Product description 2CD set. Digitally remastered! Career-spanning, 40-track compile of classics. .com The band that proclaimed itself "The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the World" has long since represented rock's most overarching confluence of art and commerce--with a distinct emphasis on the latter in recent decades--a notion this 40-track, five-decade-spanning anthology can't completely escape. While this is the first anthology to gather hits from the band's entire career, it's the early tunes that highlight one of the Stones' central ironies: virtually their entire "bad boy" reputation was built working for The Man. That original '60s musical arc bounded from '50s rock and R&B revivalism ("Not Fade Away," "The Last Time") to anti-Mop Top aggression ("Satisfaction," "Get Off My Cloud," "19th Nervous Breakdown") to proto-goth cynicism ("Paint It Black," "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby") and psychedelic minstrelsy ("She's a Rainbow," "Ruby Tuesday") to the epitome of blues-based cock rock ("Street Fighting Man," "Jumpin' Jack Flash") in quick succession. Wresting control of their own destinies--and future copyrights--at the end of the '60s, they'd spend the next 30 years largely recycling their earlier incarnation ad infinitum--their music sprinkled with occasionally successful forays into contemporary club and disco fodder ("Some Girls," "Shattered")--and resting on their well-paid laurels. Unfortunately, the listless quartet of new tracks that flesh out this collection seems little more than another business deal to hype their 2002-03 world tour, with "Don't Stop" arguably the weakest in a long string of post-'80s Stones McSingles. If Jagger seems typically detached here, Keith Richards injects some welcome, craggy warmth into the closing barroom lament, "Losing My Touch." But it's also a performance that suggests his legendary band has become little more to him than "The Greatest Day Job in the World." --Jerry McCulley
G**L
great Stones collection
great collection and the sound is A plus, I found a used copy saved a lot of money
J**.
1 of the greatest purhases of my life!
Great product, quality and band lol! Came on time.
J**E
Excellent
Loved it. The classics never get old
C**N
Great CD
This cd was exactly has described and arrived in the time that was stated
R**S
Sound Quality
I am not a huge Stones fan that said. I would not recommend this particular compilation to anyone who has really never listened to the Stones. Although this album doesn’t claim to be a greatest hits album on the surface it appears to be. There are several tracks that have been remixed poorly it sounds as if the original songs were enhanced across the spectrum without any regard to the fact that the original recordings were performed and recorded with equipment that were by today’s standards greatly lacking in quality. The remix enhances the poor quality of the original equipment making the sound terribly distorted. Next for a typically young Stones listener trying to familiarize themselves with maybe the greatest Rock Band ever disappointed. This album has several songs that I would have left out because they are not representative of the band but rather are trendy songs from the era when they were released. And I find it lacking in many great songs that are maybe “B” side tracks but are in fact far superior to the “A” side track’s that made Top 40 lists. I am typically a Top 40 person but I often discover jewels on albums that are overlooked by the charts. This compilation missed out on a number of great songs combined with poor sound quality makes this a bit of a disappointment. However if you just want a few Rolling Stones songs in your collection it will work. If you are looking for music that moves your heart and soul both by the songs but sound quality as well you might want to look further. I know I will because the high points on this album only make me miss the ones that aren’t here and loathe the songs that disappointed me when they were released originally.
R**.
Excellent CD from an excellent seller
Love the Stones, and as much as i like the MP3 version on my phone, the sound quality on a CD is superior. I also appreciate the seller's accurate description of an excellent quality CD media and packaging.
M**Y
These CD’s play great.
Listening to music.
S**E
They still Rock
God only knows how old these guys are but their music stands the test of time and every song on this CD is excellent
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