The Essential Guide to The Rolling Stones

Submitted by lbangs on Thu, 08/12/2004 - 11:29
Tags: 
  • Delicious
  • Digg
  • StumbleUpon
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Technorati
  • The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hitmakers) (1964) - **** 1/2
  • 12X5 (1964) - ****
  • The Rolling Stones Now! (1965) - **** 1/2
  • December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) - ****
  • Out of Our Heads (1965) - ****
  • Big Hits: High Tide and Green Grass (1966) - ***
  • Aftermath (1966) - *****
  • Got Live If You Want It! (1966) - * 1/2
  • Between the Buttons (1967) - ****
  • Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) - ** 1/2
  • Flowers (1967) - ***
  • Beggars Banquet (1968) - *****
  • Let It Bleed (1969) - *****
  • Through the Past, Darkly (Bit Hits, Vol. 2) (1969) - ***
  • Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1970) - *** 1/2
  • Sticky Fingers (1971) - *****
  • Hot Rocks, 1964-1971 (1972) - ****
  • More Hot Rocks (Big Hits and Fazed Cookies (1972) - ** 1/2
  • Exile on Main St. (1972) - *****
  • Goats Head Soup (1973) - ***
  • It's Only Rock and Roll (1974) - ***
  • Metamorphosis (1975) - * 1/2
  • Black and Blue (1976) - ** 1/2
  • Love You Live (1977) - **
  • Some Girls (1978) - **** 1/2
  • Emotional Rescue (1980) - **
  • Tattoo You (1981) - ****
  • Still Life (1982) - * 1/2
  • Undercover (1983) - **
  • Dirty Work (1986) - ** 1/2
  • Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) - *****
  • Steel Wheels (1989) - ***
  • Flashpoint (1991) - **
  • Voodoo Lounge (1991) - *** 1/2
  • Jump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971-1993 (1993) - *** 1/2
  • Stripped (1995) - *** 1/2
  • Bridges to Babylon (1997) - *** 1/2
  • No Security (1998) - *** 1/2
  • Forty Licks (2002) - *****
  • Singles 1963-1965 (2004) - ***
Author Comments: 

This appears just like my CC series, but there is one crucial distinction. This list is the combined opinions of me and several of my critical friends. We have not attempted to reflect the mainstream of critical opinion. We did not even consult the critics. These are simply our gut reactions, our silly opinions, our thoughtful judgments...

Scale:

***** - Masterpiece
**** 1/2 - Classic
**** - Great
*** 1/2 - Good
*** - Above Average
** 1/2 - Average
** - Below Average
* 1/2 - Bad
* - Terrible
1/2 - One of the worst albums ever

jim08/12/2004

Excellent! I'm curious - has the Critical Underground gotten back together? Or are these different critic friends?

lbangs08/12/2004

No, though I do need to see if I can't get that gang back together (which I sadly sorta doubt...). This is an all local (Tulsa) crew. The notorious Critical Underground was a national (actually, technically international) organization.

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs