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Originally Posted by genrex
In talking with people about the Rolling Stones, I sometimes hear them express a preference for the early Stones, vs the later Stones.
I'm not terribly familiar with the Stones, but I think they are saying they prefer the earlier more melodic and more emotionally intimate Stones, vs the later louder blues-jazz musical style and edgy-controversial song content.
Is there an album that defines the "dividing line" between the early Stones and the later Stones? After that album, was there still sometimes a return to their earlier style in form and content?
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The dividing line for me is Beggars Banquet
I love everything up through Tattoo You. Dont like anything they did after that, except for Keith Richards' solo album which is great
Was there sometimes a return to the early sound, which to me is pre-Beggars Banquet? No never..in my opinion. All those early british invasion groups evolved rapidly...Beatles, Kinks, and Who, etc....you can clearly hear when all these groups went from a garage band sound with short catchy pop songs to more experimental and eclectic. In the case of all these bands, my preference is for the very early stuff