Great high school band!
OMG. Is everything that bleak? Plus all that noise? Though I have to say I the Orgasmatron cut message hits home.
Just great relaxed listening PLUS Ginger Baker's genius drumming.
One of the all time best albums. I think I still have the LP. I was 16 when it came out. Album perfectly curated up through 'Ball and Chain' which is one of the top songs in rock history as far as I am concerned. The gentle and melodious, but ominous bass accompanying Janice's pained voice/story interspersed with hard diving psychedelic rock is unmatched. The album losses its direction after Ball and Chain, but it is nice to have those songs for posterity as well.
I was mostly bored with the studio tracks, but really engaged with the live tracks. They have much more energy and seem to be having a lot more fun in live performances. Hey, but that's what it is really about . . . Right? So my score is about the live tracks. They found that energy for studio recordings later. Certainly by the time they recorded Eliminator.
Nice tunes!
Sounds like a mashup of Monty Python and a chanting monk. If there is a message there I can't see it. Seems like they were trying to make one.
Pleasant enough.
Was prepared to not like this album assuming a cultural divide that I would not be able to breach. Turns out I enjoyed it quite a bit musically.
I get it, but it doesn't turn me on or get me moving.
I know this was a huge album and a turning point for the Stones, but as a whole it doesn't speak to me. And I never became an avid Stones fan anyway. But thanks for many iconic tunes during their long career.