Frogtoon Music

Goats Head Soup (Album) by The Rolling Stones

Artist Biography For The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones Is An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1962. Active For Six Decades They Are One Of The Most Popular And Enduring Bands Of The Rock Era. In The Early 1960s The Rolling Stones Pioneered The Gritty Rhythmically Driven Sound That Came To Define Hard Rock. Their First Stable Line-Up Consisted Of Vocalist Mick Jagger Multi-Instrumentalist Brian Jones Guitarist Keith Richards Bassist Bill Wyman And Drummer Charlie Watts. During Their Formative Years Jones Was The Primary Leader He Assembled The Band Named It Got Them Gigs And Drove Their Sound And Image. After Andrew Loog Oldham Became The Group's Manager In 1963 He Encouraged Them To Write Their Own Songs. Jagger And Richards Became The Primary Creative Force Behind The Band Alienating Jones Who Had Developed A Drug Addiction That Interfered With His Ability To Contribute Meaningfully. Rooted In Blues And Early Rock And Roll The Rolling Stones Started Out Playing Covers And Were At The Forefront Of The British Invasion In 1964 Becoming Identified With The Youthful And Rebellious Counterculture Of The 1960s. They Then Found Greater Success With Their Own Material As " I Can't Get No Satisfaction" 1965 "Get Off Of My Cloud" 1965 And "Paint It Black" 1966 Became International Number-One Hits. Aftermath 1966 – Their First Entirely Original Album – Is Considered By The Daily Telegraph To Be The Most Important Of Their Formative Records. In 1967 They Had The Double-Sided Hit "Ruby Tuesday"/"Let's Spend The Night Together" And Experimented With Psychedelic Rock On Their Satanic Majesties Request. They Returned To Their Rhythm And Blues Roots With Hit Songs Such As "Jumpin' Jack Flash" 1968 And "Honky Tonk Women" 1969 And Albums Such As Beggars Banquet 1968 Featuring "Sympathy For The Devil" And Let It Bleed 1969 Featuring "You Can't Always Get What You Want" And "Gimme Shelter". Let It Bleed Was The First Of Five Consecutive Number-One Albums In The UK. Jones Left The Band Shortly Before His Death In 1969 Having Been Replaced By Guitarist Mick Taylor. That Year They Were First Introduced On Stage As "The Greatest Rock And Roll Band In The World". Sticky Fingers 1971 Which Yielded "Brown Sugar" And Included The First Usage Of Their Tongue And Lips Logo Was Their First Of Eight Consecutive Number-One Studio Albums In The US. Exile On Main St. 1972 Featuring "Tumbling Dice" And Goats Head Soup 1973 Yielding The Hit Ballad "Angie" Were Also Best Sellers. Taylor Was Replaced By Ron Wood In 1974. The Band Continued To Release Successful Albums Including Their Two Largest Sellers Some Girls 1978 Featuring "Miss You" And Tattoo You 1981 Featuring "Start Me Up". Steel Wheels 1989 Was Widely Considered A Comeback Album And Was Followed By Voodoo Lounge 1994 A Worldwide Number-One Album. Both Releases Were Promoted By Large Stadium And Arena Tours As The Stones Continued To Be A Huge Concert Attraction By 2007 They Had Recorded The All-Time Highest-Grossing Concert Tour Three Times And As Recently As 2021 They Were The Highest-Earning Live Act Of The Year. From Wyman's Departure In 1993 To Watts' Death In 2021 The Band Continued As A Four-Piece Core With Darryl Jones Playing Bass On Tour And On Most Studio Recordings While Steve Jordan Became Their Touring Drummer Following Watts' Death. Their 2016 Album Blue & Lonesome Became Their Twelfth UK Number-One Album. The Rolling Stones' Estimated Record Sales Of 200 Million Make Them One Of The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All Time. The Band Has Won Three Grammy Awards And A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. They Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1989 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2004. Billboard Magazine And Rolling Stone Have Ranked The Band As One Of The Greatest Of All Time. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones Studio Albums
The Rolling Stones / England's Newest Hit Makers 1964 12 X 5 1964 The Rolling Stones No. 2 / The Rolling Stones Now! 1965 Out Of Our Heads 1965 December's Children And Everybody's 1965 Aftermath 1966 Between The Buttons 1967 Their Satanic Majesties Request 1967 Beggars Banquet 1968 Let It Bleed 1969 Sticky Fingers 1971 Exile On Main St. 1972 Goats Head Soup 1973 It's Only Rock 'n Roll 1974 Black And Blue 1976 Some Girls 1978 Emotional Rescue 1980 Tattoo You 1981 Undercover 1983 Dirty Work 1986 Steel Wheels 1989 Voodoo Lounge 1994 Bridges To Babylon 1997 A Bigger Bang 2005 Blue & Lonesome 2016 Hackney Diamonds 2023

