Beggars Banquet

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.

Some highly questionable lyrics. Some catchy songs.

Symphony for the devil and that’s it

Meh.

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.

kinda boring not a big stones fan

meh

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

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.

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.

A bit too bluesy/folksy for me on some tracks.

really confuses me how one of the most popular rock bands ever sounds like this it’s kinda disappointing didn’t like a lot of it

hat schon ein paar coole ideen in der ersten hälfte wird aber immer schlimmer im verlauf, konnte das im endeffekt nicht fertig anhören

Not great

Hadn't listened to this album before, Sympathy for the Devil is a classic - great opener - then it went down hill from there, next few songs were so lackluster, derailed the rest of the album. Beggars Belief would have been a better title.

Eh, most of it goes over me.

02/24/2022 Charges out of the gate with "Sympathy For The Devil" but then looses steam with (still good) blues rock. Once classic song doesn't make an album a classic.

first song is the only good one

Eh. The bluesy style was nice but the songs themselves were meh

Never will i understand the appeal of this band . . . i tried hard with this one. Parachute Women and No Expectations r p gud Why constantly compared to the beatles ? i dont know

Da la sensación de que este álbum es famoso y reconocido por el simple hecho de que es de los Rolling Stones y que, si no lo fuese, pasaría desapercibido. Parece como si la motivación que tenían a la hora de grabarlo fuese la de intentar ver cómo sonarían si llevasen viviendo toda la vida en Arizona; quizá sea para hacer las delicias de los granjeros estadounidenses o quizá por pura diversión, pero es precisamente eso lo que falta a la hora de escucharlo: diversión. “Parachute Woman” se sale un poco de esta tónica y se agradece. “Sympathy For The Devil” seguro que ha servido de apoyo para alguna que otra canción de Primal Scream. “Street Fighting Man” es pobre en comparación con la versión de Rage Against The Machine. El resto de canciones me invitan a sentarme en la mecedora del porche con mi mono vaquero de tirantes, el palillo en la boca y la escopeta en el regazo. No estamos ante un gran disco de sus satánicas majestades.

Contains some of my favorite Stones tracks (the multi-layered 'Sympathy for the Devil' and rollicking 'Street Fighting Man'), but the good here is greatly outweighed by the gratuitous honky-tonk of the remaining tracks.

Would not recommend, 2/10

Boomer rock just isn’t my thing all that much

3/10

Rolling Stones? More like Rolling Jones. Brian Jones’ influence (and slide guitar) definitely drive this album. That’s not a horrible thing - the country/western/blues sound is cool and definitely drives the rest of what the Stones would go on to do - it’s just clear they (or, at least most of them) were starting to break away from that sound in this album and it seems a little chaotic at times. Plus - I would have thought the production value on a stones album in 1968 would have been a bit better.

Stones can be better

I didn’t know there would be stones songs I actively disliked. I disliked dear doctor. Jigsaw puzzle went on way too long. Factory girl was out of place. The intro to sympathy for the devil is iconic and got me all pumped but the rest of the album was a let down.

the rolling stones never seem to live up to their reputation. this album is no exception, it just feels like an album full of rock n roll that never really reaches the heights of any of its competition

Was looking forward to listening to this, as I haven't really listened to much of The Rolling Stones. Unfortunately, this was rather underwhelming.

Too much of the same thing

I'll say this much, I love Sympathy for the Devil. I had this album on while I was working and breezed through it but don't remember any of the songs. I skipped a few too that bored me but this did not fee like the stadium rock I know from these stones which makes sense since this was one of their earlier albums. And I'll skip out on that bathroom in the cover.

One great song, the rest - meh.

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Meh

I'm being perhaps a little provocative but...

Meh. Not gonna listen to this actively ever again.

Not their best

Meh

Катящиеся камни из говна

Meh, but rolling stones never were my thing. 2. Still not my thing.

I had one song saved already (sympathy for the devil) I kind of liked street fighting man too, the rest I either didn’t listen to or listened passively.

2

Ah...no. No thank you.

I was enjoying the instruments quite a bit and then I heard the Stray Cat Blues lyrics which stopped my enjoyment.

I've never cared for the Rolling Stones. Some pretty boring, pretty standard rock music.

Oh yay. Another Stones album. Like there hasn’t already been more than enough of them.

