Let It Bleed
by The Rolling Stones

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 2,124 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 104 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,593.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (47th)
Exile On Main St.
This album (60th)
Let It Bleed
Lower ranked (63rd) »
Sticky Fingers

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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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Let It Bleed rankings

Let It Bleed rankings summary
Overall rank: 60th | 1960s rank: 15th | 1969 rank: 4th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s10/10018
2026mrmcrookGreatest Music Albums #101 - 2006/100 -
2026Juneof44Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s30/10014
2026fabm0Platinum Zone 12 Europe British Isles 283/100 -
2026 TamthebamTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s6/10019
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 501-6004/100 -
2026MrOlanTop 18 Music Albums of 196915/181
2026tim0505Top 87 Music Albums of the 1960s14/8717
2026bonnequestionTop 44 Music Albums of 196930/442
2026CjHubb117Top 28 Music Albums of the 1960s24/284
2026KevinthomaskevinTop 38 Greatest Music Albums18/3854
2026 LiedzeitTop 55 Music Albums of 19699/554
2026JakorTop 100 Music Albums of 19693/1005
2026 LeonardTop 97 Music Albums of 196920/974
2026matterhornriderGreatest Rolling Stones Studio Albums3/27 -
2026 JRThe Rolling Stones2/22 -
2026gregthealienTop 100 Music Albums of the 1960s7/10019
2026 RomanelliTop 40 Music Albums of 196914/403
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of 19692/1005
2026smahonachieTop 40 Greatest Music Albums31/4025
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,794
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 16,546
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Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 2,124 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 85.4/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.5.


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95/100
From 06/10/2025 11:10 | #309367
This is arguably one of their best albums and in their Top 3 for sure, there are 7 from 9 top tracks here too, a must play album if you've not heard it, 'Gimme Shelter', 'Midnight Rambler', You Can't Always Get What You Want' to name a few top no.s here.
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From 11/16/2024 19:58 | #306090
Side one opens and ends with absolute classic stones tracks but it's side two where this album really shines, for me side one is let down by a couple of mediocre tracks and could have the listener thinking this is an overated album , thankfully side two is incredible
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From 03/29/2024 02:30 | #302730
Definitely one of the greatest records the Stones ever made. Three classic tracks and superb playing all around. 9.5/10.
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From 03/22/2024 23:40 | #302628
Beggars Banquet on steroids this has classics such as Gimme Shelter, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. The other tracks are good too. A top 3 album for me.
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From 12/02/2023 11:51 | #300258
The best Stones album
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90/100
From 09/12/2023 23:02 | #299098
One of, if not the best studio album the Stones have released. Contains some of their best ever tracks. Golden age for them.
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80/100
From 05/14/2023 10:10 | #296941
There is some truly top tier Rolling Stone's songs on here but they are held back by the filler that drags this record down. These weaker tracks, while they still are instrumentally exciting, aren't as captivating or engaging as the elite level songs. The two strongest examples of this are Live With Me and Country Honk as neither demand your attention and just float past you which means by the end of the record you can barely remember how they even go. On the other hand, you do have arguably two of the Stone's greatest ever songs which bookend the record. Both Gimme Shelter and You Can't Always Get What You Want are personal favourites of mine and they open and close the release brilliantly. They are full of depth and experimentation making them instantly grab your attention as they showcase the fantastic talents the group has to offer. If only the rest of the songs on here could live up to the quality on these tracks then we would probably have the best record ever made. Overall, this release is inconsistent and so in my opinion can't be amongst the greatest but it still is very solid and is thoroughly enjoyable to experience.
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80/100
From 08/31/2022 03:37 | #289094
Solid album
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From 05/30/2022 01:59 | #285803
Gimme Shelter is a great opener, but then the album drags a little with the next three songs after. But then the whole second half makes up for it.
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From 05/08/2022 08:51 | #285108
Although I listened to this album 4 times, I still don't know how I feel about it. I love Gimme Shelter which is in my top 10 songs of all time and there are other solid tracks here Let It Bleed, Monkey Man, You Can't Always Get What You Want, but on the other
there are tracks that I don't like at all Love In Vain Country Honk.
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