No Expectations (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1968
From the album Beggars Banquet (track #2)
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No Expectations appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Beggars Banquet (track #2) (this album) (1968)
- Rolled Gold+: The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones (track #33) (compilation) (2007)
- Singles Collection: The London Years (track #47) (compilation) (1989)
- More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (track #16) (compilation) (1972)
- Rock And Roll Circus (track #17) (1996)
- The Rolling Stones In Mono (track #145) (compilation) (2016)
- Singles 1968-1971 (track #4) (compilation) (2005)
- Rolled Gold Vol. 2 (track #16) (compilation) (1981)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/02/2026 17:05 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/31/2026 16:58 | wizardalien | 9,050 | 65/100 | |
| 01/25/2026 19:31 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/06/2026 18:15 | alexandermause | 15,839 | 85/100 | |
| 12/13/2025 08:02 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,738 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.2/100, a mean average of 85.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.8.
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A lovely and relaxing tune, a bit sad though. Brian Jones' last real contribution to the Stones is his best performance.
A lovely and intimate blues, brilliantly done, with Brian Jones' slide guitar and Nicky Hopkins' piano just two of the outstanding performances on this track. Nothing is under played or over played, it's just about perfect.
ffudnebbuh 12/22/2011 14:46 | #33512
My second fav stones song (after "Paint it Black")...this song was the background music in a crucial scene in the movie "Coming Home", 1978? with Jon Voight and Jane Fonda..
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