(1971) The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks (1964-1971)



Review by Bruce Eder:
This two-LP set is both a lot more and a bit less than what it seems. It is seven years' worth of mostly very high-charting -- and all influential and important -- songs, leaving out some singles in favor of well-known album tracks, and in the process, giving an overview not just of the Rolling Stones' hits but of their evolving image. One hears them change from loud R&B-inspired rockers covering others' songs ("Time Is on My Side" ) into originators in their own right ("Satisfaction" ); then into tastemakers and style-setters with a particularly decadent air ("Get Off of My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown" ), and finally into self-actualized rebel-poets ("Jumpin' Jack Flash," "Midnight Rambler" ) and Shaman-like symbols of chaos. On its initial release, Hot Rocks sold well, not only as a unique compilation but also as a panorama of the '60s. The only flaw was that it didn't give a good look at the Stones' full musical history, ignoring their early blues and psychedelic eras. There are also some anomalies in Hot Rocks' history for the collector -- the very first pressings included an outtake of "Brown Sugar" featuring Eric Clapton that was promptly replaced. This is an exciting assembly of material. — allmusic






Track List:
Disc 1:
01-Time Is On My Side
02-Heart Of Stone
03-Play With Fire
04-I Cant Get No Satisfaction
05-As Tears Go By
06-Get Off of My Cloud
07-Mothers Little Helper
08-19th Nervous Breakdown
09-Paint It Black
10-Under My Thumb
11-Ruby Tuesday
12-Lets Spend The Night Together

Disc 2:
01-Jumpin Jack Flash
02-Street Fighting Man
03-Sympathy For The Devil
04-Honky Tonk Women
05-Gimme Shelter
06-Midnight Rambler (Live)
07-Brown Sugar
08-You Cant Always Get What Yo
09-Wild Horses


Media Report:
Genre: Rock
Origin: UK
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate : 88.2 kHz
Bit depth: 24 bits
Compression mode: Lossless
Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)


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