Sticky Fingers

what a relief having this normal album after The Residents yesterday

Favorite track(s): Wild Horses, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Bitch, Sister Morphine, Moonlight Mile

Heard before
Previous rating: 9/10

5
Their best album imo, can't you hear me knocking might be their best song too

I didn't think I'd enjoy this album as much as I did! Rocking guitars and bluesy vibes (they have a relatively milder sound than I was expecting from such a famous rock band) mixed in with a darker sensual undercurrent. The Rolling Stones is another one of those canonised bands that I didn't have much interest digging into. I figured they're revered for good reason, but their audience of middle-aged dads is wayyy outta my ballpark.

In my opinion some of the lyrics fall flat in their excessiveness and haven't aged the best. Sexual provocativeness is not the issue here, just the strange execution e.g., "Brown Sugar", which I'm not sure is supposed to be radical commentary or unintentional fetishisation that's trying to come off romantic. If it's the former, I don't think they pulled it off well or are the most appropriate people to deliver the message thoughtfully. This tackiness also extends to the album cover itself. I felt compelled to dock a point as a result, but I truly did like this one!

Easy 4. Contains perhaps my fave Stones’ song in “Wild Horses”. Iconic tunes and iconic cover.

The run of albums the Stones produced from Beggar's Banquet to Exile on Main Street forms their Imperial Phase - when their claim to be "The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World" was not just indisputable, it was self-evident.

Slap bang in the middle of it comes Sticky Fingers. The riffs are ear worms, waiting to attack. The playing is razor sharp. The cover art is appropriately sleazy. The guitar solos - particularly Mick Taylor's on Can't You Hear Me Knocking - are masterful. The songs are all brilliant.

Well, almost all the songs. I fear we need to talk about the racist, misogynistic, sadistic celebration of slavery that is "Brown Sugar". Musically it's a glorious thing. But if ever the lyrics WERE appropriate (and that's doubtful) time has not been kind. Even the Stones have decided to stop performing it.

So this would have been 5 stars, but pro slavery, misogyny means it loses a star. And that's being generous.

Probably the best all around stones album I’ve heard from this list

På mange måder lyden af min barndom - jeg kommer fra et Stones-hjem :)
Det blev dog aldrig rigtig noget for mig, men jeg er stadig mere eller mindre formet af det. Det er jo unægteligt nogle gigantiske numre på dette album, og selvom det ikke er noget, jeg selv sætter på, så må jeg anerkende betydningen og pay my respects.

3.9

This is my second Rolling Stones album and l am as bored as when I listened to the first one. It's not horrible, but not good imo. It doesn't have that wow factor that keeps me interested.

Stones at their stoniest. I love all the hits but “Dead Flowers” is the one that puts it over the top for me.

I am in the camp of people that believe The Rolling Stones are unbelievably overrated. Here is the catch that separates them from other overrated bands... when they write a good song its AMAZING. This album is a clear cut example of that, 2 flat out great songs, 2 decent songs and the rest sounds like the majority of their catalog, messy and not messy in a good way.

I would say half of this record is 4 stars and rest is 2. 3 stars it is. Special shout out to the dick print.

A few years back, I had a diversity training at work which started by playing us ‘Brown Sugar’, and we all rocked out. Then they put the lyrics on the projector. Ooops…
Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good? Uh huh
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should uh huh

Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard ‘em just around midnight

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar, just like a young girl should, now (yeah)

Ah, get on, brown sugar, how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, got me craving’ the, the brown sugar just like a black girl should, yeah

I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy, but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight

Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, come down, brown sugar, just like a young girl should, yeah

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
How come you... how come you taste so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
Just like a, just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo

Not exactly Dylan… The rest is fine as classic rock goes. I wish they would stick to rock and leave the blues to those better suited to handle that genre, though. It’s not their strong suit at all. The Stones were always a bit too schticky and image conscious for my tastes, but it is what it is, and they certainly rock in places. I just can’t drink the ‘greatest rock and roll band in the world’ kool aid if this is their best offering.

Can’t You Hear Me Knocking remains one of the coolest songs ever written. The rest of the album was pretty good.

It's easy to take the Rolling Stones for granted. Don't! There is so much good stuff on this album. Of course the dirty, dirty guitars. But also the horns and organs and pianos.

The band really stretch their wings trying a variety of styles and genres with quite a bit of success- jugband blues on "You Gotta Move," jazz fusion on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," country pop on "Dead Flowers," and singer-songwriter on "Moonlight Mile." Only problem is the horrid "Brown Sugar" to open- the most racist classic rock song ever written?

It’s a fine album. But I just don’t understand how this is considered one of the greatest albums of all time and I don’t understand how people say Stones made better music than the Beatles. The middle of this album is the best for me and I obviously love the hits, Wild Horses and Can’t You Hear Me Knocking to be specific. Although I feel Can’t You Hear Me Knocking would be even better if it wasn’t as long of a track. And man oh man, I’m not even going to talk about Brown Sugar in depth even though I should. Just gonna say get that song outta here!! I don’t care how many ways they try to spin that song into not being lyrically cringe or inappropriate…it is.

An ok album. Don't get the hype personally 🤷🏻‍♀️

3 ⭐️

One of those Stones albums I thought I'd heard before, but a lot was unfamiliar. Some good hits, some less interesting stuff too. Didn't leave a massively lasting impression, but still pretty strong.

Great album. Plenty of classics: Dead Flowers, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Can't you hear me knocking, Bitch, Sway... a couple of not so great tracks, but still a top album.

Moody Bluesy rocky - almost a Great name for a band that…

Debauched, Risky, innovative… they wish . But still an actual good album , before they forgot how to make an entire album.

More Eaton than East end; no mater how much they swagger … a solid album but nothing more from the posh boys of rock.