Music CD - The Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request

	Music CD: Their Satanic Majesties Request Artist: The Rolling Stones, Rolling Stones List Price: $18.98 Our Price: $9.99 Your Save: $ 8.99 ( 47% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Abkco
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Tracks: 1. Sing This All Together 2. Citadel 3. In Another Land - Wyman, Bill 4. 2000 Man 5. Sing This All Together (See What Happens) 6. She's a Rainbow 7. The Lantern 8. Gomper 9. 2000 Light Years from Home 10. On With the Show
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0766481858324 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Abkco Manufacturer: Abkco Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Abkco Release Date: 2002-08-27 Studio: Abkco
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The Stones' Drug Trip Without Drugs Comment: i'm really a Bowie/Donovan/Dylan/Floyd/Simon and Garfunkel/U2/Velvet Underground/Yes fan, but TSMR easily falls into my Prog/Folk Rock collection. the album has a very unique history that many reviewers have already expressed, so i'll just go into what i liked about the album: - my Phillips DVD/CD player does better with the DSD format than it did with the SACD, so i'm very happy about that, - it easily puts me in the mood to meditate and reflect, sometimes relax to, but i mainly bought it to write along with, - "Gomper" has a strong Indian musical influence combined with... i'm not sure, but it plays a lot funkier and less pop-structured than The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Comes", - most importantly, these songs don't usually turn up on Best Of's and Stones compilation albums, so this one is a must-have if you like any songs on the tracklist, - the snoring at the end of "In Another Land" reminds me of "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" on Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother", recorded three years later, - in fact, 2000 Light Years From Home also reminds me of longer, but similar efforts on the entire "A Saucerful Of Secrets" also by Floyd, - most importantly, these songs don't usually turn up on Best Of's and Stones compilation albums, so this one is a must-have if you like any songs on the tracklist. 5/5 Customer Rating: Summary: Arguably the boldest album the Stones ever conceived Comment: Excerpts from from Perfect Sound Forever feature, Feb. 2008: And that's why Satanic Majesties is arguably the boldest piece of work the Stones ever conceived. Despite its flaws, it's a radical departure from the norm that few artists have ever attempted. For one time only, it seems, The Stones ditched their monochromatic sound and worldview for a multihued, anything-goes mindset that really was "like a rainbow," to paraphrase the disc's only major hit song. ... Here, they morphed into a different band, much the way XTC did when they developed their psychedelic "alter ego," The Dukes of Stratosphere. There is no song on Satanic Majesties that could ever have easily fit on another Stones album. The rocking "Citadel" comes close, but its angular, stop-start rhythms and metaphorical, storybook lyrics (ostensibly about Andy Warhol's New York City scene) are far from typical Stones fare. Also, the R&B drive that fuels almost every other Stones LP is completely missing. Songs don't plow over you; they slowly seduce you with art rock arrangements. Brian Jones purportedly plays no guitar at all on this album. The mold-breaking qualities of Satanic Majesties spawned a cult audience, but not amongst most Stones fans. This album tends to turn up in the collections of psychedelic music or art rock fans. One high-profile enthusiast is Peter Gabriel. The former Genesis front man said in the Jan. 1983 issue of Trouser Press magazine that "For me, Satanic Majesties is far more interesting than (The Stones') other albums because they were trying to do something a little different. But they got so slagged off by the press and avoided by the public that they decided, I think, never to take such a risk again. That's a pity. More at Perfect Sound Forever. Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful Record Comment: This is one of those records (before I got the CD) that you would not ever want to lift the needle and skip a song. Great from start to finish. An open note to Mick and Keith: When you are writing songs for one of your new albums, go into a room and listen to how great you once were. Customer Rating: Summary: One for the fans, or maybe not. Comment: This is easily the Stones' most-maligned album, but it's nice to see some people realize that it's not that bad after all. The parallels with Sgt. Pepper's are inevitable- mind expansion (OK, drugs), Eastern influences, and some very silly costumes. But while the Beatles could never go back to being the agreeable moptop chaps after Sgt. Pepper's, I think the Stones were stung by the criticism of this record and by contrast became a bit more conservative in their approach. 'See What Happens' is one of those tracks you wish you could delete from the disc entirely, but the rest of the record is surprisingly catchy and listenable. Like most great things, it has to grow on you a bit. Bear in mind you won't see any of these tracks in a modern Stones setlist, as the majority of the audience would be scratching their heads and trying to remember just when in the 1960's they know this from. 'She's a Rainbow' is perhaps the most conventional song, except for its unintelligible intro. 