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Any album from this era of The Rolling Stones is gonna get five stars from me. Brian Jones may have been a genius, but my favorite Stones albums were made without him (or, in this case, in spite of him.) Not a bad track on this thing.
One of my favoritest albums. Grew up listening to a lot of these songs. This album has a healthy amount of range, experimentation, creative and innovative writing, and several classics. There’s obvious quality in the instrumentation, production, and vocals, but, in addition, the energy is just what this album needs to make it unforgettable. It just ticks every box for me and I have not a one complaint. 5/5
One of their best
I was not familiar with this album, other than the first track. I like it quite a bit, and it seems like one that would grow on me.
I picked up a bunch of Rolling Stones CDs several years ago and this was one of my favorites. I like it very very much.
I like The Rolling Stones and this is one of the Rolling Stonier selections. Maybe not entirely my favorite, but Sympathy For The Devil gets a round up.
Stones - what else ;-)
classic!
Obviously a classic!
In that jar over there Harmonica is rolling stones flute and flute is horslips harmonica, brother
I mean, when you're starting out with Sympathy for the Devil, you've got to have a great collection of songs to follow -- and the Stones certainly didn't miss here. Almost no skips -- just Dear Doctor, really. But otherwise a stone classic. "Unexpected" bangers -- Factory Girl, Jig-Saw Puzzle.
Awesome!!!
Great album
Great
Every Rolling Stones album: come for the hits, stay for some of the most addicting treatment of the blues you'll ever hear. Favorite track: Stray Cat Blues
I knew this album and had it pegged for a 4 star review ahead of time. But the. I realized that I legitimately like every song on this album. Just a great album. 5/5. One thing I am doing in this project is reading along with the lyrics when I can on Spotify. So, today I learned that Stray Cat Blues is creepy as hell.
Preskočio
I've been listening to The Rolling Stones for 40 years. I liked them, but never loved them... until this year. Go figure. Somehow, this is the album that did it for me. I recall reading a review written by a Vietnam MD, and then I listened, and it clicked. good album. But not epic.
Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name. The album that began their shift to blues and an incredible streak of amazing records.
It's the rolling stones that's the rating
I loved it. The stones have a reputation as one of the best bands of all time and you can almost see where it comes from
It’s the Stones - duh!
Discazo
The start of a run of great albums that all proved that Exile should have been a single album. There's s great merge of blues, country and they've kept some of the psychedelic touches in songs like Sympathy. The last two songs on side 1 are a bit meh, but then they launch into Street Fighting Man. Side 2 is peak Stones.
Classic, awesome, among the best ever
"Beggar's Banquet" is a bit of a roller coaster of an album. It's blues, it's rock, it's got some country.. it's kinda all over the place but everywhere it goes is good. It's a raw sound in all the best ways.
The Stones’ best album. Heard it 100 times.
Fantastic listen. Have never heard this album in one sitting. This is that bluesy rock they are known for. This is legend making music.
Utterly brilliant.
This is a nice Stones album. Still feels real and raw, unlike some of their later work.
Excellent stones album another of my favs
Another banger by the Stones. The opener is a classic. The closer is a classic. Everything in between us a classic. Keith will outlive us all.
My 4th favorites Stones album, after Let it Bleed, Exile on Main St., and Between the Buttons. This was the first of 4 studio albums in a row that define the group at its peak (LIB, Sticky Fingers, and EOMS are the other 3). Founding member Brian Jones was pretty much gone from the group (and as it turned out, life) during the making of this album, so Keith took over most of the guitar work, rhythm and lead (as he did on LIB), which is always a treat as he is more of a rhythm guitarist than lead on most of their recordings. Two monster hits (Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man) plus other gems throughout. The closing track is lovely and starts out with Keith’s lovely on the first verse before Mick takes over, then rollicking piano from session player extraordinaire Nicky Hopkins. A staple of our card playing days in high school. A great album.
Beggars Banquet es probablemente uno de los mejores discos de los Stones. Si bien, sus trabajos anteriores tenían una gran cantidad de pistas que revolucionaron los tabloides (y con justa razón), este LP definió la identidad sonora de Jagger y compañía. Curiosamente, creo que a pesar de que el disco parte con "Sympathy for the Devil", la segunda mitad del trabajo es mucho más interesante que la primera. Un esencial del rock que cualquier fan de la música mainstream debería escuchar al menos una vez.
After trying and failing to out-Beatle the Beatles on “Their Satanic Majesties…”, this is the album where they just tried to be the best Stones they could be. This is a great album start to finish, and is a great leadoff to their classic 1968-72 period. What can a poor boy do?
