Of the nine tunes, I rate six of them a ten.''Let It Bleed' is my favorite song here with Ian 'Stu' Stewart playing boogie-woogie piano at his best Let It Bleed is Keith Richards' best Stones album ever. “You Got the Silver” (Keith Richards’ first lead vocal) and Robert Johnson’s “Love in Vain,” by contrast, were as close to the roots of acoustic down-home blues as the Stones ever got. Some of their best work shows up here and tops many Stones fans lists for best album. 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. The Stones were never as consistent on album as their main rivals, the Beatles, and Let It Bleed suffers from some rather perfunctory tracks, like “Monkey Man” and a countrified remake of the classic “Honky Tonk Woman” (here titled “Country Honk”). Let It Bleed it is the reflection of an era, the B-side of what was recorded within the musical landscape, and it is the album most consistent with reality that the Stones released in their career. Mostly recorded without Brian Jones - who died several months before its release (although he does play on two tracks) and was replaced by Mick Taylor (who also plays on just two songs) - this extends the rock and blues feel of Beggars Banquet into slightly harder-rocking, more demonically sexual territory. Throughout 1969, The Stones drifted in and out of the studio with songs gushing out. Stock Imags, ask for actual images if interested in buying.
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