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Track Listings
| 1. Brown Sugar |
| 2. Sway |
| 3. Wild Horses |
| 4. Can't You Hear Me Knocking |
| 5. You Gotta Move |
| 6. Bitch |
| 7. I Got the Blues |
| 8. Sister Morphine |
| 9. Dead Flowers |
| 10. Moonlight Mile |
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"Sister Morphine", the heart of guitarist Mick Taylor's first full studio album with the Stones, doesn't get brought up as often as "Brown Sugar" or "Wild Horses". But it's one of the most vivid, horrifying songs about drug abuse ever recorded--as Mick Jagger sings "from my hospital bed," the ringing guitars of Taylor and Keith Richards build to full catharsis behind him. On that and lighter songs like the countryish "Dead Flowers" and the rocker "Bitch", Charlie Watts establishes himself as rock's prototypical drummer. He's creative and propulsive and knows how to swing, but he never overwhelms the song or the other Stones. --Steve Knopper
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Recorded at Muscle Shoals in Alabama, with the Rolling Stones mobile and at Olympic Studios in London, Sticky Fingers is an acknowledged masterpiece and rightly features on the list of Rolling Stone Magazine’s "Greatest Albums Of All Time". It came housed in a controversial ‘zipper’ sleeve conceived by Andy Warhol – and topped the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The US number one single "Brown Sugar" has become the ultimate rock anthem but the riffy "Bitch" is just as intoxicating while the ballads "Sister Morphine" and "Moonlight Mile" are timeless classics . Sticky Fingers also provided rock fans with "Can’t You Hear Me Knocking" and "Sway". The much-covered "Wild Horses" and "Dead Flowers" inaugurated a rich run of country-tinged material for the band. Keith Richards & Mick Jagger’s songwriting partnership had reached another level as this album was unveiled in 1971.
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77 of 83 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
OK, I would imagine that most folk already know this album and will already have it in some form or other. Therefore I will not dwell too long on the peerless music contained therein. The music is a mixed bag of styles taking in deep core blues numbers, hoary rockers and a spell of jazz-rock(almost!)in the latter minutes of Can't you hear me knocking which is worth the cost of admission alone.
Why should anyone buy these new remasters, especially when the last lot claimed that the patented UV22 Super CD Encoding system by Apogee Electronics captured the fine detail of the original analogue master(still awake out there??). I got this just to hear for myself if there was any noticeable difference in this and the last lot. I do not have a wave editor, so this is all based on listening to it in the car, on the way home with it, and on the stereo at home.
There are differences that I could hear in the car, even though it is a noisy and less than perfect place to start('98 Mini Cooper with a window open to stop it from steaming up in the rain). Straight off I could hear Bobby Keys sax playing in Brown Sugar, the background bits and not just the hard blowing. The violins in Sway were more apparent. The detail in the sound of the slide guitar in You Gotta Move and a load of other fine aspects just is more apparent.
At home all of the above were even more obvious. In particular the background is totally silent, no hiss at all to cloud the music.I also notice that the disc has not been mastered to be loud like all too many over compressed offerings these days. The sounds just emerge out of silence.
Sound quality 5 stars, no attempt to do anything new with the cd liner notes/artwork 3 stars.... Read more ›
Why should anyone buy these new remasters, especially when the last lot claimed that the patented UV22 Super CD Encoding system by Apogee Electronics captured the fine detail of the original analogue master(still awake out there??). I got this just to hear for myself if there was any noticeable difference in this and the last lot. I do not have a wave editor, so this is all based on listening to it in the car, on the way home with it, and on the stereo at home.
There are differences that I could hear in the car, even though it is a noisy and less than perfect place to start('98 Mini Cooper with a window open to stop it from steaming up in the rain). Straight off I could hear Bobby Keys sax playing in Brown Sugar, the background bits and not just the hard blowing. The violins in Sway were more apparent. The detail in the sound of the slide guitar in You Gotta Move and a load of other fine aspects just is more apparent.
At home all of the above were even more obvious. In particular the background is totally silent, no hiss at all to cloud the music.I also notice that the disc has not been mastered to be loud like all too many over compressed offerings these days. The sounds just emerge out of silence.
Sound quality 5 stars, no attempt to do anything new with the cd liner notes/artwork 3 stars.... Read more ›
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By R. G. Bell
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Exile on Main St (which is a great record) often gets the plaudits but Sticky Fingers pushes it to a very close photo finish. Simply put, it is a great album with the Stones, perhaps feeling more confident and "sparky" with Mick Taylor now in the band, take on the blues, ballads, country rock alongside their more "traditional" Chuck Berry like output. Several of the tracks were recorded in Alabama and it shows - the remastered version of Wild Horses is worth the price of the cd alone. Furthermore, as we now know from his excellent autobiography, by now Keith had mastered his own form of open tuning and his playing throughout the album is simply magnificent.
Perhaps they had been listening to early Santana because by track 4; Can't you here me knocking, they were in the mood for an extended "jam" session, a term later abused by "progressive rock" but in this context it demonstrates all of their talents to excellent effect. From the beginning "killer riff" from Uncle Keith through to Bobby Keyes saxophone and then finally in comes Mick Taylor with some fabulous lead guitar. This track is a true delight.
Jagger sings well, Charlie Watts is his usual sublime mode of percussive economy and in so doing demonstrates what rock drumming is all about.
However in the end great albums all need great songs; Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Sister morphine, I got the blues (with a fabulous organ solo from the late lamented Billy Preston), Moonlight Mile and arguably Sway are all up there with the best of the Stones canon. A fabulous record and the remastered version has finally done justice to the CD format. Highly recommended.
I hope you enjoy
Roger Bell
Perhaps they had been listening to early Santana because by track 4; Can't you here me knocking, they were in the mood for an extended "jam" session, a term later abused by "progressive rock" but in this context it demonstrates all of their talents to excellent effect. From the beginning "killer riff" from Uncle Keith through to Bobby Keyes saxophone and then finally in comes Mick Taylor with some fabulous lead guitar. This track is a true delight.
Jagger sings well, Charlie Watts is his usual sublime mode of percussive economy and in so doing demonstrates what rock drumming is all about.
However in the end great albums all need great songs; Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Sister morphine, I got the blues (with a fabulous organ solo from the late lamented Billy Preston), Moonlight Mile and arguably Sway are all up there with the best of the Stones canon. A fabulous record and the remastered version has finally done justice to the CD format. Highly recommended.
I hope you enjoy
Roger Bell
40 of 45 people found the following review helpful
By Chinacatalba
Format:Audio CD
So the first batch of Stones remasters are upon us and what are we getting for our hard earned cash?
The packaging is the same as the previous Virgin issues from 1997, no extra photos from the cover shoot or sessions. No insightful sleeve notes from someone like Roy Carr or Charles Shaar-Murray whose long out of print Rolling Stones - An Illustrated Record is still required reading.
The mastering is a big improvement over previous issues with some of the distortion removed from Brown Sugar and numbers like Sway and Moonlight Mile no longer sounding as murky as they did before.
On the down side the discs have not been issued as hybrid s.a.c.d. like the A.B.K.C.O. issues of the Stones' Decca back catalogue from a few years back which set the bar higher for Stones issues.. The c.d. cases are also those flimsy super audio jewel boxes which seem to be the fashion these days and they break all too easily.
I don't have too much to say about the music except it's place as one of rock's greatest albums is wholly justified. This remaster further cements that reputation.
A Stones nut like me will buy without hesitation. Others will have to decide if the sound improvement is worth the extra outlay. Reservations about format and packaging aside I would say "go for it".
The packaging is the same as the previous Virgin issues from 1997, no extra photos from the cover shoot or sessions. No insightful sleeve notes from someone like Roy Carr or Charles Shaar-Murray whose long out of print Rolling Stones - An Illustrated Record is still required reading.
The mastering is a big improvement over previous issues with some of the distortion removed from Brown Sugar and numbers like Sway and Moonlight Mile no longer sounding as murky as they did before.
On the down side the discs have not been issued as hybrid s.a.c.d. like the A.B.K.C.O. issues of the Stones' Decca back catalogue from a few years back which set the bar higher for Stones issues.. The c.d. cases are also those flimsy super audio jewel boxes which seem to be the fashion these days and they break all too easily.
I don't have too much to say about the music except it's place as one of rock's greatest albums is wholly justified. This remaster further cements that reputation.
A Stones nut like me will buy without hesitation. Others will have to decide if the sound improvement is worth the extra outlay. Reservations about format and packaging aside I would say "go for it".
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Thomas
Format:Audio CD
I have listened to my Dad's copy of the '94 CD release of Sticky Fingers and enjoyed the music thoroughly. So, I wanted to get my own copy.
I wasn't sure whether the remastered version would be a drastic change from the original as it sounded fairly good already, but after 1 or 2 plays I could tell that it was a great professional remastering and the stereo mix is great. Worth getting over the original anytime.
I wasn't sure whether the remastered version would be a drastic change from the original as it sounded fairly good already, but after 1 or 2 plays I could tell that it was a great professional remastering and the stereo mix is great. Worth getting over the original anytime.
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Very rewarding album.. The more you listen the more you get from it. My favourite track differs from day to day according to what mood I'm in, and there's something for everyone in... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Harley48boy
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Excellent
A classic album that was an impulse buy. I enjoy it very much. Obviously if you are a Stones fan you'll enjoy it.
Published 1 month ago by Dj Peattie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Rock Music.
I've got the original vinyl L.P. The Stones are a great band, and the Vinyl is well worn, so I just had to get the C.D.
Published 2 months ago by C. Blake
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Great music rubbish quality
As my title says this is brilliant as far as the music goes which is 5 star.
I've only heard the CBS issue, not sure of the year and the quality of sound is pretty poor and... Read more
I've only heard the CBS issue, not sure of the year and the quality of sound is pretty poor and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D. J. Lewis
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Possibly better than Exile and Beggars....
What can i say about this one. Yes, I've got it late, very late, but having got more into The Stones recently, this is an absolute stone cold masterpiece! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Matthew Walker
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Awesome smashing brilliant wicked fantastic the best love it would buy from again because it rocket my world kick ass!!
Published 4 months ago by sam wright
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sticky fingers cd
This cd it's an old classic i'm glad it was well kept & arrived in god time. I raccomand the second hand versions on this site always good value for money.
Published 4 months ago by Poppy
5.0 out of 5 stars
finger licking good
bought this album for my husband and really likes it he is a fan of the stones all ways have been likes all there stuff
Published 5 months ago by mhk
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Their finest moment
The Rolling Stones have often been called 'The greatest rock 'n roll band in the world' and, whilst I wouldn't necessarily agree with that claim, for a few years, while Mick Taylor... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kevin
3.0 out of 5 stars
One of te best Rolling Stones albums
If, like me, you don't already have a decent version of this album, this remastered version brings a bit of extra sparkle to the sound quality, though it still sounds like a fairly... Read more
Published 6 months ago by S. Hemmings
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