Reviews (page 6 of 15)
How did they get that photo of my bathroom? Can't really stand the harder blues stuff like Dear Doctor, Prodigal Son etc. Rockier stuff like Sympathy... and Street Fighting Man is great though.
Yeah, course I like this, it’s the Stones man! Glastonbury 2013 and being in the crowd for them was I reckon the biggest crowd I’ve been in, looking across and beyond the Pyramid stage and thinking the place was deserted, then realizing that everyone was watching the Stones. Infectious “woo woo’s” as everyone went into the Somerset night at the end. Lovely
Wow, what a strong start to the album for it to really come down tumbling hard for the rest of it. Interesting to have The Faces yesterday, and then Rolling Stones today, as Ron Wood moved from the Small Faces to the Rolling Stones in the early seventie's. IYKYK
I've already listened to his album (41). The Stones were not quite there yet.
Was Gram Parsons impressed by the country songs, was Dylan impressed with the Blonde on Blonde tribute? Weird to think they have five years of making good music left before the 40+ years of making good money. But Sympathy for the Devil is pretty much a perfect rock song. They should make a movie about it.
3.9
While not my personal choice in sound, obviously crafted well and could see myself returning at a later date. “Sympathy For The Devil” is the obvious standout, with killer guitar and a unique perspective. Also appreciated was Salt Of The Earth, no better way to close an album than connecting with the people who are listening.
Was okay :/
Sympathy for the Devil has no business being this long.
Love the Stones. This album is just ok.
I liked the upbeat tone. The banjo(?) was very fun and had good play. However the mixing was outdated and the vocals were too quiet. The vocals also had some low points. Many of the songs blended together. I liked Factory Girl and Salt of the Earth.
in my rockstarcowboy era
Come on
i dont realy like mick's voice
Love this album, one of my favorite from the stones
A few unique bangers, and a bunch of average ripped-off American blues. Decent performances though. Essential? Maybe the bangers, not the album.
Pretty good, but a little shrill. Hightlights: Sympathy for the Devil Jigsaw Puzzle
long time stones fan, how can you not be? Haven't ever listened to this record start to finish. Yes, SFD is the signature song, but my favorite is No Expectations. It's a beautiful song showing Mcjagger and Keith and Watt's range. Maybe the start of their signature bluesy, folk, rock sound?
Enjoyable to some point, even though I‘m not a Mick Jagger guy. Still one of the most important rock bands, but not so much in this one.
Considering this only had 1 of the big hits (debate for two actually)I really enjoyed this album.
Hadn't heard a Stones album before and didn't know they did blues/folk stuff, not for me.
Rated 4.5/5.0 on RYM. This is absolutely easy strong 4 stars, 2 classic stones cuts, but apart from those this album is very strongly blues oriented and clearly influenced by Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and others. I love No Expectations, Jigsaw Puzzle and Stray Cat Blues among others. Might even go to 5 stars, but then again, I don't want to be too generous here. But I love this album for sure, def in top 4 stones albums, maybe even top 3.
Кантри-блюз с индийскими инструментами – звучит очень подозрительно. Я никогда не любил те жанры, в которых двигались Rolling Stones, но, возможно я немного предвзят, это очень кайфовая музыка. Я бы мог поставить этому альбому 4, но разве я не получил удовольствие сопоставимое с оценкой 5? Получил. Лучшая песня: Sympathy For The Devil
It's alright. Starts off with their best song.
Auch hier war ich wieder positiv überrascht. Hatte die Stones irgendwie als "nicht so mein Ding" abgespeichert. "Sticky Fingers" hat mir noch besser gefallen.
+salt of the earth
Got to witness a fight to street fighting man today. Pretty cool but the fight was kinda trash. Got to get out of this private school man! The album is pretty good with some solid material. Debating if this is high 70s or a low 80? Ima have to go 79 because there was a few weak songs in here.
Good album.
I grew up listening to this album. I got to see the Stones front row in the late 90s and it was epic.
Overall listening experience: 6.8/10 Favorite song: No Expectations
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I like this one. Not super amazing. 3 stars
Sympathy for the devil is a fantastic song but I didn't love the rest of the album. Street fighting man sounded familiar.
Milquetoast medly of many genres I like. No Expectations isn't bluesy enough. Jigsaw Puzzle would be better if it went full Billy Joel. Salt of the Earth finally lands on its rock-n-rolling feet, and drags the album up to 2 stars.
A true classic. Last with Brian Jones I think.
Rolling Stones são uma banda extremamente inconsistente para mim. Este é o terceiro álbum deles que pego aqui na lista, Aftermath eu dei 3.5 e Sticky Fingers eu dei 5. Ao gerar esse, Beggar’s Banquet, eu estava com expectativas altas. Esperava ouvir outro disco na pira do Sticky Fingers… mas não foi o caso. Uma coisa que me surpreendeu nesse disco é o quão estagnado ele é. Quando se diz nas lendas do Rock da década de 1960 sempre pensamos em inovação, experimentação, pioneiros sônicos. Temo em dizer que nada disso existe nesse disco. É um Blues estilo honky-tonk básico, manjado, passado já. O álbum têm um som ótimo, é bem produzido, e a banda serve seus respectivos papéis decentemente, mas é impossível fugir da sensação de tédio. Nada aqui me excita, e é bizarro ver o quão aclamado esse LP é por aí. Sigo sem entender ao certo o que sinto por essa banda, além de estranheza e confusão. 3/5
Trying to expand my rock and roll horizons. This one was an enjoyable mix of hits and some deeper cuts (at least to me). Listened through twice while working and nothing jumped out at me in particular
You're a Stones guy or a Beatles guy... ...and I am a Beatles guy. "Sympathy" is a great opening, though
Felt like I was in a rocking chair watching over a large farm estate - not really my thing
Very good, a couple I didn’t like as much
Sympathy for the Devil is one of the best songs ever and stand out on this album. Preferred the songs that were more rocky on this. A lot of weird kind of folksy stuff that I wasn’t really a fan of
Was not in the mood for this type of music so they got unlucky. Was aight
Good album. Raw as common with the Stones. SWTD an absolute classic.
