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Sticky Fingers
 Sticky Fingers $17.98 If you already have "Exile on Main St." you'll know what you are in for with this album. Hard, edgy rock n' roll, slow, swampy grinds, and gritty blues tunes. There aren't any real up-tempo numbers on "Sticky Fingers", everything is mid-tempo or sloer, and it fits the overall mood of the record like a glove (or some other tired klich). This is one of the Stones' bluesiest records, not only because of genuine blues tunes like Fred McDowell's acoustic slide guitar-workout "You've Got to Move" (titled "You Gotta Move" here)...the majority of these ten songs are built around blues riffs, blues scales and a big bluesy vibe, even if they aren't arranged like traditional blues in the A-A-B-format. The opener, "Brown Sugar" is probably the best known, but it is far from the only highlight here, and it is perhaps not even the best song off "Sticky Fingers". It gets stiff competition from "Sway", "Dead Flowers", "Bitch" and one or two others, songs which may seem less immediately appealing, less accessible, if you will, but they will grow on you if you give them the chance. The slow blues-rock tune "Sway" is a greasy, grinding powerhouse, clanging R&B piano and ragged guitar riffs. The country-ish "Wild Horses", the slow, morose "Sister Morphine", the blues ballad "I Got the Blues", and the grandiose "Moonlight Mile" are all mainly acoustic numbers, whereas "Bitch" and "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" are both tough, riff-driven hard rockers. "Dead Flowers" is a little bit country and a little bit rock n' roll, if you will, but a dark and evil country song, with stinging Telecaster fills and a raw harmony vocal by Keith Richards. But it all blends exceedingly well together, blues, country, ballads and hard rock, making "Sticky Fingers" one of the Stones' finest offerings, pieced together from outtakes and laboriuous studio sessions as it is. To me, it is not quite the equal of the phenomenal "Exile on Main St.", but what is, really? It is a must-have for Stones fans all the same, one of the pillars of 70s rock n' roll, and one of the pillars on which the Stones' magnificent reputation rests.  Sticky Fingers $13.98 In this day and age , why would anyone compress the sound levels just to gain a louder pressing. The virgin pressing is better. Someone needs to step in and redo the Stones catalog properly.  Sticky Fingers $9.49 In this day and age , why would anyone compress the sound levels just to gain a louder pressing. The virgin pressing is better. Someone needs to step in and redo the Stones catalog properly.  Sticky Fingers $17.98 I will be short I am a huge Stones fan so of coures i like this album but if you are not a fan please listen to it first it is not for everybody. There are bands that i don't like e.g. GNR but I will not bash them some people love them. I a big Beetles fan as well but i will not compare the two bands its and insult to the Beetles and Stones. So if you like Rock and Roll give it a listen i think you will like them. If not move on and find something that works for you |
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