk! Liking the drums again, less blues than I thought strangely, kind of rips tbh, too long for a single at the time, should be better known, great song! Factory Girl, unexpected like us that a fiddle? Very basic guitar and fiddle? Cool. Salt of the Earth, nope, couldn't finish this

Rolling Stones always rocks However, exile and sticky finders rocks more

In my Exile on Main St. review I said that one was probably my favorite RS album. That was wrong. It's this one. Best track: Sympathy for the Devil

Not too many exciting things on here other than Sympathy for the Devil and maybe snippets of some of the remaining tracks.

There is just a huge gap between sympathy for the devil and basically every other song on this album

Sympathy for the Devil is amazing, but the rest is kinda meh.

You can't go wrong with an album that leads with "Sympathy For The Devil". This is a jangly, country-flavoured album that shows a side of the Rolling Stones that is absent in their later, more commercial albums.

These guys were so much cooler than The Beatles. They were up front about their extensive drug use and love of women. They promoted fun! Dangerous fun, but still fun. This record is a good listen for a good time. 4/5

Sympathy for the devil gets this a five star rating in the bag. Anything after this can only detract. And bugger me, the rest of the album detracts. "No expectation" is a blues/rock chore. "Dear Doctor" is a blues/country chore. "Parachute woman" is Mick Jagger straight up doing a bad cosplay of John Lee Hooker. White boys can't blues. It doesn't open out to rock and roll again until track 6, "Street fighting man", and even that seems kinda repetitive and whiny somehow. Prodigal Son is an excellent track, but also a cover version of some actual blues. Stray Cat Blues comes around, and like the titular cat is has no home - neither with rock or blues. I feel as if I've heard enough at about the time the drums start to get interesting and am compelled to not skip just to find out where Charlie Watts goes with it. Factory Girl comes up interesting, with some genuinely very good percussion and the fiddles work incredibly well with Jagger's un-Jaggery vocals. Salt of the Earth sounds like the third act opener of a rock opera, rather than the final track of a Stones album. Overall, this album starts with one of the best tracks of the twentieth century and then immediatly falls to shit. It does get better, but other than a straight up cover version and a couple of passable Stones tracks, this album fails to live up to its opener.

It has two classics in Sympathy and Street Fighting Man, but like a lot of Stones albums, the rest is mostly okay bluesy stuff that I can take or leave.

What can I say about this album? It’s the Rolling Stones. It’s amazing You can play it from front to back without any problems at all. From 1967 to 1971, they went on a streak and didn’t miss a beat on any of those albums.

great album, adding to Discogs

Predictably solid.

This is a lot of fun, but I've heard better from them! This runthough I noticed the really awesome *recording*. I don't often appreciate that part of the artistry. All the instruments are clear, distinct, warm, lively.

Interesting first listen of a Stones album front to back. Hard to think that back in the day the were competing with the Beatles, this seems very different from the Beatles. Much closer to Zep. Fun poppy but bluesy tunes. Mix typical of 60's-70's rock and pop.

Pretty consistent album, although it doesn't leave much of a lasting impression. A couple of famous tracks on here

sounds like a cliche country album it’s decent just not my taste and i’d understand if country fans like this record just not my cup of tea although there were good songs and favs were dear doctor, parachute woman, street fighting man and prodigal son 2/5 not the best just the kind of album you want to just finish up already

Daaaymn this is good x2

I’ve heard this before I got it and thought it was ok. Gonna skip Sympathy and leave it to the end on the advice of a friend. Dear Doctor is funny. The whole thing plods along well, but in the end I just love Sympathy and the rest does relatively little for me.

No need for notes here…

Bluesy, bangers, right length.

Disclaimer, I can't stand the Rolling Stones, other than a small handful of exceptions, and this album contains a couple of them. I honestly don't know what it is about the Stones, specifically, that bugs me, but I didn't get much of that on this record - it wasn't a bad listen, which surprised me.

The song selection sounds like its a B-Sides compilation instead of a proper album. We get one inventive, artistic song in Sympathy for the Devil and then some odds n sods blues/country rock tunes. I guess at the time of its release, this album would stand out because of its straight-forward acoustic guitar and piano sounds. I kind of like Jigsaw Puzzle but Salt of the Earth is truly shit.

Classic album with a very cohesive sound. Some songs I already knew.

Not keen on this. It was more country - blues than I was prepared for. I don’t like slide guitar or harmonica. I expected much more.

One of the best three albums by The Stones and an incredible masterpiece.

Classic Stones

This was the first Stones album proper that I got into. Love it. My favourite for a long time until I fell into Exile....

Symphony for the devil is absolutely a 10 out of 10 the rest of the album OK

Overall, I'm not a big Stones fan, but I have to say I do like this album quite a bit. Sympathy for the Devil is a great classic song, but the whole album is pretty great musically, especially the guitar.

All the "Trying to be Black" ness isnt as egregious as other Rolling Stones Albums.

3.5

The Rolling stones are USAs answer to the British band the Beatles and the Canadian band Queen. I'm no music expert, but this is good roll and rock.

There's some massive tunes on this big boy.

Enjoyed it. Surprised with how bluesy is was in parts

Not heard the rolling stones other than compilation albums and thought this was alright, nothing mind blowing. Thought the final track stuck out like a sore thumb, really didn't fit with the rest and was a poor end to what had been a decent listen.

My first Stones album at 32 years of age. It was as expected quality wise because I really enjoyed it but the whole sound of the album was totally out of the blue. I funny what it is but I wasn’t expecting almost country elements. It’s was sound that. Salt of the Earth was great

accidentally listened on shuffle, but i don't think it would have made a difference. it's literally the stones

Weer een stones plaatje waarvan ik te lui ben om er wat van te vinden.

Op Sympathy for the Devil en Street Fighting Man na vond ik het maar een suffe plaat. Veel te bluesy.

Alleraardigst maar niet bijster spannend.

Great album. Amazing part of the catslog

Flera mid tracks men ändå alltid bra vibes med stones

Damn brou

I may dig on The Rolling Stones

Pretty, pretty, pretty good

Honestly was so excited to get them because I thought it would finally be rock and roll but boy was I disappointed. This was very country in my opinion other than maybe two songs and I was so upset because I just want a rock and roll album. The first song wasn’t bad of course but that’s it.

Written as one who would always take the Beatles over the Stones..... this is pretty great. This was the beginning of their classic run, jumping out of the peaceful 60s and headlong into dirty blues-based rock, leading off with inarguably one of the handful of most famous rock songs ever released and really one of the best. I could get picky and say how great can a song be with the same chord progression for 6 minutes but damn "Sympathy For The Devil" is one of the greatest almost *because* of that. If you're more a music-before-lyrics fan (mea culpa) here's maybe your best exception possible. I recall as a kid following along with the words accompanied by not a little anxiousness: singing about dead bodies, revolutions...it's brilliant. Almost anything after that will pale by comparison - and to be fair it does - but also doesn't try to compete with the power of Sympathy. The Stones' brand of country-blues takes flight here and I find it far more palatable than their lauded and frankly aimless, meandering, and boring "Exile..." just a few years later. The only single from the album was "Street Fighting Man" and I'm finding I like it now far more than I did growing up... my perceived lack of constant musical progression within some of their songs doesn't seem as important or necessary when they had a great sense of arrangement and build like this one does. "Stray Cat Blues" is another grimy rocker. I even like the slower acoustic/country type songs, there's a structure and discipline to each of these tracks that makes every cut listenable ...wait, maybe I kinda like the Stones after all??? 8/10 4 stars

5/10

I try and I try to get into the Rolling Stones and I can't. This album has an undisputed musical quality and its impact on rock n roll cannot be questioned. It's also overflowing with masculine energy, yet it sometimes goes too far and the energy is a bit tiring after a while. Their usage of country and blues maybe was important for the popular music at the time, but right now - for someone picking up this album for the first time - it just gets boring and annoying (Dear Doctor is garbage). What I liked about it: Sympathy for the Devil is a really great tune and it stands out so much when compared to the rest of the album. Also, I like the slide guitars on some tracks which is apparently one of the last contribution of Brian Jones. Salt of the Earth is a nice closer too. Other than that, many easily forgettable songs, which is also one of my major problems with the band - incredible bangers scattered throught multiple albums among generic blues rock songs. 3/5 - due to its apparent significance and track 1

Is nobody safe from the '60s folksy, country, bluesy sound? I get that this was a popular sound at the time, but I’m surprised that The Rolling Stones went from a song like Paint It, Black to this record in just two years. Don’t get me wrong, it sounds significantly better than some of the albums that came out around this time, but I can only take so much of this music on this list. Obviously, Sympathy for the Devil was great but that’s about it. After the record finished, Spotify decided to play Under My Thumb from one of their previous albums, Aftermath. The 10-second, Crash Bandicoot-esque marimba in the intro was already more interesting than anything on Beggars Banquet.

It’s rare that I’ve been blown away by what they’ve got. On this one, “Sympathy for the Devil” was good but overstayed its welcome. Out of their stuff that’s come across the generator so far, I liked Let it Bleed more

I love this era of the Stones, all honky tonk and blues.

there’s a tramp sittin’ on my doorstep

This is probably my favourite Stones album up there with Exile. Street Fighting Man and Sympathy for the Devil are the standouts, but it's a great record even on the songs where they're being goofy.

I am what you might call a fairweather Stones fan at best...there are tracks I absolutely love but I have never owned a single album. Having said that, if I had to own one, this would probably be at the top of the list if only for Sympathy For the Devil...and then there is Street Fighting Man. Prodigal Son, Parachute Woman and Stray Cat Blues etc. are all solid listens but for me this clocks in around a 3 star review, I know, blasphemy, but doesn't that really fit with the Stones?

Ég á erfitt samband við hina rúllandi steina. Inn á milli þess sem fer inn um annað og út um hitt eru gimsteinar. Einn þannig á þessari plötu. Hann hífir hana ekkert rosalega hátt í einkunnagjöfinni samt.

ok, there are better stones albums in my opinion

Kind of all over the place but not unenjoyable.

Imagine putting this record on in 1968 and being hit with 'Sympathy For The Devil' for the very first time… What an experience. With references to beggars, factory girls and salt of the earth, The Rolling Stones were determined to show that they were an act for the common man. Perhaps this was in strong opposition to the early stages of progressive or art rock emerging in the late 60s. In any case, the album saw the Stones returning to their bluesy and folksy roots. Although not quite resonating with me on the same level as Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street, Beggars Banquet is packed with great songwriting: The sensitive and acoustic 'No Expectations', the Dylanesque 'Jigsaw Puzzle', the classic 'Street Fighting Man' with its violent piano, and 'Stray Cat Blues' where the band plays like one living bluesy organism.

