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128-612: Sticky Fingers is the ninth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones . It was released on 23 April 1971 on the Rolling Stones' new label, Rolling Stones Records . The Rolling Stones had been contracted by Decca Records and London Records in the UK and the US since 1963. On this album, Mick Taylor made his second full-length appearance on a Rolling Stones album (after
256-472: A DVD version released in October 2004. By the time Beggars Banquet was released, Brian Jones was only sporadically contributing to the band. Jagger said that Jones was "not psychologically suited to this way of life". His drug use had become a hindrance, and he was unable to obtain a US visa . Richards reported that in a June meeting with Jagger, Watts, and himself at Jones' house, Jones admitted that he
384-449: A Johnny Winter number. The concert, their first with new guitarist Mick Taylor, was performed in front of an estimated 250,000 fans. A Granada Television production team filmed the performance, which was broadcast on British television as The Stones in the Park . Blackhill Enterprises stage manager Sam Cutler introduced the Rolling Stones onto the stage by announcing: "Let's welcome
512-472: A 2018 retrospective review, The Guardian 's Alexis Petridis ranked it the best album the band had ever produced, stating "their claim to be The Greatest Rock’n’Roll Band in the World has no more compelling evidence than the flawless 46 minutes of music here." David Hepworth wrote in his 2016 book Never a Dull Moment that the contributions of guest performers such as Keys, Jim Dickinson , and Preston gave
640-513: A Japanese-only SHM- SACD version; the latter was also used in 2013 for SHM-CD and Platinum SHM-CD, and then again in 2020 for another Japanese-only (standard) SHM-CD version. In June 2015, the Rolling Stones reissued Sticky Fingers in its 2009 remastering in a variety of formats to coincide with a concert tour, the Zip Code Tour . The Deluxe and Super Deluxe versions of the reissue featured previously unreleased bonus material (depending on
768-830: A Sunday afternoon residency at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, London , in February 1963. In May 1963, the Rolling Stones signed Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager. He had been directed to them by his previous clients, the Beatles. Oldham, then 19, had not reached the age of majority —he was also younger than anyone in the band— and so could not obtain an agent's licence or sign any contracts without his mother co-signing. By necessity he joined with booking agent Eric Easton to secure record financing and assistance booking venues. Gomelsky, who had no written agreement with
896-488: A certain lasciviousness that is the Stones' own ... It quickly and deservedly became the most famous logo in the history of popular music. The tongue and lips design was part of a package that in 2003 VH1 named the best album cover ever. The logo has remained on all the Stones' post-1970 albums and singles, in addition to their merchandise and stage sets. The album contains one of their best-known hits, " Brown Sugar ", and
1024-629: A couple for twelve years. Despite these complications, the Rolling Stones toured Europe in March and April 1967. The tour included the band's first performances in Poland, Greece, and Italy. June 1967 saw the release of the US-only compilation album Flowers . On 10 May 1967, the day Jagger, Richards and Fraser were arraigned in connection with the Redlands charges, Jones' house was raided by police. He
1152-402: A deal with the Beatles, gave the Rolling Stones a recording contract with favourable terms. The band were to receive a royalty rate three times as high as that typically given to a new act, full artistic control of recordings, and ownership of the recording master tapes . The deal also let the band use non-Decca recording studios. Regent Sound Studios, a mono facility equipped with egg boxes on
1280-613: A fan, Meredith Hunter , was stabbed and beaten to death by the Angels after they realised he was armed. Part of the tour, and the Altamont concert, was documented in Albert and David Maysles ' film Gimme Shelter . In response to the growing popularity of bootleg recordings (in particular Live'r Than You'll Ever Be , recorded during the 1969 tour), the album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! was released in 1970. Critic Lester Bangs declared it
1408-733: A finished tourist attraction operated by the Muscle Shoals Music Foundation on January 9, 2017. The interior is reminiscent of the 1970s, with relevant recording equipment and paraphernalia. According to a journalist who was a recent visitor, the restored studio is impressive: "Muscle Shoals Sound's interior appears much as it did in its prime. ... Some guitars and amps. A Hammond organ , Wurlitzer electric piano and black baby grand. The control room with recording console and analog tape machine ... There are isolation booths, for vocals, percussion and such..." The Alabama Tourism Department named Muscle Shoals Sound Studio as
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#17328016254871536-439: A four-piece core, with Darryl Jones becoming their regular bassist, and then as a three-piece core following Watts' death in 2021, with Steve Jordan becoming their regular drummer. Hackney Diamonds , the band's first new album of original material in 18 years, was released in October 2023, becoming their fourteenth UK number-one album . The Rolling Stones' estimated record sales of more than 250 million make them one of
1664-793: A larger updated facility in Sheffield located at 1000 Alabama Avenue. This location operated until it was closed and sold in 1985 to Malaco Records , Tommy Couch's Jackson, Mississippi-based soul and blues label, which also bought the publishing rights held by the Muscle Shoals Sound. Malaco used the Sheffield studios for its own artists, including Johnnie Taylor , Bobby Bland and Little Milton , while continuing to operate its original facility in Jackson. The Rhythm Section, minus Beckett, worked with other studio musicians at Malaco Records and at other studios. In 2005, Couch decided to close
1792-433: A lot of distractions and you always need someone to focus you at that point, that was Andrew's job." Satanic Majesties became the first album the Rolling Stones produced on their own. Its psychedelic sound was complemented by the cover art, which featured a 3D photo by Michael Cooper , who had also photographed the cover of Sgt. Pepper . Bill Wyman wrote and sang a track on the album: " In Another Land ", also released as
1920-557: A meeting with Korner, Jagger and Richards started jamming with the group. Having left Blues Incorporated, Jones advertised for bandmates in Jazz Weekly in the week of 2 May 1962. Ian Stewart was among the first to respond to the ad. In June, Jagger, Taylor, and Richards left Blues Incorporated to join Jones and Stewart. The first rehearsal included guitarist Geoff Bradford and vocalist Brian Knight, both of whom decided not to join
2048-585: A nearly 12-minute song that included elements of jamming and improvisation. The Stones' success on the British and American singles charts peaked during the 1960s. " 19th Nervous Breakdown " was released in February 1966, and reached number 2 in the UK and US charts; "Paint It Black" reached number 1 in the UK and US in May 1966. " Mother's Little Helper ", released in June 1966, reached number 8 in
