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I love the way they incorporate Blues into their music. Great opening track but the rest of the album is just… fine
Classic Rolling Stones album where there are like 2 incredible all time classics and then the rest of the album sounds like they looked up the chords to a blues standard and they're playing it through for the first time. Of the crap - Dear Doctor and Stray Cat Blues are pretty good. Sympathy for the Devil is so great - hard to be so spare and sound so complex.
Yeah this is a good album
This is essentially delta blues, with Sympathy for the Devil tacked onto the beginning of the album. Very enjoyable delta blues.
Los rolling but make it country?
Bien.
Maybe need another listen but I did not feel like this stood out
Much more listenable and interesting than other Stones that I've heard, but I was still pretty happy to reach the end of the album. Highlights: "Sympathy for the Devil", "Prodigal Son", "Salt of the Earth"
Quality Stones album. Especially after Their Satanic Majesties Request proved to largely be a bit of a let down.
At last some good music.
I do not like the rolling stones, Sympathy is a funky little ditty, but the rest ranges from dull to annoying
Masterpiece!
Idk I don't like rolling stones
6/10. Me gustan los rollings pero este disco no es mi favorito, tiene algunos buenos temas, el primero es icónico, pero algunos otros son bastante normies pero igualmente disfrutables.
Swagger
pior que achei que ia ser mid, mas é uma pedrada. é estranho ouvir as músicas e não escutar nenhuma guitarra elétrica distorcida, como se esperaria em qualquer rock contemporâneo, inclusive, esse álbum tem uma pegada mais bob dylan do que eu esperaria ouvir (perceptivelmente) em qualquer álbum de rock. fiquei meio :o
The first couple songs on this record are great. Sympathy is perennial and I've been listening to it longer than I could even know. No Expectations is nice and I like the unique soundscape that Miller creates. Dear Doctor is pretty weak in an era of more nuanced music about relationships. Although I could see how this entry level symbolism would be built on throughout time. Parachute Woman sounds like a song the Stones might've came up with on their lunch break between actually trying to record actual songs. I just don't like the repetition. Stray Cat Blues confirms some of my thoughts about the depiction of women in this album. Gross! Ain't no sympathy for the devil. I might just end the review here. Jagger and Richards come off as total losers when you take the songs “Factory Girl,” “Stray Cat Blues,” and “Parachute Woman” together. “Parachute Woman” speaks to the desire for some woman to save the speaker from his downward trajectory. This is an unhealthy way to approach relationships, but there’s plenty of music about toxicity. Less music is about sexualizing children! “Stray Cat Blues” brings us that. “Factory Girl” doesn’t play as big of a role, but alongside the other two, it helps paint a pretty bleak picture of women on Beggars Banquet. They’re there to save these men, sleep with them, or make their lives look more interesting. This album is a product of its time. For b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶o̶r for worse.
Celui-là, chaque fois que je l'écoute, je me rappelle qu'il est moins bon que je pensais.
Toka biisi menossa ja tää ei ole oikein vielä edes alkanut – missä rummut on?! Okei, okei, tarinankerrontaa on, mutta tää ei kuitenkaan oikein jysähdä mulle. Ei resonoi. Ei soundit, ei tarinat, ei laulu, ei soitto. Pohdin, että onko ennakko-oletus jotenkin määräävä: että odotinko jotain tosi iskevää rockia ja sitten kun tää onkin tällaista bluesia, mutta ilman soulia, niin ei sitten oikein ole mun juttu. Välillä laulusta tulee ihan pieniä hetkiä mieleen Dylan, mutta sitten tää tarina ei kuitenkaan oo niin monikerroksellinen tai mystinen. Jigsaw Puzzlen kertsissä oli kiva sointu! Street Fighting Man alkaa hienosti! Ooo, tää bridge on tosi hieno! Tässä vihdoin kaikki kohdillaan, soinnuissakin jotain yllättävää ja sitarkin siellä taustalla! Musta on aina tuntunut, että kaikkien levyjen kuudes kappale on paras eikä se petä tässäkään. Prodigal Sonissa on vihdoin nyt jotain bluesin syvyyttä. Factory Girl kauniit viulut, mutta en jaksa kuunnella Mick Jaggeria. Nää parit kauniit jutut nostaa tämän 2/5, muuten ois ollut 1/5. Salt of the Earth on aivan ihana biisin nimi, mutta tää ei silti osu.
# Album Name: Beggars Banquet # Artist: The Rolling Stones # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Wow, what an album. absolutely 10/10. # Top Tunes: Whole album # Would I listen to it again? Yes
This was a really good album! I didn’t realize that I’d recognize so many tracks from it, but more than that, I found it joyful to listen to. It’s such a good rock ‘n’ roll bop.
Ihan jees välillä, hyvii pianojuttui välillä mut yleisesti vähän paskaa. En tykkää pappa blues.