Me encanta este disco!!
Album 329 of 1001 The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Track : Sympathy for the Devil Though it is short on the hits, the ones it does have are some of the best. Great overall album. Nice bluesy Stones.
This is a great album, is it country, is it rock, doesn't matter its good. Sympathy for the devil, street fighting man, are both great tracks. Classic Rolling Stones album
I have heard so much about this album but i never listen to it completely and its always a pleasure to discover or redisover some Rollings stone stuff. This album is globably consider to be a shift from their psychedelic ear and a return to their root as a blues rock band, after an album (Their satanist majesties request) that is also globaly consider, but as a faillure. And its the beggenign of the golden era for the stones they used a more "americanized" sound and music styles, and a more sucesfull period commercialy and criticaly. The first song is arguably the best Stones song ever, and one of the best song ever: Sympathy for the devil wich is simply a masterpiece in every way possible, a response to the Beatles All You Need is love and to the hippie mouvement in general. Lyricaly is a song by devil sopken at the first person, and he tell he was there druing some of history most significative events (The cruxifiction, the russian revolution, WW2, The Kennedys assasination ect.) and tell us the listener to pay him sympathy. He also tell us that we all have a bit of the devil inside us ("I shouted who killed the kennedys, when in after all, it was you and me"). The song was accualy reccord during a boilling period, a year of strong manifestion and revendication around the west especcially in france (mai 68) and in the USA (with the vietnam war), and Robert kennedy was killed during the reccording of the song, that why Mick add an "S" to Kennedy. For all its complexity and inteligence in the lyrics, and what he represend for the younth of the time, that song is simply perfect, one of my all time favorite, just the intro give me chills and all the instrumentals is majestic (the song is driven by the piano riff and the bass not the guitar). And of course the famous "woo woo" The other song that i know from this album is Street Fighting Man, this song is also a response to the Beatles song revolution, that the Stones consider as soft. The song is a perfect encapsulation of what the youth was feeling at the time, in London. The chorus is just magic for me and is on of my favorite Song from the Stones (with sympathy and Honky Tonk Woman). The music perflecty fit the lyrics wich perflecly fit the time wich make it a perfect song. For the rest of the album we have: No expectations that is traditional blues song, a tribute to Robert Johnson and Brian Jones last major contribution (he play so well the guitare slide), its a good classic blues song, whta we expect from the Stones. Dear Doctor, Parachute woman, Jigsaw Puzzle, Prodigal song are other traditional country blues song, good but not so special. Stray Cat Blues is a bit more special, first its inspired by Velvet underground's Heroin, and its about a man (Mick) who want to sleep with a 15 years old girl saying its no capital crime. Facory Girl do not look like a Rolling stone song at all, just a traditional folk song from the 50's about a man who wait for her girlfriend who work at a facory. But its really them who wrote it and sing it. Salt of the earth is a tribute to all the hard working people in the world and its a beautiful song, Keith sing the first verse. Beggars Banquet is a black sheep in the late 1960's, completely against the tide, but kinda like a taste of what will happen in ther next decade, and it give us all that. Way more claimant, radical, bluesy and dark that all of their contemporary (a bit less radical but kinda like the velvet) with all that a very cool artwork make it a timeless reccord.
The Stones revel in the sounds that make up their roots on this album. All of the songs mesh together with similar chord progressions and arrangements, but somehow manage to paint a darkly dreary, but anachronistic painting of the small town, industrial England of the time.
Essential Stones. Every song is special.
"Beggars Banquet," is a testament to the band's evolution. Departing from their previous psychedelic sound, this goes into more rootsy territory with blues-infused rock that captures the essence of the late 1960s. With tracks like "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man," the album has a raw and gritty energy. The stripped-down production and Mick Jagger's charismatic vocals contribute to the album's timeless appeal, making "Beggars Banquet" a pivotal moment in The Rolling Stones' career and a classic in the rock genre.
I love old Rolling Stones!
Everywhere I hear the sound of marchin', chargin' feet, boy 'Cause summer's here and the time is right For fighting in the street, boy Well now, what can a poor boy do? 'Cept to sing for a rock-n-roll band 'Cause in sleepy London Town There's just no place for street fighting man Hey, think the time is right for a violence revolution But where I live, the game to play is compromise solution Well now, what can a poor boy do? 'Cept to sing for a rock-n-roll band 'Cause in sleepy London Town There's just no place for street fighting man This is in my top 10 albums of all time. The stones made 2 great albums, this and exile on main street, and of the two this one has a more consistent, reliable feel to it. 5/5
Great as the Stones ever were
Outstanding.
