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 | Title : Forty Licks
Author : Rolling Stones
Release Date : 20021001
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $29.98
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Editorial Reviews :
The band that proclaimed itself 'The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World' has long since represented rock's most overarching confluence of art and commerce--with a distinct emphasis on the latter in recent decades--a notion this 40-track, five-decade-spanning anthology can't completely escape. While this is the first anthology to gather hits from the band's entire career, it's the early tunes that highlight one of the Stones' central ironies: virtually their entire 'bad boy' reputation was built working for The Man. That original '60s musical arc bounded from '50s rock and R&B revivalism ('Not Fade Away,' 'The Last Time') to anti-Mop Top aggression ('Satisfaction,' 'Get Off My Cloud,' '19th Nervous Breakdown') to proto-goth cynicism ('Paint It Black,' 'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby') and psychedelic minstrelsy ('She's a Rainbow,' 'Ruby Tuesday') to the epitome of blues-based cock rock ('Street Fighting Man,' 'Jumpin' Jack Flash') in quick succession. Wresting control of their own destinies--and future copyrights--at the end of the '60s, they'd spend the next 30 years largely recycling their earlier incarnation ad infinitum--their music sprinkled with occasionally successful forays into contemporary club and disco fodder ('Some Girls,' 'Shattered')--and resting on their well-paid laurels. Unfortunately, the listless quartet of new tracks that flesh out this collection seems little more than another business deal to hype their 2002-03 world tour, with 'Don't Stop' arguably the weakest in a long string of post-'80s Stones McSingles. If Jagger seems typically detached here, Keith Richards injects some welcome, craggy warmth into the closing barroom lament, 'Losing My Touch.' But it's also a performance that suggests his legendary band has become little more to him than 'The Greatest Day Job in the World.'
Buyer Reviews :
The concept: Release a definitive Rolling Stones 2 disc hits collection. Before this you would havee to buy several albums to get the hits you wanted. If you had done this you would discover some hidden treasures not released as singles but a lot of people have been screaming for the hits.
The songs are legendary and awesome...no debate about that. But why are 'Harlem Shuffle' and '(I'm Just) Waiting For Friend' left off this hits package?
The band also deserves their hits to be remastered. The package claims to have been remastered...but what was remastered? The first disc sounds dated and the second is full of edits which another reviewer noticed too. Some songs I suppose didn't need remastering such as 'Gimmie Shelter' where the grittiness makes the song a classic. But a remastered version of 'Jumping Jack Flash' and 'Miss You' would have been a neat bonus.
I can't tear apart the Stones too much which is why I gave them 4 stars. Buying this is not a total loss. Despite the edits, omissions and lack of production the songs still stand as classics and would make a great gift for the holidays.
(by Brian A.)
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