Kuunneltiin tää äitin kans automatkalla. Ei kyllä muuten kuunneltais rollareita oikeestaan ollenkaan, ellei ois tätä ”haastetta”. Ja ehkä se onkin tän hienous, että voikin löytää jotain, mistä ei ois alunperin uskonut tykkäävänsä. Mutta toisaalta, ei tää levy nyt mitenkään erityisen nautinnollista kuunneltavaa ollut kummallekaan meistä. Lyriikat oli aika rivoja ja itse musiikki kuulosti viimeistelemättömältä. Autossahan tuo ihan meni, kun ei ollut muutakaan tekemistä.
I'm not actually the biggest Stones fan but its a passable album.
Apart from Sympathy for the Devil and a few other songs, I didn’t know what to expect out of this album. From what it sounds like, it appears to be an early version of The Rolling Stones legend as we know it today. To my surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed this album. I’ve always thought of them as a singles band, but that slowly seems to be changing.
Doesn't quite reach the consistency of Sticky Fingers or Exile, but is a serviceable Stones record through and through. Solid. 7/10
So um… I don’t know what to say except that i was mostly bored by this album. There wasn’t much that caught my attention and peaked my interest. I definitely prefer the second half over the first, but that doesn’t say too much. I’m gonna take Jigsaw Puzzle, Prodigal Son and Salt of The Earth, and leave the rest.
Just like with Let It Bleed, legendary singles carrying a bunch of serviceable blues rock on it's back. For what it's worth, I will say I liked it more than the already mentioned successor album. 7/10.
6.5/10 This is my second Rolling Stones album and I'm still not seeing what's great about their music. I enjoyed some of these songs but nothing here really grabbed me enough to understand the goodwill this album received
Trop fort
Mouaif... Avec les albums j'ai redécouvert les Doors mais les Stones ça me fait chier en fait là c'est mou et y'a rien de particulier. Vu que j'avais des grandes attentes note un peu punitive
I was surprised how light this album felt. I am not a big stones guy but this was a fun album to listen to. I believe the album is somewhat carried by the often heard sympathy for the devil, and i think the other songs are just fine, nothing ground breaking. Its bluesy, messy. Good music for a BBQ but nothing more for me. 2.75
Peaks with Sympathy For The Devil, which is unfortunately the first song. Still a few good moments throughout. If I could give half stars it'd be a 2.5.
pretty nice, but It’s not my type of music.
Keskmine rokialbum. Kui aus olla ootasin kindlasti enamat, kuna The Rolling Stones on selline bänd, kelle albumitest võib kindlasti leida peidetud teemante. Läksin tühjade kätega koju. Seda albumit kannab see, et ma naudin seda žanrit muusikat. Kellegi teise kõrvadele mõtetu müra ilmselt.
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
One of their best
This was one of the first albums that completely changed my mind about a band. For years I’d dismissed the Stones as little more than the Beatles’ scruffier rivals. Then a friend insisted I sit down and listen to Beggars Banquet from beginning to end. Not a compilation. The album. He understood that the argument wasn’t individual songs, it was the world they created together. He was right. Listening again, it struck me that this is the moment the Rolling Stones stop defining themselves against the Beatles and simply become the Rolling Stones. They’ve found their own musical language. That language is built on accretion. Their greatest songs don’t explode into life. They gather. Sympathy for the Devil grows from percussion and voice into something almost ritualistic. No Expectations quietly accumulates emotion. Parachute Woman deepens its groove until you don’t want it to end. Street Fighting Man piles on tension rather than slogans. The best moments on the album don’t announce themselves. They accumulate authority. The political writing is much richer than I appreciated when I first heard it. Sympathy isn’t really about Satan. It’s about humanity’s habit of disowning its own capacity for evil. There is no Hitler without followers. No atrocity without willing participants. The Devil merely introduces the evidence. Street Fighting Man is just as nuanced. It opens with one of rock’s great bait-and-switches: “Summer’s here and the time is right…” Your brain fills in the obvious ending. Instead, Jagger gives you revolution. Yet the song quickly becomes more ambiguous. Britain in 1968 wasn’t Paris. Parliamentary reform had already delivered enormous social change through legislation rather than barricades. “Compromise solution” isn’t simply surrender. It’s an acknowledgement that British politics has often worked differently. The quieter songs are just as revealing. No Expectations remains one of the loveliest performances on the album, with Brian Jones’ slide guitar forever stained with hindsight. Dear Doctor affectionately spoofs country music while showing genuine affection for it. Factory Girl is one of the album’s hidden gems. Jagger sings about ordinary working life with a wonderfully matter-of-fact warmth. Waiting outside the factory. Friday night drinks. Stains down her dress from a day’s work. No idealisation, just quiet admiration. The final three-song run has always been the heart of the record. Stray Cat Blues inhabits a room rather than presenting a performance. The band are so tightly locked together they somehow sound as though they’re falling apart, the great Stones paradox. Factory Girl finds dignity in ordinary life. Salt of the Earth ends not with certainty but with a complicated toast to working people. It isn’t a simple political statement. It’s a recognition of labour, distance and shared humanity. Musically, the band have become extraordinary. Charlie Watts and Keith Richards are constantly negotiating the groove, Charlie quietly defining where the floor is while Keith leans against it. Nicky Hopkins adds delicate filigree throughout, while Brian Jones contributes some of the most expressive slide playing of his career. Everyone listens. Everyone leaves space. The songs breathe. The album also changed the way I thought about musicians. They stopped being untouchable stars and became cultural workers. People turning up, solving problems together, listening, arguing, making thousands of tiny decisions that history would later call a masterpiece. The Stones didn’t walk into Olympic Studios thinking, “Let’s make a five-star album.” They just went to work. Forty years after it first changed my mind, Beggars Banquet still feels like the moment the Rolling Stones discovered exactly who they were. And once they found that voice, they barely put a foot wrong for the next few years.
