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Let It Bleed

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.68 x 12.72 x 0.59 inches; 10.58 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Abkco
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 28929033
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Abkco
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000DJYQQ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Let It Bleed
5 out of 5 stars
Let It Bleed
One of their best; have not done an a/b comparison against an older version, so I really don't know how much has been remastered, sound-wise.In any case, once the final credits for the USA start rolling, the first track of this disc will be the playout music.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2025
    2002 DSD cd's by the Stones.....rep is very good sound.....I have a few of my favs.....this one I did not have .....needed to pick up.....not disappointed......
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2010
    First things first: the great majority of 1-star reviews here seem centered around the fact that some peeps are unfortunately having issues putting this disc on their computer to download to mp3 and import to their portable mp3 player. I had no such problem at all nor have most reviewers here, so I think these folks need a new computer or perhaps a little help using it. Either way, I think we can easily disregard over half of the 1-star reviews since they aren't commenting on the MUSIC here.

    So discounting that issue, we have 180+ 4 or 5-star reviews (so far) and maybe 15 or so that rate it as 1, 2 or 3-stars. The majority of course isn't always right, but in this case, they ARE. Simply put, everyone has their opinion of what the "best" Stones album is, but for anyone who's heard it all, this album absolutely has to at least be on the short list of titles that can realistically be nominated for Best Stones Album Ever. I personally have it at #2 behind "Sticky Fingers" and 1 spot ahead of "Tattoo You," with "Some Girls" at #4.

    This is of course the 2nd of 4 consecutive albums generally considered to be among the very best the Stones ever delivered, starting with "Beggar's Banquet" (1968), followed by "Let It Bleed," then 1971's "Sticky Fingers" and then the much (over)-hyped "Exile On Main Street". Personally, I find Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed the best of these 4 classic Stones albums, but everyone has their own opinion. Forget the comparisons though and just look at what's here: classic cuts even non-Stones fans will have heard (and most likely enjoyed) include "Gimme Shelter," "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Monkey Man," as well as the title cut. That's half the album that has featured prominently on rock radio for 40+ years now!

    And these songs are surely the strength of the album, but the rest of the less popular cuts are what propels this release to the ranks of "undeniable classic": the superb take on blues-master Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain" is Mick and Co. at their bluesy best. "Country Honk" is a country-fied version of the better-known "Honkey Tonk Women," and while I might agree with Stones label-heads who were disappointed that this version was selected for inclusion on the album instead of the single version, we are fortunate in that we don't have to choose: the more popular single version is available on multiple compilations ("Hot Rocks," "40 Licks," etc.) and the country version here is an interesting display of how country the roots of the Stones could truly be while still delivering the overall sound and attitude that made them famous to begin with.

    Next up is "Live With Me" which kicks off with a driving Bill Wyman bass-line and Charlie Watts thumping a straight and solid beat that propels the hardest rocking song of this album (which also features outstanding sax by Bobby Keys and piano by studio legend Nicky Hopkins). The excellent sound quality makes it sound like this was recorded in 2009, not 1969.

    My perhaps favorite cut is next, the title cut, "Let It Bleed". I knew the song, but I didn't know the title until I bought this album and I was truly thrilled to have found this song as it's a gem! It could almost be a Grateful Dead song, but the Stones make it sound better than the Dead ever could. "We all need someone to lean on, and if you want to, you can lean on me...". Not sure if that's "rock," "blues" or "country", but I like it. Superb.

    Also included is "Midnight Rambler," but buyer beware: this is the studio version, not the more popular live version lifted from "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out!" and featured on "Hot Rocks". A great song is a great song and this is definitely a solid track, but to me the definitive version of this song is the live version. Hard to call this studio version a "disappointment" though.

    Perhaps the weakest cut (imo) is "You Got The Silver," the first song in the Stones catalog to feature Keith Richards on lead vocals. Which is not to say it's a bad cut, but it is the weakest track on an otherwise flawless album.

    All told, 9 cuts, 4 that almost everyone will know, 4 more that are every bit as good as "the hits" and the one so-so track by Richards. The sum total is an album you can listen to from start to finish time and time again without getting tired of it (and boy are THOSE hard to find these days...).

    Some earlier reviewers have argued over who the driving force of this album is since this came out when the role of Brian Jones was dwindling but before Mick Taylor was on as a full-time member. The credits show that Jones played on only two tracks (and not even guitar at that...) and Mick Taylor played on only two as well, so I think it's obvious that the driving force of this album is the same as most Stones classics: the songwriting of Mick and Keef, the solid rhythms of Bill and Charlie and the guitar of Keith Richards and whoever else was around! Brian Jones certainly deserves credit for his early role in shaping what the Stones would become, but the majority of their best work was done without him and Mick Taylor certainly wasn't around long enough to put his stamp on this one.

    Bottom line: if you don't have this and are even slightly intrigued with the possibility of checking it out, BUY IT. Maybe "Sticky Fingers" or another title or two the Stones did at some point is better, but if they ever did a better album than "Let It Bleed," it wasn't by MUCH.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
    My 11 year old grandson wanted this for Christmas. He was very happy that grandma got it for him.
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
    Everything was good. Thank you.
  • Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2013
    I originally bought this record in April 1975. Then in April 2013, I decided to buy it again on a remastered CD. I always thought that this album was great. It contains 3 countrified style songs. Now it's time for me to review each song as follows:

    1. "Gimmie Shelter"...This is probably the VERY BEST song & MY favorite song, that the Rolling Stones ever recorded. It is very unique & it also had such an eerie feel to it. Though a small hit, however, I really wish it was a much BIGGER hit single, because it's just that GREAT of a song. I also wanted to add that Merry Clayton is the back-up vocalist here. In 1970, she also recorded HER OWN version of "Gimmie Shelter". And she also performed the song "Yes" on the 1987 movie soundtrack "Dirty Dancing".

