Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones — album cover
№ 42 of 100

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones · 1969 · Rock

Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones (1969), № 42 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. The Stones recover from Brian Jones's death by writing the meanest album about America ever cut by a British band. Keith plays five-string open-G on every song; everybody learns.

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