The Downhill Slide Starts Here...

From Beggar's Banquet to Exile on Main Street, the Stones were at the top of their game. But no winning streak lasts forever, and Goats Head Soup is where the Stones ended theirs. Lots of people like "Angie," but I'm not one of them. This song is just too "pretty" to be a Stones song. There are maybe four good songs here - Dancing With Mr. D, Heartbreaker, 100 Years Ago, and Hide Your Love. As for the rest, it's product, and not very good product at that.

UNDER RATED! THIS ALBUM IS PHENOMENAL.

I have heard a few songs from this disk and new them well.

I have been rebuilding my Stones collection again and finally got to hear this all the way from begining to end. WOW!!! I have never been so taken by surprise if you like the Rolling Stones this will blow you away. I think every song is good at the least.you can put this on and let it go.Dancing with Mr.D starts it off in true stones fashion,then 100 years keeps it going. a classic Keith tune coming down again , calms things down.

Then up we go again with Heartbreaker into angie and not to mention hide your love and winter. silver train, can you hear and star are great tunes also. I love this disk and would say buy it if you don't have it. you cannot go wrong , I may even buy a few for some friends. My own take is there are a lot of good Stones albums this is truly one of the best and most overlooked.I personally did not care for Exile on main street but I loved Let it bleed and Some Girls. BUY IT ,ITS PHENOMENAL!! THE GREATEST ROCK 'N" ROLL BAND EVER..

Overlooked

When the great Stones albums are discussed Goats Head Soup is generally passed over. The truth is, albums such as Exile on Main Street, Beggars Banquet, and Let it Bleed are all wonderful albums and deserving of the praise they receive. These albums contain some of the Stones' best known works, as well as a number of good album tracks that rarely get airtime even today, which is surprising given the glut of classic rock radio stations.



Comparitively, Goats Head Soup really shouldn't compare as its two 'name' songs are Angie and Doo^5 (Heartbreaker)-- two good songs, but not necessarily classics. On the strength of its money songs, GHS really does not compare at all with the best Stones albums. Two things though make this album, in my estimation, an essential Stones piece and a legitimate classic.



First, the album holds together quite well. Even on the best Stones albums there tends to be a mediocre song or two that is hard to sit through. This may seem like a backhanded compliment, but nothing on GHS is all that bad. I know a number of Stones fans dislike "Can You Hear the Music" but I don't find it to be anything I immediately skip over.



Second, GHS' strongest point is that it includes a number of excellent "surprise" songs. "Dancing with Mr. D" is far from the greatest Stones opener of all time, but it's menacing riff propels an average song to greater heights. "100 Years Ago" is a quieter, nostalgic song that also stands out. Finally there's "Winter," one of my personal Stones favorites and a song that I could not believe I had never heard until purchasing the album. I'm not sure what to say about it other than that I would wager the Counting Crows were quite familiar with it by the time they penned "A Long December."