Didn’t enjoy this as much as I hoped but still some classics in there 6/10
Twas a fan
My second Stones album. First one I thought, this is really good but I recognize less than I was expecting. This one I thought, "Ok, here we go--I'm going to recognize a bunch of these." Nope. You get 'Sympathy for the Devil' and 'Street Fighting Man' and the rest is some pretty laid back bluesy rock. And it's quite good!
The first time I heard Sympathy for the Devil was on Interview with a Vampire. Fuck I love that movie. I like the blues sound in Parachute Woman. Meh, 3 stars. Oooh some more good blues on Prodigal son.
meh
Favorite selection so far. The stones at there best.
Outside of the few bangers, I feel like there's too much fluff on this record. They probably had fun making the record, but I don't feel the fun.
This is a good record, but I just think it’s comparatively weaker next to a Sticky Fingers or Let It Bleed. Sympathy For The Devil is an all timer, but some of tracks in the middle are just a little weaker. The piano rocker that is Salt Of The Earth really closes out the album strong. Favorite songs are Sympathy For The Devil, No Expectations, Street Fighting Man, and Salt Of The Earth.
Love this period of the stones history. I had just finished reading master and margarita the other day, so when sympathy for the devil came on I wondered if jagger and or Richard’s had read it, and yep. Never did a full listen through of beggars banquet till today, love it.
Sympathy for the Devil is ALWAYS a win.
Love the first track
Realized Im not a huge stones fan
I don’t think there’s a prominent stready guitar until the third or fourth song. The bass is what stands out to me. The album is great stray cat, blues, and salt of the Earth are tonally not great. The music structure of salt of the Earth are so good but what a weird subject matter and delivery for this band.
I would have given this 5 for Sympathy for The Devil, but after that, it kinda derails into annoying country, which I don't love. Street Fighting Man was fine, then right back to the annoying.
lots of great tracks, including a couple of top tier songs. A keeper, minus the country tinged songs
7.5/10 - A good album and one of The Stones better albums. A few great songs and a good amount of good songs. Good mix of fun songs and songs that require deeper attention and reflection.
There are 4 excellent tracks here, Sympathy For The Devil, Street Fighting Man, Stray Cat Blues and Salt of the Earth, the rest are listenable depending on your enjoyment of white guys singing the blues. I don't think this is their best, but it's certainly a worthwhile listen as the first clear example of the sound that would define them, and a sign of the greatness about to come. 4 Stars.
There are a couple of great ones on here, but it’s definitely not my favourite Rolling Stones album. Too much honky tonky
I’m a little… disappointed from this album. I guess I’ve never been too into the Rolling Stones / the sorta genre of the time, and this is nothing special from it. Theres more from aftermath which was given earlier in the list for me, this just felt like Rolling Stones filler album
I’m sure the Stone’s would have been quite happy with this more bluesy and world music influences that outlined this album. This is more consistently better then some of the other Stones albums I have listened to without the major hits that lay within. The first three songs are definitely the highlight of the album.
Muy buen disco de los Rolling de nuevo. Aparte de "Sympathy for the Devil" descubro nuevas canciones para mi lista.
I had heard the major hits, but not some of the other tracks. Solid album with slower twangy songs to balance out upbeat songs like Street Fighting Man. Overall, enjoyed the album and got a good laugh over the falsetto on Dear Doctor.
Some of their best work in here, but I find a lot of their bluesy songs too sloppy
Top three Stones album for me. I love this more than Let it Bleed.
meh
Never understood the hype
Dunder
This album starts off with Sympathy for the Devil. That alone gets it a high score. But it also makes it a tough act to follow. The rest of the album is good, but none of it measures up to one of the greatest songs of all time.
Если не знать, что это Rolling Stones, то звучит, как любая другая банальная группа в том же стиле из этого списка. Из чего я заключаю, что значение этой группы для мирового рока слишком преувеличено. По крайней мере, мне не понятно, что в них великого или принципиально нового для своего времени.
A pretty good album overall. “Sympathy for the Devil” is clearly the standout, and opening with it sets the bar so high that the rest can feel a little underwhelming by comparison. Still, nothing here is bad—it just never quite reaches that opening peak again.
Another "that one song everyone knows, and also a bunch of others" album for me, but it's a good listen.
The Stones... having heard quite a few of their albums before starting this challenge, I can't say I'm a big fan, or that I understand exactly why they're so revered. I get that they offered a counterpoint to The Beatles, but they feel like such a mish-mash of everything that had come before them. If somebody did something they enjoyed, you could be sure they would nick that idea. It was blatant, and they couldn't do much with those ideas beyond adding a dirty blues riff. It's a personal shame because, after loving The Beatles, The Who, Floyd, Zep, etc in my youth, The Stones were my remaining huge gap - surely I'd love them too. But no. Too limited in their sound, too samey, and whatever raw edge and energy they exuded back in the day - it's lost now via the studio and via the passage of time. That's not to say they don't have some great songs. This album has a couple. But they don't strike me as an albums band. They're a greatest hits band. And they have some great hits. So, as always, nothing bad here, just nowhere near enough to deserve higher than three stars.
