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 | 155:52 (77:32 + 78:20) | ||||
Label | Virgin/ABKCO/Decca | ||||
Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Miller, The Glimmer Twins, Chris Kimsey, Don Was and The Dust Brothers |
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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 (Disc 1), with their self-owned post-1970 material, currently distributed by Virgin Records (Disc 2).
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[edit] History
Forty Licks was compiled following the enormous success of The Beatles' 1 compilation from 2000. Released in September, Forty Licks peaked at #2 in the UK and US - behind Elvis Presley's 30 #1 Hits package — selling close to 8 million units worldwide. In the United States alone, it is certified quadruple platinum. Of the four new songs featured on Disc Two, "Don't Stop" was promoted as a single, becoming a minor hit in both the UK and the US. Curiously, the album contained no songs from the Dirty Work. Though that album is generally seen as a weak point in the Stones' discography, the decision not even to include "Harlem Shuffle" or "One Hit (to the Body)" is a somewhat strong reaction to the critical opinion of most of the remaining album.
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
- "Gimme Shelter" – 4:31
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – 3:43
- "The Last Time" – 3:41
- "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" – 3:00
- "It's All Over Now" (Bobby Womack/Shirley Jean Womack) – 3:26
- "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:26
- Tracks 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, and 20 are mono.
[edit] Disc two
- "Start Me Up" – 3:33
- "Brown Sugar" – 3:50
- "Miss You" – 3:35
- Edit, (original version 4:48)
- "Beast of Burden" – 3:28
- Edit, (original version 4:25)
- "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
- Edit, (original version 5:04)
- "Love Is Strong" – 3:48
- "Mixed Emotions" – 4:00
- Edit, (original version 4:39)
- "Keys to Your Love" – 4:11
- "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards/K.D. Lang/Ben Mink) – 4:07
- Edit, (original version 4:31)
- "Stealing My Heart" – 3:42
- "Tumbling Dice" – 3:47
- "Undercover of the Night" – 4:13
- Edit, (original version 4:32)
- "Emotional Rescue" – 3:41
- Edit, (original version 5:39)
- "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)" – 4:09
- Edit, (original version 5:07)
- "Losing My Touch" – 5:06
- Tracks 5, 13, 15 and 20 are new recordings from 2002 exclusive to this album
[edit] Personnel
[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
- Charlie Watts - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Bill Wyman - Bass, maracas, backing vocals, bowed double bass
- Brian Jones - Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, tamboura, marimba, harmonica, backing vocals, recorder, piano, sitar
- Mick Taylor - Lead guitar, slide guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, backing vocals
- Ronnie Wood - Guitars, backing vocals, O/D bass drum, bass
[edit] Guests
- Madelaine Bell - Backing Vocals
- Sugar Blue - Harmonica
- 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 Jardim - 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 | UK Top 75 Albums | 2 |
2002 | The Billboard 200 | 2 |
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 |
[edit] External links
- Rolling Stones 40 LICKS 40 LICKS Rolling Stones