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Binding: Audio CDBrand: ROLLING STONES EAN: 0018771953920 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Abkco Manufacturer: Abkco MPN: 018771953920 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Abkco Release Date: August 27, 2002 Studio: Abkco Editorial Review: Product Description: No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: ROLLING STONES Title: BEGGARS BANQUET Street Release Date: 08/27/2002 Genre: ROCK/POP Amazon.com essential recording: Opening with "Sympathy for the Devil," the Stones' infamous we-are-evil poem, this all-original 1968 album began a quality streak almost unmatched in rock & roll. Mick Jagger begins writing from the working-class hero's perspective--especially on the anthem "Street Fighting Man" and "Salt of the Earth"--and Keith Richards buttresses his partner with rock-solid slide licks recently graduated from the School of Old Blues Records. "Jig-Saw Puzzle," which inexplicably never became a hit, is the only known instance of Jagger's describing the Stones' individual personalities in verse. --Steve Knopper Amazon.com Music Reviews: Beggars Banquet is among the Stones two or three greatest albums, so it's also among the very best rock & roll albums ever made. Though known for its twin anthems of social decay, "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Street Fighting Man," it's actually the album's gritty yet beautiful acoustic country and country-blues numbers--"Dear Doctor," "Prodigal Son," "No Expectations," "Factory Girl"--that has helped Beggars stand up so effectively through the years--that and the fact that Keith Richard's lyrics here often come as close to sincerity as he's capable. When he sings "Let's drink to the hard working people," for once you almost believe him. --David Cantwell Average Rating:
 Rating:  - 4.5 Stars - And the First of Five Brilliant AlbumsI am the Stones Authority. This is a very special album for a number of reasons. It is the first album of the Stones second era. It is really the first post Brian Jones album. Sure he was there for the sessions, but so was the janitor, and that doesn't make him relevant. And, even though this is 1968, it is in a way the first post Sixties album by the Stones. This was the album that defined what the new Rolling Stones band would be as it transitioned to the Seventies, while the other great acts of ... Read More Rating:  - Play with fireAin't reviews; these is messages. Anyway, musta been '71 or '72, I was 11 or 12, just some nerdy kid with big glasses and short hair living in an econo-apartment complex. The kool boy, cigarettes and harness boots, broken home and little supervision, was right down the hall. Bored occasionally, the dude would have me over, showing off with tough talk about "getting some" and playing the "bitchin'" solo from Grand Funk's "Inside Looking Out." One day, I brought over a record to hear, he ... Read More Rating: - Return to basicsFollowing the bad year of 1967, which saw drug busts and the unsuccessful attempt to one-up the Beatles with "Their Satanic Majesties Request", the Rolling Stones needed to regroup. They did, spectacularly. The group made its fans wait an entire year for its next album, but when "Beggars Banquet" was finally released in December, 1968, it was evident from the very first track, the instantly-unforgettable samba "Sympathy For The Devil", that the wait was worthwhile. The material is strong, and utterly ... Read More Rating: - Artistic Masterpiece, Commercial FlopThis legendary album was hailed both by critics and Stones fans alike whom consider it one of the very best efforts of their illustrious careers, although commercially it would be the worst performing record of the 24 albums issued between 1963 and 2005 reaching only #5 on the charts. Although it sounds absurd now, it was also considered a comeback by a band that at the time appeared doomed after their previous album Their Satanic Majesties Request was the weakest of their career and several members of ... Read More Rating: - Why Review?It is hard to argue that this is not the Stones finest (I love "Let It Bleed" and most Mick Taylor Stones.) I won't. |