This is #day476 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to my second Stones record on the list, aka their breakthrough one, or so they say. I'm kind of fine with it, but I'd honestly rather listen to something like its predecessor, Their Satanic Majestic Request, which is more experimental and therefore more interesting to me, or It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, which has probably my favorite Stones track, "Time Waits for No One." Anyway, I didn't know the "toilet" cover was rejected for the original LP but used on later reissues. "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man" are the standouts and classic rock all-timers. I'm landing on a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day477.
01) Sympathy for the Devil - 10,0 02) No Expectations - 8,0 03) Dear Doctor - 8,0 04) Parachute Woman - 7,5 05) Jigsaw Puzzle - 8,0 06) Street Fighting Man - 8,0 07) Prodigal Son - 7,5 08) Stray Cat Blues - 8,5 09) Factory Girl - 8,0 10) Salt of the Earth - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,15 (82/100) Current ranking: 190/745
first time listener. only knew sympathy which is just a great opening track. otherwise great album aswell.
Woo-wooo!
Good not great Stones album. Judging them a little harder but when you're a top 5 band that comes with the territory. I liked hearing bangers like "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man" but the rest of it sounded a little hokey, country to me. I might unlock a deeper appreciation after a bunch more listens but can use my ear-time better.
Mało rockowi Ci Stonesi, ale w takim wydaniu też ich akceptuję. Jest w tym coś miękkiego, bardziej nostalgicznego. Kojarzy mi się trochę z Dylanem, Youngiem itp. Przyjemne, może nawet kojące. A pierwszy utwór to sztos nad sztosy. 7/10.
Very fun album, used to listen to them when I was younger because of my mother. That being said, I've heard it and every other album aping it (to different extents) before. 7/10
I really tried to give the rolling stones a chance. They just sound flat and dated to me.
sympathy for the devil? how about sympathy for me for listening to this frickin album! i like the opener, and the closing track is nice' but the rest kinda blend together
Rating: 5/10 I like it less than Let It Bleed, which at least had some extra highlights for me outside of the main big songs. Maybe the next one will get me, hopefully it’s next year instead of next week
fine but not my thing 5/10
We get it, it's the stones. 6 Gaias out of 10 lizard wizards
Jorå men let it bleed är bättre
Tämmöstä perus hyvää rokkia ja ihan aikansa kuva. Voi löytää samoja elementtejä ku led zeppelinistä. Hirmulekat tältä levyltä puuttui
Taas kunnon boomerimusaa, ei tällästä jaksa kyllä vakavissaan kuunnella.
Tämä vierivä kivi kyllä sammaloitui, melkoisen tylsää menoa.
Jonkun verran on stounssi-levyjä tullut kuunneltua, mut ei tätä. Ihan hyvii veisuja ja parit hititkin. Ohan tää vaarallisemman kuulosta kun stiiplesi eli enemmän jännämiehen valinta. Mut se on sit kii että kuinka paljon jännää, että miten tää maistuu millonkin. No nyt maistuu nelkun verran.
Soundi on miellyttävä, mutta ei sillä tavalla iske hittien ulkopuolelta Stonesin tuotanto. Aikansa musiikkia selvästi.
Hieno levy. Komeita sävellyksiä ja hyvää tulkintaa.
8.5
Muy bueno
Amazing album.
Grandi gli stones, ottimo ritmo ottima musica.
(listened before) a good album
Har ikke helt forstått denne ennå
Some classics, and also some gross stuff (TW: underage sex 🤢and white man blues).
I like when the stones do the blues and folk
It’s ok
not their best
English chaps pretending to be black. Decent effort. 3.25/5
Hard to go wrong with the Stones. Fave track: Sympathy for the Devil, of course
Decent. Stray Cat Blues is seriously cringe. 3.5/5
I've obviously heard a few of their songs before but I never listened to any of their albums all the way through until now. I enjoyed this quite a bit.
These guys need knocked down a peg or two legacy wise. (2.5)
The beginning of their golden age.
Pleasant listening. Groovy, with lots of blues and folk influence. Some songs I skipped if Mick's singing was in no consequences territory.
One of the best albums ever
I don't see myself listening to the rolling stones after this project ever again.
Mest amerikanska albumet av ett brittiskt band jag hört lol, det här är varför jag inte riktigt gillar Rolling Stones? Som att de är födda på fel plats lol, men ändå helt okej musik?
Très cool mais pas de grosse surprise. Bonnes instru au piano
Album trop cool pour un groupe trop cool
Très bonne surprise! Je m'attendais à du rock boring comme d'habitude mais finalement plein de pistes sympa et assez originales 4/5
Love the stones and while not favorite is still worth taking the time to lit
I say this every time the Generator gives me a Stones album, but I’m never going to be a fan of Mick’s not-so-musical vocals. But I really appreciate how the band emphasized (returned to) roots-y sounds on Beggars. It’s an enjoyable album. “Street Fighting Man” is quite good (even if it’s not as roots-y or blues-y as most of the tracks).
Been on a huge Stones kick. Love this album from top to bottom. Iconic riffs, songs and attitude. Greatest Rock and Roll band of all time. Could listen to this album or pretty much a y of their albums everyday.
Fav tracks: Sympathy for the devil Stray cat blues Salt of the Earth 3 is a bit low I know, I'd need more time with it, 3 1/2
Well it has Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man. Those two songs justify a 5*.
Much more traditional blues than I was expecting. I always think of them having more of a rock & roll edge, but this had more of a nod-along feel to some of it. Impressively delivered though
I don't quite understand why this album gets as much hate as it does. Sure, compared to there other work it feels a bit.. Unfinished, or sloppy. But I felt like there still some fun parts throughout.
