General Article name: Beggars Banquet
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Polydor UK Number of tracks: 10 Tracklist LP - 1 ROLLING STONES THE - Sympathy For The Devil 6:27 ROLLING STONES THE - No Expectations 4:02 ROLLING STONES THE - Dear Doctor 3:27 ROLLING STONES THE - Parachute Woman 2:23 ROLLING STONES THE - Jig-Saw Puzzle 6:17 ROLLING STONES THE - Street Fighting Man 3:18 ROLLING STONES THE - Prodigal Son 2:55 ROLLING STONES THE - Stray Cat Blues 4:40 ROLLING STONES THE - Factory Girl 2:12 Rolling Stones, The - Salt Of The Earth 4:51   Description Description

The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Basic rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing guitar licks, leering Jagger vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic. On "Stray Cat Blues," Jagger and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time, though, the approach was still fresh, and the lyrical bite of most of the material ensured Beggars Banquet's place as one of the top blues-based rock records of all time. ~ Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger

Contributors Artist: ROLLING STONES THE Current Distributor: Universal Music Record Label: Universal Distribution Record Label: Decca Artist: The Rolling Stones