2176-456: A new single, " We Love You ", as a thank you for their fans' loyalty. It began with the sound of prison doors closing, and the accompanying music video included allusions to the trial of Oscar Wilde . On 31 July, the appeals court overturned Richards' conviction, and reduced Jagger's sentence to a conditional discharge . Jones' trial took place in November 1967. In December, after appealing
2304-464: A positive review, Lynn Van Matre of the Chicago Tribune viewed the album as the band "at their raunchy best" and wrote that, although it is "hardly innovative," it is consistent enough to be one of the year's best albums. Writing for Slate , Jack Hamilton praised the album in a retrospective review, stating that it was "one of the greatest albums in rock 'n' roll history." Sticky Fingers
2432-584: A pub in Chelsea on 7 December 1962 and was hired as a successor to Dick Taylor. The band were impressed by his instrument and amplifiers (including the Vox AC30 ). The classic line-up of the Rolling Stones, with Charlie Watts on drums, played for the first time in public on Saturday, 12 January 1963 at the Ealing Jazz Club. However, it was not until a gig there on 2 February 1963 that Watts became
2560-447: A short trip to Morocco , accompanied by Marianne Faithfull , Jones' girlfriend Anita Pallenberg , and other friends. During this trip the stormy relations between Jones and Pallenberg deteriorated to the point that she left Morocco with Richards. Richards said later: "That was the final nail in the coffin with me and Brian. He'd never forgive me for that and I don't blame him, but hell, shit happens." Richards and Pallenberg would remain
2688-477: A single, the first on which Jagger did not sing lead. The band spent the first few months of 1968 working on material for their next album. Those sessions resulted in the song " Jumpin' Jack Flash ", released as a single in May. The subsequent album, Beggars Banquet , an eclectic mix of country and blues–inspired tunes, marked the band's return to their rhythm and blues roots. It was also the beginning of their collaboration with producer Jimmy Miller . It featured
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#17328016254872816-561: A single. In December 1964, the distributor released the band's first single with Jagger/Richards originals on both sides: " Heart of Stone ", with "What a Shame" as the B-side; the single went to number 19 in the US. The band's second UK LP, The Rolling Stones No. 2 , was released in January 1965 and reached number 1 on the charts. The US version, released in February as The Rolling Stones, Now! , reached number 5. The album
2944-410: A teen idol named Bobby Sherman , where a band would be selling in sufficient quantities – maybe a million-plus – to have a custom-made sleeve. So when there was a big act like the Stones, you knew the initial release would be a million-plus, and a custom package could be made without costing the label too much of a premium. So the Stones' managers came to me and asked what I could do. The underwear model
3072-472: Is Glenn O'Brien , who was the editor of Warhol's Interview magazine, however it's unclear who exactly appears on the cover. The cover photo of the crotch was assumed by fans to be Mick Jagger, but people involved in the photo shoot claim Warhol photographed several men (not including Jagger) and never revealed which shots he used. Among the candidates are Jed Johnson , Warhol's lover at the time, and Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro , who claims to have been
3200-538: Is often considered to be the most important of their early albums. In 1967, they had the double-sided hit " Ruby Tuesday "/" Let's Spend the Night Together " and experimented with psychedelic rock on Their Satanic Majesties Request . By the end of the 1960s, they had returned to their rhythm and blues -based rock sound, with hit singles " Jumpin' Jack Flash " (1968) and " Honky Tonk Women " (1969), and albums Beggars Banquet (1968), featuring " Sympathy for
3328-557: Is on-par with their previous covers of "Prodigal Son" and " Love in Vain ". In 1994, Sticky Fingers was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records . This remaster was initially released in a Collector's Edition CD, which replicated in miniature many elements of the original vinyl album packaging, including the zipper. Sticky Fingers was remastered again in 2009 by Universal Music Enterprises and in 2011 by Universal Music Enterprises in
3456-538: The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section but widely referred to as "The Swampers," who were recognized as having crafted the "Muscle Shoals sound" in conjunction with Hall. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section was the first group of musicians to own a studio and to eventually run their own publishing and production companies. They provided musical backing and arrangements for many recordings, including major hits by Wilson Pickett , Aretha Franklin , and
3584-520: The Rolling Stones , Bob Dylan , Duane Allman , Traffic , Bob Seger , Glenn Frey , Elton John , Paul Simon , Boz Scaggs , Willie Nelson , Dr. Hook , Elkie Brooks , Millie Jackson , and Julian Lennon . The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section partnered with producer Jerry Wexler , who provided start-up funding, to found Muscle Shoals Sound Studio at 3614 Jackson Highway in Sheffield. The concrete block building, originally built around 1946,
3712-521: The Staple Singers ; a wide range of artists in popular music also recorded hit songs and complete albums at the studio. They had first worked together in 1967 and initially played sessions in New York and Nashville before doing so at FAME. Their initial successes in soul and R&B led to more mainstream rock and pop performers who began coming to record at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, including
3840-718: The UK Singles Chart . Having a charting single gave the band entrée to play outside London, starting with a booking at the Outlook Club in Middlesbrough on 13 July, sharing the billing with the Hollies . Later in 1963, Oldham and Easton arranged the band's first big UK concert tour as a supporting act for American stars, including Bo Diddley, Little Richard, and the Everly Brothers . The tour gave
3968-695: The best-selling music artists of all time . They have won three Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award . They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004. Billboard and Rolling Stone have ranked them as one of the greatest artists of all time. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger became classmates and childhood friends in 1950 in Dartford , Kent . The Jagger family moved to Wilmington, Kent , five miles (8.0 km) away, in 1954. In
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4096-404: The country -influenced " Dead Flowers ". "Brown Sugar" and " Wild Horses " were recorded at Alabama 's Muscle Shoals Sound Studio after the 1969 American tour. The album continued the band's immersion into heavily blues-influenced compositions; is noted for its "loose, ramshackle ambience"; and marked Mick Taylor's first full album with the band. Sticky Fingers reached number 1 in both
