ILM July Madness: Round of 32 - WEST

give me some credit dude, I am attempting to engage with a band I don't like very much - I could have just walked in here, farted at the Stones, and sauntered out

Aftermath is like their 5th record or something

Yes, but you should hear the Caridacs 5th album

my guess is you'd like the mid-period stuff the most from what you're saying - the period where they were no longer shameless American R&B copyists (really some of that early stuff is SO EGREGIOUS - sometimes good/great, sometimes awful) but before they'd morphed into blues-rock libertines, basically the period where most of their interesting ideas were coming from Brian Jones. Their psych phase is hilarious, but has lots of great tunes.

Prolly. But then if you like "Gimme Shelter"...

so like Their Satanic Majesties Request, then?

Gimme Shelter is a rollicking, unimpeachable piece of aural chemistry that defies its lumpen source material - this shit can't be legislated for

I'd recommend: Aftermath - Between the Buttons - Her Satanic Majesties - Beggar's Banquet

HSM is a goddamn silly record but it has some great stuff on it and is a wonderful mess

Shakey's recs are how I got into them and sidestepped some of the conclusions I'd drawn about them growing up with them as the biggest band on the planet. Maybe also check out "Street Fighting Man" if you like Gimme. Or just enjoy this, the version sung by the original version's "back-up" singer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPx1Zlc0IBU

ah sweet guys, cheers - will give those albums a listen