I liked a couple songs. More of a fan of The Rolling Stones greatest hits not the obscure songs

Not for me

Not my style

Give me a break. This was the 58th album on my journey, and the third Stones album I got, which is 5%. They don't make up 5% of all good music in the world. Not even 0.0001% actually... Beggards Banquet was bland, uninspiring and boring. The songs really don't go anywhere. To prove my point, I encourage you to do the following experiment: take any song off the album and skip to 1/3, 1/2 and 3/4 of it. It's funny how it's the exact same thing. I've never really been into Mick Jagger, but it took me 3 Stones albums and the song Factory Girl to find out why. The guy actually can't sing. He can't. Listen to how he's trying to struggle his way through that song. 'Hair', 'Anywhere', are waaay off pitch and sound all tensed up. He just does not have the proficiency to pull these lines off, because he can't sing high without tensing up and being off pitch as a result. If this album were from some underground project, I'd give it a 2. However, the Rolling Stones are hailed as one of the best rock bands in the world. When measured against this standard, I gotta round that 2 down to a 1.

Boring ol' blues. 1/5

I wish these fuckers would grow some moss

1968 Really struggled getting through this album. I find Jagger’s voice SO annoying and performative. Not sure if the style of music is my thing, but I’m struggling to listen past the voice to find out. Actually the further I listen, the more it sounds like some rich white guy and his band have heard blues music/annerican rock and roll and have been like “I could do that”. It even feels like an American accent at times. I can see it’s got loads of awards and was something really special at the time… but I don’t get it. Maybe I need to listen more but I don’t want to.

The rolling stones just aren't for me ... I don't get why anyone wants to listen to some British guys doing American rock n roll.. it's like a bad cover band. No thx.

Just a very hard, slow listen for me. I can’t even embellish this review a little. I just couldn’t jam to this..

I don't want to listen to grotty toilet music 😭 Never particularly liked Sympathy for the Devil, so this album had no chance

Very bluesy guitar, reminds me of SRV or Johnny Cash. The slide is wonderful I love the tone of the guitar and how you can hear the slide on the strings in certain pieces of the album. The guitar tone is awful and I love it, it’s so fuzzy and crunchy and sounds like it’s been dragged through 500 feet of mud and hit by a semi-truck. The piano reminds me of the later blues shuffle rock and roll came from and over all it’s a great album. 5/5

holy shit this sucks

Anyone putting the Stones over the Beatles is someone I wouldn’t trust making a bowl of cereal. Should have called this Sympathy for the devil and 33 mins of blue’s filler.

FAVS (top 3): no expectations, dear doctor, prodigal son mençoes honrosas: - pqp nao gente nota final: 1/5

Album started well but with ‘sympathy for the devil’ then moved onto second track ‘no expectations’ unfortunately I did have expectations and this album did not live up to them, by track 3 I was wanting to call a doctor as my ears had heard enough, however I persevered and was rewarded with a nice piano section in ‘jigsaw puzzle’ however by the song ‘stray cat blues’ i was ready to give up completely so I was more than glad when it ended and I hope my 1001 album commitment gets better than this first listen. 1/10 for 1 decent song.

did not listen. oops, maybe i shouldve have signed u for weekend albums.

not for me

i hate the stones, couldn't make it to the second song bro

ngl this only has one song i like and its syympathy for the devil there are other songs that are just alright but nothing worthy of adding to my playlists

fucking insufferable.

favs: sympathy for the devil rating 0.5/5

Definitivamente The Rolling Stones no son para mí xd

Quedó viejo

Drivel. Utter drivel.

To be honest, I didn’t really like the sound of this album. I wasn’t finding myself engaged. The instrumentals were fun, but I was bored. These are not songs that I would want to listen to again.

Harmonica and American country sound were jarring for me. Experimentation is one thing but this felt like dressing up?

хуета и неслушабельный кал. "боже, как же они круты, орут в микрофоны своим скрипучим блядским голосом и на фоне какофонии из звуков прямиком из ссаных и богом забытых ковбойских фильмов." не трогай говно, пока не воняет. трогать эту парашу я, естественно, больше не планирую.

this style of rock music isn’t my cup of tea. i liked one or two songs. the rest aren’t memorable.

קאובוי לא כזהה נורא פשוט פחות התחברתי

country rock huh,,, i dont like it,,,,

kind of astounded by how much I disliked this clatter . I can appreciate a blues-whatever-this-is once in a while but….wow. A grating listen. Namaste

Nej tack, det är bra. Jag klarar mig gott med att aldrig höra det här albumet som helhet igen.

saved 2/10 songs

Shite

I hate the Rolling Stones

Not my thing.

