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Sticky Fingers | 
 enlarge | Artist: The Rolling Stones
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 18588
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 37673
UPC: 946337673244
EAN: 0094633767324
ASIN: B000AM6OKS
Release Date: August 30, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Brown Sugar | | • | Sway | | • | Wild Horses | | • | Can't You Hear Me Knocking | | • | You Gotta Move | | • | Bitch | | • | I Got The Blues | | • | Sister Morphine | | • | Dead Flowers | | • | Moonlight Mile |
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Absolutely Bada** - "I'm just about a MOONLIGHT MI-HILE... ON DOWN THE ROAD!" July 26, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Stones are cool. I'm praying you knew that going in, but if you didn't, this could make you realize that. In my opinion, this is the best album the Rolling Stones ever recorded - and, like its follow-up Exile on Main Street, a flawless collection of songs. The ballads really lead the way here, with my favorite song on the album being the heartbreaking country-rock classic Wild Horses - anybody who believes Mick Jagger doesn't have soul will probably change their mind instantly as soon as they hear this. It's one of the fifty or so best songs ever recorded. So is Moonlight Mile, another ballad, this one an orchestrated epic augmented by Mick Taylor's melodic, wonderful acoustic guitar playing and That Other Rolling Stone Named Mick's thoughtful, poetic lyrics - I know this sounds like pure hyperbole here, but it really is a drama about death and redemption with a not-so-subtle drug reference tossed in for extra measure. Again, if you don't think Mick's got soul, listen to this track. The third out-and-out ballad is Sister Morphine, and while it isn't quite as good as Wild Horses or Moonlight Mile, that's all because those two songs are Wild Horses and Moonlight Mile, you know? A chilling tale of overdose coming from the Rolling Stones at arguably the height of their indulgences (though to be fair, they were ALWAYS indulgent when it came to drugs) propelled by Charlie Watts' drumming and guest star Ry Cooder's slide guitar. By the way, I'd like to give Ry a shout-out for his stellar playing on Love in Vain, too. Don't know a thing about his solo work, but now I'll have to check it out.
With all the ballads here, you may think the Stones have forgotten to rock. Oh no. Not at all. Rocking is not a problem for the group - the typical R&B influenced, typically sleazy, totally-not-PC Brown Sugar features an immortal riff and Bobby Keyes' best sax playing in the history of ever (okay, maybe Can't You Hear Me Knocking has that sax playing, but we'll get to that). The actually not sexist B*tch (if anything, that one's about booze and drugs) continues in that direction, and the horn section's playing is fantastic. So is Mick Taylor's. Mick Taylor rules, you know that? You can also catch one of his better guitar solos on Can't You Hear Me Knocking's Latin-jazz second half. Man, that part kicks butt! To think it only came about because someone left the tape running while Bobby Keyes was soloing after the song's hard-rock part ended (at least that's what I've heard). Well, it's one of their greatest moments, and if you need just one reason to buy this album (hell, you've got ten), buy it for the sax/guitar duel at the end. THAT is classic stuff. Anyway, let's get back to Taylor. Listen to Sway, which for some reason is not a radio favorite, if you want to hear that guy at the height of his powers. The guitar solos on that song... whoa.
Now there are three other songs, and each one is pretty different from the last. Dead Flowers one of the several undervalued gems you can find on this wonderful album, another one of their best country-rockers. Once again, it portrays drug addiction in a rather unflattering light (getting a little disillusioned with the rock 'n' roll lifestyle, are we Mick?) which I, a big supporter of the straight-edge life, have nothing but support for. More importantly, it's a great song with a catchy chorus and great piano fills and a fun pedal steel solo. I'm not a huge country fan, but I'm all for it when the Stones play country! Then there's the weird acoustic blues You Gotta Move (the album's lone cover), which I think is a pretty good song myself - especially the awesome "Ah-ha-ha-ha... ah-ha-ha-ha..." chant thingy near the end. A lot of people put the song down, and it does take some getting used to, and while I've heard a better, older version (not sure if it's Gary Davis' original or not, but it sounded good), this is quite a nice song in itself, and a good transition from side one to side two. I Got the Blues is another one people like to laugh at, but listen to Mick testify during the last ten or twenty seconds and tell me if that isn't pure soul. Oh, and the organ solo (played by none other than Mr. Billy Preston! R.I.P., man!) is amazing.