How do you not instantly love an album that opens with “Sympathy For the Devil”? From the sound of the initial congas there’s no turning back. Beggars Banquet is stuffed with some of the Stones’ best 60’s work like “Street Fighting Man”, “Salt of the Earth”, “No Expectations” and “Jigsaw Puzzle”. The band itself is vibrant and almost seem destined to play with each other. What a powerful return to their bluesy roots this is!

Pleasantly surprised by how much I liked Jig-Saw Puzzle.

You know, they are the Rolling Stones, and no matter what they do, they will perform well. I didn't like so much of this album, even enjoying these bluesy songs from the stones, because I think the album is to monothematic. Sympathy for the devil is an astonishing song that I've listened to so many times that became a personal classic for me (I guess for everyone), but the other songs are just good blues played by the Stones. They can do whatever they want and it's good.

Two great songs and a bunch of mediocre songs.

The Rolling Stones from London, England. This was their 9th Studio Album. It is one of six albums on the 1001 Albums list. Standouts: Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man Others: No Expectations, Factory Girl, Salt of the Earth Sympathy for the Devil is one of the Top 100 classic rock songs of all time. Rating: 3.5

A good stones album that had one great song and a bunch of other decent ones. A pretty standard stones album in my opinion that had a variety of instrumentals. This album was a turning point in the stones discography where they played less bluesy music and became a great rock band. 7.4/10

Bluesy music, some very nice, insightful lyrics. Jagger can really alter the sound of his voice.

T3B 1. Sympathy For The Devil 2. Street Fighting Man 3. Jigsaw Puzzle

Sympathy for a devil- a classic. Appreciate the historical references here 👍 No expectations- Solid blues song with some good lyrics👍 Dear doctor- really bad patische of a country song Parachute woman- feel like I’ve heard this sort of song multiple times Jig-saw puzzle- Nice surrealist song👍 Street fighting man- quite catchy tbh👍 Prodigal song- Doesn’t amount to much here, seems like filler Stray cat blues- pedophilia song, those were the days🤮 Factory girl- The country vibes are not working for me Salt of the earth- This song just seems disjointed and I don’t want to have to hear Keith Richards voice Solid enough, I’m not sure the country inspired tracks work for me and some songs seem similar to songs already encountered. 3/5

Ditching 2000 light years from home psychedelia for rootsy blues and groovy rock n roll makes Beggars Banquet one of the classic Rolling Stones albums alongside Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed. Extra star for Sympathy and Street Fighting, but loses a star or two for too much acoustic light rock.

Some classics but also fillers I think. Prefer albums like Let it Bleed or Sticky Fingers or Black and Blue.

One of my favorites during high school.

Oh yes, this is def one of THE stones albums!!!

Outstanding. One of my favorite Stones albums. Beyond Sympathy and street fighting man, Stray Cat Blues, Jigsaw Puzzle, salt of the earth. Just Mick, Keith, Charlie And Bill for the most part. Stones at the peak.

They really nailed this one. These are the kinds of songs I really associate with the Stones, especially "Sympathy for the Devil." The one that really stood out on this listen was "Street Fighting Man," it's a unique sound, a rich sound, and the arrangement is pleasantly surprising.

This is the best drinking album of all time in my experience. An emotional rollercoaster of anthems and sing alongs. The beginning of the Jimmy Miller era, where The Stones settled into the sound that would define them for the rest of their career. Man, if you wanna see the magic of them creating a song in the studio, watch Jean Luc Godard's "Sympathy for the Devil." That song began as a folky acoustic country campfire thing and just kept building and building like a drizzle into a thunderstorm. So many songs on this album seem to capture what I can only imagine was what it really felt like to be alive at that time. Especially a song like "Street Fighting Man." It's like the antithesis of "All you need is love." I'm glad they ditched the psychedelia and came back down to earth.

Sympathy For The Devil is a classic Rolling Stones song. I didn't know many of the others but they are all pretty good. Probably not my favorite RS album overall but it's definitely good stuff.

Sympathy for the Devil is such a banger of a song to start off with (and in my personal top 5 songs of all time). Unfortunately the rest of the album didn't really live up to that beginning but they are always a solid listen

If this could have kept up with Sympathy for the devil this would have been much more highly rated for me. Unfortunately, after a great starting song, it sort of faded into the background for me.

Good Stones album but I feel like there’s a reason there’s not as many mega hits on this album as there are on others.

Starts out with sympathy, which is amazing. The rest was pretty good. Didn't wow enough for that 5th star, but was a great album.

It would be five stars if this list hadn’t already recommended to Rolling Stones albums

Classic rock is classic, but I keep dipping my cup in this well and coming up with new stuff. How is this so fresh sounding and 55yrs old?