LOVE IT
You cannot go wrong with sympathy for the devil
Classic. Street Fighting Man & Stray Cat Blues absolute standouts.
Great!
Absolute classic and one of my favourite Rolling Stones albums - even the lesser songs are great. Have on vinyl.
Now we're talking! I don't need to say much about the Stones but this record is the first in one of the most incredible 4-album runs of any band in the rock'n'roll era (Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers & Exile On Main Street are the others). Almost every tune here is fantastic, Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man are all time great rock anthems, Stray Cat Blues is as raunchy and funky as any song in their catalog, and No Expectations and Factory Girl explore the country vibe that suits Jagger's voice so well. A triumph of mixing different styles and rhythms with their signature blues sound to create a masterpiece that still stands up more than 50 years later.
Som of the Stones’ best work.
A solid blues rock classic. I was between 4 and 5 and decided to round up.
stones at their best.
The first of the four great Stones albums, this is really great stuff. Favourite track - Sympathy for the Devil, but really the Stones are on form throughout.
Great record. Still holds up. This and the three succeeding Stones records are, for me (and, I know, many others,) GOAT stuff.
One of my favorite songs, Sympathy for the Devil. never really listened to the rest of the album before. Great tracks. Glad I listened to all of it.
Perhaps the greatest opening song of any album ever.
I realise since Woolworths shut their root to market has disappeared. But I feel like they should stick to what they do best and make really great unlicensed best of’s and collections. 4.7
Haven't been a fan of any of their albums so far but this was really enjoyable pretty much all the way through. Loved the Bob Dylan-esque song without the annoying voice of Bob Dylan Was gonna start with a 3 but I think I'll need to give a 4 to a Stones album when I'm done with all six and it's probably gonna be this one so
This might be my favorite Stones album? It's weird because they're supposed to be rock gods and then this album is 80% acoustic country and blues music. Five coke-addicted art students from London shouldn't be able to pull off this type of music this well, but if you ask me they got a serious handle on it. And the classics are, of course, classic: the opener alone demands you to listen to the rest. Best song: Sympathy for the Devil
Wooo woo woo woowoowooo
Fire albums
the devil doesn’t have the best songs, but these might be the best he can do, so look but don’t touch
easily my favorite Stones album now! Sympathy for the devil has already always been one of my favorite songs by them and I’m happy to find the rest of the album is just as bluesy and interesting.
She cooles Album, wechselt angenehm zwischen Rock und Ballade
Classic, banger front to back
Really liked the piano version of Sympathy. Bluesy Stones
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.
Pra mim é tudo fenomenal do começo ao fim.
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.
love the stones! Cousin Keif eh?!
Great great album.
Timeless classic
Classic rolling stones. Great album.
2 of my favourite songs ever. 5 stars.
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.
Absolutely an amazing album from start to finish.
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.
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
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.
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.
Classic classic rock from one of the most influential bands of all time.
Decent, classic rock.
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
Classic
Brilliant - still my favorite Stones album. Stands up as well today as the day it was released.
Bluesy and assertive, this album struts.
Great album. Opening song is a classic
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.
Escucha
"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.
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.
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.
This is the best Stones I've heard thus far.
Rock de los Stones. Sympathy for the devil. Vinilo.
Epic.
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
Fantastic album
This is so amazing. 5 Stars. The Stones at their finest.
Needless to say: a classic is a classic for a reason.
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
Good stuff
Superb
So torn between a 4 and a 5 here. It's like a 4.5 for me but I'll round up.
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.
It’s a great album!!
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.
Classic, listened to it 3 times
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
I was prepared to be disappointed, expecting a couple of bangers and a medley of mediocrity. But what an absolute gem!
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
Fantastic
14th February 2023 Listened on the drive in to the office in the new car. Home for valentines enchiladas. I mean it’s perfection.
There isn’t a dull moment in album. i’m too sleepy to right a good review but i liked it a lot.
No debating, it's a classic. That is all.
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
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
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
Daaaymn this is good x2
No need for notes here…
One of the best three albums by The Stones and an incredible masterpiece.
This was the first Stones album proper that I got into. Love it. My favourite for a long time until I fell into Exile....
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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" !
Class from front to back
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
9/10/2022
Classic Stones album. 5 stars
Essential Classic Rock
Best stones album imho. Stray cat blues the high point.
Enjoyable the entire way thru. Should make an effort to listen to the entire discography
stone cold classic
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?
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
Pour mon gout perso, fait partie de la sainte trinite de rolling atones avec sticky fingers et let it bleed. 5
I really enjoyed this album. Classic Rolling Stones and makes me understand why they’re so popular.