4224-511: The innuendo of the Sticky Fingers title, showing a close-up of a jeans-clad male crotch with the visible outline of a penis. The cover of the original vinyl LP featured a working zipper and perforations around the belt buckle that opened to reveal a sub-cover image of white briefs . The vinyl release displayed the band's name and album title along the belt; behind the zipper, the underpants were seemingly rubber stamped in gold with
4352-589: The American release. For the UK release, the title and band name are in bigger letters and on the left. The album introduced the tongue and lips logo of Rolling Stones Records, designed by John Pasche in 1970. Jagger suggested to Pasche that he copy the out-stuck tongue of the Hindu goddess Kali . Pasche felt that would date the image to the Indian culture craze of the 1960s, but seeing Kali changed his mind. Before
4480-642: The Best Singles of 2010. The album was also featured on Spin magazine's Top 40 Albums of 2010. Chris Stapleton recorded his Grammy winning single, "Cold" at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in December 2018 and received the Grammy in 2022 thus making the studio one that produces Grammy winning hit records once again. The original studio building on Jackson Highway, which had become an audio visual retailer and then an appliance store until 1999, changed ownership,
4608-477: The Devil " and " Street Fighting Man ", and Let It Bleed (1969), featuring " You Can't Always Get What You Want " and " Gimme Shelter ". Jones left the band shortly before his death in 1969, having been replaced by Mick Taylor . That year they were first introduced on stage as " the greatest rock and roll band in the world ". Sticky Fingers (1971), which yielded " Brown Sugar " and " Wild Horses " and included
4736-539: The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World ." Cutler repeated the introduction throughout their 1969 US tour . The show also included the concert debut of their fifth US number 1 single, " Honky Tonk Women ", which had been released the previous day. In September 1969 the band's second greatest hits album Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) was released, featuring a poem in dedication to Jones on
4864-531: The Malaco studio on Alabama Avenue because he was having difficulty competing with more technologically advanced studios. After the closure of the 1000 Alabama Avenue location, the building was taken over by a movie production company. In 2007, this location housed Cypress Moon Productions and the Cypress Moon Studio with functioning recording equipment, which was operating as a recording studio and
4992-614: The Muscle Shoals Music Foundation, an organization that had been formed earlier that year with the goal of establishing a music museum in the historic building. A large grant from Beats Electronics provided an essential $ 1 million. The state tourism director said that the 2013 Muscle Shoals film had significant influence. "The financial support from Beats is a direct result of their film." Additional donations were made by other groups and individuals. The building closed when major restoration work began in September 2015, and reopened as
5120-675: The Night Together" to "let's spend some time together". In early 1967, Jagger, Richards, and Jones began to be hounded by authorities over their recreational drug use , after News of the World ran a three-part feature entitled "Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You". The series described alleged LSD parties hosted by the Moody Blues and attended by top stars including the Who 's Pete Townshend and Cream 's Ginger Baker , and described alleged admissions of drug use by leading pop musicians. The first article targeted Donovan (who
5248-529: The Rolling Stones had been recording at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Alabama in December 1969, where they cut " You Gotta Move ", " Brown Sugar " and " Wild Horses ". " Sister Morphine ", cut during Let It Bleed ' s sessions earlier in March of that year, had been held over from that release. Much of the recording for Sticky Fingers was made with the Rolling Stones' mobile studio in Stargroves during
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5376-445: The Rolling Stones that they were owed one more single, the band submitted a track called "Cocksucker Blues", correctly assuming that this would be refused. Instead, Decca released the two-year-old Beggars Banquet track " Street Fighting Man " while Klein retained dual copyright ownership in conjunction with the Rolling Stones of " Brown Sugar " and " Wild Horses ". Although sessions for Sticky Fingers began in earnest in March 1970,
5504-673: The Rolling Stones' best album, approached only by Exile on Main St. (1972). In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), he wrote that it reflected how unapologetic the band was after the Altamont Free Concert and that, despite the concession to sincerity with "Wild Horses", songs such as "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "I Got the Blues" are as "soulful" as " Good Times ", and their cover of "You Gotta Move"
5632-464: The Rolling Stones' first number 1 hit in the UK, their cover version of Bobby and Shirley Womack 's " It's All Over Now ". The Stones followed the Famous Flames , featuring James Brown , in the theatrical release of the 1964 film T.A.M.I. Show , which showcased American acts with British Invasion artists. According to Jagger, "We weren't actually following James Brown because there
5760-440: The Stones bluesy swagger" in a "dark-land where few dare to tread." Record Collector magazine said that it showcases Jagger and Richards as they "delve even further back to the primitive blues that first inspired them and step up their investigations into another great American form, country." In his review for Goldmine magazine, Dave Thompson wrote that the album still is superior to "most of The Rolling Stones' catalog." In
5888-401: The Stones historians Philippe Margotin and Jean-Michel Guesdon, the band's notoriety "among the authorities and the establishment seems to have been inversely proportional to their popularity among young people". In an effort to capitalise on this, London released the live album Got Live If You Want It! in December. The band's first greatest hits album Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
6016-440: The Stones were threatening, uncouth and animalistic". Stewart left the official line-up, but remained road manager and touring keyboardist. Of Stewart's decision, Oldham later said, "Well, he just doesn't look the part, and six is too many for [fans] to remember the faces in the picture." Later, Oldham reduced the band members' ages in publicity material to make them appear as teenagers. Decca Records , which had declined to sign
6144-469: The Stones' permanent drummer. Shortly afterwards, the band began their first tour of the UK, performing Chicago blues , including songs by Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley . By 1963, they were finding their musical stride as well as popularity. In 1964, they beat the Beatles as the number one United Kingdom band in two surveys. The band's name was changed shortly after their first gig to the Rolling Stones. Their acting manager, Giorgio Gomelsky , secured
