Forty Licks
Forty Licks is a double compilation album by The Rolling Stones. A 40-year career-spanning retrospective, Forty Licks is notable for being the first retrospective to combine their formative Decca/London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records (on disc one), with their self-owned post-1970 material, distributed at the time by Virgin/EMI but now distributed by ABKCO's own distributor Universal Music Group (on mostly disc two). Four new songs are included on the second disc. Concurrently with the album's release, the Stones embarked on the successful, year-long international Licks Tour, which would result in Live Licks in 2004.
Critical reception
Forty Licks has received mostly positive review from music critics, but not all. Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that Forty Licks was similar to ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits because both were influenced by The Beatles' 1, but that Forty Licks had a better concept than ELV1S.[1] Although Rob Brunner's review of the album for Entertainment Weekly was favorable, he felt that the album was not needed because most of the band's fans already own all of the notable songs on the album.[2] Darryl Sterdan of Jam! CANOE also felt that most fans already owned most of the songs on the album and that "Losing My Touch" was the only good previously unreleased song on the collection.[3] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone felt that there were several songs missing from the album, but that the compilation was exciting and the four new songs were much better than their other recent work.[4] Stylus magazine's Colin McElligatt felt that the band needed an "all-inclusive" collection, but the collection will not please everyone.[5]
Track listing
All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.
Personnel
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, guitar, electric piano
- Brian Jones – guitars (lead, slide and rhythm), tambura, marimba, harmonica, backing vocals, recorder, piano, sitar (on all disc one tracks except "Gimme Shelter", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Wild Horses" and "Honky Tonk Women")
- Keith Richards – guitars (lead, slide, rhythm, acoustic and bass), backing vocals, piano, bowed double bass, lead vocals on "Happy" and "Losing My Touch"
- Mick Taylor – guitars (lead, slide, rhythm and bass)
- Charlie Watts – drums, percussion, (except on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Happy" which is Jimmy Miller)
- Ronnie Wood – guitars (lead, slide, rhythm, acoustic, and pedal steel), backing vocals, bass drum, bass guitar (on all disc two tracks except "Brown Sugar", "Happy", "Angie", "Fool to Cry" and "Tumbling Dice")
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar, maracas, bowed double bass (except on "Street Fighting Man", "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Don't Stop", "Happy", "You Got Me Rocking", "Shattered", "Love Is Strong", "Keys to Your Love", "Anybody Seen My Baby?", "Stealing My Heart", "Tumbling Dice" and "Losing My Touch")
- Additional musicians
- Bud Beadle – saxophone on "Honky Tonk Women"
- Madeline Bell – backing vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
- Sugar Blue – harmonica on "Miss You"
- Paul Buckmaster – string arrangements on "Happy"
- Blondie Chaplin – backing vocals, shaker and tambourine on "Anybody Seen My Baby?", "Don't Stop", "Keys to Your Love", "Stealing My Heart" and "Losing My Touch"
- Moustapha Cisse – percussion on "Undercover of the Night"
- Merry Clayton – vocals on "Gimme Shelter"
- Mel Collins – saxophone on "Miss You"
- Brahms Coundoul – percussion on "Undercover of the Night"
- Sarah Dash – backing vocals on "Mixed Emotions"
- Jim Dickinson – piano on "Wild Horses"
- Rocky Dijon – percussion and congas on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Sympathy for the Devil"
- Martin Ditcham – percussion on "Undercover of the Night"
- Sly Dunbar – percussion on "Undercover of the Night"
- Marianne Faithfull – backing vocals on "Sympathy for the Devil"
- Venetta Fields – backing vocals on "Tumbling Dice"
- Lisa Fischer – backing vocals on "Mixed Emotions"
- Bernard Fowler – backing vocals on "Love Is Strong"
- Steve Gregory – saxophone on "Honky Tonk Women"
- Nicky Harrison – string arrangement on "Angie"
- Nicky Hopkins – acoustic piano, electric piano and synthesized strings on "Street Fighting Man", "Gimme Shelter", "Sympathy for the Devil", "She's a Rainbow", "Happy", "Fool to Cry" and "Tumbling Dice"
- Kick Horns – brass on "Mixed Emotions"
- Luis Jardim – percussion on "Mixed Emotions"
- Darryl Jones – bass guitar on "Don't Stop", "You Got Me Rocking", "Love Is Strong", "Keys to Your Love", "Stealing My Heart" and "Losing My Touch"
- John Paul Jones – string arrangement on "She's a Rainbow"
- Bobby Keys – saxophone, percussion and maracas on "Brown Sugar", "Happy" and "Tumbling Dice"
- Clydie King – backing vocals on "Tumbling Dice"
- Al Kooper – piano, French horn and organ on "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
- Chuck Leavell – piano, organ and keyboards on "Don't Stop" and "Mixed Emotions"
- The London Bach Choir – choir on "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
- Dave Mason – shenai on "Street Fighting Man"
- Ian McLagan – electric piano on "Miss You"
- Jimmy Miller – percussion, drums, cowbell and backing vocals on "Gimme Shelter", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Honky Tonk Women", "Happy" and "Tumbling Dice"
- Jamie Muhoberac – bass guitar and keyboards on "Anybody Seen My Baby?"
- Ivan Neville – backing vocals on "Love Is Strong"
- Nanette Workman – backing vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Honky Tonk Women"
- Jack Nitzsche – piano, tambourine, choral arrangements and Nitzsche-Phone on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?", "Mother's Little Helper", "Ruby Tuesday" and "Let's Spend the Night Together"
- Denis O'Regan – photography
- Anita Pallenberg – backing vocals on "Sympathy for the Devil"
- Wayne Perkins – guitar on "Fool to Cry"
- Jim Price – trumpet and trombone on "Happy" and "Tumbling Dice"
- Reparata and the Delrons – backing vocals on "Honky Tonk Women"
- Ian Stewart – piano on "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Honky Tonk Women", "Brown Sugar" and "Emotional Rescue"
- Doris Troy – backing vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Honky Tonk Women"
- Waddy Wachtel – electric and acoustic guitar on "Anybody Seen My Baby?"
- Don Was – keyboards
Chart positions
- Album
Chart (2003) |
Peak position |
Finnish Top 50 Albums[25] |
8 |
Portuguese Albums[26] |
13 |
- Singles
Single |
Chart (2002) |
Peak position |
"Don't Stop" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks[27] |
21 |
UK Top 75 Singles[28] |
36 |
Certifications
References
- 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review: Forty Licks – Rolling Stones at AllMusic
- 1 2 Brunner, Rob (4 October 2002). "Music Review: Forty Licks (2002) – The Rolling Stones". Entertainment Weekly (675–676). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- 1 2 Sterdan, Darryl (27 September 2002). "Album Review: Rolling Stones – Forty Licks". Jam! Showbiz. Canadian Online Explorer.
- 1 2 Sheffield, Rob (8 October 2002). "The Rolling Stones: Forty Licks (Collector's Edition)". Rolling Stone. Jann S. Wenner. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.
- 1 2 McElligatt, Colin (1 September 2003). "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks – Review". Stylus Magazine.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Forty Licks – The Rolling Stones". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Danish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé" (PHP). InfoDisc (in French). Find "The ROLLING STONES" under the drop-down menu to see statistics.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / ROLLING STONES, THE / Longplay". Music Line (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ: Εβδομάδα 24/01 - 30/01". IFPI Greece (in Greek). Archived from the original on 5 February 2003.
- ↑ "Archivum: Top 40 Album". MAHASZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "Top 75 Artist Album, Week Ending 3 October 2002" (JSP). GfK Chart-Track. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Italian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "Oficjalna Lista Sprzedaźy: 28 October 2002" (ASP). OLiS (in Polish). Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Schweizer Hitparade. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 12th October 2002". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Finnish Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks (Album)" (ASP). Portuguese Charts. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ↑ Charts & Awards: Forty Licks (Special Edition 12" x 12" Boxed Set) – Billboard Singles at AllMusic
- ↑ "Chart Stats – The Rolling Stones – Don't Stop". chartstats.com. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ↑ "Discos de Oro y Platino - 2006" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Austrian album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter The Rolling Stones in the field Interpret. Enter Forty Licks in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
- ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2003". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ↑ "Brazilian album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Rolling Stones – 40 Licks". Music Canada.
- ↑ "Danish album certifications – Rolling Stones – 40 Licks". IFPI Denmark. Click on næste to go to page 40 if certification from official website
- 1 2 "Rolling Stones" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ↑ "French album certifications – The Rolling Stones – 40 Licks" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (The Rolling Stones; 'Forty Licks')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Rolling Stones – Forty Licks". Recorded Music NZ.
- ↑ "Portuguese album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa.
- ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2002" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
- ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (The Rolling Stones; 'Forty Licks')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ↑ "British album certifications – Rolling Stones – 40 Licks". British Phonographic Industry. Enter 40 Licks in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
- ↑ "American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
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