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''For the [[record label]], see [[Beggars Banquet Records]].''
{{Album infobox 2|
Name = Beggars Banquet |
Type = [[Album (music)|Album]] |
Artist = [[The Rolling Stones]] |
Cover = BeggarsBanquetLP.jpg |
Background = Orange |
Released = [[6 December]] [[1968]] |
Recorded = [[17 March]] - [[25 July]] [[1968]] |
Genre = [[Rock and Roll|Rock]] |
Length = 39:47 |
Label = [[Decca Records|Decca]]/[[ABKCO Records|ABKCO]] <small>([[United Kingdom|UK]])</small><br>[[ABKCO Records|ABKCO]] <small> ([[United States|US]])|
Producer = [[Jimmy Miller (musician)|Jimmy Miller]] |
Reviews = <ul><li>''[[All Music Guide]]'' [[Image:5 out of 5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47F19D349AE7120D6963B56C0A276E029D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54952B25C30BE6D1AEFDFE6ABD66ADFF2EA1160AD9CEE95CFDDD765D40&uid=CAW010504091747&sql=10:9wanqj5bojfa~T0 link]</li></ul> |
Last cover = SatanicMLP.jpg|
Last album = ''[[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]''<br />([[1967]]) |
This album = ''Beggars Banquet''<br />([[1968]]) |
Next cover = BHV2.jpg|
Next album = ''[[Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)]]''<br />([[1969]]) |}}
'''''Beggars Banquet''''' is [[The Rolling Stones]]' [[1968]] comeback album. Following the excessive psychedelics of ''[[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]'', the band felt a need to return to their [[R&B]] roots and produce something simpler and more primal. The result was ''Beggars Banquet,'' an album that returned The Rolling Stones to critical favor and set the standard for their next several releases.
Following the long sessions for ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' in [[1967]], [[Mick Jagger]] decided that the band needed direction in the studio and in early 1968 called upon [[Jimmy Miller (musician)|Jimmy Miller]], who had produced the [[Spencer Davis Group]] and [[Traffic]], to produce The Rolling Stones. The partnership would prove to be a success and Miller would work with The Rolling Stones until [[1973]].
In [[March]], the band began recording their new album, with a view to having it released that [[July]]. One of the first songs cut, "Jumpin' Jack Flash", was so infectious that it was pulled from the album and released as a single that [[May]], becoming a major hit. While everyone was excited by the band's new direction in songs like "[[Sympathy For The Devil]]" and "Street Fighting Man", [[Brian Jones]]' enthusiasm did not last and he would be an infrequent visitor to the sessions. Although he contributed [[sitar]] to "Street Fighting Man" and slide guitar to "No Expectations," [[Keith Richard]] provided the bulk of the guitar work on ''Beggars Banquet,'' while Jones - when he bothered to show up - would often lay around passively while the others recorded. The rest of the band were now becoming increasingly frustrated with Jones' lack of interest and began contemplating getting a replacement.
[[Image:beggarsbanquet.jpg|175px|left|thumb|Initially rejected cover of ''Beggars Banquet'']]By [[June]], the sessions were nearly completed in [[England]], with some final overdubbing and mixing to be done in [[Los Angeles]] during [[July]] in order to have ''Beggars Banquet'' out the following month. However, once [[Decca Records]] in England were presented with The Rolling Stones' cover design - a graffiti-covered lavatory - they immediately rejected it.
Their [[United States|American]] distributor, [[London Records]], also supported Decca's decision, leaving the band frustrated. In retaliation, they withheld the album from both labels until Decca and London relented. By [[November]], The Rolling Stones begrudgingly gave in, allowing the album to be released that [[December]] with a simple imitation invitation card cover. Some pundits accused The Rolling Stones of once again copying [[The Beatles]] with the plain white cover, as The Beatles had just released ''[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]'' - with a stark white cover - two weeks earlier, and both records signalled a return-to-basics direction (although both bands had been recording their respective albums at around the same time, with several Stones songs recorded before the White Album sessions). In [[1986]], with the initial CD remastering of ''Beggars Banquet'', the rejected artwork was reinstated and has remained since.
Unlike the artwork, there was no controversy regarding the music of ''Beggars Banquet''. Most critics received it as a return to form and a high quality work. The album also provided a revitalization of the band's reputation, which had been compromised somewhat following ''Their Satanic Majesties Request''. Reaching #3 in the UK and #5 in the US (on the way to eventual platinum status), the reaction to ''Beggars Banquet'' convinced The Rolling Stones that they had found their way again.
On [[December 10|10]] and [[11 December]], the band aimed to promote ''Beggars Banquet'' by recording a television extravaganza entitled [[The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus]] featuring [[John Lennon]], [[Eric Clapton]] and [[The Who]] among the musical guests. Allegedly because The Who's performance had outshown The Rolling Stones', the project did not air and would not receive an official release until [[1996]].
In [[2002]], ''Beggars Banquet'' was listed as number 57 on the [[List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] and in [[2003 in music|2003]] the [[TV network]] [[VH1]] named ''Beggars Banquet'' the 67th greatest album of all time.
In [[August]] [[2002 in music|2002]] ''Beggars Banquet'' was reissued in a new remastered [[CD]] and [[SACD]] [[digipak]] by [[ABKCO Records]].
==Track listing==
All songs by [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards|Keith Richard]], except where noted.
#"[[Sympathy for the Devil]]" - 6:18
#"No Expectations" - 3:56
#"Dear Doctor" - 3:21
#"Parachute Woman" - 2:20
#"Jigsaw Puzzle" - 6:05
#"[[Street Fighting Man]]" - 3:15
#"Prodigal Son" (Rev. Robert Wilkins) - 2:51
#* ''Features [[Ry Cooder]] on guitar''
#"Stray Cat Blues" - 4:37
#"Factory Girl" - 2:08
#"Salt Of The Earth" - 4:47
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