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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 :
For the first time in the Rolling Stones illustrious career, which is now in it's fifth decade, a 'best of' compilation is available that spans their entire career. Forty Licks, as it is aptly titled, is a double cd containing thirty-six of the bands best songs from their legendary body of work and four new songs recorded this year. Surprisingly, old as they may be, the Stones can still rock, as they prove one such new track, their single 'Don't Stop.' Combine this new gem with the endless amount of absolute classics available on this album, like Gimme Shelter, Street Fighting Man, (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction, Paint it Black, Sympathy For the Devil, Brown Sugar, Beast of Burden, and Start Me Up, to name a few, and you've got yourself a great collection of legendary songs.
But haven't the Stones released many other greatest hits albums in years past, you ask. Yes, but never one like this. Record label disputes have prohibited songs created after 1971 from being on the same album as songs from their golden era of 1964-1971. The end of the golden era contains the groups best four albums in a row, 'the holy quartet', as they are often put (Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street). This record combines the best songs from the said golden era with the bands later years. Their middle and later years are by no means mediocre, in fact these pioneers of rock and roll created many songs after 1971 that have become classic rock and live staples. Just one listen to the second disc will confirm that statement. If you have already heard many of these songs or own many of the Stones albums, I still would recommend purchasing this. I personally own many of their early albums and the albums they made in their prime, yet, I still bought this the first day it came out because it features great packaging with liner notes and historic pictures, and all the songs have been digitally re-mastered and put on two great cds. Then again, you can always just download these songs on KaZaa and burn them onto two blank cds, but that would be stealing, and you wouldn't want to rob four incredibly rich rock and roll legends of a few bucks now, would you?
(by Logan Scholfield)
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