6272-428: The Stones. It gave us a level of confidence; a pathway of how to do it." Their first international number 1 hit was " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ", recorded in May 1965 during the band's third North American tour. Richards recorded the guitar riff that drives the song with a fuzzbox as a scratch track to guide a horn section. Nevertheless, the final cut did not include the planned horn overdubs . Issued in
6400-624: The UK and the US. In 1968, the Stones, acting on a suggestion by pianist Ian Stewart, put a control room in a van and created the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio so they would not be limited to the standard 9–5 operating hours of most recording studios. The band lent the mobile studio to other artists, including Led Zeppelin, who used it to record Led Zeppelin III (1970) and Led Zeppelin IV (1971). Deep Purple immortalised
6528-697: The UK government was owed a relative fortune. The Stones moved to the South of France, where Richards rented the Villa Nellcôte and sublet rooms to band members and their entourage. Using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, they held recording sessions in the basement. They completed the new tracks, along with material dating as far back as 1969, at Sunset Studios in Los Angeles. The resulting double album, Exile on Main St. ,
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#17328016254876656-585: The US the EP was expanded into their second LP, 12 X 5 , which was released in October during the tour. The Rolling Stones' fifth UK single, a cover of Willie Dixon 's " Little Red Rooster "—with "Off the Hook", credited to Nanker Phelge, as the B-side —was released in November 1964 and became their second number 1 hit in the UK. The band's US distributors, London Records , declined to release "Little Red Rooster" as
6784-480: The US. According to The Daily Telegraph , Aftermath is often regarded as the most important of the band's formative records. On this album, Jones' contributions expanded beyond guitar and harmonica. To the Middle Eastern -influenced " Paint It Black " he added sitar ; to the ballad " Lady Jane " he added dulcimer , and to " Under My Thumb " he added marimbas . Aftermath also contained " Goin' Home ",
6912-472: The US; it was one of the first pop songs to discuss the issue of prescription drug abuse. " Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? " was released in September 1966 and reached number 5 in the UK and number 9 in the US. It had a number of firsts for the group: it was the first Stones recording to feature brass horns, and the back-cover photo on the original US picture sleeve depicted
7040-624: The United States and Great Britain. Over the years, artists who recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio included Bob Dylan , The Rolling Stones , Aretha Franklin , Wilson Pickett , Willie Nelson , Duane Allman , Lynyrd Skynyrd , Joe Cocker , Levon Helm , Paul Simon , Bob Seger , Rod Stewart , Cat Stevens , Cher , George Michael , and The Black Keys . The four founders of the studio, Barry Beckett , Roger Hawkins , Jimmy Johnson and David Hood , were session musicians at Rick Hall 's FAME Studios ; they were officially known as
7168-471: The album "more musical range than any other Rolling Stones album," including "Dickinson's honky-tonk piano on 'Wild Horses'" and "Preston's churchy organ solo on 'I Got the Blues ' ". Hepworth also suggested that Taylor's "Latin-flavored guitar solo" on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" was influenced by Santana 's 1970 album Abraxas . Sticky Fingers was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. It
7296-500: The album in rolling paper – a concept later used by Cheech & Chong in Big Bambu – but Jagger was enthused by Warhol's concept. Warhol duly sent Braun Polaroid pictures of a model in tight jeans. We manufactured those kind of one-off packages, because a lot of conventional record suppliers were a bit baffled as to how to make them. I'd already done a few of them for bands like The Temptations, The Supremes , Joe Cocker and
7424-500: The album was released that December, with a different cover design. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus , which originally began as an idea about "the new shape of the rock-and-roll concert tour", was filmed at the end of 1968. It featured John Lennon, Yoko Ono , the Dirty Mac , the Who, Jethro Tull , Marianne Faithfull, and Taj Mahal . The footage was shelved for 28 years but was finally released officially in 1996, with
7552-549: The album's credits after apparently being "horrified" by the content of some of its other material, but later withdrew this request), " Midnight Rambler ", as well as a cover of Robert Johnson 's " Love in Vain ". Jones and Taylor are both featured on the album. Just after the US tour ended, the band performed at the Altamont Free Concert at the Altamont Speedway , about fifty miles (80 km) east of San Francisco . A Hells Angels biker gang provided security, and
7680-651: The albums that topped the German chart that year. In a contemporary review for the Los Angeles Times , music critic Robert Hilburn said that although Sticky Fingers is one of the best rock albums of the year, it is only "modest" by the Rolling Stones' standards and succeeds on the strength of songs such as "Bitch" and "Dead Flowers", which recall the band's previously uninhibited, furious style. Jon Landau , writing in Rolling Stone , felt that it lacks
7808-459: The arrangements with the holding company, the band has reportedly paid a tax of just 1.6% on their total earnings of £242 million over the past 20 years. In November 1972, the band began recording sessions in Kingston, Jamaica , for the album Goats Head Soup ; it was released in 1973 and reached number 1 in both the UK and US. The album, which contained the worldwide hit " Angie ",
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#17328016254877936-542: The band released a self-titled EP , which became their first number 1 record in the UK. The third single by the Stones, Buddy Holly 's " Not Fade Away ", reflecting Bo Diddley's style, was released in February 1964 and reached number 3. Oldham saw little future for an act that gave up the chance to get significant songwriting royalties by only playing the songs of what he described as "middle-aged blacks", thus limiting their appeal to teenage audiences. Jagger and Richards decided to write songs together. Oldham described
8064-495: The band the opportunity to hone their stagecraft. During the tour, the band recorded their second single, a Lennon–McCartney song, " I Wanna Be Your Man ". It reached number 13 on the UK charts. The Beatles' own recording of the song is included on the 1963 album With the Beatles . On 1 January 1964, the Stones' were the first band to play on BBC 's Top of the Pops , performing "I Wanna Be Your Man". In January 1964
8192-413: The band's first album on their own label, featured an elaborate cover designed by Andy Warhol . It was an Andy Warhol photograph of a man from the waist down in tight jeans featuring a functioning zipper. When unzipped, it revealed the subject's underwear. In some markets an alternate cover was released because of the perceived offensive nature of the original at the time. Sticky Fingers ' cover
