Beggars Banquet
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Beggars Banquet
Beggars Banquet is the seventh British and ninth American studio album by English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in December 1968 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. The album was a return to roots rock for the band following the psychedelic pop of their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request. It was the last Rolling Stones album to be released during Brian Jones' lifetime, but he also played on two songs on their next album Let It Bleed, which was released after his death.-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
The music is brilliant. ... Beggar’s Banquet is a complete album.
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BBC
Established the Stones as 'The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World'.
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All Music
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.
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Louder Sound
The album that reinvented the Stones and kicked off the purple patch that had them crowned as 'The Greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World'.
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Alt Rock Chick
The Stones reconnected with their brains, their balls and their intuitive grasp of the basics to give us an extraordinary piece of work in Beggars Banquet
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Puluche
This album, from beginning to end, is a true rock & roll classic
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The Countdown Kid
the band’s finest full-length to that point, and, perhaps, from that point on as well
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The Fourth Estate
Over the years, it has held up, and it’s one of the few great albums that I can listen to in any mood, and it will make me feel awesome.
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Amino
they are going back to the roots to truly discover themselves, to discover that sound, that passion and that energy that will truly differentiate them from the pack
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Audiophile Audition
Hits aside, Beggars Banquet has more than its share of minor gems.
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What Glenn Thinks
it is certainly a wonderful album, and one which helped to usher in the band's most creative and turbulent period
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Acoustic Sounds
From 1968, Beggars Banquet was one of the most innovative albums of the '60s, including two of the group’s best songs — “Street Fighting Man” and “Sympathy For The Devil.”
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The Rolling Stones Exhibit
the band truly came into their own, and the Rolling Stones’ music of today is a reflection of what happened in that studio in 1968, they reached their musical manhood
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Treblezine
Beggars Banquet is the quintessential Stones album
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TNT Audio
a great album and a great reissue
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
The ultimate roots-rock casserole - the song quality would be topped by a whee bit on the next album, but the level of diversification in arrangements and style would never again be approached by the Stones. All-time Great
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Only Solitaire
A bit of blues, a bit of rock, a bit of samba, a bit of folk, a bit of country. Very tasty.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
almost every number is solid rock and roll
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The Guardian
n Beggar’s Banquet, the Stones sparkle, reinvigorated by reconnecting with roots music on Jigsaw Puzzle and the wilfully nasty Stray Cat Blues.
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Adrian's Album Reviews
surpasses anything they'd previously done. Not a weak moment in sight
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Don Ignacio
they created this mega-classic, universally considered the first album of their golden age
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Mark's Record Reviews
Five blistering rockers and five acoustic country-western things, each as good as the last.
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The Devil's Finest
Banquet is the perfect marriage of their knack for traditional genres and the catchy original songwriting and creative production of their preceding work – a work ethic they’ve stuck with ever since.
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Elsewhere
So yes, in some measure Beggar's Banquet was a return to roots, but only to expand on them, to follow other roots and routes.
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Keno's ROLLING STONES Web Site
This album isn't just for Stones fans, no. It really is for all people,like the ones Jagger is singing about in "Salt Of The Earth".
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