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	{{quote\|When he would show up at a session—let's say he had just bought a sitar that day, he'd feel like playing it, so he'd look in his calendar to see if the Stones were in. Now he may have missed the previous four sessions. We'd be doing let's say, a blues thing. He'd walk in with a sitar, which was totally irrelevant to what we were doing, an want to play it. I used to try to accommodate him. I would isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him onto any tract that we really needed. And the others, particularly Mich and Keith, would often say to me, 'Just tell him to piss off and get the hell out of here'.<ref name="DeCurtis"/>}}		{{quote\|When he would show up at a session—let's say he had just bought a sitar that day, he'd feel like playing it, so he'd look in his calendar to see if the Stones were in. Now he may have missed the previous four sessions. We'd be doing let's say, a blues thing. He'd walk in with a sitar, which was totally irrelevant to what we were doing, an want to play it. I used to try to accommodate him. I would isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him onto any tract that we really needed. And the others, particularly Mich and Keith, would often say to me, 'Just tell him to piss off and get the hell out of here'.<ref name="DeCurtis"/>}}

			Jones played ] on "No Expectations", ] on "Parachute Woman", "Dear Doctor" and "Prodigal Son", ] on "Jig-Saw Puzzle" and "Stray Cat Blues" and ] and ] on "Street Fighting Man" <ref name="Clayson2008">{{cite book\|last=Clayson\|first=Alan\|title=The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet\|date= 2008\|publisher=Billboard Books\|isbn=978-0-8230-8397-8\|pages=256–}}</ref>,<ref name="KarnbachBernson">{{cite book\|last1=Karnbach\|first1=James\|last2=Bernson\|first2=Carol\|title=The Complete Recording Guide to the Rolling Stones\|date= 1997\|publisher=Aurum Press Limited\|isbn=1 85410 533 7\|pages=404}}</ref>,<ref name="Elliott">{{cite book\|last=Elliot\|first=Martin\|title=The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962 - 2002\|date= 2002\|publisher=Cherry Red Books LTD\|isbn=1 901447 04 9\|pages=545}}</ref>,<ref name="BillWyman2002">{{cite book\|last=Wyman\|first=Bill\|title=Rolling with the Stones\|date= 2002\|publisher=Dorling Kindersley Limited\|isbn=0 7513 4646 2 \|pages=512}}</ref>,<ref name="Appleford">{{cite book\|last=Appleford\|first=Steve\|title=The Rolling Stones: It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, The Stories Behind Every Song\|date= 1997\|publisher=Carlton Books Limited\|isbn=1 85868 345 9 \|pages=256}}</ref>
⚫	~~Jones played ] on the songs "No Expectations", "Parachute Woman", and "Jig-Saw Puzzle", and both the sitar and tamboura on "Street Fighting Man".~~ The lively basic track of "Street Fighting Man" was recorded on a cassette deck at Richards' house, where he played acoustic guitar and ] played on a toy drum kit. Richards and ] were ~~mistakenly~~ credited as writers on "Prodigal Son", a cover of ]'s Biblical blues song of the same name.<ref name="DeCurtis"/>

		⚫	The lively basic track of "Street Fighting Man" and "Parachute Woman"" was recorded on a cassette deck at Richards' house, where he played acoustic guitar and ] played on a toy drum kit. Richards and ] were on first release credited as writers on "Prodigal Son", later corrected to being a cover of ]'s Biblical blues song of the same name.<ref name="DeCurtis"/>

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This article is about the Rolling Stones album. For the record label, see Beggars Banquet Records. For the story collection by Ian Rankin, see Beggars Banquet (book).

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Beggars Banquet is the seventh British and ninth American studio album by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in December 1968 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. The album was a return to roots rock for the band following the psychedelic pop of their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Background

Glyn Johns, the album's recording engineer and longtime collaborator of the band, said that Beggars Banquet signaled "the Rolling Stones' coming of age ... I think that the material was far better than anything they'd ever done before. The whole mood of the record was far stronger to me musically." Producer Jimmy Miller described guitarist Keith Richards as "a real workhorse" while recording the album, mostly due to the infrequent presence of Brian Jones. When he did show up at the sessions, Jones behaved erratically due to his drug use and emotional problems. Miller said that Jones would "show up occasionally when he was in the mood to play, and he could never really be relied on:

When he would show up at a session—let's say he had just bought a sitar that day, he'd feel like playing it, so he'd look in his calendar to see if the Stones were in. Now he may have missed the previous four sessions. We'd be doing let's say, a blues thing. He'd walk in with a sitar, which was totally irrelevant to what we were doing, an want to play it. I used to try to accommodate him. I would isolate him, put him in a booth and not record him onto any tract that we really needed. And the others, particularly Mich and Keith, would often say to me, 'Just tell him to piss off and get the hell out of here'.

