The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - Vinyl LP Record

If faced with the absurd dilemma of picking one album to represent the meaning of rock music, the Rolling Stones compilation HOT ROCKS - which collects most of their commercially and artistically successful songs from 1964 to 1971 - would certainly be in the running.

A double LP, HOT ROCKS' 22 tracks each have the ring of historical inevitability about them; more importantly, of course, they are great tunes. From the soulful wailing of "Time Is On My Side" (the only non-Jagger/Richards original here) to the nervous pop shuffle of "Mother's Little Helper" through the Indian-influenced psychedelia of "Paint It Black" and the gospel-inflected strains of "You Can't Always Get What You Want," it is hard to argue with the power of this music.

Many of these songs have been tattooed on the cultural psyche--the amped-up rock nirvana of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Satisfaction" (with their indelible guitar riffs), for example--but everything here sparkles and thrills: the mod clatter of "19th Nervous Breakdown," the in-your-face sass of "Brown Sugar."

At their very best, as on "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Gimme Shelter," the Stones prove capable not only of creating compressed rock masterpieces, but of making music emblematic of their entire generation (and future generations). The Rolling Stones are often referred to as "the World's Greatest Rock Band." HOT ROCKS makes that claim hard to dispute.

Track List:

A1. Time Is On My Side
A2. Heart Of Stone
A3. Play With Fire
A4. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
A5. As Tears Go By
A6. Get Off Of My Cloud
B1. Mother's Little Helper
B2. 19th Nervous Breakdown
B3. Paint It, Black
B4. Under My Thumb
B5. Ruby Tuesday
B6. Let's Spend The Night Together
C1. Jumpin' Jack Flash
C2. Street Fighting Man
C3. Sympathy For The Devil
C4. Honky Tonk Women
C5. Gimme Shelter
D1. Midnight Rambler - (Live)
D2. You Can't Always Get What You Want
D3. Brown Sugar
D4. Wild Horses

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    US  
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Classic Rock

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