Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones

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  • Release Date: 05/05/2009
  • Original Release: 1973
  • Sales Rank: 2,384
  • Label: UMVD LABELS
  • UPC: 602527015606

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Goats Head Soup

1LISTENDancing With Mr. D. 4:52
2LISTEN100 Years Ago 3:58
3LISTENComing Down Again 5:54
4LISTENDoo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) 3:26
5LISTENAngie 4:32
6LISTENSilver Train 4:26
7LISTENHide Your Love 4:11
8LISTENWinter 5:29
9LISTENCan You Hear the Music 5:31
10LISTENStar Star 4:23

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Sliding out of perhaps the greatest winning streak in rock history, the Stones slipped into decadence and rock star excess with Goats Head Soup, their sequel to Exile on Main St. This is where the Stones' image began to eclipse their accomplishments, as Mick ascended to jet-setting celebrity and Keith slowly sunk deeper into addiction, and it's possible hearing them moving in both directions on Goats Head Soup, at times in the same song. As Jagger plays the devil (or, dances with Mr. D, as he likes to say), the sex and sleaze quotient is increased, all of it underpinned by some genuinely affecting heartbreak, highlighted by "Angie." This may not be as downright funky, freaky, and fantastic as Exile, yet the extra layer of gloss brings out the enunciated lyrics, added strings, wah-wah guitars, explicit sex, and violence, making it all seem trippily decadent. If it doesn't seem like there's a surplus of classics here, all the songs work well, illustrating just how far they've traveled in their songcraft, as well as their exceptional talent as a band -- they make this all sound really easy and darkly alluring, even when the sex'n'satanism seems a little silly. To top it all of, they cap off this utterly excessive album with "Star Star," a nasty Chuck Berry rip that grooves on its own mean vulgarity -- its real title is "Starf*cker," if you need any clarification, and even though they got nastier (the entirety of Undercover, for instance), they never again made something this dirty or nasty. And, it never feels more at home than it does at the end of this excessive record. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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part of the core stones albumsby Anonymous

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October 14, 2005: The stones have recorded and compiled a boat load of albums. Compilation albums are great for parties, but if you are a true fan, recorded albums are the view into the band that you're ultimately seeking. This is one of those core albums, a must. And what a great album it is!

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only rock n' rollby Anonymous

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July 08, 2005: what a bunch of bolonga! critics of the stones have always looked for avenues to destroy the bands accomplishments and this of course is one of their favorite whipping post. this album like many of the stones recordings is one of rocks greatest let there be no doubt in your mind. is it as good as exile? no, probably not, but it began an era of stones classics that began with this albumn....face facts the stones where physically and mentally exhausted after exile and with the experimental excess of the usual smorgasbord of drugs it clearly shows on this album. i have been a life long fan of the stones and for me this album marked their transistion into a competely new sound for the stones. i saw an interview years ago and when keith was asked about the failures of this goats head soup he just rolled his eyes and boasted to the interviewer that whenever the stones put out an album the critics always attempt to compare it with their previous album...he further claimed the critics did it with its only rock n' roll, black & blue, some girls, and tatoo you... their question is always "how does this album stack up to your latest efforts?" comparing each new effort to their previous album or past recordings is just plain silly and ludicrous. the critics have attempted to muddy the water on the stones for over 40 years....better than the beatles, tougher than the who, and in my opinion more structured than zepplen....truley one of the stones best recordings and fully worthy of the purchase price.

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