Let It Bleed

Oh joy, more Rolling Stones. Once again I am left feeling absolutely nothing from it. I've tried so hard to appreciate them but no dice. This album ranges from uninteresting to actively obnoxious.

Definitely more cogent than Beggars Banquet. Pretty tight, which the Stones often aren't. "Monkey Man" is one of my favorite deep cuts. But this album is downright nasty, in places. Never read the lyrics to "Let It Bleed" or "Midnight Rambler," it's all fairly grim, which I suppose reflects the kids' mood at the time.

I think the Stones lack creativity in a way. They copy their influences a little too much in this period. They do a passable job of bringing bluegrass and country elements into the music, and of course they were the vanguard UK Blues Poseurs®. But they are best when following their own muse, like on "Can't Always Get What You Want" or the aforementioned "Monkey Man."

It's an essential album, no question. I don't know if it's great, though. So much time has passed since this came out, it's almost impossible to judge it on its own merits. For sure one of the top 100 Stones records.

To this day, it must be up there as one of the best beginning and ending to an album of all time.

Please don't let the Stones make another R&B record. I can't stand it. Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want bookend a pile of R&B songs that I almost couldn't stand. I'm not sure what my deal is with that genre of music but it really isn't for me.

These British white boys sure can play the blues!

Let It Bleed” von The Rolling Stones ist ein Album, das die Zuhörer auf eine Reise durch die Höhen und Tiefen der späten 60er Jahre mitnimmt. Mit einer Mischung aus Blues, Country und Rock präsentiert die Band eine Platte, die sowohl zeitlos als auch ein Produkt ihrer Zeit ist.
“Midnight Rambler” sticht als ein Highlight des Albums hervor. Dieses Stück ist ein episches Blues-Rock-Opus, das mit seinem rohen Energieausbruch und der intensiven Mundharmonika von Mick Jagger die Zuhörer fesselt. Es ist ein Song, der zeigt, was die Stones am besten können: kraftvollen, mitreißenden Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Trotz der Stärken von Tracks wie “Midnight Rambler” und dem ikonischen “Gimme Shelter” fehlt es dem Album insgesamt an der rohen Power und dem ungestümen Rock, den man von den Stones erwarten könnte. Einige Stücke neigen dazu, sich in langsameren, nachdenklicheren Melodien zu verlieren, was Fans des härteren Rock-Stils enttäuschen könnte. In diesen Momenten wirkt das Album fast zurückhaltend, als ob die Band ihre wilde Seite zügelt.
Für diejenigen, die die Rolling Stones für ihre energiegeladenen Performances und ihre Fähigkeit, das Publikum mitzureißen, lieben, könnte “Let It Bleed” stellenweise zu bedächtig erscheinen. Es ist verständlich, wenn manche Hörer das Album als etwas langweilig empfinden, da es nicht durchgehend die elektrisierende Spannung liefert, die man von einem der größten Rock-Acts der Geschichte erwartet.
Zusammenfassend ist das Album solide, da es zwar Qualität zeigt, aber nicht konsequent die rockige Kraft entfaltet, die es zu einem wahren Meisterwerk machen würde.

Wonderfully Bluesy

A fine classic rock album. It's essentially Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want with some filler songs in between. Still, not a bad time. 2.5/5 -> 3/5.

Really just a great album. Stones in top form.

I'm not huge on the rolling stones, this is ok. 2*.
Highlight: you can't always get what you want
I had Spotify on shuffle and missed half the album. Went back to the beginning and my opinion hasn't changed. Something about these guys doing honky tonk is meh. Good for them for branching out, but meh. Only the highlight stands out.

1. "Gimme Shelter" 9/10
2. "Love in Vain" 6/10
3. "Country Honk" 7/10
4. "Live with Me"
5. "Let It Bleed" 6.9/10
6. "Midnight Rambler" 7.5/10
7. "You Got the Silver"
8. "Monkey Man"
9. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" 8/10

I'm almost 100% sure that the reason the Rolling Stones are so big in the United States compared to other British bands from the time (save for maybe the Who) due to their insistent need to make themselves "countey," that way it appeals to all those with an affection for country rock. Now, admittedly, Rolling Stones are better at it than the average country rock group, but as someone who can't stand the genre most of the time, this isn't that much better. Mick Jagger's voice never is pleasing on the ears, and a lot of the tracks here can blend together, despite being pretty varying in sound. It also has lyrics here that feel questionable at best, such as "We all need someone to cream on," which just left me feeling awkward. Rolling Stones at thie point seems to have completely abandoned any sort of psychedelic influence by this point, which is a real shame because their best tracks came from a mixture of bluesy rock and that era's brand of psychedelics, see Paint It Black. It leads to this album being a really sobering experience compared to its contemporaries, and in an era of so much experimentation, this feels too safe to be all that special. I get why it has its fans, especially for those who grew up with it, but for a more modern set of eyes, I'd question choosing Rolling Stones over any of their British Invasion siblings, and this album is the perfect example as to why.

This is the best Rolling Stones album I've heard. It had a lot of the hits I had heard before and the rest of the songs were still good. 5/5

This album is just not good. I remain baffled as to why The Rolling Stones are a thing.

They kick this one off with one of their best songs, and a perfect opener - the fade in, uneasy tremelo as the signature guitar part emerges conjuring a storm and the vocals jump in begging for relief. Like most of their stuff in this period, the rest album finds them doing Southern-face: it's all drawling vocals, slack slide guitar riffs, harmonica trills, honky tonk pianos, and a lot of choogle. This material is loose and fun and fine as it goes, but not as good as the some of the other stuff they put out in this golden era of Rolling Stones Americana. You could condense the best of this, Exile, Goats Head Soup, Sticky Fingers, and Beggars Banquet down into three perfect 8-song albums that'd all be five-stars. It's their best era but still pretty bloated, this album especially. The middle three minutes of Midnight Rambler is a rave up that goes nowhere, fades out, then comes back for no good reason - like they're trying to do a 60s Grateful Dead/Allman Brothers thing, but don't really get how to improvise because Mick Jagger can't not sing for a more than 50 seconds.

Great album. I nearly forgot it and I'm t hear it again.

I’m not a huge fan of The Rolling Stones —it’s probably one of my greatest sins. Having said that, “Gimme Shelter” is one of the greatest rock tracks ever recorded. The rest of this album varies from good to annoying, with some stage mixing choices throughout. Mick Jagger performs like he thinks he is a good singer, and that confidence has done a lot for him. But the best vocal performance on the album comes from Merry Clayton—and then, strangely, Keith Richards on “You Got The Silver.”

The album closes with “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” which is another classic track, though it doesn’t transcend as well as the opening song. Not a bad album, but The Stones just aren’t my cup of tea.

Pretty decent. 3.55

Kicks off with the best Stones song and ends strong with another banger. What comes in between is not quite as strong. None of it is bad, but after Gimme Shelter anything is going to be hard pressed to really shine. On the whole a great album and definitely worth listening multiple times.

Gimme Shelter is just an automatic 5 stars even if the rest of the album had been Mick breaking wind into a set of bagpipes for 30mins. BUT you get Midnight Rambler as well along with a variety of "white men play dirty blues" tracks