I reviewed Eagles eponymous yesterday on my other thread, and this is just a perfect comp to it. Perfect in that they're so similar - I gave Eagles a 3, and this is discernably worse on every dimension. The key similarities are (a) super-famous band (b) with one of their early releases (c) containing exactly two of the hits that made them famous (d) and basically no other noteworthy or really even enjoyable songs (we will discuss "Salt of the Earth") (e) mostly because all of the balance of the CD is super-basic working-class 70s blues rock. "Sympathy for the Devil" is great, and "Street Fighting Man" is iconic (listening to it again for the first time in a decade, it's really kind of a crummy song), but until we get to "Salt of the Earth", basically the entire rest of the CD sucks. Songs like "Factory Girl" and "Dear Doctor" are not just unpleasant to listen to, in the modern context they're really pretty offensive. And the rest of the CD is just a bunch of stale, by-the-books blues rock. Relative the Eagles version of the same, the Stones (a) have much less vocal talent - the Eagles have at least two singers with stronger voices than Jagger's, and also get way more out of their vocal harmonies - and (b) have dramatically worse sound quality, I mean in the sense of how well the sound is recorded. Many 60s CDs have fairly crude recording quality, but typically from earlier in the decade or from less famous bands - I'm surprised at just how poor the recording quality for a world-class band in 1968, I mean if you compare this to contemporary Beatles / Band / Motown is just sounds sloppy and amateurish. "Salt of the Earth" is joyous and fun, and in trying to understand why I liked it so much, when I did not enjoy the rest of the CD, the clear thing it has that the rest of the CD (outside of "Sympathy") is missing is a voice other than Jagger's - it's the female backing vocals that make the song. And while Richards' very by-the-books blues licks and somewhat crude tone works at times (like on "Sympathy", where it provides a real burst of color with a distinctively different sound from the rest of the song), it's kind of a flop relative to how full the Stones' two-guitar attack works on the Mick Taylor-era CDs. All of which is to say - most of what listening to this CD made me wonder is - are the Stones mostly considered good because, shortly after recording this CD and continuing into the early 70s, they recruited as members basically an entirely different band centered around Mick Taylor and a rotating cast of strong female vocalists?

If you didn't know this was the Stones and take out Sympathy for the Devil and street fighting man, tell me your first thought wasn't country music. Sympathy for devil is all time classic. Street fighting man is good, Rage against the machine made it the song great. Those are the 2 songs I enjoyed. All others sounded like country music, which was not what I expected or particularly enjoyed. I'll give 2.5

2 Never been huge on The Rolling Stones. They have some hits that I absolutely love but I consider them that: a hits band. I’ve heard a few of their full albums and there are occasionally some deep cuts that I kind of like but as a whole they rarely impress me. This is no different. I adore Sympathy for the Devil and outside of that I found a few on here that I kind of enjoy but nothing too crazy. I kind of like some of the harmonica musings but as a whole it just didn’t have the same energy as Sympathy for the Devil Favorites: Sympathy for the Devil, Parachute Woman, Jigsaw Puzzle

3.5 And on the last album of my 24th year, the Lord said... let there be Stones. Our first Rolling Stones album of what I assume is going to be a handful, and I was surprised by how... country it is? Country blues was not a genre I realized the Stones ever leaned into, but I didn't mind it. That being said, the less-bluesy tracks (like Street Fighting Man and Stray Cat Blues... ironically) stood out to me more. Songs like No Expectations and Dear Doctor were fine, but kind of ran together, and Factory Girl was borderline a Led Zeppelin song (not necessarily a bad thing). All in all, found it to be an enjoyable record with strong classic vinyl vibes. Would probably listen again. Favorite songs: Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man, Stray Cat Blues

Didn't expect such a country/blues infused album. Didn't seem remarkable to me except for the classic opener... Oh, and another thing that left a (negative) mark were the disgusting lyrics in Stray Cat Blues... Seriously? Creepy now, creepy then. Foul! .

Like a warm chicken soup of rock n roll

Would have been a 5 if that one line in Stray Cat Blues didn't exist

Sympathy for the devil 👌

I didn't like this one. Not a fan of the Stones, but this was definitely not my thing.

I am not the biggest Rolling Stones fan, but love Sympathy for the Devil. Six star song makes a 3 star album a 4. Interview with the Vampire FTW.

Sympathy and Street fighting are such damn good songs. The rest of the album is good but a bit forgettable for the Stones.

Half good.

This is probably my favorite Rolling Stones Album. In stark contrast to their previous more psychedelic release, this album has much more of an edge and feels a bit more dangerous. The music itself is influenced by American country and blues and aside from some misfires, fits well into those genres. The issue that I usually have with The Rolling Stones is that their albums contain a lot of filler, but this was more listenable as a whole.

This would almost be a 4 but there was too much country influence. I do realize I just said I like old country, but not in Rolling Stone form.

Pleased to say my uninformed dislike of The Rolling Stones is now a slightly more informed dislike. Although "Sympathy for the Devil" is pretty good.

Probably the best example of the Stones – far from the twee pop they flirted with just a couple years beforehand – doing what the Stones do better than anybody else, recorded at their absolute prime no less. An album so influential to musicians and songwriters and producers of rock and country (and even blues) genres and beyond, that you can't go anywhere without either hearing a song from it or a song inspired by/ripping off one from this album. Just because you don't recognize some of the song titles doesn't mean they're filler, because while this record may be sprawling, it's entirely full of perfect gems.

I've only heard Sympathy For The Devil from this album before, but tbh there's nothing very remarkable about it. Ah sorry there's an extremely creepy song about wanting to fuck a 13 year old right. Saved songs: Sympathy For The Devil, Jigsaw Puzzle, Salt Of The Earth

Mon album préféré des Stones... La brillante Gibson de Mick Taylor arrive, et Brian Jones joue ses dernières notes pour "son" groupe.... C'est le début de la plus belle période des Stones, elle durera jusqu'au depart de Mick Taylor en 1973... Le live ( longtemps bootleg) du concert a Bruxelles (Brussels Affairs) est le meilleur temoignage live de cette période où les splendides interventions de Taylor enrichissent et bonifié le son des Stones, comme cela n'arrivera jamais plus ensuite... Mais Ronnie Wood sera un plus gentil camarade qui ne remettra jamais en cause, lui, le copyright Jagger/Richards obligatoire sur tous les titres... Mais quel appauvrissement mélodique... En même temps, Taylor lui non plus ne retrouvera jamais un gang où briller aussi magistralement... Toute monde, y compris nous, y aura perdu... Sauf le Jagg pour ses royalties et Richards pour l'ego... Notons que cette pochette fut refusée en UK et aux USA, pour cause de vulgarité, et remplacée par le fameux carton d'invitation "rsvp" noir et blanc... On y perdit aussi la photo intérieure avec tous les Stones participants à un plantureux repas digne de "La Grande Bouffe" !

