Goats Head Soup (studio album)
by The Rolling Stones

Goats Head Soup by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 1,648th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 476 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (35th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (317th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,648th)

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Goats Head Soup is ranked 11th best out of 102 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 45 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,940.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (1,239th)
Between The Buttons
This album (1,648th)
Goats Head Soup
Lower ranked (2,096th) »
It's Only Rock 'N' Roll

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Goats Head Soup track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 476 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.8.

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40/100
From 10/25/2024 23:59
Not one of their best. A few decent tracks - Angie, Winter, 100 years ago - but nothing I'd rush to listen to again.
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From 03/12/2023 05:57
This is the best their album in career
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80/100
From 09/30/2022 00:44
Logo após a maior fase deles, mas ainda em boa fase. Esse álbum poderia ser mais valorizado.
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80/100
From 05/08/2022 00:27
Goats Head Soup is a bit overlooked by some because it does drop off a bit compared to the 4 excellent records that came out before it, but I think there's plenty to like here. Side A is particularly strong. The second half isn't quite on the same level, but Winter and Star Star are both great Stones songs. Heartbreaker and Angie are classics.
#285099 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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60/100
From 04/14/2022 10:51
This is quite a bland and boring release in my opinion. I struggle to get into most of the songs and find them all to be very similar making the album very repetitive. It just doesn't add anything new to the table for me and like they a have lost their experimentation and edge a little. Also, I never really seem to immerse myself in the music as my mind is being distracted as I can't find anything to keep me that engaged. There is obviously moments of magic on here though as it is the Stones. The song Angie is an obvious exception along with a few other cuts on the record. There is also some great performances scattered throughout the album but it isn't incredibly consistent. Furthermore, I think the last 4 tracks are all filler and could be cut which would make the album more enjoyable. Overall, this isn't a bad record but it isn't anything special and if it wasn't released by this group I don't think it would be as well known as it is.
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5/100
From 03/24/2022 20:40
One of my favourite Stones albums. No weak tracks for me and more consistent than Sticky Fingers.
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70/100
From 02/19/2022 21:43
Angie and 100 Years are highlights but not much more on here, not half as great as Exile, Sticky Fingers or even Let It Bleed.
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85/100
From 04/11/2021 21:13
I like this album , the songs are reasonably good. It doesn,t have the creative edge that the four previous albums had.
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85/100
From 03/13/2021 18:41
gems like 100 years ago, and winter, carry this album
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95/100
From 01/20/2021 17:42
Mon album préféré des Stones. J'en entends déjà dire "Et Let It Bleed, Et Exile onMain st.", oui admettons, mais cet album est le premier Stones que j'ai écouté et ces celui qui m'a fait aimer leur musique.
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