Let It Bleed
by The Rolling Stones

Album
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1969
Release date: 1969-11-28
Overall rank: 60th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 2,127 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1969 (4th)
Award Top 20 albums of of the 1960s (15th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (60th)

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The Rolling Stones bestography

Let It Bleed is ranked 2nd best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,210.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (49th)
Exile On Main St. This album (60th)
Let It Bleed Lower ranked (65th) »
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Let It Bleed track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Gimme Shelter
Average Rating: 93 (1,030 votes)Comments: View 22
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Love In Vain
Average Rating: 84 (434 votes)Comments: View 4
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Country Honk
Average Rating: 77 (419 votes)Comments: View 7
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Live With Me
Average Rating: 81 (411 votes)Comments: View 4
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Let It Bleed
Average Rating: 86 (464 votes)Comments: View 2
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Midnight Rambler
Average Rating: 85 (452 votes)Comments: View 7
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You Got The Silver
Average Rating: 82 (405 votes)Comments: View 3
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Monkey Man
Average Rating: 86 (443 votes)Comments: View 5
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You Can't Always Get What You Want
Average Rating: 91 (749 votes)Comments: View 11

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Let It Bleed rankings

Let It Bleed rankings summary
Overall rank: 60th | 1960s rank: 15th | 1969 rank: 4th  Overall chart history
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Let It Bleed forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 9 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5448): By Glitterboiii
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Glitterboiii () 1. by (1969) 2. by by (1975) 4. by by (1973) 6. (1966) 7. by (1969) 8. by (1967) 9. by (2015) 10. by by (1999) 12. by (1998) 13. by by (1979) 15. by (1972) 16. by (1970) 17. by (1967) 18. by (1968) 19. by (1971) 21. by (1969)…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by adbrack1988 () 1. by (1972) 2. by by (1973) 4. by (1971) 5. by (1971) 6. by (1985) 7. by (1971) 8. by (1969) 9. (1972) 10. by (2013) 11. by (1969) 12. by (1967) 13. (2005) 14. by (1965) 15. by (1970) 16. (2017) 17. by (1991) 18. by (1973)…”
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From 11/27/2008 04:29 | #1906 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The brilliance of Let It Bleed-one of the finest in the Stone's catalog and one of the greatest albums ever recorded-is the brilliance of the Stones themselves. The album is so varied with a heavy reliance on country rhythms and chord structures, starting off with the terrifying Gimme Me Shelter and ending with what might be their best song, You Can't Always Get What You Want. On an apocalyptic album recorded as an decade winded down, Monkey Man is a sleek and classy as it is wild. It's also pretty damn scary, unique, and armed with Jaggers acid lyrics and vocal bite. Much as The Beatles Revolver feels like a continuation of Rubber Soul, this is on the same wavelength as Beggars Banquet released the year before for me. Both rank as two of the most amazing achievements in modern music.
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From 11/06/2014 19:56 | #126352 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Good GOD. If "Gimme Shelter" doesn't give you full on body goosebumps then I can't help you.
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From 05/20/2015 05:01 | #142009 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It took me a while to get into the Stones honestly. I'm still not huge on them, being more of a Beatles-oriented guy, but this album stood out to me as my favorite Stones one.
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From 09/04/2012 19:26 | #49968 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Gimmie shelter almost destroys the rest of the album as you can´t recover from its greatness direct after listening. The rest is great also of course. (Edited)
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From 03/27/2016 15:23 | #162749 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The second album in that classic quadrilogy, let it bleed is the stones last record of the sixties. It opens with one of the truly great rock songs. Gimme shelter is grade A stones, a brilliant apocalyptic rocker in the vain of Hendrix's version of Dylan's all along the watchtower. The album also ends with another stones classic, with the majestic you can't always get what you want. Other highlights are the epic midnight rambler, Keith's lovely you got the silver and the grooving monkey man. The only disappointment is the pointless acoustic take on honky tonk women, country honk. Still, it's a must have. An essential stones album. (Edited)
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Best Albums of  1969
1. Abbey Road by The Beatles
2. In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) by King Crimson
3. Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
4. Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
6. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground
7. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
8. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
9. In A Silent Way by Miles Davis
10. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa