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Goats Head Soup
Released: August, 31, 1973
Record Label: Rolling Stones
Track: Title: Composer: Time:
1
Dancing with Mr. D. Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  4:53
 
2
100 Years Ago Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  3:59
 
3
Coming Down Again Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  5:55
 
4
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  3:27
 
5
Angie Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  4:33
 
6
Silver Train Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  4:26
 
7
Hide Your Love Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  4:12
 
8
Winter Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  5:30
 
9
Can You Hear the Music Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  5:32
 
10
Star Star Jagger, Mick/Richards, Keith  4:25
 
Album Review
Sliding out of perhaps the greatest winning streak in rock history, the Stones slipped into decadence and rock star excess with Goats Head Soup, their sequel to Exile on Main St. 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. As Jagger plays the devil (or, dances with Mr. D, as he likes to say), the sex and sleaze quotient is increased, all of it underpinned by some genuinely affecting heartbreak, highlighted by "Angie." This may not be as downright funky, freaky, and fantastic as Exile, yet the extra layer of gloss brings out the enunciated lyrics, added strings, wah-wah guitars, explicit sex, and violence, making it all seem trippily decadent. If it doesn't seem like there's a surplus of classics here, all the songs work well, illustrating just how far they've traveled in their songcraft, as well as their exceptional talent as a band -- they make this all sound really easy and darkly alluring, even when the sex'n'satanism seems a little silly. To top it all of, they cap off this utterly excessive album with "Star Star," a nasty Chuck Berry rip that grooves on its own mean vulgarity -- its real title is "Starf*cker," if you need any clarification, and even though they got nastier (the entirety of Undercover, for instance), they never again made something this dirty or nasty. And, it never feels more at home than it does at the end of this excessive record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Releases
Year Type Label Catalog #:
1973 LP Rolling Stones 39106
 
1990 CD Sony 40492
 
1990 CD Columbia 40492
 
1994 CS Virgin 39519
 
1994 CD Virgin 39519
 
1995 CD Virgin Ben 8395192
 
1999 CD Import 68033
 
2005 CD Virgin 37667
 
2008 CD Universal Portugal
 
2009 CD Universal 001281502
 
CS Rolling Stones FCT-40492
 
Rolling Stones COC 59101
 
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