So yeah, there you go. Sticky Fingers is one of rock's all-time best albums - plenty of pure classics were put out in 1971, but this tops all of 'em. To the Stones, I say keep on rollin'! They haven't entered a truly stagnant period yet (though the '80s were pretty close), which is the sign of an immortal band.
Brooding ballads & buoyant rock July 19, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The theme of this somber 1971 album is drugs and the aural administration thereof takes place mostly via slow, soulful songs. The three up-tempo exceptions are the raucous Brown Sugar, the malevolent Bitch and the extended jamming excursion Can't You Hear Me Knocking, all prime slabs of powerful rock `n roll.
The down-tempo tracks all have an air of melancholia about them, from the world-weary Wild Horses to the unoriginally titled but moving I Got the Blues. The notorious Sister Morphine, also performed by Marianne Faithfull on albums like Blazing Away and Greatest Hits, is a decadent and chilling highlight.
The country-tinged Dead Flowers is another masterpiece with evocative imagery and addictive melody line and reminds me somewhat of Far Away Eyes on their Some Girls (1978) album. Sticky Fingers concludes with the yearning Moonlight Mile, a final unforgettable song. The blend of butt-kicking rock and brooding ballads ensure a perfect Stones album.
I'm No Schoolgirl, but I Know What I Like June 11, 2006
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Mick Taylor's haunting guitar can be heard throughout this record. The guitar marriage between him and Keith was, without a doubt, a match made in heaven. The two just knew how to drive a song, well ten songs in this case. And if these guys are driving the car, Mick Jaggar is riding shotgun, mike in hand, singing his heart out, and steadily beating his pound tattoo to keep the guitars in time is none other than that drummer extrodinaire Charlie Watts. Let's face it, the bass is good too, can't forget Bill. Can't forget the host of guest musicians either who make up this stew. Do you think they all knew back then what they were about? What they were creating? Certainly they knew "Brown Sugar" would raise some eyebrows. And they had to know mommies and daddies were gonna be furious about "Sister Morphine." Still, this record overcame it all. Just about every rock publication on earth has declared this record to be one of the best ever made. It is.
Get You Grooving June 10, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" is certainly one of the greatest rock and roll records to come out of the Boomer Generation, actually it's one of the best records to come out of any generation. Somewhere along the line the boys in the band got transformed from the bad boys of rock and roll into some mighty fine musicians. Well, they were still, and still are, I suppose, the bad boys of rock. A listen to this record will tell you that. I mean could anybody but the Stones have gotten away with "Brown Sugar" and "Sister Morphine?" So, let's agree, they were still the bad boys. I guess it's possible to be a rocker and to not be so good (just kidding), but all kidding aside, this is a record that will rip you right out of your seat, get you dancing, get you rocking, get you thinking, get you grooving.
A Rolling Stones Masterpiece June 10, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
"Sticky Fingers from start to finish is nothing short of masterful. It just flows. And it does it without bowing or kowtowing to anybody. "Brown Sugar" must have blown a lot of minds back in the day. And "Sister Morphine," wowza, I'm surprised the holier than though folks who want to control everything we see and hear weren't out publicly melting these records down. But maybe they couldn't, maybe they were too mesmerized by Mick Taylor's knock down drag out guitar playing. Or maybe Bobby Keys sax warned them away. Or maybe they were just afraid of street fighting men, whatever. Actually this record apparently did tick off Franco. You know the guy who ran Spain, because when it came out there, "Sister Morphine" was replaced with "Let it Rock" and that totally glorious Andy Warhol zipper cover was replaced with a photo of the band. I guess Franco thought it obscene, which is strange coming from a man who every thinking person on the planet found obscene. Anyway, you won't find it obscene, not if you've got heart.
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