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It's Only Rock 'n Roll

The Rolling Stones

Rolling Stones / Atlantic, 1974

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REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 01/16/2007

By 1974, the Rolling Stones were moving on autopilot and were in desperate need of a break. They were about to lose guitarist Mick Taylor, and they had been caught in the commercial cogs of the music business for so long that they were beginning to become a shadow of their former selves. While the early Seventies created some of the most noteworthy Stones material ever, it also brought forth arguably their worst album to that point, It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll.

This disc is noted for three songs that have been culled from it on classic rock radio – too bad only one of them is marginally worth the attention. “Dance Little Sister” is, sadly, the best track on this disc – and even it is not up to the level of excellence that the Stones had set for themselves. But that’s not saying it’s a bad track; indeed, it does provide some toe-tapping excitement for the listener.