Sounding subdued, or at least more wary than mostStonesalbums,Sticky Fingers‘ 1971release betrayed the difficulties the band members were enduring. FromMick Jagger‘s breakup withMarianne Faithfull, toKeith Richards‘s concern about his newborn son Marlon, the band found themselves re-evaluating their lives, and this depth of emotion made it’s way into the album. Be it in the terrifyingly spare “Sister Morphine” and “Moonlight Mile,” or the near-dangerous, electrified “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking,” the songs on STICKY FINGERS are anything but innocent.

Tracklisting

1. Brown Sugar
2. Sway
3. Wild Horses
4. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
5. You Gotta Move
6. Bitch
7. I Got the Blues
8. Sister Morphine
9. Dead F