Jones played slide guitar on "No Expectations", harmonica on "Parachute Woman", "Dear Doctor" and "Prodigal Son", Mellotron on "Jig-Saw Puzzle" and "Stray Cat Blues" and sitar and tamboura on "Street Fighting Man" ,,,,

The lively basic track of "Street Fighting Man" and "Parachute Woman"" was recorded on a cassette deck at Richards' house, where he played acoustic guitar and Charlie Watts played on a toy drum kit. Richards and Mick Jagger were on first release credited as writers on "Prodigal Son", later corrected to being a cover of Robert Wilkins's Biblical blues song of the same name.

Release and promotion

On 7 June 1968, a photoshoot for the album, with photographer Michael Joseph, was held at Sarum Chase, a mansion in London. Previously unseen images from the shoot were exhibited at the Blink Gallery in London in November and December 2008. The album's original cover art, depicting a bathroom wall covered with graffiti, was rejected by the band's record company, and their unsuccessful dispute delayed the album's release for months.

On 10–11 December 1968 the band filmed a television extravaganza entitled The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus featuring John Lennon, Eric Clapton, The Who, Jethro Tull, and Marianne Faithfull among the musical guests. One of the original aims of the project was to promote Beggars Banquet, but the film was shelved by the Rolling Stones until 1996, when it was finally released officially.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Blender
Boston Herald
eMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	A
NME	8/10
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Martin C. Strong	10/10

Critics considered the LP as a return to form. It was also a clear commercial success, reaching No. 3 in the UK and No. 5 in the US (on the way to eventual platinum status). The political correctness of "Street Fighting Man", particularly the ambivalent lyrics "What can a poor boy do/'Cept sing in a rock and roll band", sparked intense debate in the underground media.

In a retrospective review for eMusic, music critic Ben Fong-Torres called Beggars Banquet "an album flush with masterful and growling instant classics", and said that it "responds more to the chaos of '68 and to themselves than to any fellow artists ... the mood is one of dissolution and resignation, in the guise of a voice of an ambivalent authority." Colin Larkin, writing in the Encyclopedia of Popular Music (2006), viewed it as "a return to strength" which included "the socio-political 'Street Fighting Man' and the brilliantly macabre 'Sympathy for the Devil', in which Jagger's seductive vocal was backed by hypnotic Afro-rhythms and dervish yelps." Larry Katz of the Boston Herald called Beggars Banquet "both a return to basics and leap forward." In his review for Rolling Stone magazine, Anthony DeCurtis said that the album was "filled with distinctive and original touches", and remarked on its legacy:

For the album, the Stones had gone to great lengths to toughen their sound and banish the haze of psychedelia, and in doing so, they launched a five-year period in which they would produce their very greatest records.

According to Martin C. Strong, Beggars Banquet was the first album in "a staggering burst of creativity" in a five-year period that ultimately comprised four of the best rock albums of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 57 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In the same year the TV network VH1 named Beggars Banquet the 67th greatest album of all time. The album is also featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Reissue

In August 2002, ABKCO Records reissued Beggars Banquet as a newly remastered LP and SACD/CD hybrid disk. This release corrected an important flaw in the original album by restoring each song to its proper, slightly faster speed. Due to an error in the mastering, Beggars Banquet was heard for over thirty years at a slower speed than it was recorded. This had the effect of altering not only the tempo of each song, but the song's key as well. These differences were subtle but important, and the remastered version is about 30 seconds shorter than the original release. It was released once again in 2010 by Universal Music Enterprises in a Japanese only SHM-SACD version.

Track listing

All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sympathy for the Devil"	6:18
2.	"No Expectations"	3:56
3.	"Dear Doctor"	3:28
4.	"Parachute Woman"	2:20
5.	"Jigsaw Puzzle"	6:06

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Street Fighting Man"	3:16
7.	"Prodigal Son" (Robert Wilkins)	2:51
8.	"Stray Cat Blues"	4:38
9.	"Factory Girl"	2:09
10.	"Salt of the Earth"	4:48

