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Sticky Fingers (Album) by The Rolling Stones

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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 Jones Left The Band Shortly Before His Death In 1969 Having Been Replaced By Guitarist Mick Taylor.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

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Sticky Fingers Is The Ninth British And 11th American Studio Album By English Rock Band The Rolling Stones Released In April 1971. It Is The Band's First Album Of The 1970s And Its First Release On The Band's Newly Formed Label Rolling Stones Records After Having Been Contracted Since 1963 With Decca Records In The UK And London Records In The US. It Is Also Mick Taylor's First Full-Length Appearance On A Rolling Stones Album The First Rolling Stones Album Not To Feature Any Contributions From Guitarist And Founder Brian Jones And The First One On Which Singer Mick Jagger Is Credited With Playing Guitar.
Sticky Fingers Is Widely Regarded As One Of The Rolling Stones' Best Albums. It Achieved Triple Platinum Certification In The US And Contains Songs Such As The Chart-Topping "Brown Sugar" The Country Ballad "Wild Horses" The Latin-Inspired "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" And The Sweeping Ballad "Moonlight Mile".
With The End Of Their Decca/London Association At Hand The Rolling Stones Would Finally Be Free To Release Their Albums Cover Art And All As They Pleased. However Their Departing Manager Allen Klein Dealt The Group A Major Blow When They Discovered That They Had Inadvertently Signed Over Their Entire 1960s Copyrights To Klein And His Company ABKCO Which Is How All Of Their Material From 1963's "Come On" To Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert Has Since Come To Be Released By ABKCO Records. The Band Would Remain Incensed With Klein For Decades Over The Act.
When Decca Informed The Rolling Stones That They Were Owed One More Single They Cheekily Submitted A Track Called "Cocksucker Blues" Which Was Guaranteed To Be Refused. Instead Decca Released The Two-Year-Old Beggars Banquet Track "Street Fighting Man" While Klein Would Have Dual Copyright Ownership With The Rolling Stones Of "Brown Sugar" And "Wild Horses". Recording
Although Sessions For Sticky Fingers Began In Earnest In March 1970 The Rolling Stones Had Recorded At Muscle Shoals Sound Studio In Alabama In December 1969 And "Sister Morphine" Cut During Let It Bleed's Sessions Earlier In March Of That Year Was Held Over For This Release. Much Of The Recording For Sticky Fingers Was Made With The Rolling Stones' Mobile Studio Unit In Stargroves During The Summer And Autumn Of 1970. Early Versions Of Songs That Would Appear On Exile On Main St. Were Also Rehearsed During These Sessions Artwork Standard Version The Rolling Stones Posing In An Ad With The Artwork From Sticky Fingers In 1971 From Left To Right Charlie Watts Mick Taylor Bill Wyman Keith Richards And Mick Jagger
The Album's Artwork Emphasises The Suggestive Innuendo Of The Sticky Fingers Title Showing A Close-Up Of A Jeans-Clad Male Crotch With The Visible Outline Of A Large Penis The Cover Of The Original Vinyl Release Featured A Working Zipper And Mock Belt Buckle That Opened To Reveal Cotton Briefs. The Vinyl Release Displayed The Band's Name And Album Title Along The Image Of The Belt Behind The Zipper The White Briefs Were Seemingly Rubber Stamped In Gold With The Name Of American Pop Artist Andy Warhol Below Which Read "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE—ETC." While The Artwork Was Conceived By Warhol Photography Was By Billy Name And Design By Craig Braun. The Cover Photo Of A Male Model's Crotch Clad In Tight Blue Jeans Was Assumed By Many Fans To Be An Image Of Mick Jagger But The People Actually Involved At The Time Of The Photo Shoot Claim That Warhol Had Several Different Men Photographed Jagger Was Not Among Them And Never Revealed Which Shots He Used. Among The Candidates Jed Johnson Warhol's Lover At The Time Denied It Was His Likeness Although His Twin Brother Jay Is A Possibility. Those Closest To The Shoot And Subsequent Design Name Factory Artist And Designer Corey Tippin As The Likeliest Candidate. Warhol "superstar" Joe Dallesandro Claims To Have Been The Model.
