Beggars Banquet

Release Date: September 29, 2023

The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet from 1968 strips down to raw blues-rock fundamentals with acoustic guitars, harmonica, and primal rhythms. The album captures the band at their grittiest, trading psychedelic experimentation for country-tinged rockers and menacing blues that feel recorded in a backwoods shack.

Standout Tracks

• Sympathy for the Devil: The album's sinister opener builds from samba percussion to full-band mayhem over Jagger's devil persona
• Street Fighting Man: Acoustic guitars and tamboura create a deceptively gentle backdrop for revolutionary lyrics
• Salt of the Earth: A tender country-folk closer that showcases the band's softer side

Mood: driving, rebellious, raw, late night