Beggars Banquet

Sympathy for the Devil er simpelthen så stor en banger

Solid enough rock album. Great vocals. "Sympathy For the Devil" is an awesome track, as is "Street Fighting Man".
I don't care as much for the rest of the album, but enjoyed listening to it.
3/5 - good

Fun energy. I expected nothing less.

Even better than I remembered. Not played it all the way through in years. The acoustic guitars sound groovy and dangerous. Some supreme classics on here (Sympathy For The Devil ffs).

I make no secret of my disdain for the Rolling Stones. They were the ‘bad boys’ of 1960s rock music and the Beatles' wicked rivals. They were certainly important role models for anyone who found the Beatles too well-behaved. But above all, the Stones were a blues band, and I find blues rock deadly boring. For 50 years, the Stones have been the dinosaurs of rock music: a case of self-plagiarism that comes across as a bizarre caricature. However, there are certainly songs — and perhaps even albums — that even I, a sceptic when it comes to the Stones, cannot completely dismiss: "Beggars Banquet", their last album with Brian Jones (although he no longer plays a musically significant role), is certainly one of their better albums. They skilfully blend white blues with psychedelic country and folk. Furthermore, the songwriting duo Jagger and Richards produced two excellent tracks in the form of “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man” – three if you include the single “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, released around the same time but not actually part of the album. Their fusion of folk and country in particular came across as astonishingly authentic. So, if you're looking for a musically accomplished Stones album, you can't go wrong with "Beggars Banquet". Not even Mick Jagger’s dreadful vocals can completely ruin it.

Love Sympathy for the Devil, enjoyed a good deal more of these wee songs as well, especially the Jigsaw one rather. Good lyrics.

Solid album

This album shows why it’s easy to love and hate the Stones at the same time. The classics are classic for a reason but other songs are far from that - they ring hollow and lack the luster of styles they are trying to emulate.

This is yet another memorable The Rolling Stones album. It does suffer from their lack of well-managed production, but remains a staple of Classic Rock.

9/10 [KEEP]

Decent.

i really did not wanna listen to this because i don't really like the rolling stones that much.... i think they're kinda boring but let's see. okay immediately i know and like the first song. good start.

It's time for some more Rolling Stones. I have had a mixed history with The Rolling Stones, I didn't really like the debut, and I had a lot of problems with Exile On Main Street. But I really enjoyed Aftermath. And I ended up really liking Beggars Banquet. I'd even say it's (presently) my favorite Rolling Stones album. Everything they do here works. Sympathy For The Devil is one of my favorites from the band, and it's a really unique way to kick this album off that showcases the interesting lyricism, sour blues guitar, and high level of songwriting that defines this album, with the inclusion of some incredibly memorable auxiliary percussion. The only other song here I had heard prior is Street Fighting man, which has some real blues muscle, sold with sufficient grit; it's a fantastic rock song. And the rest of this album has The Stones really leaning into a classic blues sound, even covering Robert Wilkins on Prodigal Son. And while there are Stones albums where their blues mode feels hokey or distracting, the simplicity of the songs and the sound of this album go *far* to really sell them here. This is a delightfully dirty, sloppy sounding record, and the blues songs that populate it really feel at home. The collective experience is really atmospheric, and kind of puts Beggars Banquet in a world of it's own. No Expectations, Dear Doctor, Parachute Woman, Stray Cat Blues, and Factory Girl all *really* work as blues songs, and they *hit*. I'd also like to make special mention of Salt Of The Earth, which is another one of my absolute favorites here, and it seems earnest, but there is something weird about it's tone and execution that really draws me to it. This is honestly a really excellent album, and I enjoy pretty much every song here on some level. The Stones owe a lot of their success here to the blues, but I honestly think they sell the sound here, and make an album that feels powerful and gritty and pretty at times. Perhaps I am starting to get The Stones.

i dont want to form an opinion about this

I don't want to listen to grotty toilet music 😭

Never particularly liked Sympathy for the Devil, so this album had no chance

My fourth Rolling Stones album and my favourite so far. I think they’re always going to be a band I enjoy listening to but won’t ever go out of my way for. There’s just something about them that doesn’t really do it for me.

Top Track - Sympathy For The Devil

I've basically resigned myself to accepting that The Rolling Stones are a singles band for me. I've had 3 or 4 Stones albums so far, and not a single song outside of the hits have been something I've been able to get into.

I mean, they're not bad, its just not anywhere near as good as the hits.

So yeah. Only thing on this album that does anything for me is Sympathy for the Devil.

Classic album with some solid bangers.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve often been dissatisfied with the specific album selections for legendary acts (i.e., those that simply have to have multiple albums on this list). When it comes to the Rolling Stones, however, Robert Dimery got everything right in my opinion. “Beggar's Banquet” is also completely justified here, and it’s one of those Stones albums that I could listen to all day long. As I wrote last time: in the era from “Beggar's Banquet” to “Exile on Main St.,” everything the Stones played was simply gold.

I did not expect this album to have so much of a country/folk feel. Of course, there were a couple standard bluesy rock n' roll songs, but the entire album had a mostly introspective vibe. "Salt Of The Earth" sounded the most memorable to me, but otherwise this wasn't super remarkable to me.

Cool, not a huge stones guy but I enjoyed this