Stones break their pop mold and go American? Two big hits, some great tracks that don't quite make it to deep cuts territory. No Expectations and Jigsaw Puzzle are my jams. 3.5⭐️
Their longevity has made them a well-deserved punchline. But at their peak, man oh mister they put out some really good music! And this one could be their best.
Too country; not enough blues on this one to make it an album of choice.
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.
Not for me, one track that stuck out was Street Fighting Man.
Paint black something very known, not this album but another
maravilhosooo
I should like this album more, but it just doesn't really hit like any of the other Stones album from this era and I am talking since 1966. 2.5/5
The Stones have some good songs spread over their very very very long career, but so much filler. 2 good songs and a lot of bland country blues.
One of the Stones records I know the least, outside of the lead track, which is the tightest thing on the record, and Street Fighting Man, which is one of those songs where it doesn't feel like the title matches the tune. Plenty good.
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.
UM CLASSICO! Primeiro album do rolling stones que ouvi inteiro e amei
#4 Sympathy for the Devil is really the only standout song on this album, everything else sounds pretty much exactly the same
Dear Doctor - was quite the country tune, but also put me in mind of The White Stripes. Conflicted because I don’t like country music, but I like The White Stripes. The bluesy folky rock feeling of the rest of the album was great. Even the songs that tended toward bluegrass, like Factory Girl.
A full album of banger rock'n'roll songs, one after another.
I’d never heard this album right through, but I loved it - that lazy bluesy sound, I’m not always keen on Jaggers voice, but I agree, a fucking good album
3★/5 06.29.2026
Some great songs and energy from the Rolling Stones, but this doesn't quite hold together as an album, with quite a bit of forgettable blues rock filler. Sympathy for the Devil alone is enough for this to get three stars, aside from that
I mean, I enjoy the stones… but are they really on the same level as the Beatles? I feel like the Beatles are way better, it’s not even close. There are a few moments on this album that are really, really good, (mainly the last two songs), but most of this album was kinda whatever.
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.
Aqui o Rolling Stones deu o passo definitivo para ser a banda que ficou conhecida. Som perigoso, técnico e divertido. Muito bom! Pula Unicrom.
Rolling Stones are one of those bands where I don't really "get it" in terms of why they're so popular. There's a few songs I've heard that I don't mind - but overall I'm just not sold. In terms of this album, you have the one big hit Sympathy for the Devil, which even that I don't rate too highly (the woo woo at the end drives me insane with how long it goes on). Rest of the album didn't really do much and just felt boring to me.
Good album, not a great album.
Estamos todos de acuerdo que esta app es la “playlist” personal del creador, verdad?
Found it a bit inconsistent stylistically. The two hit songs are great, the rest I found a bit ‘meh’. I’ll try and give it another listen; maybe it’ll grow on me.
Some of the best Stones there is
- First song Sympathy For The Devil is good - Also liked Dear Doctor and Factory Girl, and the rest were just alright, most songs just went - Probably because I haven’t listened to stuff other than digicore in a while…
Boomerslop. Just listen to Muddy Waters or Howlin’ Wolf.
Not my style
can hardly stand the stones, album is a bunch of British dudes trying to do the blues. get tf outta here with the pedo 60s bands man. "oooh little girl uhnnhnhnhnh" its half the songs i swear
Not a huge Rolling Stones fan. The music is good, just not exceptional for me. Only a 3!
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.
I'm not as keen on the Stones' output as a honky tonk Americana band. Sympathy For The Devil is an obvious banger and one of "The Great Songs", showing up in trailers and films more times than I've had hot dinners, but everything after this is entirely unremarkable to me. I'd rather listen to Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes any day.
kinda my least fave stones era
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.
I liked how it sounded and I also like how the album looks because It feels like. How the songs inside of the album would sound. Like the songs that are in the album describing it.
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.
Fairly good, I liked the vocals. I'd recommend this to any rock n' roll fans, but I, personally, do not like rock n' roll.