    2. "Love In Vain"...After all these years, it looks as though this song HAS finally GROWN on me. At one time, I really COULDN'T stand this song. But now, I like the softer guitars & the countrified vocals on this tune.

    3. "Country Honk"...This is the COUNTRIFIED version of 1969's "Honky Tonk Woman" This is another song that I wasn't too crazy about @ first either, but it grew on me, real fast as compared to "Love In Vain". This song is fun & rather AMUSING to listen to.

    4. "Line With Me"...I've always liked this song, quite well. Beat wise, it could almost remind me, somewhat, of "Bitch" from 1971's "Sticky Fingers" album

    5. "Let It Bleed"...The TITLE TRACK, which I always got a big charge out of. It's another one of those songs, that I found quite amusing, w/ the music & lyrics @ times. And I really love the drumming & cymbal clashes @ the end of this tune. In the mid 70s, I read that THIS song was either tied in with.....Or.....a follow-up single to the 1970 hit, "Let It Be", by The Beatles. I really couldn't say, in my honest opinion, because BOTH of these songs are ENTIRELY different from each other. "Let It Be" is quite a pretty song, & "Let It Bleed" is a rather comical song.

    6. "Midnight Rambler"...On my review of Aerosmith's 1973 debut album, I remember saying that THIS song could remind me of "One Way Street" in certain parts. I always thought THIS was a real DECENT tune. The 8 min. 23 sec. LIVE version of "Midnight Rambler" is also pretty good...& recommended for one's listening pleasure.

    7. "You Got The Silver"...Keith Richards performed the vocals here. THIS song could remind me, somewhat, of "You Gotta Move"...also incl., on the "Sticky Fingers" album. But "You Got The Silver" is ten times better, by far. It is also the very shortest cut on this album.

    8. "Monkey Man"...This song is also pretty good, I've always enjoyed this one.

    9. "You Can't Always Get What You Want"...Another fantastic classic here. It features the London Bach Choir, Doris Troy (of "Just One Look" fame) & etc. Even though, this song was released in 1969, it didn't become a hit single, until almost 4 years later. It was the SPRING of 1973, when I FIRST heard THIS song on the radio. Then I immediately went out & bought THIS 45 rpm record. On the Flip Side, was "Honky Talk Woman" & I remembered it, BIG TIME, from the Summer of 1969. BOTH of these hits singles were great.

    This Stones album was always one of my favorites. And this album is highly recommended.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2008
    The title of this album is a play on the Beatles last official album "Let It Be". The Stones were always the Yin to then Beatles Yang and never was it more apparent than at the end of the 60's. The Beatles were on the verge of breaking up while the Stones would continue for another 4 plus decades. "Bleed" is one of the Stones better albums and contains two songs that have become classics, still receiving a vast amount of airplay today. "Gimmie Shelter", "You Can't Always Get What You Want" rank up with the best songs of the 60's as they open and close this album. The rest of the disc is not as good, but it is all decent Stones material. The band covers Robert Johnson's "Love In Vain" then covers themselves with a country version of Honkey Tonk Woman called "Country Honk". "Midnight Rambler" is good, but I think the live version on "Get Your Ya Ya's Out" is better. "You Got The Silver" finds Keith Richards on lead vocals for the first time. "Live With Me" and "Monkey Man" round out the album. Original member Brian Jones would die during the making of this one, with Mick Taylor on board as his replacement.
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  • spigomars
    5.0 out of 5 stars Every piece of information on both the inner lining and the cover itself is true to the original
    Reviewed in Canada on December 9, 2022
    While the song lineup is slightly different than the original disc everything else is quite true to the original release. This is and will always be one of my favorite LPs this remaster and rerelease has not had any major mistakes made on it to make me change my mind in this regard. THANK GOODNESS.
  • CHRISTOPHER ROSA
    5.0 out of 5 stars Recomendadissimo
    Reviewed in Brazil on April 15, 2021
    O som desta prensagem é incrível. . a bateria se destaca junto com as cordas ... Imersão total na sala de gravação
  • Cliente Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Imprescindible en tu discoteca
    Reviewed in Spain on July 26, 2021
    Lo tenía en mi lista de regreso al vinilo y la nueva liturgia de ese regreso está siendo muy satisfactoria con vinilos como este. Hay otros álbumes de los Rolling Stones a la espera y poco a poco volverán a mi discoteca.
  • Eduardo Garcia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un álbum perfecto
    Reviewed in Mexico on September 13, 2018
    No solo es el mejor álbum de los Stones, para mí este álbum es uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Desde las primeras notas de "Gimme Shelter" hasta los coros finales de "You Can't Always Get What You Want", este LP es perfecto. La edición está hermosa, hecha en vinil transparente y con un magnífico sonido. No dejes de comprarlo.
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    Eduardo Garcia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un álbum perfecto
    Reviewed in Mexico on September 13, 2018
    No solo es el mejor álbum de los Stones, para mí este álbum es uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Desde las primeras notas de "Gimme Shelter" hasta los coros finales de "You Can't Always Get What You Want", este LP es perfecto. La edición está hermosa, hecha en vinil transparente y con un magnífico sonido. No dejes de comprarlo.
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  • Crozza
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect pressing of a great album.
    Reviewed in Australia on April 11, 2021
    Perfect pressing of a great album.