This album is the namesake of my favorite cocktail. Give it a try and thank me later. || https://www.liquor.com/recipes/beggars-banquet
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).
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.
Duh
The Rolling Stones... Well... They just rock em roll
Such an amazing album! I could listen to this bluesy Stones album from start to finish everyday!
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 :)
Rock de los Stones. Sympathy for the devil. Vinilo.
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
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
Real excitement, fun rebellion. Stones on fire
The last album to feature a significant contribution from Brian Jones, it's also one of their best. It has the classic stones sound mixed with some interesting experiments, some memorable songs and a great production. Everyone knows tracks like 'Sympathy For The Devil' and 'Street Fighting Man' but I equally love genre experiments like the lengthy Dylan-ish 'Jigsaw Puzzle' and folky 'Factory Girl' (featuring an unusual fiddle and mandolin arrangement). Some of the lyrics are a bit, ahem, risque ("parachute woman land on me tonight"). The Stones became a lot less experimental and a lot more generic after this album, which is a shame.
Some classics here and if anyone says otherwise they’re wrong
My first full stones album. Loved the variety in style, which somehow came together well as a whole.
So much blues
Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long years Stole million man's soul an faith - Sympathy for the devil
This is the start of the peak period of creativity for the Rolling Stones. A great rock album that explores the roots of the genre, with blues rhythms, and also some early examples of hard rock. "Sympathy for the Devil" is a anthem, a masterpiece that embodies everything that rock could be, and "Street Fighting Man" has such beautiful layers of acoustic guitar and sitar, and a very unique riff.
My first purchase, this album holds a special place in my musical heart. Terrific Stones from start to finish.
Marvelous, geniuses....Personally I prefer other Stones album but the blues on this is great
Rolling Stones oder Beatles - ich war immer eher Beatles Fan, aber diese Lieder sind unsterblich, vor allem Sympathy For The Devil
Classic
Classic
Love the Stones. Sympathy for the Devil is one of my faves
Proper album, they don't make them like this anymore
Whole album flowed really well.
Most of the tracks were amazing. And I’ve put several of them on playlists to listen to over again.
I enjoyed this album through and through. Two recognized songs
A great album from a great band
Interesting to see the different play counts on this album. Classic.
Great!
One of the Stones best albums, it was the last time Brian Jones had some real input for the songs and it shows.
Sympathy for the Devil is such a damn good song, but I don't think I've listened to this whole album before so I'm excited. I do love the Rolling Stones a lot.
One of the best Stones albums. Easy 5.
No soy muy fan de Los Stones pero este se me hizo un excelente disco
Excellent!!!
A solid album from the band's strongest period. I've listened before but not in full for maybe 15 years. I seem to be in a minority but the only song I really didn't like was Jig-Saw Puzzle. The rest was consistently good to excellent roots rocks and blues rock. The stand outs have to be Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man and years of rock radio exposure has reinforced that but Parachute Woman and Salt Of The Earth the other highlights for me.
I saw The Rolling Stones live a week ago and was hoping for an album of theirs. I had never seen them in concert before and I had a whole new appreciation for their music and their energy (especially for a bunch of really old dudes). Thus, I've been going through their albums and this one was really the beginning of when they cemented themselves into history as the greatest rock and roll band ever and went back to more of a blues rock based sound. This isn't my favorite Rolling Stones album, but I have to give it a 5 to lift it above other albums I've given 4's to. Woo hoo, woo hoo, wooo hoo!
More toned down, real acoustic greatness. Awesome songs and a great album
Un dels discos de rock més creatius i inspirats dels '60. No hi ha tema que no sigui excel.lent, però és que a més hi són puntals del génere com 'Street Fighting Man', 'Sympathy for the Devil', 'No Expectations'... Una joia a disfrutar sovint
Obviously a great album, but I don't think it quite hits the heights of later Stones records. It's the beginning of their golden era though. This through maybe Goat's Head Soup are all just great records.
Great album one The Stones best. 5 stars as far as I'm concerned but I'm a fan. Favorite songs... Sympathy for the Devil No Expectations Jigsaw Puzzle (love this song) Street Fighting Man Prodigal Son 5-star album
Very good
Loved it. More bluesy/“country” than I imagined but awesome to listen to.
No Expectations and the final track automatically make this a 5 star album.
[Sympathy For The Devil] Н: "Срочно, найдите дешёвый способ сделать нашего злодея обаятельным!"
yes and hell, yes.
