The Metal Files

It’s no secret that I am a huge Stones fan.  I practically love everything up to and including Steel Wheels (minus that horrid nightmare Dirty Work).  I think that Goats Head Soup is one of my favorites, if not my #1 from their 70s era.  The album is a bit mellow and smooth and very different from the albums before it and after it, Exile On Main Street and It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, respectively.

Silver Train, Star Star, Hide Your Love, Dancing With Mr. D, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) and even Angie are all great tracks. 

This album has Mick taylor all over it.  He was a great guitarist and arguably a better writer than Keef.  My opinion of course.

I really wish I had some sort of life story to attach to this album like I do with many others from my collection, but I don’t.  I will say that this is a fun album to play bass too and one of the first ones I put in to learn how to play when I started bassing in 2000.  Nothing majorly difficult, just cool progressions.