Monkey Man (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Monkey Man appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Let It Bleed (track #8) (this album) (1969)
- Live Licks (track #13) (2004)
- The Rolling Stones In Mono (track #161) (compilation) (2016)
- Voodoo Lounge Uncut (track #23) (2018)
- Licked Live In NYC (track #6) (2022)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 12/13/2025 01:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 46,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/10/2025 18:57 |  katerpillar | 2,020 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 11:46 | plasmicmist | 7,423 | 90/100 |
| ! | 10/13/2025 18:55 |  Superunknown | 506 | 86/100 |
| ! | 09/27/2025 09:45 | mash | 4,171 | 92/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.7/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.4.
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AAL2014 12/17/2023 04:34 | #300516
These lyrics!!
I love this song! The instrumentation is classic, and I wish this song wasn't as overlooked as it is. Another fantastic song on an essential album.
An underrated track. It seems to get slightly forgotten considering it's the filling in a heavyweight sandwich, along with, you got the silver, of, midnight rambler, and, you can't always get what you want. It has a real edge to it and is one of the Stones' most overlooked songs.
the piano part is just beautiful
Jasonconfused 01/18/2013 03:41 | #61926
Great song. Vocally impressive and just overall just so smooth to listen to. Good ol' rock n roll.
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