Let It Bleed – THE ROLLING STONES*****

Gimme Shelter/Love In Vain/Country Honk/Live With Me/Let It Bleed/Midnight Rambler/You Got The Silver/ Monkey Man/You Can’t Always Get What You Want

The world’s most popular rock group The Rolling Stones were at their creative peak in the late 1960s and Let It Bleed explains why. Country Honk is a variation on their transatlantic No. 1 hit Honky Tonk Women. (US:3 UK:1)

“The Rolling Stones landmark 1969 masterpiece Let It Bleed is a highly influential album that drastically affected the course of rock music. This album has some of the greatest songs The Stones ever recorded, and Mick and Keith have never sounded better. It was also the darkest album they recorded, the perfect stormy, tumultuous finale to the raging 1960s. It's the perfect record of when the Summer of Love turned to evil and America lost it's mind. It's just an utterly perfect window into the heart of darkness, and must own for any rock fan.”

"Let it Bleed finds The Rolling Stones at their absolute creative peak. Though it was released as part of a string of masterpiece albums the band recorded between 1968 and 1972, the argument can be made that Bleed stands ever so slightly above the rest.”

“Anyone with a pair of working ears and good taste would have to place Let It Bleed in the very top tier of Rolling Stones albums, and thus among the greatest rock albums ever made. No doubt about it, this is a classic, from the first note to the last.”

“Let It Bleed comes in the middle of that 'creative high' that most bands probably aim for, where not only do the critics and audiences rave over every new release, but the finished product is guaranteed to generate a tremendous profit as well.”

“Keith Richards' bluesy guitar squawk and Mick Jagger's sleazy ramblin' talk, as well as the overt references to drugs throughout the album, cemented their bad-boys-of rock image that had only been hinted at on previous recordings. It is a rare album without a weak track.”

“This is one of the greatest masterpieces of the richest era of rock 'n' roll, such as we may never see again. Let It Bleed is easily a candidate for The Stones best album.”