The Rolling Stones

Released to clamoring applause in 1968, Beggars Banquet did as much for the Stones' sleazoid-satanism image as it did for their blues roots credibility. Packed from top to bottom with some of their best songs, the record is a good place to start with the band as there is little here that is less than genius, from "Sympathy For The Devil" to "Salt Of The Earth."

Beggars Banquet marked the return of the Rolling Stones to basic, hard-edged rock & roll.
Their previous LP, Their Satanic Majesties Request, had been mired in psychedelic
experimentation of a sort for which the band had little genuine feeling -- despite the series
of drug-related arrests that had plagued the group. Beggars Banquet was rooted in rhythm
& blues and powered by propulsive tracks like "Street Fighting Man," "Sympathy... More >