Great album. Stones at the best
The beginning of the most fertile period for the Stones. ‘68-‘72
I have to buy this
Happy buzz, Jigsaw Puzzle is a tune
I love a good period drama so WitchCraft was the best song for me
a bluesy album, epic storytelling, tongue in cheek at times as per the Stones, a rootsy comedown from mind altering styles of the times. Like they sat in a room and went right back to their own influences alongside experiences gained from fame so far.Love it.
Classic.
Very good
Niceeee
Smithers, have The Rolling Stones killed.
Been a long time since I've listened to this record, it's just not one of my go-tos for the Stones. But it's a great one, kind of a sleeper even though only a couple of their bigger songs.
Enjoyed listening to the Rolling Stones. Would listen to more of them.
Really great album; some hits, mixed with great lesser-known tracks. Most tracks I had never heard before. Highlights: -Sympathy for the Devil -Jig-Saw Puzzle -Street Fighting Man -Prodigal Son
I really like the kind of blues influence that was present throughout this whole album. Also this is the first time I listened to a whole Rolling Stones album, I liked it!
Incredible album. It makes me wonder how I never heard much of the Rolling Stones before this. Loved the storytelling on Dear Doctor. Favorite song is Jigsaw Puzzle, no least favorite?
Love this
pretty good album. it is the rolling stones after all
Excellent.
Great Album! Classic Stones!
maneiro
Not my favourite Rolling Stones but definitely a good one I didn't really know. Deserves my 5 stars!
So bluesy
Best rolling stones album
Nice album, not a life changer but a good experience overall with a really cohesive vibe and sound. Not my usual music genre but i enjoyed stray cat blues and no expectations
It was alright probably better than the newer albums
Muitooooo bom! Parece aquelas bagunças que só a gente se acha. Blues e country misturados com rock e até uma faixa com influência celta no meio. Só joias.
The Stones released Satanic Majesties Request to complete with Sargent Peppers and it is kinda embarrassing. Nobody talks about. Soon after they released this album as palette cleanser and it started a 10+ year album run of amazing albums. It’s quite an astonishing feat if you ask me
This album snuck up on me. I’ve always thought sympathy for the devil is one of their weakest hits but the rest of the album was a very pleasant surprise. I wasn’t expecting the folksier Rolling Stones but I like this stuff a lot better than their rock anthem hits.
Nice album. Sympathy for the devil is a classic
I think The Rolling Stones wrote good songs but not good albums. There are some great ones on here for sure--most notably "Sympathy for the Devil"--and each of their first dozen albums or so similarly feature some big all-timers. But I never have the urge to just listen to an entire Stones album from start to finish.
Good album, not a great album.
It's a good time! Wouldve really been all over this when it came out.
Great album. It's almost to the 5 star level to me, but something about giving it 5 stars just feels wrong. Love this change of pace.
Classiiiique.
Very good
it was really good and i liked the guitar. i also really liked the drums and vocals. overall a great album.
This album was really cool, the lyrics was amazing and the vocals. The instrumentation is also very nice and clean. Overall, I really liked this album. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to listen to different and diverse instrumentation.
Don't like it. not my tayp.
I love the guitar in this album. The drums also seal it off, making it a very good album. The lyrics are kinda controversial but that's ok.
This album is like jumping in your pickup, and driving down the dirt road into town to run some errands. Your phone has lost cell-phone signal, and the radio keeps cutting out so it is just you and the road. After stopping at a diner for an uninspiring cup of coffee and a dry slice of pecan pie, you tip the attractive and friendly waitress, and carry on into town. After stopping at the hardware store for some new hinges and a tin of paint, you head to the pet shop to stock up on some dog biscuits. You also remember to head to the appliance store and grab a new oscillating pedestal fan. With a bit of spare time left before you need to be back on the road, you stop at a riverside bar with a nice outdoor area to enjoy what you consider to be a well-earned pint of ale. A man is set up playing acoustic guitar in the corner, and it provides a nice ambience. The drive home is a quiet one. The radio is on low, and you spend the drive gathering your thoughts while admiring the sun setting behing a mountain range.
The start of their best period in my opinion. This to Exile.
I know the hits obv, but I’ve never listened to this front to back. Some great tunes on here: salt of the earth, stray cat blues, and the falsetto on dear doctor is hilarious
not a stones guy, but this is a good one
Was having a hard time getting into this album at first, wasn’t grabbing me as much as Exile does. Had side B playing while driving across the bridge out from the Brisbane CBD today with windows down, sun out and wearing dad’s 30y.o. circular sunnies. Was having the time of my life. I can see this record growing on me. Once you become a fan of Jagger’s voice, the stones just hit different. Loving Sympathy - jigsaw puzzle - stray cat blues.
