[.ca] Goats Head Soup

Un Essentiel amazon.fr:
Exilés fiscaux, pourchassés par toutes les brigades des stups du monde occidental, les Stones finissent par s'installer à la Jamaïque pour mettre en boîte Goat's Head Soup. Les cinq années précédentes, ils n'ont enregistré que des chefs d'oeuvre et sont un peu attendus au tournant. Keith Richards est trop occupé à tester toutes les spécialités illégales de l'île pour être efficace. Mick Jagger prend donc les affaires en main et décide d'enregistrer plusieurs ballades, dont le futur tube planétaire "Angie". Longtemps considéré comme un album moyen, Goat's Head Soup a bien passé l'épreuve du temps : c'est un grand disque malade et schizophrène, partagé entre riffs poisseux ("Doo Doo Doo Doo", "Dancing With Mr D.") et ballades poudreuses ("Coming Down Again", "Winter"). --Hubert Deshouse

The Most Underrated Stones Album:
Goat's Head Soup was originally released Aug 31, 1973 and went to #1 in both the US and the UK. I have found it quite rewarding that over the years this one has gained respect and continues to appear in many rankings of greatest rock albums. Personally, I've always like this one a lot. It's got the usual megahits; Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Angie, and Star#$!@% (a hit as a single in Europe and Japan), an incredible jam in Hide Your Love, great intro in 100 Years Ago, part 2 of the voodoo chronicles in Dancing With Mr. D., solid rocker Silver Train, and oh yeah, Winter, Coming Down Again, and Can You Hear The Music too. Most people know the music, so in my reviews I try to give you data on the sessions and interesting facts connected with the songs and the album. Here we go: There were 23 songs recorded during the Goat's Head Soup sessions between Nov 25-30 and Dec 6-21, 1972 at Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, Jamaica. Only 8 of them made it onto Goat's Head Soup. Keith had made strong connections with the Jamaican reggae musicians and had recently bought a house in Jamaica, so he was the driving force behind the sessions. The band included Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins (piano), Billy Preston (organ), Bobby Keys (sax), Chuck Finley (trumpet), Jim Horn (horn), and of course Ian Stewart on piano. Sonny Rollins played sax on Waiting On A Friend. Final mixes were done at Island Recording in London May 28 - Jun 20, 1973. Hide Your Love was recorded in separate sessions on May 23 & 26 at Olympic Studios in London. Silver Train was recorded during the mixing at Island in London. Interesting notes include: .....The UK version of the album had one verse censored and deleted from Star#$!@% (which appears as Star Star in text on the album) while the US version had the line "I bet you keep your pussy clean" deleted. Both record distributors (US and UK) refused to allow the line "giving head to Steve McQueen" until the Stones got McQueen to sign a release (he said he appreciated the publicity). (The entire song with all the censored lyrics are on this release, or at least they are on my copy.) .....Short And Curlies was not released until 1974 on the album It's Only Rock 'n' Roll. .....Tops and Waiting On A Friend were not released until 1981 on the album Tattoo You, after which Waiting On A Friend was also released as a single. .....there are still 12 tracks from these sessions that have not been released (although some have been bootlegged) They are Criss Cross (Save Me), Separately, You Should Have Seen Her Ass, Four And In, Give Us A Break, First Thing, Miami, Man-Eating Woman, Brown Leaves, After Muddy & Charlie, Jamaica I, and Zabadoo. This information comes from "It's Only Rock And Roll: The Ultimate Guide To The Rolling Stones" by Karnbach and Bernson and from my own collection, with some of the notes from Davis' "Old Gods Almost Dead." Both books are available from amazon.com.

Two very good songs but the rest is mediocre:
This album is not under rated. The songs "Angie" and "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (heartbreaker)" are very good indeed and might be a reason to get the album, but the rest of the material isn't anything to get excited about. Of course "Exile on main street" is a better buy than this one. It's not really bad or really good - it's more or less a decent or average Rolling Stones album that you can either have or lose.

One of The Rolling Stones' best albums!:
Goats Head Soup is one of the best albums that The Rolling Stones ever recoreded. It came out right out after Exile On Main St. which is also one of The Rolling Stones' best albums and maybe their best, but anyways Exile was such a landmark in their carear that many thought this was bad because it wasnt as good. Im going to tell you know Goats Head Soup isnt as good as Exile, but it is none the less a killer rock and roll album, there is nothing bad about this album at all! The album starts of with 'Dancing With Mr. D' this is a killer song with killer leads by Mick Teylor and awsome riffs by Keith Richards. This is one of the best songs on the album. '100 Years Ago' is next, and this too me is one of The Rolling Stones best songs. Its killer with great lyrics and killer guitar. 'Comming Down' is sung by Keith and its got amazing lyrics but I dont like the song other then that, its the only low point to this album, for me anyways. 'Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaaker)' is a killer rock song that still gets loads of radio play this too is one of The Rolling Stones' best songs. 'Angie' the most popular song on the album, and it is also the worlds greatest break up song. Its was written by Mick Jagger about David Bowies then girlfriend Angie. Then we roll right on into 'Silver Train' which is a slide guitar driven song and it has a killer beat to it. 'Hide Your Love' is a differnt song but its still very good and solid, its got strange production. 'Winter' is one of the best ballads that The Rolling Stones ever made, its beautiful and it has some compelling lyrics, this is to me one of the best songs ever made! Im not joking! 'Can You Hear The Music'is a cool little song with some awsome keyboards. 'Star Star' was just going to be called Star but the song was so nice they named it twice I guess, it has the Chuck Barry beat and the chuck Barry guitar riff, its a really good song. This may not be as good or as long or with as many songs as Exile On Main St. but Goats Head Soup is with out a doubt one of the best Rolling Stones albums of all time!

Not as daring as Exile, but still very worthwhile:
Goats Head Soup isn't as good as Exile on Main St., but really.. what IS? I personally think it's a fitting follow up to the power that Exile held. Goats Head Soup is definitely more low-key, but the songs still have a strong groove to them. The songwriting is just as strong as Exile, just not quite as daring. The album is packed with more straight-up rock songs and less dabbling in the blues and country. Also, who can deny that "ANGIE" is one of the best songs ever? The only thing that kept me away from this album for sometime was the cover art. It's gotta be one of the worst in rock history. And the name.. what the hell? I know the band has a dark sense of humor, but Goats Head Soup is an ugly name for such a good album. But leave those reservations aside and get this album for some of the Stones' best music.

Losing Grip.:
'Goat's Head Soup' is an album where I could tell The Rolling Stones were losing grip. All the drug used was finally starting to get to them. It has an awesome song though, 'Heartbreaker'. That songs rocks!

• Dancing with Mr. D.
• 100 Years Ago
• Coming Down Again
• Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
• Angie
• Silver Train
• Hide Your Love
• Winter
• Can You Hear the Music
• Star Star