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Sliding out of perhaps the greatest winning streak in rock history, the Stones slipped into decadence and rock star excess with Goats Head Soup, their sequel to Exile on Main St. This is where the Stones' image began to eclipse their accomplishments, as Mick ascended to jet-setting celebrity and Keith slowly sunk deeper into addiction, and it's possible hearing them moving in both directions on Goats Head Soup, at times in the same song. As Jagger plays the devil (or, dances with Mr. D, as he likes to say), the sex and sleaze quotient is increased, all of it underpinned by some genuinely affecting heartbreak, highlighted by "Angie." This may not be as downright funky, freaky, and fantastic as Exile, yet the extra layer of gloss brings out the enunciated lyrics, added strings, wah-wah guitars, explicit sex, and violence, making it all seem trippily decadent. If it doesn't seem like there's a surplus of classics here, all the songs work well, illustrating just how far they've traveled in their songcraft, as well as their exceptional talent as a band -- they make this all sound really easy and darkly alluring, even when the sex'n'satanism seems a little silly. To top it all of, they cap off this utterly excessive album with "Star Star," a nasty Chuck Berry rip that grooves on its own mean vulgarity -- its real title is "Starf*cker," if you need any clarification, and even though they got nastier (the entirety of Undercover, for instance), they never again made something this dirty or nasty. And, it never feels more at home than it does at the end of this excessive record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, Engineer, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer - Rod Thear, Engineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - MICK JAGGER, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Nick Harrison, StringArranger - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Jimmy Miller, Producer - Bill Wyman, BassGuitar - Charlie Watts, DrumKit
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Mick Taylor, Guitar, Vocalist, BassVocalist - Nicky Hopkins, Piano - Giles Martin, MixingEngineer - ANDY JOHNS, Engineer - Chuck Findley, Trumpet - Emily Lazar, MasteringEngineer - KEITH RICHARDS, Guitar, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist, BassVocalist - MICK JAGGER, Guitar, Harp, Piano, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Preston, Piano, Clavichord - Jim Horn, Flute, AltoSaxophone - Paul Hicks, CoProducer - Ian Stewart, Piano - The Rolling Stones, MainArtist - Bobby Keys, BaritoneSaxophone, TenorSaxophone - Pascal, Percussion - Jimmy Miller, Producer, Percussion - Bill Wyman, BassVocalist - Howard Kilgour, RecordingSecondEngineer - Charlie Watts, DrumKit - Carlton Lee, RecordingSecondEngineer
℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
Album review
Sliding out of perhaps the greatest winning streak in rock history, the Stones slipped into decadence and rock star excess with Goats Head Soup, their sequel to Exile on Main St. This is where the Stones' image began to eclipse their accomplishments, as Mick ascended to jet-setting celebrity and Keith slowly sunk deeper into addiction, and it's possible hearing them moving in both directions on Goats Head Soup, at times in the same song. As Jagger plays the devil (or, dances with Mr. D, as he likes to say), the sex and sleaze quotient is increased, all of it underpinned by some genuinely affecting heartbreak, highlighted by "Angie." This may not be as downright funky, freaky, and fantastic as Exile, yet the extra layer of gloss brings out the enunciated lyrics, added strings, wah-wah guitars, explicit sex, and violence, making it all seem trippily decadent. If it doesn't seem like there's a surplus of classics here, all the songs work well, illustrating just how far they've traveled in their songcraft, as well as their exceptional talent as a band -- they make this all sound really easy and darkly alluring, even when the sex'n'satanism seems a little silly. To top it all of, they cap off this utterly excessive album with "Star Star," a nasty Chuck Berry rip that grooves on its own mean vulgarity -- its real title is "Starf*cker," if you need any clarification, and even though they got nastier (the entirety of Undercover, for instance), they never again made something this dirty or nasty. And, it never feels more at home than it does at the end of this excessive record.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:42
- Main artists: The Rolling Stones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Polydor Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2020 Promotone B.V. ℗ 2020 Promotone B.V.
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