Forty Licks
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| Forty Licks | ||
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| Compilation album by The Rolling Stones | ||
| Released | 30 September 2002 | |
| Recorded | January 1964 - 7 June 2002 |
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| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 2:35:52 | |
| Label | Virgin/ABKCO/Decca | |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Miller, The Glimmer Twins, Chris Kimsey, Don Was and The Dust Brothers |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Rolling Stones chronology | ||
| No Security (1998) |
Forty Licks (2002) |
Live Licks (2004) |
Forty Licks is a double compilation album by The Rolling Stones. A forty-year career-spanning retrospective, Forty Licks is notable for being the first retrospective to combine the band's formative Decca/London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records, with their self-owned post-1970 material, currently distributed by Virgin Records.
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[edit] History
Compiled following the enormous success of The Beatles' 1 compilation from 2000, Forty Licks is generally considered to be the definitive Rolling Stones retrospective, even though some worthy material is considered to be excluded due to time constrictions. While Disc 1 centers on the period ranging from 1964 to 1971, it lacks "Time Is on My Side", "As Tears Go By", "Little Red Rooster", "Lady Jane", "Midnight Rambler", and "We Love You." Furthermore, the addition of four new songs on its second disc, which concentrates on the 1971-2002 era ensures that additional material such as "Bitch", "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)", "Hot Stuff," "Respectable," "Waiting on a Friend," "Dead Flowers," "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," and "Harlem Shuffle" remain absent, while many of the songs presented are in edited form. It is for this reason that 1993's more expansive Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones has had enduring popularity with certain factions of the band's following. Of the four new songs, "Don't Stop" was promoted as a single, becoming a minor hit in both the UK and the US.
Released in September, Forty Licks peaked at #2 in the UK and US - behind Elvis Presley's 30 #1 Hits package — selling several million units worldwide, not least in the United States, where it is certified quadruple platinum. Concurrently with the album's release, The Rolling Stones embarked on the successful, year-long international Licks Tour, which would result in Live Licks in 2004.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
[edit] Disc one
- "Street Fighting Man" – 3:15
- "Gimmie Shelter" – 4:31
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
- "The Last Time" – 3:40
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – 3:42
- "You Can't Always Get What You Want" – 7:28
- "19th Nervous Breakdown" – 3:56
- "Under My Thumb" – 3:41
- "Not Fade Away" (Charles Hardin/Norman Petty) – 1:48
- "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby?" – 2:35
- Its original title of "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" has been shortened for this release
- "Sympathy for the Devil" – 6:17
- "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:46
- "She's a Rainbow" – 4:12
- "Get Off of My Cloud" – 2:55
- "Wild Horses" – 5:43
- "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:13
- "Paint It Black" – 3:44
- "Honky Tonk Women" – 2:59
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:26
[edit] Disc two
- "Start Me Up" – 3:33
- "Brown Sugar" – 3:50
- "Miss You" – 3:35
- "Beast of Burden" – 3:28
- "Don't Stop" – 3:59
- "Happy" – 3:05
- "Angie" – 4:32
- "You Got Me Rocking" – 3:34
- "Shattered" – 3:46
- "Fool to Cry" – 4:07
- "Love Is Strong" – 3:48
- "Mixed Emotions" – 4:00
- "Keys to Your Love" – 4:11
- "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/K.D. Lang/Ben Mink) – 4:07
- "Stealing My Heart" – 3:42
- "Tumbling Dice" – 3:47
- "Undercover of the Night" – 4:13
- "Emotional Rescue" – 3:41
- "It's Only Rock'n Roll (But I Like It)" – 4:09
- "Losing My Touch" – 5:06
- Tracks 5, 13, 15 and 21 are new recordings from 2002
[edit] Musicians
[edit] Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger - Lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, guitar, electric piano
- Keith Richards - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, Bass, bowed double bass, lead vocals
- Brian Jones - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, tamboura, marimba, harmonica, backing vocals, recorder, piano, sitar
- Bill Wyman - Bass, maracas, backing vocals, bowed double bass
- Charlie Watts - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Mick Taylor - Lead guitar, slide guitar, bass
- Ron Wood - Guitars, backing vocals, O/D bass drum, bass
[edit] Guests
- Madelaine Bell - Backing Vocals
- Sugar Blue - Harp
- Blondie Chaplin - Background Vocals, Shaker
- Merry Clayton - Vocals
- Mel Collins - Sax
- Sara Dash - Backing Vocals
- Jim Dickinson - Piano
- Rocky Dijon - Percussion, Congas
- Sly Dunbar - Percussion
- Marianne Faithfull - Backing Vocals
- Lisa Fischer - Backing Vocals
- Bernard Fowler - Backing Vocals
- Nicky Harrison - String Arrangement
- Nicky Hopkins - Piano, Backing Vocals
- Kick Horns - Brass
- Luis Jardin - Percussion
- Darryl Jones - Bass
- John Paul Jones - Arrangement of Strings
- Bobby Keyes - Sax, Percussion
- Clydie King - Backing Vocals
- Al Kooper - Piano, French Horn, Organ
- Chuck Leavell - Piano, Organ, Keyboards
- The London Bach Choir - Choir
- Dave Mason - Shenai
- Ian McLagan - Electric Piano
- Jimmy Miller - Percussion, Drums, Cowbell, Additional Drumming
- Jamie Muhoberac - Bass, Keyboards
- Ivan Neville - Background Vocals
- Nanette Newman - Backing Vocals
- Jack Nitzsche - Piano, Choral Arrangements
- Anita Pallenberg - Backing Vocals
- Jim Price - Trumpet, Trombone
- Ian Stewart - Piano
- Doris Troy - Backing Vocals
- Vanetta - Backing Vocals
- Waddy Wachtel - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
- Don Was - Keyboards
- Denis O'Regan - photography
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2002
2003 2006 |
UK Top 75 Albums
UK Top 75 Albums UK Top 75 Albums |
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11 11 |
| 2002
2003 2004 |
The Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 |
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16 160 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2002 | "Don't Stop" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 21 |
| 2002 | "Don't Stop" | UK Top 75 Singles | 36 |
| 2003 | "Sympathy For The Devil" | UK Top 75 Singles | 14 |
| 2003 | "Sympathy For The Devil" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 97 |
| 2003 | "Sympathy For The Devil" | Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2003 | "Sympathy For The Devil" | Hot 100 Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2003 | "Sympathy For The Devil" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 34 |
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