Full disclosure - I'm not a Stones fan. Never have been. A few early singles aside, I've never seen the attraction. As far as Beggars Banquet is concerned, there's 2 tracks you're likely familiar with and that's because they're good (if not better than good). The rest, not so much. I always had the feeling the Stones were trying to be something they weren't. This album would support that hypothesis.
all timer
A classic stones album with a great track list
Sympathy is a classic and the rest just kind of rolled into standard Stones fare. Not bad but not as dynamic as some of their other albums. Probably a great album in a historical sense, but from what I've read, this is the album where the Stones kind of figured out the honky-tonk swagger rock kind of thing, and they were certainly still figuring it out.
Two good songs on this one, that is it.
Given the fact that this album has the greatest rock and roll song ever written, Sympathy For The Devil, and another 6 outstanding tracts, it is easliy a five star record.
6/10 - typical Rolling Stones sound
Just having ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ on here (and as the opening track) put this album’s floor at a 3. Unfortunately, to paraphrase Michael Jordan, the floor is the ceiling. Wayyyy too much country influence on the rest of the tracks for my liking, and they became quite repetitive. There were one or two blues-inspired songs that were okay, but overall this is a mediocre album. 3/5
Might be my fav Rolling Stones album so far.
A very solid album, but not among my favorites from the Stones.
Pretty good album, although not all the tracks are to my taste. Stray cat blues sounds amazing but the lyrics don't quite hold up. Favourites: Sympathy for the Devil Jigsaw Puzzle Salt of the Earth
The traditional blues emphasis always shocks me with the stones even though everyone knows that is there main influence. The main greatest hits singles are just these epic rockers and the rest of the album plays with more traditional blues sounding instrumentation/songwriting in a good way. Definitely a nice listen.
GOAT. Bluesy.
Enjoyed the album a lot. Once again never listened to the full album before. Every song is excellent. Definitely one of their best.
The Stones we all love reached their peak here. Made me miss Charlie Watts even more.
Whoever said these are better than the Beatles needs their head testing.
Hard to argue with some of the best to ever do it. One of the great albums. So iconic and cool.
Just absolutely iconic, and Sympathy is one of my favorite songs of all time, incredible album.
I've just never been a huge fan of the Stones.
Much more acoustic than I anticipated. Probably the first Stones album I've listened too.
(93/100)
An absolute banger of an album. From the moment sympathy for the devil kicks on you get swept in.
Ideally I'd give it 4.5 because I really don't like Parachute Woman or Jigsaw Puzzle, but that's just me.
Growing up hearing the chart singles, its a surprise to dig into this album and hear the blues roots the Stones were built upon, such as Prodigal Son No Expectations is a gem, and together with the classic Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man, they stand above the remaining seven tracks on this collection
The first Stones album I heard in full, the start of their classic run of 4, and the only Stones album I've bought... so far at least. As such, it's the album of theirs that I know best. It starts with by far the strongest track on the album, but the rest is of a consistently high quality, in that classic Stones style. _No Expectations_, _Jigsaw Puzzle_, _Street Fighting Man_ and _Salt of the Earth_ in particular are all great too.
This album has some real classics on it, but I don't think the album maintains the momentum or energy introduced in the opening track.
It’s no sticky fingers
Shite
Enjoyed this, SFTD and SFM great
It's alright, easy listening. I like SFAD a lot so it gets an extra wee bit
I hate the Rolling Stones
Never liked them.
As usual with a Rolling Stones album, there's a bunch of throwaway filler, some sloppy production, and at least a couple absolute classic singles
Nettes Album, läuft gut und rund im Hintergrund.
This was fine. A few famous songs I knew but several I didn’t. An enjoyable background listen.
Fine but they have better
Sympathy for the Devil is of course the song everyone knows, and it's a banger. The rest is very good but needs to be taken as part of the bands evolution to be fully appreciated. I really like this album, and it is deserving of its place, but there really isn't anything revolutionary there.
I like this tbh. Not the best stuff I’ve ever heard but good.
3/5 Classic Stones album. But I gotta say, Sympathy For The Devil is the only song on it that I actually liked. The rest is okay, but the album doesn't pull nearly as hard as Sticky Fingers and others. Sadge.
First time listening to The Rolling Stones, and honestly it was way more chill than i expected. A few good songs, but in general not my cup of tea
I was really expecting to cringe my way through this one. But it’s surprising. I’m convinced that The Stones are to blame for the resurgence of country music. They were already well-studied in old American rhythm and blues by ‘66. Everyone else was just trying to catch up. It was great to hear them tie it in with British folk music. There’s a genuine intelligence to the music. There’s reverence for the original inspirations. The Stones are unfairly treated like a punchline. But their records are beautifully produced. And it’s clear how much influence this had. You can hear it in other albums on this list.
Classic Stones, bluesy and country/roots rock music. It's very well produced and at least it doesn't overstay its welcome. But it has only one really big hit on it, and the rest are pretty forgettable. Esquire magazine wrote in 1969 that Beggars Banquet is unflawed and lacking something while the Beatles' White Album (also released in late 1968) is flawed and great anyway. That's the difference between Stones and The Beatles. 3 stars but it mainly for the hit, their skills and the production itself, not the songs themselves.
a bit too much like if CCR made a Stones album... it's fine.
Meh. Some good songs but others just drag on and on.
I love this. No notes. Really surprised to see so many 2 stars in the highest rated albums.
Tons of fun.
Street Fightin Man is a banger...have a couple of other big highlights. The filler isn't as strong as some other Stones offerings. 3.5/5
Tja, ikke helt min kopp te. Men ikke helt jævlig heller. Klink 3
Kinda monotone
I've always liked The Stones, but I could never fully get into their albums besides Exile on Main Street. Maybe it's their antiquated bluesy jams, but there's just something grating about a lot of their music. That being said, Beggar's Banquet is still really enjoyable. "Sympathy For The Devil" is fun. The piano in "No Expectations" is beautiful. "Parachute Woman" is super groovy, and the soulful choir in "Salt of the Earth" adds so much. Favorite songs: Parachute Woman, No Expectations, Factory Girl, Salt of the Earth.