Comfortable grooves, nothing too interesting

Super solid. Love the stones. They’re more of a “hits” band than album band though.

Class from front to back

Every avid music listener must face this unavoidable fact some day: Rolling Stones will have a bunch of okay songs and one fantastic song. Aftermath has Under My Thumb, Let It Bleed has Gimmie Shelter, and Beggars Banquet has Sympathy for the Devil. That isn't to say that all Rolling Stones albums are created equal, but that there are distinct outliers on each that only make a few songs worth listening to. Let me tell you, that greatest hits album is stacked, but I would not say the same about the studio albums. Despite this, Beggars Banquet still establishes itself as being a damn fine Rolling Stones album. While the other songs live in the shadow of Sympathy for the Devil, they're good enough that I never felt a strong urge to turn it off. So, that's worth something.

People say it’s the start of their “Greatest Band” period but I think they hadn’t really grasped the blues sound yet. It would go on to define their next decade, but here it sounds like waffling between blues and pastoral English folk without doing anything interesting with either.

LP

Good album 4/5

I love Street Fighting Man and Sympathy for the Devil, but just didn't find anything else here really speaking to me.

I don't hate the music. I get the appeal. I love the blues. But if you take away the music they blatantly stole from African Americans with inadequate recognition, there's nothing left. 2/5 - 2 only bc there are some good guitar licks

Not my favorite. Not my genre /:

75/100: This was a really cool listen because it allowed me to see into a new side of The Rolling Stones. I’m the kind of Rolling Stones fan who only really listens to their hit songs—“Sympathy for the Devil,” “Gimme Shelter,” “Paint it Black,” and so on. While “Sympathy for the Devil” was hands down my favorite song on this album—how could it not be—the sound of the rest of the songs on this album proved really surprising to me. I did not expect as much of a blues and folk influence as I heard in this album. All of The Rolling Stones songs I’ve heard have all been purely rock classics, so I assumed all of their discography mirrored that sound; however, that proved entirely untrue. If I heard “Stray Cat Blues” or “Factory Girl” on the radio before listening to this album, I would have never guess they were by The Rolling Stones, so I’m really appreciative that listening to this album all the way through expanded my musical knowledge in that regard. Beyond that, this was a really good album, too. I still prefer the “classic” Rolling Stones songs over these newly discovered ones, but they were by no means bad songs at all.

Another banger from the Stones! 5 stars for “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fightin Man”, but one star revoked for having somewhat unmemorable non-singles.

mid

Best Song: Sympathy For The Devil. By far the most adventurous and unique song on the album. Worst Song: Parachute Woman. Jagger can't sing the blues. That's all there is to say. Overall: It's mostly just kind of dull. The Stones seem to have occasional songs that stick out as unique, but the brunt of the album is just cheap, generic rock. Maybe it hits better live, where Mick Jagger's charisma can elevate the performance, but on recording it just falls flat.

Jangly rock n roll. Always been more of a Beatles guy, myself. Favorite tracks: "Sympathy for the Devil", "Parachute Woman"

good one

Very country type rock

Some good but most meh

First time I've ever listened to a Stones album. I've been missing out. Looking forward to hearing more. This album, every song was enjoyable. And the mix was top notch

Kicks off perfectly with "Sympathy for the Devil" which is the best, most popular song on the album. Rest of it is pretty bluesy - great album. 8/10.

Well my Mum was a big fan of The Rolling Stones, so this makes me think of my Mum and that made me happy.

Not quite as strong as "Let it Bleed", but still very solid. Would award 4.5 if possible. Fave track - "Sympathy for the Devil" - such an amazing tune. Great fun to sing at karaoke. Always welcome in a movie or TV soundtrack!

The hypnotic percussion of ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ aside, rather middling.

9/10/2022

Dear doctor is the best song

First song is decent (Sympathy for Devil). Last one Salt of the Earth is ok. The rest are completely forgettable. I don't understand appeal of this album. Shmeh.

Close to 5 stars. 9.5/10

I remember reading a review years ago which said the Stones made a very successful career by regularly releasing mediocre albums which had 2 or 3 fantastic singles to carry them. I still feel like that's pretty accurate after giving this another go. I'm sure they had fun recording 6 mins of "Jigsaw Puzzle" but it pales in comparison to something like "Sympathy for the Devil". Remove "Sympathy" and "Street Fighting Man" and thos would be a forgettable 1/5 for me. You can't deny the genius and influence of those two songs though!

It's quite a wide variety of sounds and genres. And while not everything lands I appreciate the variety keeping it fresh

Classic Stones album. 5 stars

Some highly questionable lyrics. Some catchy songs.

Essential Classic Rock

Best stones album imho. Stray cat blues the high point.

Decent but loses a point for Stray Cat Blues

1-2 iconic tracks but the rest were just ok.

