Sticky Fingers

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Sticky Fingers

album by the Rolling Stones

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Sticky Fingers is a studio album by the Rolling Stones released in 1971. It is considered a creative and iconic peak for the band, showcasing their blend of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The album features several well-known songs, including "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," "Wild Horses," "Dead Flowers," "Sister Morphine," and the controversial "Brown Sugar." This period also saw the band incorporating country music influences and adding acoustic guitar textures to their sound.12

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the Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St.
…Let It Bleed (1969) and Sticky Fingers (1971) plus the in-concert Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970) gave them the repertoire and image that still defines them and on which they have continued to trade ever since: an incendiary blend of sex, drugs, Satanism, and radical politics delivered with their patented…
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…Let It Bleed (1969) and Sticky Fingers (1971) plus the in-concert Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970) gave them the repertoire and image that still defines them and on which they have continued to trade ever since: an incendiary blend of sex, drugs, Satanism, and radical politics delivered with their patented…
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the Flying Burrito Brothers
…albums Burrito Deluxe (1970) and Sticky Fingers (1971), respectively. (Although rumors abounded that Parsons penned the song but was denied credit, both he and Richards debunked the story in various interviews.)
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…albums Burrito Deluxe (1970) and Sticky Fingers (1971), respectively. (Although rumors abounded that Parsons penned the song but was denied credit, both he and Richards debunked the story in various interviews.)
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Billy Preston
Recording with the Beatles and solo success
…on landmark albums such as Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile on Main Street (1972), as well as on Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Going On (1971). Seemingly everywhere in the early 1970s, Preston charted as a solo artist with the Grammy Award-winning instrumental “Outa-Space”
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…on landmark albums such as Sticky Fingers (1971) and Exile on Main Street (1972), as well as on Sly and the Family Stone’s There’s a Riot Going On (1971). Seemingly everywhere in the early 1970s, Preston charted as a solo artist with the Grammy Award-winning instrumental “Outa-Space”
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Keith Richards
The Rolling Stones
…Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970), and Sticky Fingers (1971); and the double album Exile on Main Street (1972). Later notable albums—such as Some Girls (1978), Tattoo You (1981), and Voodoo Lounge (1994)—produced additional hit songs (such as “Shattered” [1978] and “Start Me Up” [1981]); however, the quality of the music never…
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…Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! (1970), and Sticky Fingers (1971); and the double album Exile on Main Street (1972). Later notable albums—such as Some Girls (1978), Tattoo You (1981), and Voodoo Lounge (1994)—produced additional hit songs (such as “Shattered” [1978] and “Start Me Up” [1981]); however, the quality of the music never…
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