Roots rock before that was eve a genre!
Solid
Has Sympathy for the Devil on it. Killer.
Catchy melodies, sharp lyrics, and fantastic bluegrass-esque sound. Really enjoyable listen.
Album is clearly influential but idk. Just a bit dated maybe? Definitely one of the great albums if its time just not really holding up in 2025. Sympathy for the Devil is still a banger, though.
one of the great mysteries of life is my adoration of Bob Dylan while I do not care for the Stones - they make the exact same music
I haven't listened to this album in a while. Solid album from the Stones.
For the first time in nine days something worth listening to. Not the Stones best effort, but solid, like the bluesy feel to some of the tunes. 3.5 rounded up to 4.
Sympathy for the devil is by far the best song, starts strong and goes down from there. Pretty forgettable
Another classic output from the Greatest Rock n' Roll Band (of all time?)
I've loved The Stones since I was a wee lad
Bon, mettons les pieds dans le plat tout de suite. Les Rolling Stones pour un mec de ma génération, biberonné au post-punk, à la new wave froide et aux guitares décharnées, les Stones, c'est compliqué. C'est le groupe des parents, c'est le rock 'n' roll institutionnel, celui contre lequel toute notre culture musicale s'est construite. C'est l'ennemi, en quelque sorte, le dinosaure ultime, le symbole du rock business multimillionnaire qu'on a appris à mépriser. Alors, quand le grand livre des 1001 Albums me somme de me pencher sur "Beggars Banquet", j'avoue que je traîne un peu les pieds. Je m'attends à une nouvelle dose de blues-rock binaire, efficace mais un peu lourdingue, ce truc qui passe en boucle sur les radios "classic rock" entre deux pubs pour des assurances auto. Et pourtant... Et pourtant, il y a un truc avec ce disque. Pour le comprendre, il faut se souvenir d'où ils viennent. Juste avant, il y a eu "Their Satanic Majesties Request", la plus grosse escroquerie de leur carrière, une tentative pathétique et boursouflée de courir après les Beatles et le Summer of Love. C'était les Stones en costumes de majorettes psychédéliques, se forçant à prendre du LSD en espérant que ça leur donne du génie. Spoiler : ça n'a pas marché. Le résultat est un des albums les plus chiants et prétentieux de l'histoire. "Beggars Banquet", c'est la réaction épidermique à ce naufrage. C'est le son d'un groupe qui plaque tout, qui envoie chier les fleurs, les sitars et les pantalons à paillettes. C'est un grand "allez tous vous faire foutre" musical, fini de jouer à la poupée pop, on ressort les guitares acoustiques, l'harmonica qui sent le whisky et on retourne à ce qu'on sait faire : du blues. Mais pas le blues de musée pour puristes, non le leur, un blues de blancs-becs anglais, crasseux, arrogant et vicieux. Ce qui est saisissant, c'est le dépouillement, l'album est presque entièrement acoustique, mais il a une tension et une violence rares. Prenez "Street Fighting Man", le morceau est basé sur une guitare acoustique enregistrée sur un petit lecteur cassette jusqu'à saturation complète. Ça grésille, ça bave, ça sonne comme une radio pirate au milieu d'une émeute. On est en 1968, Paris brûle, le Vietnam est à feu et à sang, et les Stones pondent la bande-son parfaite pour l'apocalypse. Pas avec des grosses guitares, mais avec l'urgence du son pourri, de la prise de son à l'arrache. C'est presque une démarche punk avant l'heure. Et puis il y a "Sympathy for the Devil", le coup de génie absolu. Au lieu de gueuler "je suis le plus méchant", Jagger se fait suave, intellectuel, presque mondain. Il est le Diable, un Diable en costard qui a vu les pires horreurs de l'humanité et qui nous invite à danser sur les ruines, c'est d'une perversité et d'une intelligence folles. C'est là qu'ils cessent d'être un simple groupe de rock pour devenir un mythe, ils ne jouent plus les mauvais garçons, ils théorisent leur propre noirceur. Bien sûr, tout n'est pas parfait, il y a quelques longueurs, des blues un peu convenus comme "Parachute Woman" qui sentent le remplissage. C'est pour ça que je m'arrête à 4/5. Car "Beggars Banquet" est un album de transition, c'est le son d'un groupe qui se réinvente en direct. Mais quelle transition ! C'est le disque où Brian Jones, le fondateur, lâche ses dernières notes magnifiques à la slide guitare sur "No Expectations", un chant du cygne d'une beauté à fendre le cœur, avant de sombrer pour de bon. C'est le disque où Keith Richards prend définitivement le pouvoir, imposant ce son boisé, cette rythmique déglinguée qui deviendra leur marque de fabrique. C'est le disque où les Stones arrêtent de suivre la mode et recommencent à la créer. Alors ouais, même pour le vieux con post-punk que je suis, "Beggars Banquet" force le respect. C'est un disque honnête, enregistré avec les couilles sur la table, c'est le moment où les Stones ont compris que leur seule vérité n'était pas dans les paradis artificiels, mais dans la boue, la sueur et la poussière. Un retour aux sources salvateur et brillant.
