It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll by the Rolling Stones (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll

Group name: the Rolling Stones

Year: 1974

Number of discs: one

Label: Rolling Stones Records

Collection: Selman

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My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’m not familiar with It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll, but I’ve reviewed these Rolling Stones records in the past few months:

Beggars Banquet (1968): 4/5

Exile on Main St. (1972): 5/5

Made in the Shade (1975): 4/5

Some Girls (1978): 4/5

What I expected

Blues rock.

What it was actually like

Ain’t Too Proud to Beg is an awesome song and I love that the Stones covered it and made it into a rock song. Did it actually need to be a rock song? I’m not sure, but it’s great as a rock song. I also loved It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll (But I Like It), a hard rock song that’s hard rock in the perfect way, which is true to the blues roots of rock and hard rock; Time Waits for No One was also very strong.

Luxury was kind of interesting, with a reggae style rhythm.

Short and Curlies was the bluesiest song on the record.

Fingerprint File is more funk influenced and I thought they did an ok job with it, but it wasn’t actually a very interesting or enjoyable song.

Till the Next Goodbye was boring and slow.

Grade

4/5: would listen again