gafa42
4
Two great songs, so two stars. The rest of it is basic or dated.
I can't say that I really know that much about The Rolling Stones to be honest. I obviously know that Keith Richards sold his soul somewhere along the line and will never ever die, and that Charlie Watts was a great drummer. One of 'em was a bit dodgy and married someone who was very young? Ronnie Wood is in the band! He was in Faces! 'Paint It Black' was in that film about war... ...' Full Metal Jacket'! I only know one more song on this record. Outside their hits, there really isn't much to The Stones, is there? It's just second rate blues/rock/pop, isn't it?! The Beatles were definitely doing more interesting things than this lot. 1.5 / 5 stars.
I’ve never really listened to early Stones before besides the hits. I have to say I find both versions more enjoyable than the likes of early Beatles. There is personality in spades. The UK version is a little long, suffers from not having paint it black but feels more like a thought out album starting in psychedelic territory and ending more traditional blues oriented. The American version is short, has Paint it Black but doesn’t really gel quite as well as an album. I agree that their later work is better and more important but this is a solid album which is slyly altering the sound of English Pop Blues.