Goats Head Soup
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Goats Head Soup
Goats Head Soup is the 11th British and 13th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in August 1973. Like its predecessor, Exile on Main St., the band composed and recorded much of it outside of the United Kingdom due to tax issues. Goats Head Soup was recorded in Jamaica, United States, and the United Kingdom, and mixed in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The album contained 10 tracks, all written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, including lead single "Angie", which went to No. 1 as a single in the United States and top 5 in the UK. Goats Head Soup received positive reviews and achieved number one chart positions in the UK, US, and several other world markets. The album was remastered and released in 1994 and again in 2009 by Virgin Records and Universal Music respectively. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
But those three great ballads place the album among their most intimate and emotionally absorbing work. At the same time, “Starfucker” maintains the stature of the Stones as grand masters of the rock & roll song.
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All Music
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.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
But the nasty bite to many of the album's cuts sounded weary and bloated; it was as if the Stones had other, more important things to do than make another record.
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Countdown Kid
The album is rescued by some excellent ballads and nearly torpedoed by an unfortunate one.
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Trunkworthy
It might not have been what I was looking for from the Stones in high school in 1973, but as we’ve learned, while you can’t always get what you want, sometimes you get what you need. Even if it takes 40 years to figure that out.
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Blog Critics
contains some very strong music
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South Chinw Morning Post
it features some great tracks worthy of the band's impressive canon
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Alltime Records
excellent and often-overlooked
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Super Seventies
good enough to give the band its third straight Number One album of new material
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What Glenn Thinks
it has a kind of semi-kitsch period charm of its own, exemplifying the sluggish hedonism which coloured much of the Stones' work for some time afterwards
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Jive Time Records
it possesses at least five undeniable classic cuts
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Music Banter
represents a progression in sound for the Stones despite being a step back in quality.
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Sean Rose's Music and Comics Blog
almost every song is gorgeous and it's a disservice, it is, to not give it a shot
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Daily Vault
the kind of album that everyone should experience at least once in their lives
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Wired With Music
I recommend to play this one next
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Alan's Album Archive
has all the nastiness you’d ever want from a Stones LP, but backs it up with some sumptuous melodies, deep lyrics and exciting arrangements
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
here are PLENTY of strengths that make Goat's Head Soup a very solid, very interesting addition to the Stones' catalogue
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Only Solitaire
Ten years of professionalism, meticulous, self-demanding songwriting and self-discipline in recording, production and melody making, have produced one wonderful effect
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
much less powerful and entertaining than Exile
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The Guardian
the stateliness of ballads Winter and Angie and the grimy funk of Dancing with Mr D and Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) show a band still at the height of their powers
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Robert Christgau
Without trying to be "tight" the band usually grooves into a reckless, sweaty coherence; here they hope the licks will stand on their own.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
'Goats Head Soup' is a pretty darn enjoyable listen.
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Don Ignacio
Despite this being a very good album altogether, it did have more than its fair share of missteps.
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Mark's Record Reviews
But the songs are really good!
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