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jason-cobb
ACE riffs right from the start. There's some great sax on Brown Sugar that is hidden way down in the mix. I didn't know that Billy Preston appeared on this album. Wild Horses is both morose and uplifting. It has that rare quality of recognising that life can be shitty, but gives you a helping hand to rise above it. I think?
The rest of the album rambles a little with Can't You Hear Me Knocking. It's best not to analyse and navel gaze - just enjoy Sticky Fingers. It's only rock 'n' roll, YEAH?
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boombox-generation
It's a Rolling Stones album. Some good songs, some okay songs, some 'homages' to old blues and gospel music of the past. Other than Beggars, Aftermath and possibly Let It Bleed, Stones albums tend to follow this patchy pattern, and Fingers is no exception. Dead Flowers is an absolute classic, and Brown Sugar has THAT riff. Wild Horses probably fits into the canon of classic Stones songs too, but I have heard it so much it kind of passed me by here. Those songs aside, this is definitely not their best or most consistent.
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