'In Another Land' is so bad that it's sort of funny and likable, although most Amazon reviewers seem to disagree with that. Overall it's a record that fans will probably tolerate or hate, with only a certain few loving it. But it's worth a listen now and again. Customer Rating: Summary: Freak Out! Inspired? TSMR Gets Better and Better With Each Listen - Amazing Music Comment: I wanted to buy this with my allowance when I was 13 years old but my mother wouldn't let me because of the title. We were a good church-going family and we weren't having any of THAT in our household. Heck, I didn't even know what the word Satanic implied at the time. That was long ago, back when Brian Jones was still alive. When I recently got a copy (about 37 years too late) I was convinced it wasn't going to be all that great because of all the bad things I'd read about it here and elsewhere. Rolling Stone magazine once published a scathing review "if it's in Rolling Stone it MUST be true!" (Flo & Eddie). Their Satanic Majesties Request originally had a different title (Cosmic Christmas I think it was) but was changed at the last minute, presumably to stir controversy. I think the title may have been one of the things that hurt sales in the USA (we're a nation full of Bible thumpers, I'm surprised they weren't burning this one along with all those Beatle Lps); using that title was an unfortunate decision, sure to scare parents to death. A marketing disaster really. For those who WERE able to sneek a copy into the house, many (most?) didn't like it. Why? Well unfortunately, this is one of those records where, because the band actually DID SOMETHING CREATIVE and well-outside their norm, many fans hated it. Personally, I think it's excellent. Like its predecessor,Between the Buttons, the Stones took some big chances with this one... well, ok, maybe much that courage came by way of being very, very stoned. The project was also disrupted by the infamous drug-busts and unbelievable harsh sentences for Richards and Jagger. Jones was also busted but faired a little better on his criminal complaint; hence he was pretty involved with this project. At any rate, this is great stuff and don't mind anyone who says otherwise. Parts sound like a precursor to King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" and this is probably due to Jones' experiments and use of the Mellotron. The Mellotron, for you kiddies out there, was a sort of ancient sampling device that worked using strips of magnetic tape that were released over a play-head by pressing a "piano" key! If you have violins and cellos on the little strips of magnetic tape - presto! A compact orchestra! When I hear/read the complaints about Their Satanic Majesties Request I am immediately reminded of what Frank Zappa once said about music "fans" (I will paraphrase to avoid legal concerns that Amazon might have that result in getting the review deleted: "Most people can't deal with abstract music and don't want to. They say 'Gimme a tune. Do I like the tune? Does it sound like some other tune that I like?' The more familiar it is the more the better I like it. Hear those three notes there? Those are the three notes I can sing along with. I like those notes very, very much. Give me a beat. Not a fancy one. Give me a GOOD beat. Something I can dance to. It has to go boom-bap, boom-boom-bap. If it doesn't, I will hate it very, very much. Also, I want it right away - and then, write me some more songs just like that because I'm REALLY into music.'" Frank Zappa The song writing on Their Satanic Majesties Request is mostly very strong and the arrangements are very good. Most folks are going to hate Sing This All Together (and see what happens). I can sort of understand that complaint though I happen to like the piece. That particular track actually has much more in common with The Mothers of Invention's Freak Out! (The Return of the Son of the Monster Magnet) than Sgt Pepper. Listen to Jagger's panting and the percussion, it is so much like Return of the Son of the Monster Magnet. I can definitely hear the influence of Freak Out! which in fact was stated (both McCartney & Lennon) as a key inspiration for Sgt Pepper. Conceptually, the cover sort of resembles a Sgt Pepper kind of thing but that is really where the comparisons should end. It's an unfair and unfortunate comparison because the album's sales and popularity suffered for it. Another "Zappa-esque" quality is the use of vocals that have been sped up to get the munchkin sound on She's A Rainbow. These guys were definitely listening to Zappa and I think at this point, Jones had actually met the man at the Monterey Pop festival (when he introduced Hendrix in '67) In addition to 2000 Light Years From Home and She's A Rainbow (found on Through the Past Darkly), there is lots of great music here (notably Lantern, Gomper, 2000 Man, The Citadel - heck, the whole darn CD is great) - but it IS different. Though it IS psychedelic, it doesn't sound particularly dated to me. In fact, I'd say Sgt Pepper, while very good, is not only hugely overrated, it sounds much more dated than Satanic Majesties (gasp! Maude! get my gun! did you hear that? that reviewer had the nerve to criticize Sgt Pepper!) Anyway, I love Their Satanic Majesties Request and I enjoy it a little more with each subsequent listen. FIVE SOLID STARS regardless of what Rolling Stone Magazine once wrote... More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Clearly their answer to Sgt. Pepper, or at least "All You Need is Love," Satanic Majesties is actually as sloppy an artifact as Flowers. But even at their most (willfully?) goofy '60s moment, the Stones came up with some good songs. "She's a Rainbow" is fine second-tier pop-psychedelia, while "2000 Light Years from Home" can still transmit a pretty handsome case of the Fear. Bill Wyman's "In Another Land" is as thin as his phased vocal, but still plays better than "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)." Not the most essential Stones disc by a long shot, but one that fans will want to own sooner or later. --Rickey Wright