Stripped [ECD] - Rolling Stones (The)

Advantages: Good versions of some less familiar oldies
Disadvantages: Some tracks rather dull

Over the years the Stones have issued around half a dozen live albums. Most are rather sloppy rehashes of greatest hits onstage, and only for the completist. 'Stripped', recorded mainly live at club gigs in Paris and Amsterdam, plus sessions from tour rehearsals, released autumn 1995, is perhaps not essential. But for me it wins out over the other live sets through more enterprising track selection, as well as the more stripped-down performance. ...
...'unplugged' albums at the time, so 'stripped' made a change. The opening track, 'Street Fighting Man', sets the tone for the rest - crisp acoustic guitars and an equally clear piano sound. Whether the Mick Jagger of 1995 carries much conviction singing a number he wrote about and during civil unrest in London during anti-Vietnam war demonstrations in 1968 I leave for you to judge, but I've always loved the song and it may sound 'out of time', to ... Read review

Advantages: loada
Disadvantages: none

This is the stones’ effort at producing an unplugged album and this has been done effortlessly and with a lot of style. This is a fantastic album and shows how good they are as musicians and where there roots lie. There is a great cover of dylan’s song ‘like a rolling stone’ and the old favourites make their appearances without making the album into a greatest hits. The more random numbers (the spider and the fly, and , love in vain) are simply beautiful ... Read review