I like this album and the different instruments used in the songs. I also like the lyrics so I would give it a 3.
Good album, but it's not my favorite. I do recommend to some.
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.
Before listening to this album I would not really consider myself a fan of the Rolling Stones and I must admit that bias does bleed in how I viewed this album. I feel like the Stones have a very dull interpretation of the blues and I also feel like some of the early stuff especially isn't that good to my ears. All this to say is that Beggars Banquet as a whole surprised me and exceeded my expectations I had for the band. Tracks like Sympathy for the devil and Stray cat blues are examples of the Stones at their most interesting and amusing with the mix of instrumentation and the energy that Mick Jagger brings to his performance. I also think that a majority of the album is just ok( like Prodigal son and no expectations are not my cup of tea) but listenable enough as a whole to where I still see it as good. I hope the rest of this journey is able to make me warm about the stones. Fav tracks: Sympathy for the devil, Jigsaw puzzle, street fighting man, Stray cat blues, and Salt of earth
An obviously epic opening track. Track 2 had a 90s indie feel (which, in 1968, was quite ahead of its time). Track 3 was crap however, and after that a mixed bag.
Sympathy for the Devil has always been one of my favourite tracks. Rest of album is fine.
Surprisingly bluesy.
Like Bowie there are always one or two great songs in there among the rest. This is why Greatest Hits albums exist.
First track and album cover is cool, but that's about it
Previously known. The hits are hits, the rest is OK
It's not the best by the stones, but still a decent album.
I’ve sort of always been of the opinion that the Rolling Stones make for a much better singles band than they do an album band, just as a feeling plucked out of the ether, and it’s nice to finally confirm that. Starting with an all-timer song that perfectly functions as an expression of every part of the band, and then nosediving into being boring as all hell for the rest of side A, and then using side B to, brick by brick, build my annoyance at Mick Jagger as a singer and songwriter all the way to it’s grand conclusion. I didn’t need the millionaire from the south of England to sing about wanting a politics-less violent revolution he’d never actually support, I didn’t need the swaggering sexpot to tell me about how he’d bang two 15 year olds, and I really didn’t need him to tell me how he represents the silent majority that don’t want to vote before crescendoing with a beautiful gospel choir to give me relief from his voice for a moment. Life was just simpler and easier when all I knew was Sympathy for the Devil.
Jigsaw Puzzle / Sympathy for the Devil Hard to ignore the juggernaut here but the album itself is mostly forgettable
'Sympathy For The Devil' is a great opener and the rest of the album delivers. Rock and roll baby
Music's fine. Too bad about the "raping children, marrying children and then also writing a song about raping children" part, but what can you do.
For every fantastic Rolling Stones single, there are like 8 or 9 completely bland and forgettable tracks. Sympathy for the Devil is an amazing song, and there are one or two other standouts on here, but that doesn't make a complete album.
so, this is my first album to listen to in this website, so far i find the first song (sympathy for the devil) quite nice and a good pick to be the first song, it's a nice first impression (woo woo), i'd heard about the band beforehand, obviously, i don't live under a rock, but i never gave any of their songs a chance at all since i usually listen to other music genres second song (no expectations): not for me, not bad nontheless third song (dear doctor): i liked this a bit more, really liked the lyrics fourth song (parachute woman): short song but i loved the rhythm, i've got nothing else to say about it fifth song (jigsaw puzzle): so far, i like this song way more than the previous ones, for both the lyrics and the instruments, it's very up-beat, the kind of song i'd listen while on the car or the bus going far away (maybe for some that's a bs description) sixth song (street fighting man): gotta love the drums in this one, personally in my top 3 fave instruments, not the #1 fan of the lyrics in this one but a very nice song, might add it to my pl only for the drums seventh song (prodigal song): i love when lyrics tell you a story, nice classy guitar and rhythm overall, the type of rhythm in a classic country movie maybe? well, easy top 3 best songs on this album eighth song (stray cat blues): nice rhythm but the lyrics are a no no for me ninth song (factory girl): again, nice rhythm but i don't like the lyrics, not for me tenth song (salt of the earth): honestly, a very nice song to finish the album, i liked the bg chorus, the lyrics and the instruments are lovely overall this album is okay, it wasn't for me at all and i know some lyrics were written many years but i just cannot like them all i know some fans may come at me but at the end of the day we all have different tastes i give it 3 stars (actually it's like a 6.5 or 7 out of 10 BUT i don't feel like giving it 4 stars imo) bc i actually enjoyed some songs, while other were not my cup of tea i won't be adding the whole album in my downloads but MAYBE 2 or 3 songs might be added to my pl depending on how much they grow on me
Another shitty Rolling Stones album where the chasm in quality between the singles and album tracks is unbelievable. No band has been better served by a greatest hits album.
In classic Stones fashion, it begins with something catchy and upbeat (iconic even?), only to then sloop into crap Americana rip off on track two. Yep, there was some good guitar (and bass) work on this album. But still ridden with the issue of inconsistency. My ears perked up at times (Street Fighting Man being a good example), but overall it really just reminded me why I'd never buy a Stones album. They're good, but not always. Still, this was better than others. 3 Stars.
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.
Like most stones albums, a couple of good songs, and then a lot of forgettable filler.
divertido, algunos vibes bob dylan
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
What the fuck
Not the biggest Stones fan, if a fan at all. But you can hear their influence on all that followed. I just like what followed more.
Some decent track, I mean the opening is an absolute classic. But overall like of meh.
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.
It's okay, it has a few classics but a lot of country inspired bluesy filler
an easy listen with some good classics
I do like their earlier stuff. I enjoy the tracks where they're being a bit more hippie and original, but with a lot of the other tracks I can't help getting that it's a bunch of wealthy white men cosplaying as poor Black bluesmen.
Um álbum que começa com uma das melhores músicas já feitas, mas que cai drasticamente de qualidade ao longo de suas músicas.
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!
One great songs, but the rest is country and meh.
It’s good but I’m not the biggest blues guy and I’ve heard better blues
Boring ol' blues. 1/5
I’m gradually warming up to the Rolling Stones. I’m not quite there yet, but this album is definitely a step forward.
I fucking hate this band. There's nothing on this enjoyable. And this is one of the biggest band ever.... how... how.... how
#003 again a classic album I have on vinyl. And maybe the album of the Stones which made them the greatest band on earth. Full of great rock, blues , soul and gospel tunes. My first 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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.
I much prefer the bluesy late 60s Stones over the earlier poppy stuff they did to compete with the Beatles. Beggars Banquet isn't as good as Let it Bleed IMO but I like it's grittier sound.
Stones vs Beatles. Whoever wins, we lose.
I wish these fuckers would grow some moss
Would buy
I feel pressured to rank this highly due to its reputation... but I just didn't love listening to it. Some of the songs are nice, and the ones I recognized are indeed cool, but I'm just not sure it's the album for me. I skipped a few songs but enjoyed others. It was gonna be 2 stars but the album ending with Salt of the Earth (great tune) raises it to 3 stars.
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
Stones do country with spectacular results. This may not have as many hits as Let It Bleed or the ultra highs of Sticky Fingers or the legendary circumstances of Exile on Main Street, but this is arguably the Stones’ most consistently excellent album. Sympathy for the Devil is the obvious classic and one of the bands most creative tunes, but don’t sleep on Jigsaw Puzzle or Stray Cat Blues. Salt of the Earth is a great closing track as well. Also… it helps that there’s no Keith on lead vocals tracks.
A classic album. Maybe in top five of Rolling Stones?
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
Great record
Didn't hate it but didn't love it
Honestly there's nothing wrong with this album, however I don't think it is for me. I was rather bored listening to each song, but there were some parts in the songs where it got catchy, otherwise not my cup of tea.
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.
considering the intro song, the overall album was actually fairly disappointing, really thought I was going to hear more of their hits/classics
Got a good streak going
Pretty solid album, somewhere between a 3 and 4 for me. Nothing egregious and nothing mind-blowing.
Stones in their flow state
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
I keep waiting for the Rolling Stones to win me over, this album did not do it. It's fine but like everything I hear there is one decent song and a lot of filler.
yea it's good but don't love it or anything
It’s another ok Rolling Stones album, 1 well known song the rest I can take or leave
Normal stones blues sounds but with a lot more country western thrown in than some other albums of theirs. Generally pleasant although the whining on dear doctor was a bit am dram. Got a bit bored towards the end, especially on a second listen for calibration but generally solid.
First listen I was not massively impressed, though I did not start off loving the Rolling Stones specifically, so they had some ground to make up. Starting with the good, I did enjoy the classic blues theme. It was much more prominent than I expected, which for the most part I enjoyed. I was mostly just surprised by that, and secondly it had quite a folk element to it as well. "No Expectations", for example, is a very soft song with a sliding acoustic guitar (they used this effect a lot). "Dear Doctor" reminded me of Jack White, which was strange. Just a rougher version that couldn't sing as well, with a less powerful guitar sound. The end of the album probably embodied the struggle I have - "Factory Girl" followed by "Salt of the Earth". Maximum folk whine blended into a mid-west American drawl. I think that takes me to my limits, despite the wider sound being pretty good. I don't know how to conclude this, as I actually happily listened to the album a few times, but I do think it has elements within it that I cannot get past, and for that reason I’d give it a middle ground score and no more.
This still sounds pretty early considering it was their seventh album. If we swiftly move past the "White English guys do the blues" trope, I think this is a pretty good album. It has a few cringe moments but overall its good, if slightly naïve, bluesy rock and rock sound all the way through. I'm not sure that this album ever transitions from good to great. A solid effort but I'm sure there are much better Stones albums on this list.
