Sticky Fingers
by The Rolling Stones

From serpico 06/05/2026 00:04 | #314792

Probablemente este sea mi disco favorito de los Rolling Stones junto a Let It Bleed, aunque me inclino un poco más por Sticky Fingers, casi todas las cancones aquí me parecen perfectas. (Edited)

The first Rolling Stones studio album to feature Mick Taylor and for me this is the best Stones line up.

With the occasional exception, this album returned to the basics of drums, guitar, bass, and percussion with keyboards and sax included on various tracks. This for me is the Stones happy place.

The album moves seamlessly from hard rock, blues, through elements of rock and roll to Americana / country. It’s a masterpiece of all the elements that made the Stones the greatest rock N rock band in the world and this is one of the greatest albums in history.

NME wrote that the album "captures the Stones bluesy swagger" in a "dark-land where few dare to tread". I like that description

David Hepworth, a favourite writer of mine wrote that the contributions of guest performers such as Keys, Jim Dickinson, and Preston gave the album "more musical range than any other Rolling Stones album", including "Dickinson's honky-tonk piano on 'Wild Horses'" and "Preston's churchy organ solo on 'I Got the Blues'". He also suggested that Taylor's "Latin-flavored guitar solo" on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" was influenced by Santana's 1970 album Abraxas.

It’s my favourite Stones album of all time and is my second favourite album ever. (Edited)

This was written about Brown Sugar. I posted it on the wrong place but haven't been able to delete it so ignore as a write up on the album

Despite the controversy and modern sensibilities around the lyrics to this song, (which I totally get by the way) it’s still one of the greatest track one, side ones of all time.

With the addition of Mick Taylor to the band this is the strongest line up that the Stones ever had. There’s a groove that runs through the whole album and this track sets the tempo for that.

This really is masterpiece with one of the greatest guitar riffs ever played. This is the Stones playing great blues and the use of the sax (more on that on later tracks as well), is inspired. The energy on the song and the whole album is, as someone described it, “gritty and groovy".

Just to address the lyrics, Keith Richards has defended the song as being about the "horrors of slavery," but others have labelled them gross and sexist. In 2021, the Rolling Stones removed "Brown Sugar" from their US tour setlist. Mick Jagger has stated he "never would write that song now" and would "probably censor [himself]" because the lyrics are so raw. (Edited)

The Stones were at their creative peak when they released this Lp. Mick Taylor who had just joined the band added a creative dimension grafted into the rhythm machine of the Stones that had been lacking with Brian Jones. The release gave the band a shot in the arm and catapulted them into the greatest rock and roll band in the world. (Edited)

Always interesting peoples album preferences of the Stones. This always seems to be rated as one of the better in numerous magazines and articles. It's good but personally I find there's quite a few of their others that I'd pick before this. That's one of the joys of music. Is not all having the same tastes and opinions. (Edited)