8320-602: The band's primary songwriting and creative force. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll , the Rolling Stones started out playing covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, becoming identified with the youthful counterculture of the 1960s . They then found greater success with their own material, as " (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction ", " Get Off of My Cloud " (both 1965), and " Paint It Black " (1966) became international number-one hits . Aftermath (1966), their first entirely original album,
8448-424: The band, was not consulted. Oldham initially tried applying the strategy used by Brian Epstein , the manager of the Beatles, and have the Rolling Stones wear suits. He later changed his mind and imagined a band that contrasted with the Beatles, featuring unmatched clothing, long hair, and an unclean appearance. He wanted to make the Stones "a raunchy, gamy, unpredictable bunch of undesirables" and to "establish that
8576-464: The band. They objected to playing the Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs preferred by Jagger and Richards. That same month, the addition of the drummer Tony Chapman completed the line-up of Jagger, Richards, Jones, Stewart, and Taylor. According to Richards, Jones named the band during a phone call to Jazz News . When asked by a journalist for the band's name, Jones saw a Muddy Waters LP lying on
8704-428: The bands did little dance steps, wore identical uniforms and had snappy patter." A cover version of Chuck Berry 's " Come On " was the Rolling Stones' first single , released on 7 June 1963. The band refused to play it at live gigs, and Decca bought only one ad to promote the record. At Oldham's direction, fan-club members bought copies at record shops polled by the charts, helping "Come On" rise to number 21 on
8832-491: The best-ever live album. It reached number 1 in the UK and number 6 in the US. At the end of the decade, the band appeared on BBC 's review of the 1960s music scene, Pop Go the Sixties , performing "Gimme Shelter", which was broadcast live on 31 December 1969. The following year, the band wanted out of contracts with both Klein and Decca, but still owed them one more Jagger/Richards–credited single. To get back at
8960-445: The ceiling for sound treatment, became their preferred location. Oldham, who had no recording experience but made himself the band's producer, said Regent had a sound that "leaked, instrument-to-instrument, the right way" creating a "wall of noise" that worked well for the band. Because of Regent's low booking rates, the band could record for extended periods rather than the usual three-hour blocks common at other studios. All tracks on
9088-440: The end of that year, his basic version was faxed to Craig Braun by Marshall Chess . The black and white copy was modified by Braun and his team, resulting in the popular red version: the slim one with the two white stripes on the tongue. Critic Sean Egan wrote: "Without using the Stones' name, it instantly conjures them, or at least Jagger, as well as a certain lasciviousness that is the Stones' own… It quickly and deservedly became
9216-497: The first Rolling Stones album, The Rolling Stones , were recorded there. Oldham contrasted the Rolling Stones' independence with the Beatles' obligation to record in EMI 's studios, saying it made the Beatles appear as "mere mortals ... sweating in the studio for the man". He promoted the Rolling Stones as the nasty counterpoint to the Beatles, by having the band pose unsmiling on the cover of their first album. He also encouraged
9344-449: The first batch as "soppy and imitative". Because the band's songwriting developed slowly, songs on their first album The Rolling Stones (1964; issued in the US as England's Newest Hit Makers ), were primarily covers, with only one Jagger/Richards original—" Tell Me (You're Coming Back) "—and two numbers credited to Nanker Phelge , the pen name used for songs written by the entire group. The Rolling Stones' first US tour in June 1964
9472-503: The first recording from the studio after the restoration, "Shine" from their album, Natchez . Donnie Fritts released tunes recorded at the studio on his June album, in conjunction with John Paul White and Single Lock Records. Filmmaker Greg Camalier premiered his documentary film Muscle Shoals at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. It is about Muscle Shoals sound, and features Rick Hall, FAME Studios, and
9600-510: The first usage of their tongue and lips logo , was their first of eight consecutive number-one studio albums in the US. It was followed by Exile on Main St. (1972), featuring " Tumbling Dice " and " Happy ", and Goats Head Soup (1973), featuring " Angie ". Taylor left the band at the end of 1974 and was replaced by Ronnie Wood . The band released Some Girls in 1978, featuring " Miss You " and " Beast of Burden ", and Tattoo You in 1981, featuring " Start Me Up ". Steel Wheels (1989)
9728-586: The floor; one of the tracks was " Rollin' Stone ". Jones was the band's "uncontested leader" during its early years and a key to the band's early success. The band played their first show billed as "the Rollin' Stones" on 12 July 1962, at the Marquee Club in London. At the time, the band consisted of Jones, Jagger, Richards, Stewart, and Taylor. Bill Wyman auditioned for the role of bass guitarist at
9856-709: The format): alternative takes of some songs, live tracks recorded on 14 March 1971 at the Roundhouse in London and the complete 13 March 1971 show at Leeds University . It re-entered the UK Albums chart at number 7, extending their UK Top 10 album chart span beyond 51 years and 2 months since their self-titled debuted at number 7 on 23 April 1964. It also re-entered the US Albums chart at number 5, extending their US Top 10 album chart span beyond 50 years and 6 months since 12 x 5 on 14 December 1964. Sticky Fingers
9984-629: The group a major blow when they discovered that they had inadvertently signed over their entire 1960s American copyrights to Klein and his company ABKCO , which is how all of their material from 1963's " Come On " to Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert has since been released solely in America by ABKCO Records. The band later sued for their return but without success, settling in 1984. The band would remain incensed with Klein for decades for that act. Klein died in 2009. When Decca informed
10112-404: The group satirically dressed in drag . The song was accompanied by one of the first official music videos, directed by Peter Whitehead . During their North American tour in June and July 1966 , the Stones' high-energy concerts proved highly successful with young people, while alienating local police who had the physically exhausting task of controlling the often rebellious crowds. According to
10240-521: The inside cover. The Stones' last album of the 1960s was Let It Bleed , which reached number 1 in the UK and number 3 in the US. It featured " Gimme Shelter " with guest lead female vocals by Merry Clayton (sister of Sam Clayton , of the American rock band Little Feat ). Other tracks include " You Can't Always Get What You Want " (with accompaniment by the London Bach Choir , who initially asked that their name be removed from