Synpathy for the Devil No Expectations Jigsaw Puzzle Street Fighting Man Stray Cat Blues Factory Girl Salt of the Earth
Bastante country, ubicaba las más conocidas
Sympathy for the Devil an all-timer but the rest sadly fades into the background. RYM: Y (#897) Saved a song: N
3/5
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.
3.5 - enjoyed the play with some different folk-ish vibes
This was a great album. I love the use of the steel guitar on no expectations which is almost always reserved for country albums. Great lyrics.
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.
Even better than I remembered. Not played it all the way through in years. The acoustic guitars sound groovy and dangerous. Some supreme classics on here (Sympathy For The Devil ffs).
Over 50 years removed from its initial release, Beggars Banquet is considered by many a classic in their catalogue, but I felt just alright on. Featuring one of the Stones' all time classics, Sympathy for the Devil which still stands as a truly magical song, however the sound of the rest of the album is personally just ok. Not bad, but nothing really sticks with me as much as that opening track. Not that there aren't other good songs here, standouts being Jigsaw Puzzle and Street Fighting Man, but I'd rather return to a few other Stones records. There are definitely more interesting and cohesive records in the Stones discography for my money, but again this one is worth it for the opening alone.
possibly my 2nd favorite band of all time and definitely contains one of the top 5 best songs ever recorded (Sympathy for the Devil). The album itself show a range of country/blue grass to rock-a-billy to pure unadulterated rock-n-roll. long live the stones (even if their lifestyle should have lead to their physical demise decades ago :))
Pretty solid, some classics and good vibes.
Pah, estava a ouvir enquanto estava a fazer um trabalho, por isso não dei mt atenção. A minha fav foi Stray cat blues
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.
Pretty nice! Love the storytelling
Bluesy and kind of a close record to get into the stones
Fave songs: Sympathy for the devil Jigsaw Puzzle
Easy to listen to...
Too country for me personally, but No Expectations is a banger
I feel like i am missing something with the Stones, it is just not clicking for me
The Rolling Stones are a difficult band for me to evaluate. There is no denying their importance to rock history and the enormous influence they have had on generations of musicians. However, when I reach for music from that era, there are many other bands I would rather listen to. As part of this challenge, I have now listened to this album for the third time. It is perfectly fine and I can understand why so many people regard it as a classic. That said, it simply does not connect with me on a deeper level. I do not dislike it, but I also do not feel any real need to return to it once the album is over. It is one of those records that I can acknowledge as good without feeling personally invested in it. The same applies even more to the band’s later career. From the 1970s onward, including their more recent releases, the Rolling Stones have never really held my interest. While I respect their legacy and longevity, their music is not something I actively seek out or feel compelled to revisit. In the end, this is an album I can appreciate more with my head than with my heart. A respectable listen, but not an essential one for me.
I make no secret of my disdain for the Rolling Stones. They were the ‘bad boys’ of 1960s rock music and the Beatles' wicked rivals. They were certainly important role models for anyone who found the Beatles too well-behaved. But above all, the Stones were a blues band, and I find blues rock deadly boring. For 50 years, the Stones have been the dinosaurs of rock music: a case of self-plagiarism that comes across as a bizarre caricature. However, there are certainly songs — and perhaps even albums — that even I, a sceptic when it comes to the Stones, cannot completely dismiss: "Beggars Banquet", their last album with Brian Jones (although he no longer plays a musically significant role), is certainly one of their better albums. They skilfully blend white blues with psychedelic country and folk. Furthermore, the songwriting duo Jagger and Richards produced two excellent tracks in the form of “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man” – three if you include the single “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, released around the same time but not actually part of the album. Their fusion of folk and country in particular came across as astonishingly authentic. So, if you're looking for a musically accomplished Stones album, you can't go wrong with "Beggars Banquet". Not even Mick Jagger’s dreadful vocals can completely ruin it.
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.
It’s got their best hit (Sympathy for the Devil) and their best album track (Jigsaw Puzzle) and a lot more besides (No Expectations, Salt of the Earth). A no brainer 5 stars
This was much more country-ish than I expected. Not a big fan.
The Stones at their bawdy best. Great variety and even greater songs here.
6/10
Sympathy for the Devil is a perfect opener, and it doesn't drop too much from there. Probably a top 3 Stones album for me. 4.5/5.
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.
Starts off strong and ends up just being disappointing. Why do the Stones hurt me so much.
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!
What the fuck is this Country music shit
5/22/26. The first track is amazing, the rest is so-so to me. To me, Rolling Stones are a good band, but a lot of their work feels mundane to me.
One of the best songs they have in my opinion (sympathy for devil), but not my fave album. A little boring at times.
good tunes man
ok ravzej bez komentarzq tbh troche nuda i ta harmonijka eh
The more I listened the better it got, two obvious huge songs but the whole of this blue driven album comes across as a great body of work
Standard Stones album, a few absolute bangers and the rest high quality blues/rock.
