Rolling Stones ‎ – Beggars Banquet (Decca ‎ – SKL.4955, UK, 1968).
"Beggars Banquet" is an album of the English rock group Rolling Stones. On was let out in December, 1968 on Decca Records labels in Great Britain and London Records in the USA; it is the seventh British and ninth American studio album. The first album Rolling Stones produced by Jimmy Miller whose producer work created key aspect of sounding of Rolling Stones in the late sixties - the beginning of the 1970th years.
Brian Jones, the founder and the leader of group, became more and more unreliable in studio because of the use of drugs, and it was the latest album of Rolling Stones released at his life though he also participated in writing of two songs for their following album "Let It Bleed" who is let out after his death. Brian Jones, nevertheless, made the contribution to their hit "Jumpin Jack Flash" which was a part of the same sessions and is let out in May, 1968. Almost all rhythm parts and parts of a solo guitar were written down by Keith Richards, other guitarist of group and the main partner in writing of songs of the soloist of group Mick Jagger; together they wrote all tracks for an album, except one. The bass player Bill Wyman and the drummer Charlie Watts finished tool kit though all participants made the contribution on different tools. As well as in the majority of albums of that time, the frequent coauthor Niki Hopkins played a piano on many tracks.
Record marked change of the direction for group after psychodelic pop music of their previous two albums, "Between the Buttons" and "Their Satanic Majesties Request". On an album such styles as rues fates and return to sounding of a blues rock which noted the early records Stones and the album is one of most instrumentally experimental in career of group as it combines Latin rhythms and such tools as Klava, South Asian sounds of a tanpur, a tabla and shkhna and also rhythms of Congo under the influence of the African music dominate.
"Beggars Banquet" was included in the top ten albums in many markets, including on the 5th place in the USA where it was certified as platinum, and on the 3rd place in native Great Britain. On received very positive reviews of musical critics who considered it return to the best sounding of group. Though at the time of release the album lacked "a hit single", such songs as "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man", became the main in rock radio for the decades ahead. Being one of their most known albums, it is considered the beginning of strong reputation of group as "greatest rocknroll group in the world". Alby appeared in many lists of the greatest albums of all times, including in Rolling Stone, and in 1999 it was brought to the Hall of Fame of the Grammy. Plastinks
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