10368-550: The label and fulfil their final contractual obligation, the band came up with the track "Cocksucker Blues"—deliberately making it as crude as they could in hopes of making it un-releasable. Decca instead released " Street Fighting Man " from Beggar's Banquet as a UK single in July 1971, the track's 1968 single release having been only in the US. Amid contractual disputes with Klein, they formed their own record company, Rolling Stones Records . Sticky Fingers , released in March 1971,
10496-466: The lead single " Street Fighting Man " (which addressed the political upheavals of May 1968) and " Sympathy for the Devil ". Controversy over the design of the album cover, which featured a public toilet with graffiti covering the wall behind it, delayed the album's release for six months. While the band had "absolute artistic control over their albums", Decca was not enthused about the cover's depiction of graffiti reading "John Loves Yoko" being included;
10624-465: The live album Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! ). It was the first studio album without Brian Jones , who died two years earlier. The original cover artwork, conceived by Andy Warhol and photographed and designed by members of his art collective, the Factory , showed a picture of a man in tight jeans, and had a working zip that opened to reveal underwear fabric. The cover was expensive to produce and damaged
10752-593: The mid-1950s Jagger formed a garage band with his friend Dick Taylor . The group mainly played material by Muddy Waters , Chuck Berry , Little Richard , Howlin' Wolf , and Bo Diddley . Jagger again met Richards on 17 October 1961 on platform two at Dartford railway station . Jagger was carrying records by Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters; these revealed to Richards a shared interest. A musical partnership began shortly afterwards. Richards and Taylor often met Jagger at his house. The meetings moved to Taylor's house in late 1961, where Alan Etherington and Bob Beckwith joined
10880-623: The mobile studio itself in the song " Smoke on the Water " with the line "the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside, making our music there". Following the release of Sticky Fingers , the Rolling Stones left England after receiving advice from their financial manager Prince Rupert Loewenstein . He recommended they go into tax exile before the start of the next financial year. The band had learned that they had not paid taxes for seven years, despite being assured that their taxes were taken care of; and
11008-407: The model. Those closest to the shoot, and subsequent design, name Factory make-up artist Corey Tippin as the likeliest candidate. When retailers complained that the zipper damaged the vinyl (from stacked shipments), the zipper was "unzipped" slightly to the middle of the record, where damage would be minimised. For the initial vinyl release the album title and band name is smaller and at the top on
11136-477: The most famous logo in the history of popular music." The tongue and lips design was part of a package that, in 2003, VH1 named the "No. 1 Greatest Album Cover" of all time. In Spain, the original cover was censored by the Franco regime and replaced with a "Can of fingers" cover, designed by John Pasche and Phil Jude, and "Sister Morphine" was replaced by a live version of Chuck Berry's " Let It Rock ". This track
11264-542: The most popular and enduring bands of the rock era . In the early 1960s, the band pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock . Their first stable line-up consisted of vocalist Mick Jagger , guitarist Keith Richards , multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones , bassist Bill Wyman , and drummer Charlie Watts . During their early years, Jones was the primary leader. Andrew Loog Oldham became their manager in 1963 and encouraged them to write their own songs. The Jagger–Richards partnership soon became
11392-411: The next day, pending appeal. The Times ran an editorial, " Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? ", in which conservative editor William Rees-Mogg surprised his readers by his unusually critical discourse on the sentencing, pointing out that Jagger had been treated far more harshly for a minor first offence than "any purely anonymous young man". While awaiting the appeal hearings, the band recorded
11520-436: The original prison sentence, Jones received a £1,000 fine and was put on three years' probation , with an order to seek professional help. In December 1967, the band released Their Satanic Majesties Request , which reached number 3 in the UK and number 2 in the US. It drew unfavourable reviews and was widely regarded as a poor imitation of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . Satanic Majesties
11648-478: The other albums of the Rolling Stones late 1960s/early 1970s period, it was produced by Jimmy Miller . Sticky Fingers is widely considered one of the Rolling Stones' best albums. It was the band's first album to reach number one on both the UK albums and US albums charts, and has since achieved triple platinum certification in the US. " Brown Sugar " topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. Sticky Fingers
11776-470: The press to use provocative headlines such as: "Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?" In contrast, Wyman says: "Our reputation and image as the Bad Boys came later, completely there, accidentally. ... [Oldham] never did engineer it. He simply exploited it exhaustively." In a 1971 interview, Wyman stated, "We were the first pop group to break away from the whole Cliff Richard thing where
11904-405: The spirit and spontaneity of the Rolling Stones' previous two albums and, apart from "Moonlight Mile", is full of "forced attempts at style and control" in which the band sounds disinterested, particularly on formally correct songs such as "Brown Sugar". Writing for Rolling Stone in 2015, David Fricke called it "an eclectic affirmation of maturing depth" and the band's "sayonara to a messy 1969". In
12032-701: The state's top attraction in 2017, even before the Jackson Highway studio reopened. Over 62,000 people from 50 countries and every state in the U.S. have visited since it opened for tours again in 2013. The studio is a working recording studio at night. Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys recorded a solo project in March 2017. Grammy winning producer Dave Cobb of Nashville recorded rockers Rival Sons in April 2017. Actor Kiefer Sutherland recorded with Swamper David Hood in May 2017. In 2018, Bishop Gunn released
12160-503: The stylised name of American pop artist Andy Warhol , below which read "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE—ETC." The artwork was conceived by Warhol and the design by Craig Braun . Billy Name is sometimes accredited as the photographer, however Braum believes Warhol shot the Polaroid photos for the album, and the Factory associates who were involved in the photo shoot have claimed that Warhol took the photos. Braun and his team suggested wrapping
12288-486: The subsequent owner completing some renovations and retaining the old recording equipment, allowing for tours of the property. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in June 2006. In 2013, the documentary Muscle Shoals raised public interest in a major restoration of the studio, and in June that year, the owner sold the property (without the historic recording equipment) to
12416-488: The summer and autumn of 1970. Early versions of songs that would eventually appear on Exile on Main St. were also rehearsed during these sessions. Sticky Fingers originally included 10 tracks. The music has been characterised by commentators as hard rock , roots rock and rock and roll . According to Rolling Stone magazine, it is "the Stones' most downbeat , druggy album, with new guitarist Mick Taylor stretching into jazz and country ". The artwork emphasised
12544-553: The summer of 1965, it was their fourth UK number 1 and their first in the US, where it spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 . It was a worldwide commercial success for the band. The US version of the LP Out of Our Heads , released in July 1965, also went to number 1; it included seven original songs, three Jagger/Richards numbers and four credited to Nanker Phelge. The UK version of Out of Our Heads
12672-663: The trio; the quintet called themselves the Blues Boys. In March 1962, the Blues Boys read about the Ealing Jazz Club in the newspaper Jazz News , which mentioned Alexis Korner 's rhythm and blues band, Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated . The Blues Boys sent a tape of their best recordings to Korner, who was impressed. On 7 April, they visited the Ealing Jazz Club, where they met the members of Blues Incorporated, who included slide guitarist Brian Jones , keyboardist Ian Stewart , and drummer Charlie Watts . After
12800-784: The vinyl record, so the size of the zipper adjustment was made by John Kosh at ABKCO records. Later re-issues featured just the outer photograph of the jeans. The album featured a return to basics for the Rolling Stones. The unusual instrumentation introduced several albums prior was absent, with most songs featuring drums, guitar, bass, and percussion as provided by the key members: Mick Jagger (lead vocals, various percussion and rhythm guitar), Keith Richards (guitar and backing vocals), Mick Taylor (guitar), Bill Wyman (bass guitar), and Charlie Watts (drums). Additional contributions were made by long-time Stones collaborators including saxophonist Bobby Keys and keyboardists Billy Preston , Jack Nitzsche , Ian Stewart , and Nicky Hopkins . As with
12928-520: Was "a disaster", according to Wyman. "When we arrived, we didn't have a hit record [there] or anything going for us." When the band appeared on the variety show The Hollywood Palace , that week's guest host, Dean Martin , mocked both their hair and their performance. During the tour they recorded for two days at Chess Studios in Chicago, meeting many of their most important influences, including Muddy Waters. These sessions included what would become
13056-571: Was Mick Jagger, but it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity; the reporter had in fact been eavesdropping on Brian Jones. Two days after the article was published, Jagger filed a writ for libel against the News of the World . A week later, on 12 February, Sussex police, tipped off by the paper, raided a party at Keith Richards' home , Redlands. No arrests were made at the time, but Jagger, Richards, and their friend art dealer Robert Fraser were subsequently charged with drug offences. Andrew Oldham
13184-406: Was a new deal with Decca to be made ... and he said he could do it." The US version included the double A-side single " Let's Spend the Night Together " and " Ruby Tuesday ", which went to number 1 in the US and number 3 in the UK. When the band went to New York to perform the numbers on The Ed Sullivan Show in January, they were ordered to change the lyrics of the refrain of "Let's Spend
13312-428: Was afraid of being arrested and fled to America. Richards said in 2003, "When we got busted at Redlands, it suddenly made us realize that this was a whole different ball game and that was when the fun stopped. Up until then it had been as though London existed in a beautiful space where you could do anything you wanted." In March 1967, while awaiting the consequences of the police raid, Jagger, Richards, and Jones took
13440-446: Was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis . Three of the five Stones now faced drug charges. Jagger and Richards were tried at the end of June. Jagger received a three-month prison sentence for the possession of four amphetamine tablets; Richards was found guilty of allowing cannabis to be smoked on his property and sentenced to a year in prison. Both Jagger and Richards were imprisoned at that point but were released on bail
13568-462: Was considerable time between the filming of each section. Nevertheless, he was still very annoyed about it ..." On 25 October the band appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show . Because of the pandemonium surrounding the Stones, Sullivan initially declined to rebook them. However, he booked them for appearances in 1966 and 1967. A second EP, Five by Five , was issued in the UK in August 1964. In
13696-583: Was later included on the CD compilation Rarities 1971–2003 in 2005. In 1992, the LP release of the album in Russia featured a similar treatment as the original cover; but with Cyrillic lettering for the band name and album name, a colourised photograph of blue jeans with a zipper, and a Soviet Army uniform belt buckle that shows a hammer and sickle inscribed in a star. The model appears to be female. Sticky Fingers
13824-641: Was listed as No. 63 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time , No. 64 in a 2012 revised list, and No. 104 in a 2020 reboot of the list. All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , except where noted. The Rolling Stones Additional personnel Technical Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of
13952-513: Was nominated for a 2011 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. Two songs from the album, " Tighten Up " and " Black Mud ", were nominated for Grammys: "Tighten Up" for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song and "Black Mud" for Best Rock Instrumental Performance . Rolling Stone magazine placed the album at number-2 on its list of the Best Albums of 2010 and "Everlasting Light" at number 11 on its list of
14080-451: Was open for tours. Although it was no longer a working studio in 2009 and 2010, the Jackson Highway location was rented for recording some or all of two Grammy-nominated albums. Band of Horses 's third CD, Infinite Arms , recorded in part at that studio, was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category Best Alternative Album. Ten tracks of Black Keys 's sixth album, Brothers , were also recorded at 3614 Jackson Highway. The album
14208-404: Was previously a coffin showroom. Cher's sixth album was titled 3614 Jackson Highway (1969) and this became the informal name for the studio in 1969. The first hit to the studio's credit was R. B. Greaves ' " Take a Letter Maria ". By December 1969, the Rolling Stones were recording at this new location for three days. The studio at 3614 Jackson Highway closed in April 1979, relocating to
14336-407: Was raided and charged soon after); the second instalment (published on 5 February) targeted the Rolling Stones. A reporter who contributed to the story spent an evening at the exclusive London club Blaise's, where a member of the Rolling Stones allegedly took several Benzedrine tablets, displayed a piece of hashish , and invited his companions back to his flat for a "smoke". The article claimed this
