I just loved seeing the raw mixes of some of the songs from the album "Sticky Fingers" at the beginning of the film. That's definately my favourite Stones album and "Sister Morphine" my favourite Stones song,always leaves me spellbound. Gimme Shelter is a fantastic film on many levels. It's not just about a stabbing. "Sticky Fingers",the greatest Rolling Stones album. Anybody with me on that?
share"Sticky Fingers" was the first album I ever bought with my own money as a kid. I thought all rock albums would be this good. I was wrong.
shareI'm with ya....too much has been written on the darker sìde on this great rock concert (even tho I tend to believe it was "the mother of all dark concerts") and Sticky Fingers is undoubtedly a HUGE album, but I also dig the more 'psychedelic' HMSR album......you can't beat "Citadel"....
"I have seen and heard things in my life that are best left UNTOLD!"
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I basically agree with everyone. Sticky Fingers is great - in concert "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is even better than on record. I agree that "Citadel" is a great song. How did they make that clanging noise that sounds like two pipes hitting together? However, if you're going to hold my hand to the fire, I have to agree that Exile is my favorite Stones album. "Torn and Frayed" may be my favorite Stones song.
shareI love Citadel, 2000 light years from home and all the songs on that album....now it seems many bands out there are (re)discovering the psych side of the Stones (e.g. listen to Monster Magnet's last album!!).
"I have seen and heard things in my life that are best left UNTOLD!"
mkay Exile on Mainstreet is hands down the best. There isn't one bad cut on the whole double album.
shareokay. a lot of stones fans here - and I'm one too! This is so hard for me to debate - wether or not Sticky Fingers is T H E best stones album.
First of: my favourite era of stones is 68-72 with beggar's banquet,let it bleed, sticky fingers and exile on main street. In my opinoun they didn't do anything wrong (musically) in that period, and every album is pure gold.
Secondly: in my case, the best album isn't a static and unwavering title. It really depends on which one I've heard the last couple of days (most days I listen to at least one stones album) and what energy I'm into.
Today I listened to Beggar's and Let it bleed. They are both so freakin good, and I loved listening to both of them. When the last chord was played on beggar's and i switched over to "gimmie shelter" (original spelling from the cover) the intro was ELECTRIC. And the message is so clear, so obvious, almost childish, yet so plainly true: Love is really just a kiss away, and war only a shot away.
my god (I dont really have one, except maybe mick :) ) I am (midnight) rambling.
Well. I love the album especially Bitch - I heard it first time live last year (at my 4th stones concert) - it was soooo sexy. And i like the country tracks on the album too, and of course sister morphine even though its a very unusual stones track. But at the time its not "the best stones album" for me. For the past ½ year - maybe even whole year - it's been exile. dont know exactly why, but I think its the energy of the tracks, you can almost hear the sweat dripping down from micks fit young body!
haven't seen the film in a long time though.
Thanks to anyone who read all of this.
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Beggar's Banquet is the best ensemble of music I've ever heard brought to fruition. I could listen to that album on a routine basis and not get tired of it. I really believe that the Stones' series of classic albums from 68 until 72 were released in order of greatness. Beggar's Banquet came first, and in my opinion is their best effort, Let It Bleed came next and it is only secondary to Banquet. Sticky Fingers came next and is below Let It Bleed in quality, and Exile was released in 72 and is, in my opinion, the weakest of the four albums. That's not to say that it's not amazing. Man, to have experienced the music when originally released would be absolutely amazing. Contemporary stuff is very reflective of my generation's evolved mentality from the past. That is, it hasn't really evolved at all, we're just conditioned to let the hand feed us and not question what we're eating. A band should cover My Generation only adding one minor detail...the word Sucks at the end of the title.
"Anyone who can make a film, I already love." - John Cassavetes
christ mfers, why dont you drool over mediocrity. any moron can listen to bleed, beggar's and exile and hear and feel the averageness of those LPs. check the record sales for those 3 and you can see. sticky went 3x platinum and is the best selling non compilation stones LP and that aint so great compared to zep's 9x IV LP. sticky is hands down the best of the 4, druggies
shareThere isn't one bad cut on the whole double album.
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I actually think EOMS is better but Sticky Fingers is a great one, you can see Mick Taylor's influence on the band almost immediately, especially on Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
Exile wasnt regarded as a classic till years later. It didn't catch on like wildfire. There were no anthems or era defining songs like on earlier albums. It may have ended up selling a bit but it took a long while. I prefer their Aftermath to Majesties Request period stuff but I do like their classic 68 - 72 period as well.
shareJigsaw Puzzle and Stray Cat Blues summed up the 1969/1971 era Stones perfectly; therefore Beggars is the greatest album of that period--and possibly their best album ever.
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Not True. I'm not sure what you mean by classic but it was an immediate commercial success, reaching No. 1 worldwide just as the band embarked on their celebrated 1972 American Tour. Critics, with out exemption, overwhelmingly liked the album.
shareIt's not without exception. In fact it was canned by Creem at the time. I have the reprinted original review
shareI can't pick a fave. I wish the bass was louder on Brown Sugar.
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