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Beggars Banquet
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Beggars Banquet was released on 6 December 1968 and was the seventh album by the Rolling Stones, the first under producer Jimmy Miller. After the psychedelic pop records Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request, the group returned to roots and blues. Brian Jones was unreliable in the studio because of his drug use, so Keith Richards recorded almost all the guitar parts. Even so, Jones played on eight tracks, including sitar and tanpura on Street Fighting Man.
The album is instrumentally adventurous, with Latin rhythms, claves, tabla, shehnai and congas. A fine example is Sympathy for the Devil, with hypnotic African rhythms. Street Fighting Man became an eternal radio favourite. The record company rejected the first cover, showing a scrawled-on toilet wall, which delayed the release by months. Critics saw the album as a return to former strength, and it has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Listening
Track list
- 1Sympathy For The Devil6:18Apple Music ↗
- 2No Expectations3:57Apple Music ↗
- 3Dear Doctor3:22Apple Music ↗
- 4Parachute Woman2:21Apple Music ↗
- 5Jigsaw Puzzle6:06Apple Music ↗
- 6Street Fighting Man3:16Apple Music ↗
- 7Prodigal Son2:52Apple Music ↗
- 8Stray Cat Blues4:38Apple Music ↗
- 9Factory Girl2:09Apple Music ↗
- 10Salt Of The Earth4:47Apple Music ↗
30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