Re: Sticky Fingers

"Mike G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Mister Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Personally I would put LIB second to Sticky.  But both sets are
quite
> > remarkable, especially being back to back.
>
> I'd put Beggars Banquet at #1, probably followed by the import version
> of Aftermath, Exile on Main Street, Sticky Fingers ("Can't You Hear Me
> Knocking" goes on way too long), Between the Buttons (import version
> also?),  and then Let It Bleed. LIB misses the continuity of other
> classic Stones albums -- it just feels more like "Hey, here's the
latest
> crop of songs for ya." "Country Honk" seems thrown in as a mere
novelty,
> "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is great but doesn't really fit
> with anything else....

I have lways felt Exile was overrated and basically one riff repeated 40
times.  Boring.
LIB is indeed more of a collection (quite a lot like Buttons or Flowers)
rather than a thematic set, yet it works.
Knocking go on too long?  Heresy!  :)  In fact it is the Santana like
coda that makes the song soar *way* above the usual fare.
Beggars Banquet.  A few classical songs, again very much the same sound
problem (very acoustic), boring. IMHO anyway.
Buttons has some great songs but as you noted in relation to something
else, there is no continuity there, just the latest collection of odds
and ends.  Pretty good odds and ends tho. :)