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Digitally remastered by Bob Ludwig (Gateway Mastering Studios).
Pieced together from outtakes and much-labored-over songs, Sticky Fingers has a loose, ramshackle ambience that belies both its origins and the dark undercurrents of the songs. It's a weary, drug-laden album -- well over half the songs explicitly mention drug use, while the others merely allude to it -- that never fades away, but barely keeps afloat. Apart from the classic opener, "Brown Sugar," the long workout "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," and the mean-spirited "Bitch," Sticky Fingers is a slow, bluesy affair, with a few country touches thrown in for good measure. The laid-back tone of the album gives ample room for new lead guitarist Mick Taylor to stretch out, particularly on the extended coda of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking." But the key to the album isn't the instrumental interplay -- although that is terrific -- it's the soulfulness of the songs. "Wild Horses" is their first non-ironic stab at a country song, and it is a beautiful, heart-tugging masterpiece. Similarly, "I Got the Blues" is a ravished, late-night classic that ranks among their very best blues. "Sister Morphine" is a horrifying overdose tale, and "Moonlight Mile," with Paul Buckmaster's grandiose strings, is a perfect closure: sad, yearning, drug-addled, and beautiful. With its offhand mixture of decadence, roots music, and outright malevolence, Sticky Fingers set the tone for the rest of the decade for the Stones. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Alabama and Olympic Studios, London, England.
Engineers include: Glyn Johns, Andy Johns, Jimmy Johnson.
The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals, guitar, percussion); Mick Taylor (guitar); Keith Richards (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Bill Wyman (electric piano, bass instrument); Charlie Watts (drums).
The Rolling Stones: Mick Jagger (vocals); Keith Richards, Mick Taylor (guitar, background vocals); Bill Wyman (bass); Charlie Watts (drums).
Additional personnel: Ry Cooder (guitar); Paul Buckmaster (strings); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet); Billy Preston (piano, organ); Ian Stewart , Jim Dickinson, Nicky Hopkins (piano); Rocky Dijon (congas); Jimmy Miller (percussion).
Additional personnel: Ry Cooder (slide guitar); Paul Buckmaster (strings); Bobby Keys (saxophone); Jim Price (trumpet); Billy Preston (organ); Nicky Hopkins, Ian Stewart, Jim Dickinson, Jack Nitzche (piano); Rocky Dijon (congas); Jimmy Miller (percussion).
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.113) - Ranked #63 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...The album has tough, straight-up rock..." Rolling Stone (6/10/71, p.42) - "...driving, intense, wide-open rock..." Q (6/00, p.80) - Ranked #12 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...Re-asserted their rebel status....there's something dark and dangerous lurking at the heart of the music. It was also their most overt drug album....The Rolling Stones' best 'tunes' album." Vibe (12/99, p.164) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Q (Magazine) (p.137) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "It's the Stones at their assured, showboating peak....[A] magic formula of heavy soul, junkie blues and macho rock..." NME (Magazine) (7/9/94, p.43) - 9 - Excellent Plus - "...captures the Stones bluesy swagger in a...dark-land where few dare to tread...even the jaunty country take `Dead Flowers' has a derisive sneer beneath the hokum delivery..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.84) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "Jagger and Richards delve even further back to the primitive blues that first inspired them and step up their investigations into another great American form, country."
Jagger can sing I can listen and enjoy every song on this album. A good record along with "Let it Bleed" from the bands early to middle years as a group.
Mick Jagger's voice is in top form which is something lacking in latter releases. Submitted by possesstheearth (Ottawa, ON, Canada) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
Listening to it now It doesn't matter when i put this album on, everything else fades away and I enjoy it throughly.
I live a few miles from where this was partially recorded, this album has touched many people around here. Submitted by James (Muscle Shoals, AL) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo 1 of 1 found this helpful.
the greatest band ever already owned this but needed to get the remaster finally. all i can say is they took a classic and made it sound even better.
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great cd if rating the rolling stones best, this c.d is right up there! all songs are a classic. Submitted by pjames5446 (fairfax va) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Stones at their best This is one of the finest efforts of Rolling Stones' work.I rate it No. 2 Stones album , only behind the Excellent Exile On Main Street that clearly gives you the greatest songs from this phenominal world class band.This should be in every Rock - R&B - Blues music collection. Submitted by Rick (Orange,Ca.) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Jagger can sing
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