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GOATS HEAD SOUP
Released - 1973 on Rolling Stones Records. Produced
by Jimmy Miller.
Personnel :
Mick Jagger - Lead and Backing Vocals,
Harp, Piano, Guitar.
Keith Richards - Acoustic and Lead
Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocals, Lead Vocal on "Coming Down Again"
Mick Taylor - Lead and Acoustic
Guitars, Bass, Backing Vocal.
Charlie Watts - Drums.
Bill Wyman - Bass.
Additional Personnel:
Nicky Hopkins, Ian Stewart, Billy Preston, Bobby Keys, Jim Horn, Chuck Finley, Rebop Kwaku Baah & Pascal
(Click on song for lyrics and song personnel)
| SONG | OLD RATING |
NEW RATING* |
| DANCING WITH MR. D | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 100 YEARS AGO | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| COMING DOWN AGAIN | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER) | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| ANGIE | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| SILVER TRAIN | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| HIDE YOUR LOVE | 6.0 | 7.3 |
| WINTER | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| CAN YOU HEAR THE MUSIC | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| STARFUCKER | 10.0 |
10.0 |
| Ave. Rating | 8.10 |
8.43 |
REVIEW
This is the Stones most underrated album and one of their more mellow ones. Includes one of Keith Richards' best lead vocals ever, on "Coming Down Again", and Mick Taylor's best guitar solo, found on "Winter", which just sparkles. "Angie" is the best of the bunch here, who cares who Mick Jagger is signing about anyway. His lead vocals are excellent on this song and on 'Winter" too, another ballad that's a winner, even if Keef didn't play on it. "100 Years Ago" is one more slow but powerful song. The best rocker on this one (really, the only true rocker found on Goats Head Soup) is "Starfucker", which had to be released in the States as "Star Star", gee how come? But some of the lyrics found on this song are a trip, to say the least!
This was the last album produced by Jimmy Miller. Too bad, he had a way of getting the best sounds out of them.
*Old Ratings vs. New Ratings
The old ratings that you see here were from back in 1998 when I first rated the album for this site. Since time does change one's point of view, I decided to listen to and rate the album again, doing so in late 2005. Also note that I did not look at the old ratings from 1998 until after I placed my new ratings here.
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