HOME THE ROLLING STONES
POPULAR TRACKS MIXES ALBUMS
Video 1 : 50

Frogtoon Music -

Frogtoon Music Album Info: Goats Head Soup

Goats Head Soup Is An Album By The Rolling Stones Released In 1973. It Was Recorded As The Follow-Up To 1972's Critically Acclaimed Exile On Main Street. Goats Head Soup Was A More Polished Production Than The Raw And Ragged Exile. It Reflected The Resurgence Of Soul-Pop And The Rise Of Funk While Maintaining The Stones' Distinctive Rock Sound. It Spawned The Hit Single "Angie" By Far Its Best-Known Track And Topped The Charts In Both The US And The UK. History Recording
Recording Began As Early As 1970. Two Tracks "Silver Train" And "Hide Your Love" Resulted From These Early Sessions And Re-Appeared In November 1972 When The Band Relocated To Kingston Jamaica's Dynamic Sound Studios. Guitarist Keith Richards Said In 2002 "Jamaica Was One Of The Few Places That Would Let Us All In! By That Time About The Only Country That I Was Allowed To Exist In Was Switzerland Which Was Damn Boring For Me At Least For The First Year Because I Didn't Like To Ski... Nine Countries Kicked Me Out Thank You Very Much So It Was A Matter Of How To Keep This Thing Together..." Of The Recording Process Marshall Chess The President Of Rolling Stones Records At The Time Said In 2002 "We Used To Book Studios For A Month 24 Hours A Day So That The Band Could Keep The Same Set-Up And Develop Their Songs In Their Free-Form Way Starting With A Few Lyrics And Rhythms Jamming And Rehearsing While We Fixed The Sound. It Amazed Me As An Old-Time Record Guy That The Stones Might Not Have Played Together For Six Or Eight Months But Within An Hour Of Jamming The Synergy That Is Their Strength Would Come Into Play And They Would Lock It Together As One..." Jagger Said Of Their Approach To Recording At The Time "Songwriting And Playing Is A Mood. Like The Last Album We Did Exile On Main St. Was Basically Recorded In Short Concentrated Periods. Two Weeks Here Two Weeks There - Then Another Two Weeks. And Similarly All The Writing Was Concentrated So That You Get The Feel Of One Particular Period Of Time. Three Months Later It's All Very Different And We Won't Be Writing The Same Kind Of Material As Goats Head Soup." On The Sessions And Influence Of The Island Richards Said "The Album Itself Didn't Take That Long But We Recorded An Awful Lot Of Tracks. There Were Not Only Jamaicans Involved But Also Percussion Players Who Came From Places Like Guyana A Travelling Pool Of Guys Who Worked In The Studios. It Was Interesting To Be Playing In This Totally Different Atmosphere. Mikey Chung The Engineer At Dynamic For Example Was A Chinese Man — You Realise How Much Jamaica Is A Multi-Ethnic Environment." The First Track Recorded At Dynamic Was "Winter" Which Lead Guitarist Mick Taylor Said Started With "just Mick Jagger Strumming On A Guitar In The Studio And Everything Falling Together From There." The Album's Lead Single "Angie" Was An Unpopular Choice As Lead Single With Atlantic Records Which According To Chess "wanted Another 'Brown Sugar' Rather Than A Ballad." Contrary To Popular Belief The Song Was Not About David Bowie's First Wife Angela Richards's Daughter Dandelion Angela Had Just Been Born And The Name Was Richards's Main Contribution To The Lyrics. Despite Its Laid-Back Sound Many Of Goats Head Soup's Songs Have A Darker Quality To Them Such As The Opener "Dancing With Mr. D" D As In Death . An Alternate Version Can Be Heard On Bootlegs That Features A Ripping Mick Taylor Guitar Solo That Was Not Featured On The Album Version. Also Featured Is The Top 20 US Hit "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker " Which Criticizes The New York Police For The Accidental Shooting Of A 10-Year-Old. This Was The Last Rolling Stones Album Produced By Jimmy Miller Who'd Worked With The Band Since 1968's Beggars Banquet Sessions. Miller Developed A Debilitating Drug Habit From His Years Spent With The Band. Aside From The Official Band Members Other Musicians Appearing On Goats Head Soup Include Keyboard Players Billy Preston Nicky Hopkins And Ian Stewart. Recording Was Completed In January 1973 In Los Angeles And May 1973 At London's Olympic Sound Studios. Release And Aftermath
