LET IT BLEED
| The Rolling Stones
LET IT BLEED
Let It Bleed is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. Released shortly after the band's 1969 American Tour, it is the follow-up to 1968's Beggars Banquet and the last album by the band to feature Brian Jones as well as the first to feature Mick Taylor. -Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
it hits from both sides, with no laughs, no innuendoes, and nothing held back. The Stones have never done anything better.
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All Music
Yet some of the songs are among their very best, especially "Gimme Shelter," with its shimmering guitar lines and apocalyptic lyrics; the harmonica-driven "Midnight Rambler"; the druggy party ambience of the title track; and the stunning "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which was the Stones' "Hey Jude" of sorts, with its epic structure, horns, philosophical lyrics, and swelling choral vocals.
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NPR
Let It Bleed doesn't sound neutered by today's standards. It's rebellious, and it's grimy.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
You can hear it in the gloomy, violent and desolate grooves of Let It Bleed, the title itself a harbinger of the album's moody and blood-soaked music.
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Alt Rock Chick
a pretty solid effort, not as holistically strong as Beggars Banquet, but more than enough to keep the faith alive
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Keno's ROLLING STONES Web Site
Let It Bleed is Keith Richards' best Stones album ever. He plays most of the guitars on this album and plays them superbly!
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The Mancunion
The album benefits from one of the best music partnerships in the history of music in Jagger and Richards. Let It Bleed is arguably one of The Rolling Stones’ best albums and that’s quite a feat with a career having lasted over fifty years.
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Countdown Kid
There’s not a clunker to be found, plus you’d be hard-pressed to find another rock album with bookends as good as this one.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
And that's enough to convince me that this is the pinnacle of the Stones, and one of the greatest rock albums ever to grace our world.
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Only Solitaire
Dark, dreary, but oh so beautiful. Anthems, ballads, spooky celebrations of murder - all set to an unbelievably creative set of melodies.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
the highly competent slide guitarist/electric bluesman Mick Taylor t(ex-John Mayall's Bluesbreakers) had stepped into his shoes, bringing the Stones to their artistic peak
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The Guardian
Let It Bleed boasts perhaps the most powerful opening in rock history – the four and half minutes of apocalyptic dread that constitutes Gimme Shelter – but it scarcely lets up after that
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Adrian's Album Reviews
Leon Russell and Nicky Hopkins play Piano! Jimmie Miller produces, Glyn Johns AND Bruce Botnick ( and Jerry Hansen?! ) engineer! No wonder it sounds so damn fabulous
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Don Ignacio
That's the sort of album this is; everything is a well-oiled masterpiece!
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Mark's Record Reviews
An earthy bluesy country real-life no B.S. American album made by a bunch of British drug addicts. Go figure.
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Renowned for Sound
The Rolling Stones have rarely been more vulnerable or their music more beautiful.
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The Top Tens
Overall, while not every song on the album is strong, it's still one of the most important albums in rock history.
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NME
‘Let It Bleed’, their darkest album of the period, unleashes a maelstrom of apocalyptic noise to usher in the new decade, with the towering ‘Gimme Shelter’ launching its manifesto on a decidedly demonic note.
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