Back to their roots album. Great production from Jimmy Miller Some great songs: sympathy for the devil, jigsaw puzzle, salt of the earth Street Fighting Man: Mick Jagger. Poor boy. You are kidding, right. Some filler on the album. Cool cover. Pretty good album. Four stars
‘Sympathy for the Devil’ is an all timer and honestly so is the rest?? First full Rolling Stones album and very impressed!
I’m gradually warming up to the Rolling Stones. I’m not quite there yet, but this album is definitely a step forward.
i like it when mick jagger goes ITS ROLLING STONES TIME and rolled all over these stones with his funky little dance. anyway, today the stones goes country. the good news is that its not that type of "bad" country music and i quite nicely like it. the concept of salt of the earth being one of the album's unexpected standouts apart from sympathy for the devil and street fighting man is so weird but i love a little song honouring the working class. overall a 4/5.
The start of the Stones legendary run of classic albums. Doesn't reach the heights of something like Sticky Fingers or Exile, but solid.
Sympathy For The Devil - I have a complicated relationship with this song, I do love it but when I get past minute 4 all the "woo-hoos" start to grate on my brain and somehow become louder than the rest of the song and I can't notice anything else No Expectations - Very soothing song, especially after the overexcitement of the previous song Dear Doctor - Very country, it's soothing, I can see this making rounds at a local fair Parachute Woman - Very meh, feels a bit like an album filler (Spotify doesn't even have the lyrics for this one available, when it does for every other song in the album) Jig-Saw Puzzle - My favourite of the album until now, good instrumentals, no jarring sounds to distract me or bizarre lyrics! My head was a-bopping to the sound Street Fighting Man - Not much to say on this one except that I like one of the instruments in the back that I don't know the name of but that it makes the same sound you often hear in the background of every new age "witchy" shop ever Prodigal Son - If I close my eyes on this one I can almost feel the wind and sun on my face while in a car driving down one of those long roads in the American south (something I have never experienced mind you) Stray Cat Blues - Fun tune, agreed that for a song with blues in the name it's really not that blues-coded compared to some others in the album Factory Girl - Love me a violin in pretty much any type of song, feeling some vague Irish vibes from the song (from my very very limited knowledge of traditional Irish music) Salt Of The Earth - always fun to listen to stuff with headphones and getting spacial audio (I don't think that's the term in English, but oh well). I think it's a good song to close out the album, has that feeling of goodbye, nice touch with the choir.
Sympathy For The Devil - it's a bit daring to open the album with the greatest song you ever did, or ever will, write (though that may be just, like, my opinion, man). No Expectations - bluesy and laid back. Dear Doctor - country-bluesy-folk. Great lyrics - "there's a pain where there once was a heart" distils the whole essence of country songs down to a single line. Parachute Woman - 12 bars blues. Terrible lyrics - "my heavy throbber's itching" sounds like another medical issue for the doctor from the previous song. Jigsaw Puzzle - really, really liked this one. Lush arrangement, original vocal melody, amusing lyrics. It's got a similar rhythm (and length) to Sympathy For The Devil, but without the stupid "woo hoo"s or sixth-form-rebel lyrics. Okay, my mind's been changed - sorry, Sympathy for the Devil, you're only number two now. Street Fighting Man - a class struggle anthem from the poshest boys in rock. Prodigal Son - more delta blues, this song sounds like it was written and recorded in the 1920s. In a good way. Stray Cat Blues - the first song with Blues in the title on the album, and yet probably the least bluesy... at least until the end when it drifts off into a beatnik jam. Factory Girl - huh, the last album had a tracked called Factory. Nice Donovanesque finger picking, mandolin, fiddle, very un-Rolling Stones-like. Nice. Salt of the Earth - and another class struggle anthem from the poshest boys in rock. But this one kind of works - more anthemic (it's got a gospel choir joining in, for Pete's sake), and Richards is honestly a better singer than Jagger.
the start of the rolling Stones' golden era for me. a great album, and it only goes up from here. 4/5
Blues. English blues.
