1001 Albums Summary

Reminds me why I didn’t like them then either

New to me. I was never much of a heavy metal guy but this included snippets seemingly left over from punk, which I appreciated. Conceivably I’ll listen to one or two tracks again someday.

The first four songs of this album (UK version) are a virtual tour of 60s musical tropes - sitars, harpsichords, songs of suburban drug dependency, stilted lyrics evoking courtly love; and, sigh, a striking degree of resentment and anger toward women. It’s kind of depressing, really, to listen with new ears to songs you’ve enjoyed for decades (though I suppose “Under My Thumb” was never very subtle about it). The rest of the album - new to me (my Stones’ fandom is wide but not deep) - is a collection of tepid or uninspiring blues numbers, plus some a few lesser-known, passable originals that bear the distinctive Rolling Stones sound. The hits - Mother’s Little Helper, Under My Thumb, Out of Time - carry the album and earn it the 3 stars. The rest for me is take or leave.

I listened to a good bit of punk when it was happening and current but somehow I never got to this album. It's a small regret in a lifetime of them but this one's a keeper. Adding it to the collection.

I wanna have group sex while I listen to group sex