For many, "Let It Bleed" is a musical masterpiece, featuring some of The Rolling Stones' greatest creative visions and expressions. If "Beggar's Banquet" first placed the Stones onto a platform of musical competence, "Let It Bleed" propelled them even further on their climb to artistic genius. Perhaps for the first time, the Stones, in "Let It Bleed", truly offered a social commentary on the societal ongoings unfolding around them. Hit tracks included "Gimme Shelter", which was exhaulted for its dramatic lyrics and gourndbreaking guitar chords, and "You Can't Always Get What You Want", which was considered the "epic" and "stunning" climax of the album because of its tremendous chorus, lyrics, use of horns, and overall structure. The album was also praised for its inclusion of more blues-oriented tracks, like "You Got the Silver" and "Love in Vain", which truly embraced the Stones' blues roots.
"Brilliant."
- Times.com
"Dark, dreary, but oh so beautiful. Anthems, ballads, spooky celebrations of murder - all set to an unbelievably creative set of melodies... This album is bleeding so strong that it gets my vote for the best Stones album ever and one of the greatest rock albums ever made by mortal man."
- Music reviewer, George Starostin
Overall, "Let It Bleed", as critics noted, accurately reflected the general attitudes and emotions of the time. And it was subsequently praised for this achievement. It is widely considered one of the Stones' greatest albums of all time, and the charts certainly speak for themselves... #1 on the 1969 UK Album Charts and #3 on the 1969 Billboard Pop Albums.... not so shabby.
Sources:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/r16831
http://www.sixtiesmusic.org/rollingstones.html
http://starling.rinet.ru/music/stones.html
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