Would I listen again: i can't even remember it Deserves to be on this list: ??? 2.4
Very much a Rolling Stones album. Keen to pretend they aren't that deep but they are. Obviously a must listen
really liked this one from the stones
Not the best not the worst
I’ve always thought of the Stones as a “hit” band rather than a “album” band, and boy does this album prove that. While I’m sure at the time this came out it was great, it unfortunately just has not aged with grace at all. Beggars Banquet is largely by today’s standards, an album full of subpar blues rock. While not sonically offensive, it’s disappointing for a band such as this. The only track worth remembering on this album is the iconic “Sympathy for the Devil,” the rest you could throw away. The only reason I’m not giving this album a single star is because Sympathy for the Devil is on this, and because of the time it was made, which is hardly an excuse. The Beatles had dropped the White Album a month earlier, people like Hendrix were pushing the boundaries, and Rock as a whole was just evolving past the sound that the Stones were sticking to. Best track: Sympathy for the Devil Worst track: Factory Girl
Steel guitar stones! Salt of the earth! F-yes! Love this album always have but haven’t listened to it end to end in decades!
I’m limited to 5 stars? Can I rate it 6 or 10? My goodness what an album. Sleeper is Jigsaw Puzzle- man that’s a tune. My guys at their height. Love the blues undertones.
The beginning of my favorite (uh, everyone’s?) Stones era. Knowing the albums coming after brings a deeper appreciation. Salt of the Earth - ‘nuff said!
Not my thing.
The Stones establish their late 60s focus on blues and roots rock with Beggars Banquet. I have already covered another Stones album from this period (Let It Bleed) and have dug into Exile On Main Street plenty of times (I love it), so this was a new one. Compared to the record before this, Banquet redraws the lines back from psychedelic color to rusty gold. You can't go wrong with Sympathy For The Devil as the opener of course, but other songs deserve as much recognition. Those being Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man and No Expectations. This record presents a nice jump into the style that the Stones would go on and perfect on Exile 4 years later. My opinion is that their later work is superior, but this begins a great journey for the Stones. The licks are only going to get louder from here (8/10, 4/5 on this scale)
A masterpiece for the ages. The first of a four-album cycle that includes four of the arguably best albums ever made.
This album is why I can forgive all the ones that aren't good.
Classic Stones. Woo woo woo woo woo woo... did he find out his name? Country influences and latin percussion hints were nice (Mr Richards is the penultimate guitarist). Liner notes were needed for a couple tracks for me to be able to follow the lyrics. Not my fave Stones album, but I enjoyed bits of it. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Sympathy for the Devil ⭐⭐⭐ Liked it. Saved one track
Another Stones album? I'm ready for some Beatles, please. This has a few good ones with a lot of boring ones. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Street Fighting Man, Prodigal Son, Stray Cat Blues ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.
Nice.
Zum entspannen ganz in Ordnung. Ansonster eher nicht mein Fall
3.5
5/10
Cakal som rock ako guns and roses ale aj toto bola dobrá western hudba, nebavi ma síce počúvať celý album ale keď je nálada na tento štýl tak pár pesničiek z tohto albumu je super si pustiť
I love this album. It was the beginning of an insane stretch of music over the next few years, where they hit a slot of great blues/rock n roll roots music. A few standout tracks in Sympathy For The Devil, and Street Fighting Man, but really the sound is what does it for me,
Good.
wuwuu wu wuus und gitarren solo extase. ein richtig guter song definitiv playlisten-worthy, das ganz album (und mundharmonika) weniger meins.
Sehr sweet. Sympathy for the devil ish halt afach ein vo dene tracks off all time! Streetfighting Man und Factory Girl beides halt au easy cooli tracks. Het mich jez ned so krass ahgsproche has jez aber glich fast drü mol gloset und mer hets all in all glich gfalle.
CLASSIC! One of my favorites from the Stones.
Favorite: prodigal son
With 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵, the Rolling Stones returned to their bluesy core and captured a band rediscovering its true identity. The record feels raw, confident, and steeped in swagger. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘍𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘯 crackles with political tension, while 𝘚𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭 stands as one of rock’s most iconic and hypnotic songs. A solid album whose strongest moments still define the Stones’ legacy.
"Here I sit broken hearted Came to shit but only farted" Easy 5, but it's funny to me that these bad boys got their little toilet poem censored on the cover.
Uniquely good and unexpectedly good. Barely a 4 but still a 4.
One of the all time great rock n roll albums
Another Rolling Stones album that make me wonder why they have so much appeal. This album had a couple songs I thought were alright, but mostly it kind of just came and went.
classic rolling stones sympathy for the devil is an all timer fancy lady also bangs
aside from sympathy for the devil, i found this kinda boring
Sympathy for the Devil carries this album insanely hard, they rest is extremely mid and awfully stereo panned
Pretty unremarkable album all things considered. Feels like the Rolling Stones were just copying many of the most popular and influential sounds of the 60's (i.e. The Beatles and Bob Dylan) and repackaging them. Not an offensively bad album by any means, just somewhat unoriginal. There were many other albums from this era that did the psychadelic pop/folky rock sound much better.
Starts off great with "Sympathy for the Devil", then it just gets worse? It abandons a great vibe in favor of what I would best describe as "hick rock", feeling like it belongs in 1950's Mississippi. Does it do that well? No, not really. It is quite boring and unenjoyable. Jig-Saw puzzle does it a lot better than the previous few songs, but its still not reaching beyond "good". 2/5.
5/10 🫤
The beginning of my favorite (uh, everyone’s?) Stones era. Salt of the Earth - ‘nuff said!
Pretty good. Never really listened intently to Sympathy for the Devil before so that was nice. Same with Jigsaw Puzzle
I did like this quite a lot. It definitely had some standouts that I'll be returning to, but there were a few that felt just not too great to me or straight up boring. At the end of the day I do like and appreciate the classic Rolling Stone sound you get on basically the entire album, and feel like this is something that people should listen to, but some of the songs are not too memorable at all for me.
Sympathy for the Devil is a classic, the rest of the album was alright but kind of the same blues rock sound back to back.
