Side A --
1 Sympathy for the Devil
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2 No Expectations
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3 Dear Doctor
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4 Parachute Woman
Side B --
1 Jigsaw Puzzle
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2 Street Fighting Man
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3 Prodigal Son
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4 Stray Cat Blues
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5 Factory Girl
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6 Salt of the Earth
180-gram black vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. The Rolling Stones returned to their blues roots on 1968's Beggars
Banquet, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark
achievements. A strong, acoustic Delta Blues flavor colors much of the
album, particularly "Prodigal Son" and Jagger/Richards' "No
Expectations." Basic rock 'n' roll is not forgotten with "Street
Fighting Man" and "Sympathy for the Devil." The lyrical bite of the
material ensured it's place as one of the best blues-based rock albums
of all time.
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The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues
roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one
of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor
colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No
Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Basic
rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a
reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most
innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing
guitar licks, leering Jagger vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic. On "Stray Cat Blues," Jagger and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they
would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time,
though, the approach was still fresh, and the lyrical bite of most of
the material ensured Beggars Banquet's place as one of the top
blues-based rock records of all time. ~ Richie Unterberger, AllMusic