Good. Childhood playlist

wowwww2

Enjoyable the entire way thru. Should make an effort to listen to the entire discography

stone cold classic

Symphony for the devil and that’s it

Some good songs, but not for me.

good

Solid

not kanye

Favourite track(s): Sympathy for the Devil, No Expectations I understand how that would come to be the sound of a generation for some. Many of the tracks are a little too busy for me but No Expectations kind of hits a soft spot. And some tracks do remind me of Cowboy Bebop.

Just for the one opening song this album gets 5 stars from me. Even now it's shocking and addictive. The rest is a odd collection of bluesy, rocky and honky-tonk delivered with skill and swagger. This is a major game player and I'm suprised it's not near the top in this chart?

Very bluesy, not their best work, but it’s damn good!

Good vibes. Listened to the album a couple times over the weekend.

More like sympathy for the mid

Sympathy for the Devil is not only an A-list banger but also an all-time way to start an album Pretty sure these are considered standards at Chicago basement shows The instrumental arrangements are so creative and turn blues into something special

This was a solid album, but its the rolling stones so I expected more. Not that its bad at all, its pretty good but when you're one of the best bands ever, I expect more. I am starting to realize how bluesy of a band the stones are. Mick jagger hip thrust 5/10

Not their best but the highs are still high

Primera vez que escucho un album completo de los Rollings, me gustó mucho. Tiene una de las mejores canciones de la historia del rock

In 1997, my mom took my brother and I to see The Rolling Stones on the Bridges to Babylon tour at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ. At 16, I had only been to a few concerts prior to this and, if only because of the sheer number of inebriated middle aged people I was witness to, this concert left an indelible mark on me. I don’t know if you ever been in a place with 70,000 drunken 50 year olds at 16, but it’s an experience. No exaggeration…because I wasn’t old enough to drink, I immediately became one of the most responsible people in attendance. For further context, I had been to separate concerts by Metallica and Pantera within a year of this Stones concert and for the first time, I was legitimately concerned about something seriously bad happening at a concert. These Stones fans were out of control. Here’s two examples: Giants stadium, like every other football stadium on earth, is essentially a bowl. Our seats were in the nosebleeds: on the third level and about 1/4 of the way up. Let’s say row 8 of 32. Not great seats, but also not the worst. A few minutes prior to the Stones’ set, and shortly after the Foo Fighters had finished, a man began making his way back to his seats (two rows in front of mine) after returning from the concession stand. He was drunkenly balancing a cardboard drink tray with 4 very large plastic glasses of beer in it and not doing it very well. His seats were in the middle of the row, so he had to navigate around about a dozen concertgoers, in the cramped walkway, to reach his destination. About four people in to his row, he lost his balance and fell, sliding downward over three rows of seated people, which sent his four beers flying into the air, drenching probably a dozen people in Bud Light. Luckily, the drunk and the half dozen people he fell on/over all ended up being ok. That was death-defying act number one. Number two occurred shortly before the end of the concert: If you’ve been to a stadium concert, you know they usually don’t sell seats behind the stage, because, well…no one wants to pay to watch the back of the band. Turns out there’s another good reason for that, as well…. As the band was nearing the end of their set, my mother pointed to the area behind the stage, in the upper bowl of the stadium, and said “Look, there’s somebody up there behind the stage. What’s he doing up there?” I watched the guy intently, thinking maybe he was a stage hand or maybe he was also so drunk that he would fall down the upper level of the stadium as well, but this time there would be no other concertgoers around to slow his descent. About a minute in, I see a few security guards quickly approach the man, and what looked like an argument ensued. The man didn’t seem to care about the security guards directives, but eventually, they grabbed him and removed him from the area. As they were escorting him down the stairs of the upper level, Mick says “this is our last song”, the band kicked off “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and a massive barrage of fireworks launched from behind the stage, from almost exactly where the drunk was hanging out a minute earlier. Those security guards likely saved this guy from a pretty serious trip to the hospital and did so right in the nick of time. “So what does this have to do with Beggars Banquet?”, you’re probably thinking. Honestly, not much…It’s just a Rolling Stones anecdote I needed put out into the world, but I’ll tie it together any way: Beggars Banquet is arguably the first record where the Stones became the band that everyone knows today: they found their blues, country and honky tonk swagger, solidifying their status as a band that’s synonymous with the hard-partying rock and roll lifestyle. So, without a record like Beggar’s Banquet, I may not have ever experienced the accidental near-deaths of two 50 year old drunks in 1997, and in turn, you wouldn’t be here reading about it. It’s truly a rock and roll version of the butterfly effect.

Meh.

Gotta be in the right mood for this album. Wasn’t expecting the sound. I know The Rolling Stones but not well enough apparently

4.2 - solid album. Raw rock and roll. Loved “Stray Cat Blues”.

Hah, Rolling Stones kidnapped Bob Dylan - that's how it sounds for me. I like it though.

The Rolling Stones never disappoint with some great blues tinged Rock and Roll. This album has two of my favourite Stones' songs (Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man) So I knew there were going to be a few fun tracks in this journey. All in all I liked the rest of the album as well.

The Stones are a band that's meant to be seen live. Mick Jagger's voice is obnoxious on recording and I find their white man's blues extra irritating. Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man SLAP, but the whole rest of this album can go.

