threespires
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I’ve already given some of my impressions in prior posts. In summary I think it contains a mix of successful and less successful minor twists on their tried and trusted formula and it was interesting to listen to. Though I wrote a post re. Jagger's vocals, I don’t think, with the possible exception of Just My Imagination, that he on his own diminishes anything. Where it works, like Miss You, it’s a result of the whole and where it falls down, most notably for me in Respectable, it’s the whole band too. There are some solid more archetypal Stones songs on here too like When The Whip Comes Down but for me it’ll be a photo finish between Shattered and Miss You for the best track on the album.
Lyrically some of it is most kindly thought of as a relic of its time but by and large it’s that overall sound that they create rather than the words I would listen to them for.
It’s rare I don’t get something out of the nominations on this thread and in this case, it has sort of ignited slightly more interest in The Stones, albeit more in the style of The History of the World in 100 Objects rather than wanting to immerse myself in their music per se. A bit like the Sphinx of Taharqa, it just feels like I should have a better appreciation of Mick and Keith et al in order to be a more rounded individual.
I have some basic familiarity with their earlier albums as some of their stone-cold classics drew me to have a listen to them, so I might now have a listen to some of the albums post this one too. I was going to swerve ones like that one where they look like the bloody Wiggles on the front cover but I understand that was at a time that Richards and Jagger basically weren’t speaking to each other so maybe that’ll be interesting in itself? Anyway, suggestions for the best two or three post this to have a listen to are very welcome.
As for this album, it hasn’t converted me into a card-carrying member of the fan club, but it is an interesting snapshot of an iconic band at a particular moment in popular music when trends were shifting, and they needed to respond or not as the case may be. It’s also got a decent number of good songs although nothing quite as ear catching to me as some of their earlier classics; but certainly a number that I’ll be happy to listen to if/when they arrive on autoplay.
Notwithstanding their obvious qualities and deserved place in the popular music pantheon, from a personal enjoyment perspective I’m hovering between a 6 and a 7 on this album so 6.5/10 seems about right.
Lyrically some of it is most kindly thought of as a relic of its time but by and large it’s that overall sound that they create rather than the words I would listen to them for.
It’s rare I don’t get something out of the nominations on this thread and in this case, it has sort of ignited slightly more interest in The Stones, albeit more in the style of The History of the World in 100 Objects rather than wanting to immerse myself in their music per se. A bit like the Sphinx of Taharqa, it just feels like I should have a better appreciation of Mick and Keith et al in order to be a more rounded individual.
I have some basic familiarity with their earlier albums as some of their stone-cold classics drew me to have a listen to them, so I might now have a listen to some of the albums post this one too. I was going to swerve ones like that one where they look like the bloody Wiggles on the front cover but I understand that was at a time that Richards and Jagger basically weren’t speaking to each other so maybe that’ll be interesting in itself? Anyway, suggestions for the best two or three post this to have a listen to are very welcome.
As for this album, it hasn’t converted me into a card-carrying member of the fan club, but it is an interesting snapshot of an iconic band at a particular moment in popular music when trends were shifting, and they needed to respond or not as the case may be. It’s also got a decent number of good songs although nothing quite as ear catching to me as some of their earlier classics; but certainly a number that I’ll be happy to listen to if/when they arrive on autoplay.
Notwithstanding their obvious qualities and deserved place in the popular music pantheon, from a personal enjoyment perspective I’m hovering between a 6 and a 7 on this album so 6.5/10 seems about right.