Audio CD review:
The Rolling Stones - Live Licks (topless cover)

The Rolling Stones - Live Licks (topless cover)

Band: The Rolling Stones Title: Live Licks (topless cover) Rating: Release Date: 02 November, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Brown Sugar 2: Street Fighting Man 3: Paint It, Black 4: You Can't Always Get What You Want 5: Start Me Up 6: It's Only Rock n' Roll 7: Angie 8: Honky Tonk Women 9: Happy 10: Gimme Shelter 11: (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 12: Neighbours 13: Monkey Man 14: Rocks Off 15: Can't You Hear Me Knocking 16: That's How Strong My Love Is 17: The Nearness Of You 18: Beast Of Burden 19: When The Whip Comes Down 20: Rock Me, Baby 21: You Don't Have To Mean It 22: Worried About You 23: Everybody Needs Somebody To Love

Editoral Review The Stones' by now overwhelming spate of live albums has consistently been the most disappointing part of their considerable oeuvre, but the band--particularly the chunky/bluesy twin guitar locomotion of Keith Richards and Ron Wood--are in a form here that rivals the halcyon touring behind Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. The Rolling Stones have built themselves a fine conundrum with this double-disc anthology culled from performances on their 40th Anniversary tour of 2002-03, releasing arguably their most comprehensive and compelling live recording at a moment in history when it seems to matter least. Befitting this tour's anniversary aims, they tackle material that ranges from their original Brit Invasion roots ("Satisfaction," "Paint It Black") through 70's superstardom (with Sheryl Crow guesting on "Honky Tonky Women") and a middle-age that was anything but staid. Disc two is largely given over to paying energetic, loving tribute to roots heroes like B. B. King ("Rock Me, Baby"), Otis Redding ("That's How Strong My Love Is") and even Hoagy Carmichael (Richards' raggedly sweet "The Nearness of You"), concluding the show with Mick Jagger's voice triumphantly being joined by soul legend Solomon Burke on a buoyant, gospel-fervent version of his "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love. " --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all The Rolling Stones discography, or go back to the The Rolling Stones tabs