The beginning of the Stones' classic run of albums. They've ditched the psychedelic posturing to focus on what they do best - playing blues/rock with a dash of country/folk on the side. Devils, doctors, sickness, jilted lovers, returning sons, revolution and everything in between is covered. Best Tracks: Sympathy for the Devil; Street Fighting Man; Factory Girl

Very enjoyable listen

Any record that opens with “Sympathy” has a huge headstart, but it builds from there; just the transition to “No Expectations” points to the mostly mellow and sometimes lovely journey ahead. “Parachute Woman,” “Jigsaw Puzzle” and “Factory Girl” are all underappreciated gems. The playing feels loose, almost tossed-off at times, but it’s actually quite crisp and controlled – what the Stones did best, not exactly making it look easy but looking cool and insouciant while doing it well (and sometimes wild). All that plus “Street Fighting Man,” the awesomeness of which is easy to forget somehow and a truly great closer ("Salt of the Earth"), a fitting and graceful crescendo. The straightforward approach and seemingly narrower ambition paid out an incredible yield – the best-ever Stones record (no mean feat, that). 4.8 / 5

Listened to on 8/11/22 4/5 Favorite song: Jig-Saw Puzzle The vibe of this album was all over the place with classics and folk and rock but all in all it was pretty good

Really good album overall with blues/folksy feelings throughout. Sympathy for the Devil is the easy choice for best song.

A couple of the best tunes ever, but also quite a lot of filler - still worth it

I had never really listened to much Rolling Stones before this, and I was pleasantly surprised by the lyrics especially. There were a couple of songs I wasn’t that into but there were more songs that I did really like so for me this sits at about a 4

Heard before: yes The Rolling Stones are tedious and overrated. Especially Sympathy for the Devil. Tiresomely repetitious. And when they rip blues tunes I’d rather hear the originals.

It's weird how this incredibly iconic song from the Stones (many might argue their best) sits atop an album where it kind of doesn't belong. It's darker and more lyrically compelling than the balance of the album, which mostly contains songs in that laid back bluesy sound the Stones are known for. In a sense this album is a course correction for the band, from their attempts at psychedelic experimentation on Their Satanic Majesties Request. The band is in top form as always here, but half the songs feel like high quality filler. Ultimately the album is a fun listen, but their best albums have yet to come. Fave Songs: Sympathy for the Devil, No Expectations, Factory Girl, Street Fighting Man, Salt of the Earth

don't really remember this one

Some good tunes, but some forgettable as well. I forgot it was on by the time I got to the end of the album. Not a stinker though by any means.

kinda boring not a big stones fan

Weinig commentaar. Het is een oké album

Pour mon gout perso, fait partie de la sainte trinite de rolling atones avec sticky fingers et let it bleed. 5

Tri bom ahan

I really enjoyed this album. Classic Rolling Stones and makes me understand why they’re so popular.

meh

Scuzzy goodness.

Enjoyed this much more on the second listen. There were a few tunes that I really liked but I wasn't blown away by most of the album and I know the Stones have much better material. Favorite tunes were Sympathy, Street Fighting Man, and Salt of the Earth.

ended up listening to the album (at least?) twice. enjoyed it overall. great for getting housework done.

Really couldnt enioy this one aside from the hits. Just not for me but didnt need to turn it off

I liked a couple songs but otherwise it's too bluesy for me to really enjoy. Favorite: Sympathy For The Devil

Peaks early and then trails off at the end

Good bluesy rocknroll blues. Couple of great hits. Should probably give this a five, but the guitar twang bugged me enough to knock it down a peg.

This album is the namesake of my favorite cocktail. Give it a try and thank me later. || https://www.liquor.com/recipes/beggars-banquet

Need a relisten

Despite Lou Reed’s pronouncement that Sympathy for the Devil was the only serious song in the Stones’ repertoire, this whole album is exceptionally solid. Of course it’s got that weird English Blues appropriation thing, which to me has aged worse than the more straight-ahead rock and roll. And lyrics like Stray Cat Blues don’t really scan in this day and age, the sort of over the top predatory hedonism they made fun of in Metalocalypse. Putting aside such woke quibbles, for a Rolling Stones fan this is about peak.

Thinking about this review, I tried to peel the music away from the Stones' reputation, and I almost gave this one three stars because, while some of the tracks are great (Sympathy is one of my all-time favourites), many are to me little more than country rock instrumental music with mumbling or half-yelling layered on top, without a strong theme.

Solid album, first time properly listening to The Rolling Stones. Little different to what I knew of them. Is a little more country than what im used to. Favourite song is Stray Cat Blues.

I enjoyed it very much! Bluesy and cool

If you remove the hits, it’s mainly a blues and country album, and a good one at that. You can see how much more genuine they sound playing the music of their roots.

Their third album is the first one that is turning into the direction of the blues rock that made them so famous. While it can not compete with their later albums such as Sticky Fingers, it still provides good entertainment, for me mainly due to the instrumentations which, although a bit noisy and messy, has good guitar sounds and solos. The vocals are a bit too messy for me

Sympathy For The Devil is pretty tired at this point, No Expectations wisely takes things into a lower gear. There is a lot of roots american and blues acoustic on this record. Prodigal Son is a great song.

Ovaj album cover je puno bolji nego original, nema sumnje. Ne znam, ovo mi je tako blizu petice da to nisu istine. Vjerujem da ću mu dati toliko, iako je 4.5 sasvim odlično isto. Ovo mi je njihova najbolja era (priznajem, nisam preslušao više od 5 njihovih albuma, ali gle, ova tri Beggers Banquet - Let It Bleed - Sticky Fingers je odlična trilogija bluza).

I hadn’t heard this album before. This was the second Stones album I got in 3 days and I had the same feeling about both. Cool album but nothing really stood out. Still enjoyed but not as much as I thought I would. 3.5 stars.