If you can come up with something better than the stabbing guitar solo on 'Sympathy' or the haunted piano-slide interplay on 'No Expectations' or the thunder drop drum hit at the opening of 'Street Fighting' or the weird little 'ah' and the apex greasy sleaze crescendos of 'Stray Cat' or the ragged gospel surge of 'Salt of the Earth,' then fine don't give it 5 stars. But you can't, so it's five stars.
Love the vibe on this album. Even the lesser known songs are appealing, and “Sympathy for the Devil” is one of the greatest ever.
Sympathy for the Devil is the only shining moment here, though Salt of the Earth is alright but this is 2 stars for me.
Never really been a fan of The Rolling Stones. Sympathy For The Devil has grown on me over the years, but if it comes up on the radio, I'm more likely to skip it than let it play. If you don't know if you like The Rolling Stones, listen to this album. By the end of the album, you'll know. For me, 2 stars.
Pretty good.
Typical Stones album, which means there are two or three all time great singles and a bunch of loose jams that mostly work. Probably best listened to at dive bars or rowdy barbecues.
не мое совсем, ничего не запомнилось
Started as hot as just about any album could with Sympathy for the Devil but it mostly felt like a southern, honky-tonk type album after that.
Opening song is a perfect rock and roll song. Love the guitar on No Expectations - I think Marcus King has borrowed that for one of his songs. I wasn’t expecting the direction the album went - delta blues and then basically honky tonk. Not my favorite Stones album, but one absolutely perfect song is worth a lot.
Sympathy, Street Fighting Man, and Salt of the Earth are highlights, but even my less favorite tracks are solid. Nice cohesive album, ties all the way through end to end. I'll prob listen to couple more Stones albums today, which I think is a true test of how good an album is.
The two singles are the two best tracks. This feels like a transition album for the Stones, as they are growing out of copying the Beatles and growing into the raunchy, macho, 70s version of themselves that people love them for. Plus a little country….Solid album, I think good energy and performances (particularly from Mick and Bill Wyman) paper over some meh songs, but the highs are high. Would go 3.5
I always forget about the Stones. This was a very enjoyable listen, kicks off the string of 4 really great all time albums from them. Loose and fun rock n roll. Sympathy for the devil is one of the best songs of all time
Na ja,…
It's a top-five Stones album, which puts it in some exalted company. The more country-blues end of their musical spectrum, which I know doesn't float everyone's boat. Surely hard to argue with the likes of Sympathy for the Devil though.
Carried by sympathy for the devil, which in itself is quite repetitive and too long. Others not memorable.
cool cool
очень классный звук, широко просторно, музыка ну чем-то похожа на зе ху, приятно нравится но просто ролинг стоунсы
Couple of bangers, lots of meh
Much more RnB than I'm used to from the Stones. 2 classics, the rest is okay-ish but nothing groundbreaking.
I enjoy certain Rolling Stone songs, but this was not quite my hitting those notes. I don’t really resonate with this album.
Whole lot of meh …
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My favorite song on this album sympathy for the devil
This game has been worth doing because it has exposed Rolling Stones as absolute frauds to me. These bums don't have a single good album, and are 90% absolutely mid music. Maybe the most overrated group in music history.
Not a great Stones fan, and this album is not one of my favorites from them even. I found it quite monotonous and except for the first track, the big hit ´Sympathy for the Devil´, there were not really any highlights on the album. Not bad however, so 2/5.
I liked it
I like how we have two distinct album covers. One being an invitation to a dinner party. Elegant. Decadent. The other (the original initially rejected), being the image of a crusty old toilet surrounded by graffiti. Then you realise both are appropriately connected together.
Overall: 8/10 The thing I like most about this album is the amount of acoustic guitar used in it. I find a lot of the songs very pleasant and relaxing to listen to. I wasn't incredibly aware of that side of the Stones until I started doing this challenge. With that being said though, Street Fighting Man is my favourite song cause it rocks so hard. It's the best use of Mick's voice and I'll never get sick of it. Fav Song: Street Fighting Man
Not my favorite, as I have never been a fan of the Stones. Objectively, a lot of these songs sounded similar.
A lot more folk-y than I thought
I mean, I understand their influence. It just doesnt hit anything for me. Even if I understand it was where they found their sound again and opened up influence for some punk and Aerosmith sounds.
Starts really strong but suffers from a pretty quick taper
Think I was expecting more from the Stones but this one didn’t really do anything for me.
Two good songs… which are the well known ones. Otherwise quite meh!
Great album. “Sympathy…” and “Street fighting man” are two of my favourite Stones tracks. I think it was a real throwback to their blues roots which I love.
Love it. Stone cold classic
Excellent 👍
Beggars Banquet marked a real turning point for the Stones, pulling them back to the raw blues and roots music that defined their early years, but with a darker, more mature edge. The opener “Sympathy for the Devil” sets the stage with its sinister groove and unforgettable lyrics, a track that feels as powerful now as it did in 1968. “No Expectations” follows with a weary, country-blues vibe that shows the band could be just as effective when stripped down, offering one of their most moving performances. The album’s strength lies in how varied it is while still feeling cohesive. “Street Fighting Man” brings in a sense of urgency and rebellion, a song tied closely to the unrest of the late sixties, while “Prodigal Son” leans into traditional folk blues with a starkness that makes it stand out. Even lighter moments like “Factory Girl” carry charm, giving the record a balance of grit and playfulness. Throughout, Mick Jagger delivers some of his most characterful vocals, matched by Richards’s riffs and the band’s ability to shift between moods effortlessly. What makes Beggars Banquet such a landmark is that it sounds both grounded and ambitious. It proved the Stones could go beyond being just swaggering rock stars and create something timeless, drawing from tradition while pushing their sound forward. The record feels like a confident statement, showing the band at the height of their creativity, and it remains one of their most complete and rewarding albums.