14464-463: Was ranked number ten in the 1994 first edition of Colin Larkin 's All Time Top 1000 Albums . He stated, "Dirty rock like this has still to be bettered, and there is still no rival in sight." In a retrospective review, Q magazine said that the album was "the Stones at their assured, showboating peak ... A magic formula of heavy soul, junkie blues and macho rock." NME wrote that it "captures
14592-506: Was recommended to Jagger by John Mayall . The Rolling Stones were scheduled to play at a free concert for Blackhill Enterprises in London's Hyde Park , two days after Jones' death; they decided to go ahead with the show as a tribute to him. Jagger began by reading an excerpt from Percy Bysshe Shelley 's poem Adonais , an elegy written on the death of his friend John Keats . They released thousands of butterflies in memory of Jones before opening their set with "I'm Yours and I'm Hers",
14720-509: Was recorded at Chess Studios in Chicago and RCA Studios in Los Angeles. In January and February of that year, the band played 34 shows for around 100,000 people in Australia and New Zealand. The single " The Last Time ", released in February, was the first Jagger/Richards composition to reach number 1 on the UK charts; it reached number 9 in the US. It was later identified by Richards as "the bridge into thinking about writing for
14848-415: Was recorded while Jagger, Richards, and Jones were awaiting their court cases. The band parted ways with Oldham during the sessions. The split was publicly amicable, but in 2003 Jagger said: "The reason Andrew left was because he thought that we weren't concentrating and that we were being childish. It was not a great moment really—and I would have thought it wasn't a great moment for Andrew either. There were
14976-461: Was released in 1971; it reached number 3 in the UK and number 4 in the US. It is certified Diamond in the US, having sold over 6 million copies, being certified 12× Platinum for being a double album, and spent over 347 weeks on the Billboard album chart. A follow-up double compilation album More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) was released in 1972. In 1974, Bill Wyman
15104-516: Was released in May 1972, and reached number one in both the UK and the US. Given an A+ grade by critic Robert Christgau and disparaged by Lester Bangs—who reversed his opinion within months— Exile is now accepted as one of the Stones' best albums. The films Cocksucker Blues (never officially released) and Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (released in 1974) document the subsequent highly publicised 1972 North American Tour . The band's double compilation album, Hot Rocks 1964–1971 ,
15232-405: Was released in September 1965. Their second international number 1 single " Get Off of My Cloud " was released in the autumn of 1965, followed by another US-only LP, December's Children (And Everybody's) . The album Aftermath , released in the late spring of 1966, was the first LP to be composed entirely of Jagger/Richards songs; it reached number 1 in the UK and number 2 in
15360-454: Was released in the UK in November 1966, a different version of which had been released in the US in March that year. In January 1967, Between the Buttons was released, and reached number 3 in the UK and number 2 in the US. It was Andrew Oldham's last venture as the Rolling Stones' producer. Allen Klein took over his role as the band's manager in 1965. Richards recalled, "There
15488-521: Was released on 23 April 1971 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in May 1971, remaining there for four weeks before returning at number one for a further week in mid June. In the US, the album hit number one within days of release, and stayed there for four weeks. The album spent a total of 69 weeks on the Billboard 200 . According to Billboard ' s Top 200 list, it was one of
15616-590: Was the first band member to release solo material, his album Monkey Grip . In 1972, members of the band set up a complex financial structure to reduce the amount of their taxes. Their holding company, Promogroup, has offices in both the Netherlands and the Caribbean. The Netherlands was chosen because it does not directly tax royalty payments . The band have been tax exiles ever since, meaning they can no longer use Britain as their main residence. Due to
15744-848: Was the first in a string of commercially successful, but critically tepidly received, studio albums. The sessions for Goats Head Soup also produced unused material, most notably an early version of the popular ballad " Waiting on a Friend ", which was not released until the Tattoo You LP nine years later. Muscle Shoals Sound Studio Muscle Shoals Sound Studio is an American recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama , formed in 1969 by four session musicians known as The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section . They had left nearby FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals to create their own recording facility. They attracted noted artists from across
15872-426: Was the first to feature the logo of Rolling Stones Records , which effectively became the band's logo. It consisted of a pair of lips with a lapping tongue. Designer John Pasche created the logo, following a suggestion by Jagger to copy the stuck-out tongue of the Hindu goddess Kali . Critic Sean Egan has said of the logo, Without using the Stones' name, it instantly conjures them, or at least Jagger, as well as
16000-470: Was unable to "go on the road again", and left the band saying, "I've left, and if I want to I can come back." On 3 July 1969, less than a month later, Jones drowned under mysterious circumstances in the swimming pool at his home, Cotchford Farm , in Hartfield , East Sussex . The band auditioned several guitarists, including Paul Kossoff , as a replacement for Jones, before settling on Mick Taylor , who
16128-579: Was voted the second best album of the year in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1971, based on American critics' votes. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and included in Rolling Stone magazine's " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time " list. With the end of their Decca/London association at hand, the Rolling Stones were finally free to release their albums (including cover art) as they pleased. However, their departing manager Allen Klein dealt
16256-439: Was voted the second best album of the year in The Village Voice ' s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1971. Lester Bangs voted it number one in the poll and said that it was his most played album of the year. Robert Christgau , the poll's creator, ranked the album 17th on his own year-end list. In a 1975 article for The Village Voice , Christgau suggested that the release was "triffling with decadence", but might be
16384-414: Was widely considered a comeback album and was followed by Voodoo Lounge (1994). Both releases were promoted by large stadium and arena tours, as the Stones continued to be a huge concert attraction; by 2007, they had broken the record for the all-time highest-grossing concert tour three times, and they were the highest-earning live act of 2021. Following Wyman's departure in 1993, the band continued as
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