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Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones
Label: Abkco
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Audio CD
Release date:27th August 2002
| Original recording reissued Original recording remastered Audio CD |
 $7.99 |
Track Listing
- 1. Sympathy for the Devil
- 2. No Expectations
- 3. Dear Doctor
- 4. Parachute Woman
- 5. Jigsaw Puzzle
- 6. Street Fighting Man
- 7. Prodigal Son Lyrics
- 8. Stray Cat Blues
- 9. Factory Girl
- 10. Salt of the Earth
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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
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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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