After Retailers Complained That The Zipper Was Causing Damage To The Vinyl From Stacked Shipments Of The Record The Zipper Was "unzipped" Slightly To The Middle Of The Record Where Damage Would Be Minimised.
The Album Features The First Usage Of The Band's "tongue & Lips" Logo Which Was Originally Designed By Ernie Cefalu. Although Ernie's Version Was Used For Much Of The Merchandising And Was The Design Originally Shown To The Band By Craig Braun The Design Used For The Album Was Illustrated By John Pasche.
In 2003 The TV Network VH1 Named Sticky Fingers The "No. 1 Greatest Album Cover" Of All Time. Alternative Version And Covers
In Spain The Original Cover Was Censored And Replaced With A "Can Of Fingers" Cover And "Sister Morphine" Was Replaced By A Live Version Of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock". This Version Was Released On The Compilation Album Rarities 1971–2003 In 2005.
In 1992 The LP Release Of The Album In Russia Featured A Similar Treatment As The Original Cover But With Cyrillic Lettering For The Band Name And Album Name A Colourised Photograph Of Blue Jeans With A Zipper And A Soviet Army Uniform Belt Buckle That Shows A Hammer And Sickle Inscribed In A Star. The Model Appears To Be Female. Release And Reception Sticky Fingers Hit The Number One Spot On The British Charts In May 1971 Remaining There For Four Weeks Before Returning At Number One For A Further Week In Mid June. In The US The Album Hit Number One Within Days Of Release And Stayed There For Four Weeks. In Germany It Was One Of Only Two Non-German Albums To Reach Number One In 1971.
In A Contemporary Review For The Los Angeles Times Music Critic Robert Hilburn Said That Although Sticky Fingers Is One Of The Best Rock Albums Of The Year It Is Only "modest" By The Rolling Stones' Standards And Succeeds On The Strength Of Songs Such As "Bitch" And "Dead Flowers" Which Recall The Band's Previously Uninhibited Furious Style. Jon Landau Writing In Rolling Stone Felt That It Lacks The Spirit And Spontaneity Of The Rolling Stones' Previous Two Albums And Apart From "Moonlight Mile" Is Full Of "forced Attempts At Style And Control" In Which The Band Sounds Disinterested Particularly On Formally Correct Songs Such As "Brown Sugar". In A Positive Review Lynn Van Matre Of The Chicago Tribune Viewed The Album As The Band "at Their Raunchy Best" And Wrote That Although It Is "hardly Innovative" It Is Consistent Enough To Be One Of The Year's Best Albums.
Sticky Fingers Was Voted The Second Best Album Of The Year In The Village Voice '​s Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll For 1971. Lester Bangs Voted It Number One In The Poll And Said That It Was His Most Played Album Of The Year. Robert Christgau The Poll's Creator Ranked The Album Seventeenth On His Own Year-End List. In A 1975 Article For The Village Voice Christgau Suggested That The Release Was "triffling With Decadence" But Might Be The Rolling Stones' Best Album Approached Only By Exile On Main St. 1972 . In His 1980 Review Of The Album He Wrote That It Reflected How Unapologetic The Band Was After The Altamont Free Concert And That Despite The Concession To Sincerity With "Wild Horses" Songs Such As "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" And "I Got The Blues" Are As "soulful" As "Good Times" And Their Cover Of "You Gotta Move" Is On-Par With Their Previous Covers Of "Prodigal Son" And "Love In Vain".