Perfection.
Solid album
I really can’t get enough of the Rolling Stones, such a fun and easy listen. The album was over before I knew it!
Good
I liked it but I liked sticky fingers quite a bit more. This is a much more mellow stones
I made lillian listen to this album with me while doing hw her takes - no expectations: "this is objectively a bad song" - multiple times throughout the album: what if I listen to my own music. my take: it was fine, sympathy for the devil was the highlight of this album the rest was okay.
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.
普通やねえ
Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man, Prodigal Son
With the exception of Sympathy for the Devil (great song!) and Street Fighting Man, this fell flat. It sounds like they’re trying too hard to be a honky tonk blues band and they’re missing the mark. Compared to those two standouts, the rest of the album just isn’t at the same level.
Banger of a start for this album with Sympathy for the Devil in the lead off slot, but the listen never hit that peak again. The Rolling Stones are an amazing band that I can’t believe are able to still tour. …but they do. They have so many popular songs yet this album only contains a couple. Not my favorite Stones album but it’s good, classic rock and roll.
This album shows why it’s easy to love and hate the Stones at the same time. The classics are classic for a reason but other songs are far from that - they ring hollow and lack the luster of styles they are trying to emulate.
Enjoying my discovery of the Rolling Stones. The two mega hits on this album clearly shine. The rest was very blues heavy with more slide guitar than I ever would have expected to hear from the Stones. Far different and no where near as good as Sticky Fingers, but I enjoyed it quite a bit and appreciate the different vibe on each album.
Beginning is perfect, ending as well, but too much country for me.
I feel like the Rolling Stones have always had a knack for making singles that completely blow the rest of their respective albums out of the water. This is actually not true on Beggars Banquet, as it’s non-single opening track triumphs over everything that succeeds it on the tracklist. I’m still surprised they never decided to make it a single, considering its enduring popularity. I enjoy some tunes on this album nonetheless, especially Street Fighting Man and Stray Cat Blues.
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]
I was surprised to find out that I find the rolling stones kind of boring
2 really great tracks a couple of other decent acoustic tracks and a bunch of recycled or 'stones' style blues songs. Seems every stones album I've ever listened to is the same - 10% of it brilliant, 10% decent and the rest dross
Not for me. Couple of good songs but that’s it.
not my style of music, but I liked "Stray Cat Blues" the most. I loved the instrumental but something just didn't stick with me
Ожидала немного другого, но тоже хорошо
Classic band, but not my favorite album. It is too political for me. If I’m listening to stones, I’m listening to a different album.
Man it's really crazy how an album with Sympathy for the Devil could border on a 2 for me. It's amazing how mediocre and "brits pretending to be from the south" the non-hits from Rolling Stones have felt on this list
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
Fantastic bluesy, folks and all round wonderful tracks.
Decent.
Sympathy For The Devil is a very strong opening which the rest of the album never rises to again. Dear Doctor reminds me again of my own review of their self-titled album, "a pale imitation of the American music which inspired it", which I stand by, although it was fun. This is the sixth bloody Rolling Stones album I have had on this list, out of 700-odd. I think that's too many. They are such a household name in rock and roll I was expecting them to be a musical force of nature but even after a half-dozen exposures I am resolutely underwhelmed. A final note: I really like the "alternate covers" album art, a photo of the band in a small but grand hall with a banquet table covered with food. It just does something for me. This album art is of a toilet, though.
Never gave much attention to this band before but I wish I had sooner. This album was so so so very good.
Sympathy for the Devil is a great song, the rest of the album kinda sucks though.
dfff
i really did not wanna listen to this because i don't really like the rolling stones that much.... i think they're kinda boring but let's see. okay immediately i know and like the first song. good start.
This list has made me realise how little I care about the Rolling Stones
Second Rolling Stones album, even more unimpressed. Who gave these guys a microphone? Who mixed this???
I can't even tell how I feel about Sympathy for the devil as a song, I know I don't want to hear it but it could be I'm just sick of it. The rest of the A side I did not care for at all. Totally unremarkable blues tunes. I like the blues but I like it with soul and musicianship, these songs have neither. I was thinking it would be a 1 star rating but the b side saved it. I really liked Street Fighting Man, the least bluesy song on the album. Prodigal Son, Stray Cat Blues and Salt of the Earth (which was the only other song I knew from the album) also made my 1001 playlist. As an aside, Charlie Watts (drummer) was terrible on this! His fills are so basic and many are out of time.
The Rolling Stones went back and forth with their styles. This is closer to their blues roots. It also shows a bigger influence of Richards and Jagger. It works. Great tracks and very trademark of the band. It has to compete with other works of course.
