Sobre el álbum
"Let It Bleed" es el octavo álbum en la discografía de los Rolling Stones. Lanzado el 5 de diciembre de 1969 por el sello Decca en Reino Unido, fue grabado en los estudios Olympic Studios de Londres y en los Elektra Studios y Sunset Sound de Los Ángeles, contando para ello con la producción del estadounidense Jimmy Miller.Grabado en una época delicada para la banda, ya que uno de los fundadores de la banda, Brian Jones, se encontraba prácticamente incapacitado por el abuso de las drogas, tuvieron que buscarle un sustituto a mitad de grabación (Mick Taylor), tras despedirlo. Jones falleció un mes después de su despido, el 3 de julio de 1969, cuando tan solo contaba 27 años.
"Let It Bleed" está considerado como uno de los mejores trabajos de los Rolling Stones y, además, uno de los mejores álbumes de rock de la historia, aportando varios de los temas del repertorio clásico de la banda británica.
Basado en el blues y en las raíces de la música estadounidense, el álbum también tiene influencias del gospel, el country blues y el country rock, con letras perturbadoras, quizás influenciadas por la guerra de Vietnam que en aquella época impregnaba el ambiente.
La curiosa imagen de la portada muestra el brazo de un reproductor de discos de vinilo, apoyado sobre un disco de los Rolling Stones, insertado sobre un eje y sobre el que se incorporan una serie de elementos, como son una lata de las utilizadas en el cine para guardar las películas con una etiqueta que pone "Stones - Let It Bleed", una esfera de reloj, una pizza, un neumático de motocicleta y un pastel coronado por figuritas que representan a los miembros de la banda.
Considerado como uno de los álbumes clásicos de los Rolling, en este trabajo podemos escuchar por primera vez a Keith Richars como solista, en el tema "You Got the Silver".
Del álbum se extrajeron dos únicos sencillos, uno lanzado el 4 de julio de 1969, con los temas "Honky Tonk Women" y "You Can't Always Get What You Want" y un segundo sencillo publicado solamente en Japón en enero de 1975 y que incluía el tema que da título al álbum, "Let It Bleed", con un lado B que incorporaba la canción "You Got the Silver".
Listado de Canciones
- Gimme Shelter
Oh, a storm is threat'ning My very life today If I don't get some shelter Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Ooh, see the fire is sweepin' Our very street today Burns like a red coal carpet Mad bull lost it's way War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder! It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder! It's just a shot away It's just a shot away Rape, murder! It's just a shot away It's just a shot away The floods is threat'ning My very life today Gimme, gimme shelter Or I'm gonna fade away War, children, it's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away It's just a shot away I tell you love, sister, it's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away It's just a kiss away Kiss away, kiss away - Love In Vain
Letra
Well I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Yeah, I followed her to the station With a suitcase in my hand Whoa, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell When all your love's in vain When the train come in the station I looked her in the eye Well the train come in the station And I looked her in the eye Whoa, I felt so sad so lonesome That I could not help but cry When the train left the station It had two lights on behind Yeah, when the train left the station It had two lights on behind Whoa, the blue light was my baby And the red light was my mind All my love was in vain All my love's in vain - Country Honk
Letra
I'm sittin' in a bar tipplin' a jar in Jackson And on the street the summer sun it shines There's many a bar room queen I've had in Jackson But I just can't seem to drink you off my mind. It's the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. I laid a divorcee in New York City I had to put up some kind of a fight The lady she all dressed me up in roses She blew my nose and then she blew my mind. It's the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. It's the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. It's the honky tonk women Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. - Live With Me
Letra
I got nasty habits, I take tea at three Yes, and the meat I eat for dinner Must be hung up for a week My best friend, he shoots water rats And feeds them to his geese Don'cha think there's a place for you In between the sheets? Come on now, honey We can build a home for three Come on now, honey Don't you want to live with me? And there's a score of harebrained children They're all locked in the nursery They got earphone heads they got dirty necks They're so 20th century Well they queue up for the bathroom 'Round about 7:35 Don'cha think we need a woman's touch to make it come alive? You'd look good pram pushing Down the high street Come on now, honey Don't you want to live with me? Whoa, the servants they're so helpful, dear The cook she is a whore Yes, the butler has a place for her Behind the pantry door The maid, she's French, she's got no sense She's wild for Crazy Horse And when she strips, the chauffeur flips The footman's eyes get crossed Don'cha think there's a place for us Right across the street Don'cha think there's a place for you, In between the sheets? - Let It Bleed
Letra
Well, we all need someone we can lean on And if you want it, you can lean on me Yeah, we all need someone we can lean on And if you want it, you can lean on me She said, "My breasts, they will always be open Baby, you can rest your weary head right on me And there will always be a space in my parking lot When you need a little coke and sympathy" Yeah, we all need someone we can dream on And if you want it, baby, well you can dream on me Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on And if you want to, well you can cream on me I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement When you drunk my health in scented jasmine tea But you knifed me in my dirty filthy basement With that jaded, faded, junky nurse Oh what pleasant company We all need someone we can feed on And if you want it, well you can feed on me Take my arm, take my leg, oh baby don't you take my head Yeah, we all need someone we can bleed on Yeah, and if you want it, baby, well you can bleed on me Yeah, we all need someone we can bleed on Yeah, yeah, and if you want it, baby, why don'cha bleed on me All over Ahh, get it on rider, get it on rider , get it on rider You can bleed all over me Get it on rider , get it on rider, get it on rider You can cum all over me - Midnight Rambler
- You Got The Silver
- Monkey Man
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
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