In 1994 Sticky Fingers Was Ranked Number Ten In Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums. He Stated "Dirty Rock Like This Has Still To Be Bettered And There Is Still No Rival In Sight." In A Retrospective Review Q Magazine Said That The Album Was "the Stones At Their Assured Showboating Peak ... A Magic Formula Of Heavy Soul Junkie Blues And Macho Rock". NME Wrote That It "captures The Stones Bluesy Swagger" In A "dark-Land Where Few Dare To Tread". Record Collector Magazine Said That It Showcases Jagger And Richards As They "delve Even Further Back To The Primitive Blues That First Inspired Them And Step Up Their Investigations Into Another Great American Form Country." In His Review For Goldmine Magazine Dave Thompson Wrote That The Album Still Is Superior To "most Of The Rolling Stones’ Catalog".In 2003 Sticky Fingers Was Listed As No. 63 On Rolling Stone Magazine's List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time.
In 1994 Sticky Fingers Was Remastered And Reissued By Virgin Records. It Was Remastered Again In 2009 By Universal Music Enterprises And In 2011 By Universal Music Enterprises In A Japanese-Only SHM-SACD Version.
On 31 March 2015 The Rolling Stones Announced That Sticky Fingers Will Be Reissued This Time In Relation To A New Concert Tour The Zip Code Tour . These Deluxe And Super Deluxe Reissues Will Be Released On 8/9 June 2015 In A Variety Of Formats And Will Feature A Variety Of Extensive Previously Unreleased Rare Bonus Material Depending On The Format Alternative Re-Workings Of Some Tracks Live Tracks From The Two Rolling Stones Shows On 14 March 1971 At The Roundhouse London And Live Tracks From The Rolling Stones Show On 13 March 1971 At The Leeds University- Track Listing All Songs Written By Mick Jagger And Keith Richards Except Where Noted. Side One No. Title Length 1. "Brown Sugar" 3 48
2. "Sway" 3 50 Jagger/Taylor 3. "Wild Horses" 5 42
4. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" 7 14
5. "You Gotta Move" Fred McDowell/Gary Davis 2 32
Side Two No. Title Length 6. "Bitch" 3 38
7. "I Got The Blues" 3 54
8. "Sister Morphine" Jagger/Richards/Marianne Faithfull 5 31
9. "Dead Flowers" 4 03
10. "Moonlight Mile" Personnel The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger – Lead Vocals Acoustic Guitar On "Dead Flowers" And "Moonlight Mile" Rhythm Guitar On "Sway" Percussion On "Brown Sugar"
Keith Richards – Rhythm Guitar Acoustic Guitar On "Brown Sugar" "You Gotta Move" "I Got The Blues" And "Sister Morphine" Twelve String Acoustic Guitar On "Wild Horses" Lead Guitar On "Wild Horses" The First Part Of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" And "Bitch" Co-Lead Guitar On "Dead Flowers" Backing Vocals
Mick Taylor – Lead Guitar Acoustic Guitar On "Wild Horses" Rhythm Guitar On The First Part Of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" And "Bitch" Slide Guitar On "Sway" And "You Gotta Move" Lead Guitar On "Dead Flowers" "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" "Moonlight Mile" "Sway" Not Present During "Sister Morphine" Sessions Bill Wyman – Bass Guitar Electric Piano On "You Gotta Move"
Charlie Watts – Drums
Additional Personnel Paul Buckmaster – String Arrangement On "Sway" And "Moonlight Mile"
Ry Cooder – Slide Guitar On "Sister Morphine"
Jim Dickinson – Piano On "Wild Horses"
Rocky Dijon – Congas On "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
Nicky Hopkins – Piano On "Sway" "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
Bobby Keys – Saxophone
Jimmy Miller – Percussion On "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
Jack Nitzsche – Piano On "Sister Morphine"
Billy Preston – Organ On "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" And "I Got The Blues"
Jim Price – Trumpet Piano On "Moonlight Mile"
Ian Stewart – Piano On "Brown Sugar" And "Dead Flowers"
Engineers – Glyn Johns Andy Johns Chris Kimsey Jimmy Johnson
Cover Concept/photography – Andy Warhol

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