Just meh.
Sympathy alone makes this brilliant, but stuff like No Expectations push it toward a 5. It can get bogged down in sameness sometimes that can push it toward a 4. But damn this is a fun record (Stray Cat Blues!) and belongs at the top of any collection.
Before they were parodies of themselves and were proper musicians exploring Blues and Rock and were still groovy young men. This is still the era where I liked them.
Favorite Rolling Stones album.
This is one I tried to get into on friends' recommendations when I admitted to not typically falling for Stones' albums. Love the hits, amazed at how many career-making songs the band has produced over the years, but from an album perspective, I'm usually left liking the hits best. So it is for this album, though "Sympathy" alone makes this worth the inclusion. I tried again, and there's lots of moments within songs, but I can't say I love the album. The 4 is a nod to the sheer importance of the opener, and the rest is along for the ride (at least for me).
I'm surprised how many people don't love this one. This is my favorite Stones album, and it's not even close. Great storytelling, cool arrangements, and a chill vibe. They aren't making grand statements or playing arena rock. They're just quietly putting out classics. The two hits are great, of course, but they're my least favorites on the album. 5 easy stars.
I’m having a hard time thinking of an album with as much of a brilliant opening as this one. The whole thing is classic I listened twice and probably will take another spin today
- I enjoyed this more than I expected to, although there were several moments where a few chords or notes of the melody sounded very, very similar to other Stones songs. that isn't a bad thing so much as it is just unique -- I guess I'd rather be recognized for sounding like my other songs than not sounding like anything (i.e., not being memorable in the first place) - I think the band would not have gotten where it is today without Mick Jagger as the vocalist. he brings 70% of the life to this album, and there's a significant gritty portion that sounds almost like proto-punk similar to what the Clash vocalist would later sound like (although maybe I'm just a dumb American and can't separate a specific British accent from the music in which I hear it most prominently; I also have no idea if the Clash were influenced by the Stones at all) - I grew up hearing most of these songs dozens of times (maybe more), but I never knew "Sympathy for the Devil" was the opening track. if that was the first song I'd ever heard of the Rolling Stones after buying this record at the corner store or listening to it in a friend's room one afternoon (idk how people listened to new music back in the 60s, but I'm sure it was likely to be a much more social event than it is today), I would be hooked overall, more solid than I anticipated, and listening to the entire album instead of hearing just the hits over the radio for once was a nice treat
Great great sleazy blues rock here. They seem to be taking the piss during some of the country blues numbers so three stars instead of four but the standouts are cream of the crop.
Realising that the Stones is a singles band to me and that there is little quality control over each album.
Pure masterpiece!
It’s real good
This was a pretty nothing album for me. The first song was okay but I didn't feel anything throughout it. Hard rock is not my thing.
Decent stuff, Symphony is pretty great. 3.6
Great from start to end
It’s good, some less good songs though ig (stray cat blues or whatever has wild lyrics)
Som så mange rolling stones albums kan man beholde nogle enkelte bangers (sympathy, street fighting man, salt of the earth) og resten kan gå. Ville måske være kæmpet sig op på en 4er på baggrunden af hvor fede højdepunkterne var, men så skulle de have droppet den, der handler om mick jaggers teenagepigefantasier :(
Ret ujævn plade, men shit hvor er de bedste numre altså bare gode
Iconic opening track - The rest was pretty decent as well.
My favorite Rolling Stones album. I’ve listened to this one countless times.
It starts off so strong but then tapers off into meh land.
Another one with one hit and a bunch of filler. This is the standard Stones situation. The filler was more of that faux rural american stuff. And other bands have done that better.
Dad- 7.5 Mom- 6 Mike- NA Lori- 8 Michael- NA Miles- NA Cole- NA Avg- 7.17
Dang, really good album, i had forgotten about it
classic
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Yeah man they just had music figured out here in 1968. I’m loving stones do the band. I didn’t know they ever did music that sounds like this. Street fighting man is one that sticks out that I didn’t love, felt out of place. I don’t know truly if this is a 5 but it’s been so long and I would love to own this on vinyl so I’m going to hit it with one.
Classic. This album is dunked and dripping with the blues. Balls to the wall rock n’roll. Stray cat blues was one I’ve never heard before and blown away by it. This is the vintage stuff that requires preserving and sharing. “Salt of the Earth” is my new drinking song. I know the stones have gone through periods of experimentation that was required of the time to stay relevant but I love this album for how hard hitting and raw it is. No gimmicks, just licks. Like a love letter to Robert Johnson and those who influenced these English lads. Fucking great.
4.5 not a bad song here. What a delight it must have been putting this fresh record on the turntable.
Some hits some misses
You know, it’s the stones
Maybe their best album and one of greatest rock and roll albums of all time.
Good blues album and they seem enthused. It isn’t that hard to find the blues that inspired them today
This is a great blues that explores the blues. You got country tinged blues like No Exceptions & Dear Doctor. Then your standard blues & boogie blues sprinkled throughout. Sympathy for the Devil is one of my favorite Stones tune. Street Fighting Man is raw hard song with nice piano bit to make it more melodic which I dig. Easy 5
One of my favorite Stones albums. I reviewed Aftermath five days ago and was very critical of the meanness and misogyny. This is the point where they started to really figure out who they wanted to be as a band (and yes, there was still more meanness and misogyny, unfortunately). But I think this album has some of their greatest songs, and it's the first where the writing finally began to gel. Any album that has Sympathy For The Devil, No Expectations, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man, and Salt Of The Earth on it is just a classic in my mind. These are essential Rolling Stones songs and make this a five star album.