Let It Bleed (50th Anniversary Edition / Remastered 2019)
by The Rolling Stones
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1969
JamesThe Stones sound less like rock stars here than a traveling band documenting social collapse in real time. “Gimme Shelter” remains terrifying because Merry Clayton’s vocal turns the song from commentary into lived catastrophe, while “Midnight Rambler” and “Monkey Man” push blues-rock into darker psychological territory. At the same time, “Country Honk” and “You Got the Silver” keep the album rooted in loose, human performance. The record constantly shifts between menace, exhaustion, humor, and swagger without losing coherence. It captures the end of the 1960s better than most explicitly political albums because it feels morally unstable rather than certain.
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2025 - Week 23: Rob's Listening Log #10
Rob RyanA good start to a week!
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Rob Ryan"Oh baby, you've got my soul."
If you haven't seen the documentary Gimme Shelter, you really should.
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