Personnel

The Rolling Stones ,,,,

Mick Jagger – lead and backing vocals, harmonica on "Parachute Woman"
Keith Richards – acoustic, electric and slide guitar, bass guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Street Fighting Man," backing vocals, lead vocals on opening of "Salt of the Earth"
Brian Jones – slide guitar on "No Expectations", harmonica on "Parachute Woman", "Dear Doctor" and "Prodigal Son", Mellotron on "Jig-Saw Puzzle" and "Stray Cat Blues" and sitar and tamboura on "Street Fighting Man"
Charlie Watts – drums, backing vocals and cowbell on "Sympathy for the Devil," clave on "No Expectations," tabla on "Factory Girl"
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, upright bass on "Dear Doctor" and "Parachute Woman," backing vocals and maracas on "Sympathy for the Devil"

Additional personnel ,,,,

Nicky Hopkins – piano on "Sympathy for the Devil," "Stray Cat Blues," "Salt of the Earth," "Jigsaw Puzzle," and "No Expectations", organ on "No Expectations", mellotron on "Factory Girl"
Rocky Dijon – congas on "Sympathy for the Devil," "Stray Cat Blues," and "Factory Girl"
Ric Grech – fiddle on "Factory Girl"
Dave Mason – shehnai on "Street Fighting Man"
Jimmy Miller – backing vocals on "Sympathy for the Devil"
Watt Street Gospel Choir – backing vocals on "Salt of the Earth"

Chart positions

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1968	UK Albums Chart	3
1969	US Billboard 200	5

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1968	"Street Fighting Man"	The Billboard Hot 100	48
1971	"Street Fighting Man"	UK Top 40 Singles	21

Certifications

Country	Provider	Certification (sales thresholds)
United States	RIAA	Platinum

References

^ Lester, Paul (10 July 2007). "These albums need to go to rehab". guardian.co.uk. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ DeCurtis, Anthony (17 June 1997). "Review: Beggars Banquet". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ Clayson, Alan (2008). The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet. Billboard Books. pp. 256–. ISBN 978-0-8230-8397-8.
^ Karnbach, James; Bernson, Carol (1997). The Complete Recording Guide to the Rolling Stones. Aurum Press Limited. p. 404. ISBN 1 85410 533 7.
^ Elliot, Martin (2002). The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962 - 2002. Cherry Red Books LTD. p. 545. ISBN 1 901447 04 9.
^ Wyman, Bill (2002). Rolling with the Stones. Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 512. ISBN 0 7513 4646 2.
^ Appleford, Steve (1997). The Rolling Stones: It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll, The Stories Behind Every Song. Carlton Books Limited. p. 256. ISBN 1 85868 345 9.
Hayward, Mark; Evans, Mike (7 September 2009). The Rolling Stones: On Camera, Off Guard 1963–69. Pavilion. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-1-86205-868-2. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
"Our Work". Metro Imaging. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ Allmusic review
Blender review
^ Katz, Larry (16 August 2002). "Music; Stoned again; Band's early albums reissued in time for tour". Boston Herald. Scene section, p. S.21. Retrieved 9 July 2013. (subscription required)
^ Fong-Torres, Ben (2 April 2008). "The Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet". eMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 119. ISBN 0195313739.
Browne, David (20 September 2002). "Satisfaction?". Entertainment Weekly (673). New York: 103. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
"Review: Beggars Banquet". NME. London: 46. 8 July 1995.
Rolling Stone review
^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate U.S. pp. 1292, 1294. ISBN 1841956155.
"Beggars Banquet". Rolling Stone. January, 2003. Retrieved 21 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Walsh, Christopher (24 August 2002). "Super audio CDs: The Rolling Stones Remastered". Billboard. p. 27.
^ http://www.everyhit.com/ Type in "Rolling Stones" under "Name of Artist"
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards/billboard-singles

External links

Beggars Banquet at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Beggars Group
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Labels	4AD (Beggars Banquet) Matador (True Panther Sounds) Rough Trade XL (Paul Institute Young Locked On Terrible)

v t e The Rolling Stones
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Video releases	Let's Spend the Night Together (1983) Video Rewind (1984) Stones at the Max (1992) Sympathy for the Devil (1994) Voodoo Lounge Live (1995) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) Bridges to Babylon Tour '97–98 (1998) Four Flicks (2003) Toronto Rocks (2004) A Bigger Bang: Special Edition (2005) The Biggest Bang (2007) T.A.M.I. Show (2010) Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (2010) Some Girls: Live in Texas '78 (2011) Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones Live At The Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 (2012) Sweet Summer Sun: Live in Hyde Park (2013) Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) (2014) L.A. Friday (2014) Live at the Tokyo Dome (2015) Live at Leeds (2015) Totally Stripped (2016) Havana Moon (2016) Voodoo Lounge Uncut (2018) Steel Wheels Live (2020)
Documentaries	Charlie Is My Darling (1966) The Stones in the Park (1969) Gimme Shelter (1970) Cocksucker Blues (1972) 25×5: the Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989) Stripped (1995) Shine a Light (2008) Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (2009) Stones in Exile (2010) Crossfire Hurricane (2012) Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America (2017) Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2024)
Tours	British Tour 1963 1964 tours 1965 tours 1966 tours European Tour 1967 American Tour 1969 European Tour 1970 UK Tour 1971 American Tour 1972 Pacific Tour 1973 European Tour 1973 Tour of the Americas '75 Tour of Europe '76 US Tour 1978 American Tour 1981 Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour Voodoo Lounge Tour Bridges to Babylon Tour No Security Tour Licks Tour A Bigger Bang Tour 50 & Counting 14 On Fire Zip Code América Latina Olé No Filter Tour Sixty Hackney Diamonds Tour
Associated places	Redlands Stargroves Nellcôte The Wick Downe House The Mick Jagger Centre Stones Fan Museum Ealing Jazz Club Marquee Club Crawdaddy Club
Associated people	Dick Taylor Ricky Fenson Tony Chapman Carlo Little Giorgio Gomelsky Andrew Loog Oldham Eric Easton Allen Klein Marshall Chess Nicky Hopkins Bobby Keys Jimmy Miller Glyn Johns John Pasche Marianne Faithfull Anita Pallenberg Chuck Leavell Darryl Jones Steve Jordan
Related articles	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Concert tours Jagger–Richards Nanker/Phelge Rolling Stones Records Promotone Altamont Free Concert The Rolling Stones' Redlands bust Rolling Stones Mobile Studio The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Record Instruments played Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones Tongue and lips logo The Stone Age: Sixty Years of the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones Museum
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The Rolling Stones albums

UK and US releases 1964–1967

UK releases	The Rolling Stones (1964) The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
US releases	England's Newest Hit Makers (1964) 12 X 5 (1964) The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
UK and US releases	Out of Our Heads (1965) Aftermath (1966) Between the Buttons (1967)
Live albums	Got Live If You Want It! (1966)
Compilations	Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966) Flowers (1967)
Extended plays	The Rolling Stones (1964) Five by Five (1964) Got Live If You Want It! (1965)

International releases 1967–present

Studio albums	Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) Beggars Banquet (1968) Let It Bleed (1969) Sticky Fingers (1971) Exile on Main St. (1972) Goats Head Soup (1973) It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) Black and Blue (1976) Some Girls (1978) Emotional Rescue (1980) Tattoo You (1981) Undercover (1983) Dirty Work (1986) Steel Wheels (1989) Voodoo Lounge (1994) Bridges to Babylon (1997) A Bigger Bang (2005) Blue & Lonesome (2016) Hackney Diamonds (2023)
Live albums	Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (1970) Love You Live (1977) Still Life (1982) Flashpoint (1991) Stripped (1995) No Security (1998) Live Licks (2004) Shine a Light (2008) Brussels Affair (Live 1973) (2011) Some Girls: Live in Texas '78 (2011) Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) (2012) L.A. Friday (Live 1975) (2012) Live at the Tokyo Dome (1990) (2012) Light the Fuse (Live 2005) (2012) Live at Leeds (2012) Live 1965: Music From Charlie Is My Darling (2012) Hyde Park Live (2013) Havana Moon (2016) Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (2017) Voodoo Lounge Uncut (2018) Steel Wheels Live (2020) El Mocambo 1977 (2022) Licked Live in NYC (2022) Grrr Live! (2023) Live at the Wiltern (2024)
Compilations	Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969) Made in the Shade (1975) Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979) Sucking in the Seventies (1981) Rewind (1971–1984) (1984) Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993) Forty Licks (2002) Rarities 1971–2003 (2005) GRRR! (2012) On Air (2017) Honk (2019)
Box sets	Singles 1963–1965 (2004) Singles 1965–1967 (2004) Singles 1968–1971 (2005) The Rolling Stones Box Set (2010) The Singles 1971–2006 (2011) The Rolling Stones in Mono (2016)
Post-contract ABKCO albums	Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971) More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972) Metamorphosis (1975) Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996)
Post-contract Decca albums	Stone Age (1971) Gimme Shelter (1971) Milestones (1972) Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972) No Stone Unturned (1973) Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975) Solid Rock (1980) Slow Rollers (1981) Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Other albums	Jamming with Edward! (1972) Story of The Stones (1982) Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 (2012)

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