A truly great classic record

Mostly recorded without Brian Jones who died several months before its release and was replaced by Mick Taylor this extends the rock and blues feel of Beggars Banquet into slightly harder-rocking, more demonically sexual territory. The Stones were never as consistent on album as their main rivals, the Beatles, and Let It Bleed suffers from some rather perfunctory tracks, like "Monkey Man" and a countrified remake of the classic "Honky Tonk Woman". Yet some of the songs are among their very best, especially "Gimme Shelter," with its shimmering guitar lines and apocalyptic lyrics; the harmonica-driven "Midnight Rambler"; the druggy party ambience of the title track; and the stunning "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which was the Stones' "Hey Jude" of sorts, with its epic structure, horns, philosophical lyrics, and swelling choral vocals. "You Got the Silver" and Robert Johnson's "Love in Vain," by contrast, were as close to the roots of acoustic down-home blues as the Stones ever got

All-time classic, and still great after all these years

Simply put, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, and Sticky Fingers are three of the best albums of all time. These remastered versions bring these classics to life in a way that the previous CD mixes did not. Thanks, Abkco, for finally giving these albums their due.



I have not had a chance to listen to the SACD layer yet but hope to soon.



One parting comment: down this list of reviews a way you'll find a one-star "review" by someone calling himself "Loyalist," who's some kind of Beatles fanatic. The entirety of his review is this:



"Ttile [sic] sound familiar? That's because the Beatles already released and [sic] album called Let It Be. The Rolling Rip-Offs strike again!"



Loyalist, you need to get acquainted with something called The Truth. Let's compare release dates, shall we?



Let It Bleed: November 28, 1969

Let It Be: May 8, 1970



Enough said.

they shoulds quit

st single record was named Move on, a lame effort to sound like shingles, which they were beyond a doubt.

But to call it evens after somany years would be ok.