Together with Exile on Main Street (and Let It Bleed), my favourite two Rolling Stones albums - a clear top 10-ever album. And they even left out songs like Jumpin' Jack Flash..

Excellent. More and more I'm starting to realise how important the drumming is on these Stones albums.

Pas pire, c'est du RS

Not my kind on music

Sympathy for the Devil is a great song. 50+ years does not dim its charms. The rest of the album doesn't even manage to achieve mediocrity, except maybe Street Fighting Man.

Brits doing blues rock. I prefer disco Stones.

Outside of 'Sympathy For The Devil' and 'Street Fighting Man' it's all a bit country blues over here. Sort of wish 'Sympathy' was the final song on the album but hey clearly couldn't resist the first words of the record being "Please allow me to introduce myself". 'Jigsaw Puzzle' and 'Salt of the Earth' hit second tier and less said about 'Stray Cat Blues' the better. I guess four good songs means four stars.

This is the Stones I'm used to, very mediocre in my opinion.

Listened Before? N Another day, another banger. The Stones are awesome. They are just one of the most consistently good rock n roll bands, and they've kept it going for half a century or more now. This is early work, and it's a good one. Added to Library? N Songs added to Playlist: Sympathy for the Devil

I thought it was overall solid. Sympathy for the Devil is 10/10 of course (420 million plays on Spotify??). I like the exploration into more bluesy tracks as well.

Duh

The Rolling Stones... Well... They just rock em roll

Some good songs, some shit formulaic ones. A bit like all their albums for me? Definitely one of the better ones but not something I ever go back to

Such an amazing album! I could listen to this bluesy Stones album from start to finish everyday!

Solid Stones album. Reminds me of the first time I saw them and they played Sympathy. One of, if not, the greatest concert moment of my life.

Sympathy For the Devil is ultra-classic. Street Fighting Man is exceptional. The rest of the album is "new" to me. The Stones are an amazing band and they have been making music for 60 years. Think about that.... I'll need to hear more of this! 3.5/5

Decent, with one outstanding song (sympathy...) and a few other good ones. I struggle to see why they were such a big deal though - there is very little innovative or exciting here. Maybe they were already past that point of their career.

Some classic stones songs, very bluesy and filled with great guitar riffs from the ever present Keith’s Richards my favourites were sympathy of the devil and the last track :)

7/10. Jigsaw Puzzle was fun

Pretty solid, though I’ve never thought The Rolling Stones could live up to the hype. 8/10

Not my favorite Stones album, but Sympathy for the Devil is one of my favorite songs.

Just a great album. Point (7/10) FT: Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man

Rock de los Stones. Sympathy for the devil. Vinilo.

5/25/2022 - ALBUM #118 Today's Album: "Beggars Banquet" by The Rolling Stones - When I last reviewed a rolling stones album, I felt that it did very little unique to stand out and does not differentiate enough from song to song to be very interesting, but either that album really sucked and this album is much better than that, or I was very impatient with that record, because I had a much nicer time through this one. There feels like there's a ton more talent in the guitarwork than last time with this really folky fingerpicking sort of vibe throughout. Some of the songs do feel like your typical Rolling Stones tune, but they don't feel like they're wasting my time as much with this project. I like a lot of the Bob Dylan type vocals on a lot of tracks and the band really do hold a better tune this time. However, the more I get used to this more stripped back way of rock music with some of the other albums I've reviewed, I am starting to rethink a lot of my original opinion of that first record. They really pioneered so many sounds and were essentially the start of rock music in general, so I think I really need to just give these tracks more time to settle into my ears. This album has some really great production and although The Stray Cat Blues was pretty blown out and some other songs were kind of unimpressive or boring, there really aren't many, "bad" moments on this record. I really like the last song as this sort of desperate ballad and I especially love the instrumental freak out at the end. They really reach some levels of noise I didn't expect out of the stones. Overall, this album has honestly turned my opinion around on The Rolling Stones and makes me want to go back and reconsider the score I gave their last album I reviewed. It still isn't totally my sound, but if you've ever been slightly into their music, this album is a must. Highlights: Sympathy For The Devil, Street Fighting Man, Prodigal Son, Salt Of The Earth. Score: 7/10 Made me reconsider The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are one of the biggest bands of all time but I always keep forgetting they exist for some reason. I really only listen to two songs by them ("Gimme Shelter" and "Paint It Black") over and over again. This was my first full Rolling Stones album, and it was pretty damn good. The songs are all solid, with "Sympathy for the Devil" being the standout track. The worst ones are not bad, just kind of forgettable. I don't really remember what "Dear Doctor" or "Prodigal Son" were about.

Not bad. Not really my cup of tea but more tuneful than other stuff by them

Great stuff all round, the hits are some of their best.

Felt derivative tbh.

Bit samey bluesy for me, apart from sympathy for a devil and Brown Sugar which are both bangers.

Always enjoy The Stones, they're classics for a reason but don't often listen to complete albums. I really enjoyed this, particularly the definite blues feel on some tracks. Great album.

Stones going back to their bluesy roots. Loved the obvious singles and Jigsaw is fantastic.

Return of the real Stones some super songwriting and arrangements on this their final Album with the original line up just before Brian Jones died. Favourite tracks "Sympathy For The Devil" (Whooo Whooos by Anita Pallenberg & Marian Faithfull.) and "Street Fighting Man". Great album well produced by Glyn Johns and the band.

CLVSSIC. Not my favorite stones album but probably top 3

6/10 Best song - Sympathy for the devil