"THE ROLLING STONES"

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Sticky Fingers is the ninth British and 11th American  by the English  band , released in April 1971. It is the band's first album of the 1970s and its first release on the band's newly formed label, , after having been contracted since 1963 with  in the UK and  in the US. It is also 's first full-length appearance on a Rolling Stones album, the first Rolling Stones album not to feature any contributions from guitarist and founder  and the first one on which singer is credited with playing guitar.

Sticky Fingers is widely regarded as one of the Rolling Stones' best albums. It achieved triple platinum certification in the US and contains songs such as the chart-topping "", the country ballad "", "", "", and the sweeping ballad .

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Sticky Fingers hit the number one spot on the British charts in May 1971, remaining there for four weeks before returning at number one for a further week in mid June. In the US, the album hit number one within days of release, and stayed there for four weeks. In Germany it was one of only two non-German albums to reach number one in 1971.

In a contemporary review for the , music critic  said that although Sticky Fingers is one of the best rock albums of the year, it is only "modest" by the Rolling Stones' standards and succeeds on the strength of songs such as "Bitch" and "Dead Flowers", which recall the band's previously uninhibited, furious style. , writing in , felt that it lacks the spirit and spontaneity of the Rolling Stones' previous two albums and, apart from "Moonlight Mile", is full of "forced attempts at style and control" in which the band sounds disinterested, particularly on formally correct songs such as "Brown Sugar". In a positive review, Lynn Van Matre of the  viewed the album as the band "at their raunchy best" and wrote that, although it is "hardly innovative", it is consistent enough to be one of the year's best albums.

Sticky Fingers was voted the second best album of the year in 's annual  critics poll for 1971. voted it number one in the poll and said that it was his most played album of the year. , the poll's creator, ranked the album 17th on his own year-end list. In a 1975 article for The Village Voice, Christgau suggested that the release was "triffling with decadence", but might be the Rolling Stones' best album, approached only by  (1972). In his 1980 review of the album, he wrote that it reflected how unapologetic the band was after the  and that, despite the concession to sincerity with "Wild Horses", songs such as "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "I Got the Blues" are as "soulful" as "", and their cover of "You Gotta Move" is on-par with their previous covers of "Prodigal Son" and ""

The Rolling Stones  – lead vocals; percussion on "Brown Sugar"; rhythm guitar on "Sway";  on "Dead Flowers" and "Moonlight Mile"  – rhythm guitar, backing vocals; acoustic guitar on "Brown Sugar", "You Gotta Move", "I Got the Blues" and "Sister Morphine";  on "Wild Horses"; lead guitar on "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses", the first part of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "Bitch"; co-lead guitar on "Dead Flowers"  – lead guitar; acoustic guitar on "Wild Horses"; rhythm guitar on the first part and lead guitar on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and rhythm guitar on "Bitch";  on "Sway" and "You Gotta Move"  – bass guitar;  on "You Gotta Move"  – drums Chart (1971)Peak
position1113Italian Albums Chart5911Swedish 11US 11 TRACKS SIDE A Brown Sugar Sway Wild Horses Can’t You Hear Me Knocking You Gotta Move SIDE B Bitch I Got The Blues Sister Morphine Dead Flowers Moonlight Mile