I would think most people will think of "Beggars Banquet" as the classic Rolling Stones album, but to me, it's not as good as their previous albums. "Sympathy for the Devil" is incredible, as well as "Street Fighting Man" (as a record, but as commentary?) and "Jig-Saw Puzzle" as well as "Salt of the Earth" are pretty fantastic as well. This is the first album produced by Jimmy Miller after Andrew Loog Oldham left the Stones world. A good solid record producer, but doesn't add the usual drama of a Stones recording, except for the opening epic "Sympathy for the Devil." After that, I feel the Stones are mirroring their rhythm and blues angle, but not with the same conviction and passion of their early recordings. Not a bad album by any means or imagination, but I wish there were a tad more of the Brian Jones magic within the grooves. Also lyrically, besides the songs I mentioned already, the rest of the tunes are slight with no great insight or observation sensibility. On the other hand, Nicky Hopkins does fantastic piano throughout the album.
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