It's kinda boring. Sympathy For The Devil is a classic and seeing it was the opening track had me excited for this, but the second track lost me and while there are a couple of mild bangers like Street Fighting Man, most of this album went straight into one ear and out the other. Bluesy Americana infused rock but doesn't have a lot of flavour to it
I like this one much more then exile, but the style here is just extremely mild for me
Just a very hard, slow listen for me. I can’t even embellish this review a little. I just couldn’t jam to this..
This album starts strong, and ends strong, has its moments in the middle, but feels like it has some decent yet generic bluesy rock moments in the middle. It just feels like they had amazing wavelengths going for Sympathy For the Devil, No Expectations, and Salt of the Earth, and didn't want to overuse aspects like the bongos and backup choir on other songs (which is fair). But I feel like theres gotta be some other tricks you can pull out of your sleeve to enhance the other songs other than a harmonica break. Like the rest of the album is good, its fine! But to hit a 5 star, or even a 4, those other songs have to pick up the slack in some other way. Maybe I'll change my mind on a re-listen.. DEFINITELY better than their debut album. I'm excited to see where their sound goes in future albums, I have a feeling I will enjoy it more. 7/10
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.
This album is truly a cassic, go listen to it,
Albummet har desværre ikke rigtigt fanget mig på 3-4 gennemlytninger. et par sange stak ud, men ellers er albummet meget forglemmeligt for mit vedkommende. Standouts: Sympathy For The Devil (Selvfølgelig), Jigsaw Puzzle (Beatles + Dylan), Salt Of The Earth
Can’t say there’s anything special except Sympathy for the Devil, otherwise good, wild vibes but nothing special.
Songs are like country rock, besides the fist track- none could stand out after 5 listens
amazing, have i ever actually listened to the rolling stones before? idk
It took some stones to make this album
Chill cool Rock older sister
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.
Woo woo! Surprised it took me (woo woo!) this long (145 albums in) (woo woo!) to hit a Rolling Stones album. (woo woo!) I’m only really (woo woo!) familiar with their more popular songs (woo woo!) so doing a deep dive (woo woo!) and listening to a full album was interesting. (woo woo!) A lot of the songs sounded country music inspired, which was surprising. (woo woo!) Liked Stray Cat Blues. Can you tell (woo woo!) I found Sympathy for the Devil kind of (woo woo!) annoying? (3)
Not as good as Let it Bleed but still very good
...it's okay?
didn’t really do it for me. i found it rather boring and repetitive.
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.
The vocal is not my type
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.
melhor do que tudo que ja tinha ouvido deles, sensacional
Street fighting man and sympathy for the devil are great. A stronger album than the previous one.
The beginning of a string of perfect albums.
Standard Stones. Some belters, some guff. Good listening experience but nothing blew me away. Woo woo
A really strong set of blues rock tracks with a couple of classics at the start of the first side for good measure
It’s good
эти альбомы роллингов не укрепляют меня в моей готовности терпеть его вокал и этот хонки-тонк. хотя бы похабщину не расслышала)
One of my favorite Rolling Stones records. But the Rolling Stones are not my favorite band so 3/5
i dont want to form an opinion about this
Сара 2 Марко 2
The album that began a legendary 4 (or 5) album streak that has never really been duplicated. This is the Stones reinventing rock music, molding it into something bluesier, but still rock and roll. And I like it. Underrated track: Salt of the Earth 5 stars
Mogen Stones. Lite blues och rootigt.
i expected more
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
tiene sus momentos, aunque la forma de cantar es cansada y molesta en algunas canciones.
Rolling bones in the shitter
4.9/5 country n blues stones
Never knew Sympathy For The Devil was the opening track to an overall quite boring honky, bluesrock album.
Agree w the woo woo woo woo woo woo woo man.
After listening to a few of their records here (I think this is the 3rd) I have decided that I don’t care for the Stones
meh
for Sympathy for the Devil alone
One of the top stones albums! And one of the first i bought as a kid. Memories!
ok
No sure if I get the Stone (I will try another album)
2 hit songs and the rest are forgettable. It’s like so many millions of albums out there. Maybe The Rolling Stones best attribute is persistence.
Cool
Enjoyable listening experience and already knew a few of the songs. Will probably listen again
Rock n roll scooby doo music
I liked it, but it didn't really stand out, so can't rate it much higher than the other more average albums I've listened to on here
Carried by sympathy for the devil and street fighting man
Best Track - "Sympathy For The Devil"
maybe like a 4.5, very good
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
Did not like this at all. The only saving grace is that it has street fighting man on it.
Muy buen álbum para escuchar en un dia soleado como hoy!
Fantastic album. Other than Mick's falsetto on 'Dear Doctor', that I don't need. But I would have absolutely been playing this thing on repeat in 1968...or 1978...or 1998...or 2018. When I was a kid I somehow decided you had to pick, Beatles or Stones, and that was that. And I picked Beatles. But I'm older now, and I don't have to pick, I can like whatever I want, and I. Like. This. It's a 5.
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.
Sympathy for the devil carried loeihard aan dit matige album