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All rights reserved.Goats Head Soup - Rolling Stones (The) (Cassette 1994)
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Hm Hm Good. Good SoupReview created: 11/29/06
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I popped this album in and liked it immediately. 100 Years Ago and Heartbreaker hit me immediately as cool tunes that can't be missing from any die hard Stones fan. They rock pretty hard, especially the latter, and even casual fans will love them. Of course, Angie has been one of their classic ballads since the album was released, and for good reason. It's a nice well written heartfelt song. Silver Train is a nice tune played with an Allman Brother's cool Southern sound. Hide Your Love is a bluesy piano driven song, with a cool guitar solo. Winter is a nice ballad that shows that the Stones can write a ballad that isn't a love song. Can You Hear The Music is an eerie tune that keeps you listening. They end the album strong with Star Star, a Chuck Berry-like tune that rocks with it's bluesy guitar driven chorus.
Is this up there with their best albums? No. But it just shows a different side of the Stones that make them one of the best bands ever. If another band had come out with this, it'd probably be their best album. With the Stones, the bar is set so high that it can't compete with the likes of Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. But who cares? It's still an excellent album with a good song selection. I've read reviews that cut this album down, saying that this foretells the Stones demise. What do they know? This just shows how a group grows and their songwriting changes. It's not bad, it's just different. They just go in a little different direction on this album, and they give you Goats Head Soup, which by the way has a lot of good songwriting and tasteful licks, Heartbreaker being a great example of this. Goats Head Soup is the soup that eats like a meal (Sorry for the corny theft from Chunky Soup, but it's fitting given the title of the album).
Is this up there with their best albums? No. But it just shows a different side of the Stones that make them one of the best bands ever. If another band had come out with this, it'd probably be their best album. With the Stones, the bar is set so high that it can't compete with the likes of Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. But who cares? It's still an excellent album with a good song selection. I've read reviews that cut this album down, saying that this foretells the Stones demise. What do they know? This just shows how a group grows and their songwriting changes. It's not bad, it's just different. They just go in a little different direction on this album, and they give you Goats Head Soup, which by the way has a lot of good songwriting and tasteful licks, Heartbreaker being a great example of this. Goats Head Soup is the soup that eats like a meal (Sorry for the corny theft from Chunky Soup, but it's fitting given the title of the album).
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The Stones explore the exciting world of Louisiana cookingReview created: 10/02/07
by: pyfr-- a member of Epinions and Top Reviewer in Music
Pros:
<i>Dancing With Mr. D.</i> and <i>Angie</i>. Some of the obscure ones are pleasantly above average.
<i>Dancing With Mr. D.</i> and <i>Angie</i>. Some of the obscure ones are pleasantly above average.
Cons:
No Stones album is complete without at least four that go absolutely nowhere.
No Stones album is complete without at least four that go absolutely nowhere.
There are several different kinds of Rolling Stones fans. You got the people who think they did nothing worthwhile beyond the 1960 s, for instance. Then there are those who basically feel that they went to Baltimore in a breadbasket throughout the 1980 s. And let us not forget the strangest of all the various and sundry Stones disciples- those who still believe, and always will, that Mick, Keith, and the other undead creatures behind them onstage are unable to make music that is anything less than a gentle massage to the prostate gland. I d probably put myself more in the second category, but.
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Just another really good Stones album.Review created: 08/30/04
by: ilash -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Some very strong material on here.
Some very strong material on here.
Cons:
Some fairly weak material on here too.
Some fairly weak material on here too.
Goats Head Soup must have shocked everybody- and I do mean everybody- when it was released back in 1973. The Rolling Stones had just completed a string of four critically acclaimed and publicly adored roots-rock albums starting with 1969 s Beggar s Banquet and culminating in the 1972 double-album Exile On Main Street. The band was at both its critical and commercial peak of its forty-year long (and still counting) career. Adored by critics and general listening public alike for their untouchable take on more grounded rock and roll, - blues-rock, straight forward hard-rock, even country-rock,..
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The Stones Begin Their Descent Into 70's Mainstream...Review created: 04/26/00
by: e_burrell -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
Great tunes such as <i>100 Years Ago</i>, <i>...(Heartbreaker)</i> and <i>Angie</i> make this one worth the price...
Great tunes such as <i>100 Years Ago</i>, <i>...(Heartbreaker)</i> and <i>Angie</i> make this one worth the price...
Cons:
The beginning of Stones mainstream 1970's rock, Not gritty enough, The mediocre songs near the end overshadow the highlights
The beginning of Stones mainstream 1970's rock, Not gritty enough, The mediocre songs near the end overshadow the highlights
The task must have been daunting. What kind of songs do you write? What styles do you use? Even for a band such as The Rolling Stones, following up a certifiable masterpiece such as Exile On Main Street must have been a chore. Goats Head Soup would become (in my mind) the beginning of the Stones' slide into 1970's mediocrity and mainstream accessibility. Traces of the grit and honesty that had filled previous watershed albums such as Let It Bleed, Beggar's Banquet and Exile On Main Street can be found scattered throughout this album, but in smaller doses. Mick Jagger's vocals aren't as urgent.
Review ID: 10000000000231793
High highs, low lowsReview created: 08/29/00
by: malcomwilliams -- a member of Epinions
Pros:
A handful of classic 70's songs
A handful of classic 70's songs
Cons:
A couple of nearly unlistenable tracks
A couple of nearly unlistenable tracks
Goats' Head Soup ended the Stones' amazing run of truly essential albums - what other band in history has put together a run like Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street? When released this album was panned by critics and has been forgotten by most folk but the true Stones' faithful. This judgement is unfair. When blazing new trails you're bound to take some wrong turns. And sure the thought of "Winter," "Dancing with Mr. D." and "100 Years Ago" today probably makes the band wince and Brian Jones roll over in his grave. However "Angie" ...
Review ID: 10000000000231795
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