Rolling StonesLet it Bleed

Doom and dread ooze from the opening guitar shivers of 'Gimme Shelter,' where Merry Clayton's voice cracks like lightning over the storm. Keith plays nearly every guitar here, and you can feel him everywhere. 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' opens on a boys' choir and builds through seven minutes of gospel-rock grandeur into battered, hard-won wisdom. 'Love in Vain' reaches back to Robert Johnson, Keith's slide weeping right alongside Jagger. Cut as Brian Jones fell apart, got fired, and drowned weeks later, it carries that loss in its bones. The Stones at their darkest and greatest. Drop the needle and let it bleed.