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Beggars Banquet by: The Rolling Stones List Price: £16.99 CD-Charts Price: £10.98 You Save: £6.01 (35%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0042288233022 Label: Decca - Pop Manufacturer: Decca - Pop Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Decca - Pop Release Date: August 14, 2006 Running Time: 40 minutes Studio: Decca - Pop Sales Rank: 5982 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - Some great - some not Beggars Banquest is considered one of the essential Rolling Stones albums. I have to say that whilst it contains some classic songs, there are more than a few fillers as well. Here are my views. Sympathy For The Devil:- one of the Stones best ever No Expectations:- Brian Jones features little in this album, but what he does is wonderful - listen to the slide guitar Dear Doctor:- mmmm. A bit of a novelty song. Amusing at first, Jaggers mimicry is spot on, but after a few listens the amusement wears thin Parachute Woman:- Very underrated. Rather a hidden gem. Jigsaw Puzzle:- Not particuarly good. A long song with no substance Sreet Fighting Man:- Just ... Read More: Rating:  - An embarrassment of riches...The first time I ever heard "Sympathy For The Devil" I was 15 and it absolutely blew me away. It was all too much - the slyly witty lyrics, the strident bark of Jagger's delivery, the creepy ambience...and when the indecently distorted guitar solo kicked in it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard. It more than deserves its reputation as one of the Stones' finest hours, and repeated listening does nothing to dull the magic. And that's just the first track. The rest of the album is stuffed with tremendous songs, from the beautifully wistful "No Expectations" to the yearning lyricism of "Jigsaw Puzzle" to the strutting classic "Street Fighting Man" to the seamy celebration of the joys of jailbait that is "Stray Cat Blues" (these were ... Read More: Rating: - Have A FeastThe best known songs here are "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Street Fighting Man" which I guess most people know already. You also get the country tinged "No Expectations", "Jig-Saw Puzzle" with its Dylanesque lyrics and "Prodigal Son" which is the story from the Bible. "Parachute Woman" is a vaguely pornographic trip round the USA, "Dear Doctor" is a gentle micky take of country music in general, and "Stray Cat Blues" is the Stones at their best, the kind of song they are most associated with. Controversial lyrics (in their day) and screaming guitars in the background. "Factory Girl" and "Salt of The Earth" with Keith singing the first verse are both nods to the working people. Rating: - Not the best, not the worst of this Stones 'golden' periodBack to raw, earthy Stones R&B after their dabblings in dark psychedelia with "Their Satanic Majesties". Jimmy Miller installed to produce that traditional Stones sound. Effectively Brian's last album. He did get credits on a coupla tracks on "Let it Bleed" but here he's involved in the whole deal. And that's where this album sits, neatly in that transition niche, re-establishing the gutsy, edgy noise they were after and achieving a good solid typical Stones album - but pretty safe. I think it no better than either of the two aforementioned albums that neatly straddle it. Perhaps the rift with Brian plays it's part in keeping things on line. There's not the beauty of the experimentation of "Sticky Fingers" where they start ploughing ... Read More: Rating: - The big changeThis was the album where The Rolling Stones really changed their whole approach. Recorded in 1968 against a background of student demonstrations and the like, the quasi-hippiness of "On Her Satanic Majesties' Request" had gone. Dressing in flower-power gear never really sat well with The Stones and here they were, clad in darker, edgier garb. Hedonism was the name of the game - a non-album single, "Jumping Jack Flash" had set the tone - and nowhere was this better exemplified than in the stunning opener, "Sympathy For The Devil", of which so much has already been written. The album's single was the contemporaneously relevant "Street Fighting Man" in which we are treated to the "acoustic lead riff" as used also on "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Brown Sugar" ... Read More: |
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