Ultimate Classic Rock

Rolling Stones, ‘Sticky Fingers': Track by Track

Mick Jagger's instantly controversial "Brown Sugar" is the most popular song you've ever heard about drugs, rape, cunnilingus and slavery. It's got more triggers than Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch.
NPR

As NPR Celebrates 5 Decades, A Look Back On Rolling Stones' 'Sticky Fingers'

KING: NPR is celebrating 50 years on the air, so every once in a while, we're looking back to some of the other things that were born in 1971. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The "Sticky Fingers" album cover - ...
AOL

55 Years Ago: Rolling Stones’ ‘Sticky Fingers’ Songs Ranked Worst to Best

The Rolling Stones had been silent for nearly two long years, but they'd been busy the whole time. They'd worked through the departure and early death of Brian Jones and the violent tragedy at the ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1971: The Rolling Stones’ Classic Album ‘Sticky Fingers’ Reached No. 1 on the ‘Billboard’ 200

Sticky Fingers was the first Stones studio album not to feature founding member Brian Jones, who died in July 1969 shortly after being fired from the group. It also was the band’s first studio effort ...
American Songwriter

‘Sticky Fingers’ Was The Rolling Stones’ Most Controversial Album— And It Had Nothing To Do with the Music

Neither album cover would bother most rock fans and casual enjoyers today. However, the original album cover for Sticky Fingers caused a bit of a ruckus when it was released in 1971. The cover ...
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Over 50 Years Later, This No. 1 Rolling Stones Album is Still Their Greatest of All Time

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Yahoo

How The Rolling Stones' Unique Album Cover Became a Grammy-Nominated Disaster

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 23, 1971, The Rolling Stones released their album Sticky Fingers. But the album is known for something even more famous ...
WTHR

Stones seeking new fans with 'Sticky Fingers' re-release

Keith Richards doesn't keep a list of the Top 10 Rolling Stones albums. But he's happy to place "Sticky Fingers," being re-released in a deluxe edition next week, near the very top. "I put it up there ...
KUOW

As NPR Celebrates 5 Decades, A Look Back On Rolling Stones' 'Sticky Fingers'

In 1971, the Rolling Stones released what's considered one of their best albums: Sticky Fingers. The album is now seen as one of the towering achievements in the Rolling Stones discography. KUOW is ...