I really enjoyed this album... I don't know if I was expecting to or not, but this definitely did surprise me in some ways. I have never listened to The Rolling Stones before, so this was quite the experience. The opening track instantly pulled me in. The vocals are really good and suit the music perfectly, and the instrumentation is very characteristic of the 60s - early 70s rock sound, leaving me curious as to how I would enjoy this. I think a lot of this album is incredibly well-crafted, especially within the different sounds that come across every now and again. For example, the piano part in 'Jigsaw Puzzle' is a clear highlight for me, giving a sort of edgy, jazzy side to what could have easily been a generic rock-sounding backing to give it something interesting and flavourful. I have to mention my concern for the lyrics of 'Stray Cat Blues'... I was really hoping that the lyrics didn't mean what I thought they did about someone the age of 15-years old... but it turns out they did. Not a big fan of that one. Favourite lyric: 'Raise your glass to the good and the evil, let's drink to the salt of the earth.' ('Salt Of The Earth') Favourites: Sympathy For The Devil Jigsaw Puzzle Salt Of The Earth
I think I could almost give them is album 5 stars. Dad rock, which I wasn’t really in the mood for, but I ended up really enjoying it and I think it’s a very coherent album. Great opener and great closer. Highest 4 star ranking so far.
Got a good streak going
A pretty great album that kicked off the Stones’ most successful period. Split roughly half and half between harder rocking tracks which were my highlight of the album, and bluesy country efforts which are sort of lessened by some of the vocals. No standout hit on this album but “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Jig-Saw Puzzle” would be my favourite tracks. “Stray Cat Blues”, a song about the singer trying to bed a 15 year groupie and her friend, has surprisingly not aged well, but is actually a pretty good song if you can look past the words.
More folksy country influence hiding in here than I was expecting, in a good way.
p good
Solid set of British blues. Sympathy is still a fantastic rocker. 4
Opening track is obviously a classic. Jagger's eccentric vocal performances are present here as well on this record. Most of the tracks go for a country/blues sound and style. Most tracks are led by acoustic guitar with the standout exception being Stray Cat Blues. All tracks are very catchy, very consistent record quality wise.. Predominantly love songs, No Expectations provides a bleak vision of a man who has lost his fortune seemingly in the aftermath of a breakup, and seeks nothing more than to leave town. Street Fighting Man provides commentary on the pressures of a man with a more rural, tough upbringing and mindset to conform to a more calm, formal city surrounding. The original (rejected) cover art is hilarious as well.
Our first repeat and it opens with a banger. The album is really anchored by Sympathy for the Devil, Factory Girl, and Salt of the Earth, but the other songs are by no question weak. Great album, highly recommend.
Bluesy and kind of a close record to get into the stones
Easy to listen to...
The Stones at their bawdy best. Great variety and even greater songs here.
Has potential to be more than what it seems after one listen. But the albums roll on and so must I. 4/5 to encourage future relisten.
Love Sympathy for the Devil, enjoyed a good deal more of these wee songs as well, especially the Jigsaw one rather. Good lyrics.
I really love sympathy for the devil and street fighting man. The rest were new and I really enjoyed then. They do a rock, blues style that works for them. Then they always add that choir
This might be my favorite Rolling Stones album.
I really liked this. Cool bluesy rock!
Standard Stones album, a few absolute bangers and the rest high quality blues/rock.
I really can’t get enough of the Rolling Stones, such a fun and easy listen. The album was over before I knew it!
Ready to not want to rate this well. Ready to feel like sympathy for the devil is overplayed and that it’s all down hill from there. But.. as it generally goes with the stones, I have to admit I really am a fan. I do rock out to their albums and this one is no exception. And sympathy for the devil IS a great song. So this one gets a 4. I think they all get 4s. Boolean: yes, yes I am sure I will hear this at least once more before I die.
This is yet another memorable The Rolling Stones album. It does suffer from their lack of well-managed production, but remains a staple of Classic Rock. 9/10 [KEEP]
Ожидала немного другого, но тоже хорошо
There was a time where I didn’t like the Rolling Stones at all. I’ve grown to like them and I enjoyed listening to this album for the first time.
muy buen disco
eu ameeeei, nunca tinha ouvido nada do rolling stones
Probably the weakest entry of the Stones’ big albums, but still a great listen. Love the twang. Sympathy for the devil is such a goddamn good song
Even the average songs from the Stones in this period sound incredible.
Even if this album isn't brimming with bangers, it's just a damned solid collection of songs.
It took some stones to make this album
So many great songs and storytelling. Had to take a star off for Stray Cat Blues and Salt of the Earth. I know that 60 years have passed and I am looking at it from a modern perspective, but Stray Cat Blues just grossed me out and cast a shadow over the rest of the album. Yeck. And Salt of the Earth came across and pandering and condescending. Maybe it was meant to lift up and bring attention to the plight of the working man, but if so it failed. The rest of the album is great though.
Not as good as Let it Bleed but still very good
I worry that as somebody born long after the Stones had their mythologized run from this album until 1972, I will never fully get on board with these being the best albums of all time. It's not an issue of them aging, I just worry that the impact hasn't translated. With that said, we don't waste a minute here (maybe besixes Factory Blues, which I found kind of annoying). Every song is a story of sex and small town degeneration, drug use and guitars scratching their name into the wall. Loosely conceptual and ugly, like it should be. A fully formed band growing out of their teeny bopper sex idol face and becoming something worth putting on a greatest album of all time list.
It's time for some more Rolling Stones. I have had a mixed history with The Rolling Stones, I didn't really like the debut, and I had a lot of problems with Exile On Main Street. But I really enjoyed Aftermath. And I ended up really liking Beggars Banquet. I'd even say it's (presently) my favorite Rolling Stones album. Everything they do here works. Sympathy For The Devil is one of my favorites from the band, and it's a really unique way to kick this album off that showcases the interesting lyricism, sour blues guitar, and high level of songwriting that defines this album, with the inclusion of some incredibly memorable auxiliary percussion. The only other song here I had heard prior is Street Fighting man, which has some real blues muscle, sold with sufficient grit; it's a fantastic rock song. And the rest of this album has The Stones really leaning into a classic blues sound, even covering Robert Wilkins on Prodigal Son. And while there are Stones albums where their blues mode feels hokey or distracting, the simplicity of the songs and the sound of this album go *far* to really sell them here. This is a delightfully dirty, sloppy sounding record, and the blues songs that populate it really feel at home. The collective experience is really atmospheric, and kind of puts Beggars Banquet in a world of it's own. No Expectations, Dear Doctor, Parachute Woman, Stray Cat Blues, and Factory Girl all *really* work as blues songs, and they *hit*. I'd also like to make special mention of Salt Of The Earth, which is another one of my absolute favorites here, and it seems earnest, but there is something weird about it's tone and execution that really draws me to it. This is honestly a really excellent album, and I enjoy pretty much every song here on some level. The Stones owe a lot of their success here to the blues, but I honestly think they sell the sound here, and make an album that feels powerful and gritty and pretty at times. Perhaps I am starting to get The Stones.
Street fighting man and sympathy for the devil are great. A stronger album than the previous one.
A really strong set of blues rock tracks with a couple of classics at the start of the first side for good measure
Mogen Stones. Lite blues och rootigt.
Arranca sin mucha cosa memorable pero la segunda mitad del disco está buena. Por ahora aguanten los beatles pai. Sape
Geez... Another British band trying to sound American, these guys won't get anywhere
Ya arranca fuerte con el TEMON de "Sympathy for the Devil". Es como bastante country lo que sigue. Parachute Woman me hizo acordar un cachitin al rock del gato, obvio nada q ver, pero tiene cositass. Después me pareció bastante normalito. Lindo de escuchar, buena música. El primer tema es una locura. 7,5/10
Cool
Muy buen álbum para escuchar en un dia soleado como hoy!
Obviously "Sympathy" is a classic. Not a song I've listened to much recently, but excellent. "Street Fighting Man" and "Stray Cat Blues" are really good too. The Stones have some very good songs, but they've never been a band I'd choose to seek out. This album doesn't do much to change that. I can appreciate the musical talent involved - I think everything is very good on this album... It's just not really anything I'd likely choose to put on. I wouldn't complain at all if it came on in a friend's car or in public or whatever. As I said, a few songs are really good and I can see the good in the rest. I can respect it.
Great album. Weirdly the only one I knew (Sympathy for the Devil) was probably my least favourite. Really enjoyed Jigsaw Puzzle.
My fourth Rolling Stones album and my favourite so far. I think they’re always going to be a band I enjoy listening to but won’t ever go out of my way for. There’s just something about them that doesn’t really do it for me. Top Track - Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones have lots of great songs. "Sympathy for the Devil" is among their absolute best. That and "Street Fighting Man" raise this album above the mediocre blues experiments that haunt the rest. And I get it - without those blues experiments, the other songs probably don't get written.
8/10
I'm not a particularly big fan of The Rolling Stones, but Beggars Banquet is still an excellent album.
Cool je pensais pas que ce serait si folk et blues c ce que j'aime chez les rolling stones
I've not listened to much Rolling Stones in my life because my introduction to them was their 80s and 90s music, which I did not really care for as a young person. I sort of dismissed them as old people rock n roll. This album is definitely something I could get into, though. It's really bluesy, which is what I was in the mood for today, so I thoroughly enjoyed the Stones. I can't wait to tell my mom, she'll be so proud. "Dear Doctor" and "Factory Girl" are my favs.