I enjoy certain Rolling Stone songs, but this was not quite my hitting those notes. I don’t really resonate with this album.

Didn't make it all the way through. Dreadful.

Despite its reputation as a turning point for the band, Beggars Banquet falls flat when judged on its own merits. The production feels uneven, the songwriting meanders, and the mix of blues and folk influences often drags more than it excites. Even the standout tracks struggle to carry the weight of weaker material, leaving the album feeling more like a rough sketch than a finished statement.

nem sympathy for the devil vai salvar esse álbum de ser um completo lixo graças a deus eu só vou ouvir falar de rolling stones de novo quando algum membro for de lost midia. RUIM

Glad The Stones improved over time:)

Just didn't enjoy this at all.

Sympathy for the Devil - Creative beat, I don't really like the backing vocals. No Expectations - Good slower song, bass pulls it together. Dear Doctor - Harmonica is a good addition, backing vocals helps. Parachute Woman - Lyrics are basic and easy to follow, loud bass is good. Jigsaw Puzzle - Drum beat is simple but perfect for this song, country vibes. Street Fighting Man - Weird message, I like the vocals though. Prodigal Son - Brush sticks on drums, cowboy feel. Stray Cat Blues - Blues but a disco beat?, Lars ahh drumming. Factory Girl - These songs sound so similar. Salt of the Earth - Best vocals on this album, Piano is great.

Couple of good songs, but filled with nothing special besides. a bit folky, blues and country, outside the established singles overall a bit of nothing. Not terrible but I won't be listening again

This is so ridiculously dull, and stupid, it baffles the mind why it would be on this list. Next Rolling Stones record that comes by I'll skip. Absolute shit.

Sympathy for the Devil is an all-time great song and I was excited to hear the rest of the album led off with that! Unfortunately, the entire rest of the album sucks, with little to no redeeming qualities on any of the songs. Why was Sympathy for the Devil even on this album? It was nothing like any of the other songs on it.

Whole album was not for me. 1/5

Seems alright but I got bored after 3 songs

I don't think anyone can hear this in 2025 and actually think it's something great. Except the opener that is obviously the best one, this album is just outdate blues rock . Honestly I can't wrap my head around the fact that beatles were even compared with this band. I really wanted to make that statement. If the album has anything else in it's favor is the amazing production but that's not enough to make this good. A star for the opener and a star for the production so about a 2/10.

Not listening to another Rolling Stones album

Forgettable. Why is Sympathy for the Devil on multiple Stones album in this very list??

0.05

So they had one song on this album that was remotely good. That song itself I was questioning why it wasn’t ending when it should have. It just lingered annoyingly. The rest of the album was boring, and uninspired.

Ftrs

Started strong with sympathy for the devil. Did not enjoy a single song afterwards, most were just meh and parachute woman was truly woeful

Boring.

This was horrific. Genuinely hated every single song. Sympathy for the devil is one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life. It was so bad it gave me chills and I had to rush to my "Angelic Mix" on Spotify to cleanse my ears.

I hate the Rolling Stones

This is one of the least accessible mainstream rock albums I have heard, this is like accidentally avant-garde. Just percussion and talking vocals with guitar twangs once every thirty seconds. I have no idea why they made this, most of the songs sound like bizarre parodies of Bob Dylan and I cannot identify why it's supposed to be enjoyable, terrible production that buries the instruments as well. F

DNF. Das ist jetzt das dritte Stones Album und mir hat noch keins gefallen. Der erste Song wär nice aber die Gitarre? kreischt so in meinen Ohren, war sehr unschön

holy shit this first song is fucking infuriating just boring shit NNN

Stones suck

Was so bored from the outset and throughout

Not my thing

Mai piaciuti i RS e Mick è un miracolato

Not a fan

Not for me

So tired of these glam rock albums

I don’t like the stones

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)

Geeuw

meh

Only 1 song worth listening to

Timeless sound. I respect it. That being said, it’s a no for me.

God I hate the Stones.

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

Not my favorite. Not my genre /:

Need a relisten

Not my kind on music

diese boomermusik nervt echt so hart

Never understood the appeal of The Rolling Stones. This album is just boring to me.

Вообще не мое. коунтри какой то

OMG It's So BORING