At The Time Of Release Jagger Said "I Really Feel Close To This Album And I Really Put All I Had Into It... I Guess It Comes Across That I'm More Into Songs. It Wasn't As Vague As The Last Album Which Kind Of Went On So Long That I Didn't Like Some Of The Things. There's More Thought To This One. It Was Recorded All Over The Place Over About Two Or Three Months. The Tracks Are Much More Varied Than The Last One. I Didn't Want It To Be Just A Bunch Of Rock Songs." Preceded By "Angie" As The Lead Single Which Sailed To #1 In The United States And Became A Worldwide Hit Goats Head Soup Was Released In Late August 1973 And Also Shot To #1 Worldwide. The Rolling Stones' Autumn 1973 European Tour Followed Soon After In Which Three Slots In The Set List Were Given To The New Material. The Popular Bootleg Recording Brussels Affair Would Result From This Tour. Critical Reaction To The Album Was Varied At The Time. Bud Scoppa Called The Album "one Of The Year's Richest Musical Experiences" In Rolling Stone While Lester Bangs Derided The Effort In Creem Saying "There Is A Sadness About The Stones Now Because They Amount To Such An Enormous 'So What?' The Sadness Comes When You Measure Not Just One Album But The Whole Sense They're Putting Across Now Against What They Once Meant... Goats Head Soup Is Now Generally Considered To Have Marked The End Of The Stones' "golden Age" With Stephen Thomas Erlewine Saying "Sliding Out Of Perhaps The Greatest Winning Streak In Rock History The Stones Slipped Into Decadence And Rock Star Excess With Goats Head Soup... This Is Where The Stones' Image Began To Eclipse Their Accomplishments As Mick Ascended To Jet-Setting Celebrity And Keith Slowly Sunk Deeper Into Addiction And It's Possible Hearing Them Moving In Both Directions On Goats Head Soup At Times In The Same Song." Goats Head Soup Has Endured As A Popular Seller And Has Gone Triple Platinum In The United States. The Album Cover Was Designed By Ray Lawrence And Photographed By David Bailey A Friend Of Jagger's Who Had Worked With The Rolling Stones Since 1964. The Portrait Of Jagger On The Front Cover Was Approximately Life Size In The Original 12 Inch LP Format. The Album Title Is A Reference To The Jamaican Dish Mannish Water. The Sessions For Goats Head Soup Were Abundant With Outtakes. Two Of These - "Tops" And "Waiting On A Friend" - Would Surface On Tattoo You In 1981 And Feature Mick Taylor On Guitar "Through The Lonely Nights" Became The B-Side To The "It's Only Rock 'n Roll But I Like It " Single And Was Released On CD For The First Time On The 2005 Compilation Rarities 1971–2003. In 1994 Goats Head Soup Was Remastered And Reissued By Virgin Records And Again In 2009 By Universal Music. The UMG Remaster Features A Censored Version Of "Star Star" The Band Always Referred To It As "Starfucker" That Was Featured On The Original Vinyl Release But Not On The 1994 Virgin CD. Track Listing
All Songs By Mick Jagger And Keith Richards. Side One "Dancing With Mr. D" – 4 53 "100 Years Ago" – 3 59 "Coming Down Again" – 5 54 "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker " – 3 27 "Angie" – 4 33 Side Two "Silver Train" – 4 27 "Hide Your Love" – 4 12 "Winter" – 5 31 "Can You Hear The Music?" – 5 31 "Star Star" – 4 25 Personnel
The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger – Lead And Backing Vocals Acoustic Guitar And Harmonica Piano On "Hide Your Love" Keith Richards – Guitar Lead Vocals On "Coming Down Again" Backing Vocals Electric And Acoustic Guitar Bass Guitar On "Silver Train" Mick Taylor – Electric Acoustic And Slide Guitar Bass Guitar On "Dancing With Mr. D" And "Coming Down Again" Lead Guitar On "Hide Your Love" Backing Vocals On "100 Years Ago" Charlie Watts – Drums Bill Wyman – Bass Guitar Additional Musicians Nicky Hopkins – Piano On "Dancing With Mr. D" "Coming Down Again" "Angie" "Winter" And "Can You Hear The Music?" Billy Preston – Piano Organ Clavinet On "100 Years Ago" And "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker " Percussion Ian Stewart – Piano On "Silver Train" And "Star Star" Bobby Keys – Saxophone Jim Price – Saxophone Jim Horn – Flute Chuck Finley – Trumpet Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah – Percussion Pascal – Percussion Nicky Harrison – String Arrangement Jimmy Miller – Percussion Chart Positions
Album Year Chart Position 1973 UK Top 50 Albums 1
1973 Billboard Pop Albums 1
Single Year Single Chart Position 1973 "Angie" UK Top 50 Singles 5
1973 "Angie" The Billboard Hot 100 1
1973 "Angie" Adult Contemporary 38
1974 "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Heartbreaker " The Billboard Hot 100 15

Music Tags for Goats Head Soup: