Beggars Banquet is a studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 6 December 1968 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. It was the first Rolling Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, whose production work formed a key aspect of the group's sound throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Brian Jones, the band's co-founder and early leader, had become increasingly unreliable in the studio due to his drug use, and it was the last Rolling Stones album to be released during his lifetime, though he also contributed to two songs on their next album Let It Bleed, which was released after his death (Jones also contributed to the group's hit song "Jumpin' Jack Flash", which was part of the same sessions, and released in May 1968). Nearly all rhythm and lead guitar parts were recorded by Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones' other guitarist and the primary songwriting partner of their lead singer Mick Jagger; together the two wrote all but one of the tracks on the album. Rounding out the instrumentation were bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, though all members contributed on a variety of instruments. As with most albums of the period, frequent collaborator Nicky Hopkins played piano on many of the tracks.
Tracklist:
00:00 Sympathy for the Devil
06:15 No Expectations
10:09 Dear Doctor
13:28 Parachute Woman
15:45 Jigsaw Puzzle
21:48 Street Fighting Man
25:01 Prodigal Son
27:51 Stray Cat Blues
32:26 Factory Girl
34:32 Salt of the Earth
The Rolling Stones
Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all tracks), hand drum (1), backing vocals (3), harmonica (4), maracas (6, 8)
Keith Richards – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitar (5, 10), bass guitar (1, 6, 8), backing vocals (1, 3, 10), opening lead vocals (10)
Brian Jones – slide guitar (2), acoustic guitar (1, 4), harmonica (3, 4, 7), Mellotron (5, 8), sitar (6), tambura (6), maracas (1), backing vocals (1)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (2, 4, 5, 7, 10), double bass (3), backing vocals (1), shekere (1), maracas (1)
Charlie Watts – drums, claves (2), tambourine (3), tabla (9), backing vocals (1)
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