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It's difficult for an album to touch me the way this one does. The guitar play from Eric Clapton and Duane Allman is simply a match made in heaven, the lyrics are very touching, you can clearly absorb the sadness and desperation Clapton shows in his voice, the soul Bobby Withlock put into his keyboard is phenomenal and everything there sounds really great in general.

Let It Bleed continues the consistence and maturation from Beggar's Banquet and delivers a timeless masterpiece, in a very well crafted mixture of rock, country and blues. The opening track is as hauting as it's sublime, and it sets well the tone for the rest of the album.

The beginning of the greatest run of albums in music's history. The Stones nailed going back to the blues roots after having troubles with the critics and the public with their experimentations in Their Satanic Majesties Requests, having finished the maturation of their sonority and delivering one of their greatest albums. Everything there clicks really well.

This album has really touched me, and it's a shame that people have such negative thoughts about this only because they perceive it merely as a Sgt.Peppers "copy". This is a great showing of psychedelia and Brian Jone's brilliance as a musician, the tracks are very solid even though the album is pretty chaotic and I think it fits really well with what they tried to propose with Their Satanic Majesties Requests. Surely there are better albums in the Stones discography but it's the most ... read more