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Beggars Banquet
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0018771753926
Label: Abkco
Manufacturer: Abkco
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Abkco
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Studio: Abkco
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Editorial Review:
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
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
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Rating:  - Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones-Beggars Banquet *****
Lets, just for arguments sake say that Beggars Banquet is the best Rolling Stones record ever made. It wouldn't be a hard thing to argue and many would agree with that claim. Beggars was the album that started the classic four albums from the Stones. This, Let It Bleed [DSD], Sticky Fingers + 7 Bonus Tracks, and Exile On Main Street [Limited Edition] all make up this classic period and are all essential to a collection, and maybe Beggars more ... Read More
Rating: - The first Stones masterpiece, which differs from their first good album
Okay, let's clear up an urban legend here, the one that goes "Beggars Banquet was the first good Stones album". The first good Stones album was, in fact, England's Newest Hit Makers (I desperately need to edit my review of that, by the way). With that done, let's get to the review.
This album contains three of the Rolling Stones' more controversial (for the time, anyway) songs. The first of which is Sympathy for the Devil. You may know this song. It kicks butt, doesn't it? Of course, it also ... Read More
Rating: - the album that started their incredible streak.
say what you will about the stones current work (i happen to enjoy it), there cannot be much argument over the fact that the string of studio albums they released from 1968 on through 1972 is one of the most amazing outpourings of rock and roll greatness ever achieved. "beggars banquet" was the album which started that incredible run of creativity. it contains two of the greatest rock anthems of all-time in "sympathy for the devil" and "street fighting man," and a whole bunch of other great stuff, ... Read More
Rating: - best?
one of the stones' best ever, right up there with exile, stick fngrs, and some girls. jigsaw puzzle and salt of the earth complement the bigger hits here (sympthy fr dvl, strt fghtn man, etc)
Rating: - Influenced by Dylan
I think if you give a listen to "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Jig-Saw Puzzle" both songs with a story, both over six minutes long, you'll hear the influence of Bob Dylan and that's a good thing, I think, the way the Mick and the boys have melded Dylan with the blues. Music that rocks, lyrics that make a difference. I know there are folks out there who will say I'm an idiot for even mentioning the fact that Dylan influenced the song writing of Mick and Keith, but come on, "There's twenty-thousand grandmas, ... Read More
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