On this day five years ago, The Rolling Stones hit a milestone No. 1 with their eleventh studio album Goats Head Soup — a win that came a whopping 47 years after the band initially released the record in 1973.
The album hit the coveted top spot on the charts in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2020, after the beloved classic rock band reissued a new version of the record that was remixed by rock producer Giles Martin.
That rerelease was also made into a deluxe version that included unreleased outtake tracks, instrumentals, bonus tracks, and an entire live album recorded during two shows at the Forest National Arena in Brussels, Belgium in October 1973.
The Rolling Stones perform live on stage at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, during their European Tour, 13th October 1973. Left to right: Mick Taylor, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Trevor Lawrence.Chris Walter/WireImage
Goats Head Soup dropped in 1973 and it did hit No. 1 in the United States and the United Kingdom at the time of release — that said, the album wasn’t exactly a critical or overall audience success. In fact, the album is considered by some as the beginning of the end of the band’s creative peak, and considering it followed the release of The Rolling Stones’ record Exile on Main Street, it’s easy to see why the album was looked at as a bit of a downgrade.
But just because it was seen in a somewhat unfavorable light doesn’t mean that there weren’t some gems within it. The album’s lead single, “Angie,” also soared to the top of the charts in the United States, as well as make its mark as a top 5 single in the United Kingdom.
Plus, Goats Head Soup has gone through a bit of a reappraisal over the years. Prior to the 2020 reissue, the album was remastered and rereleased in 1996 by Virgin Music and again in 2009 by Universal Music — though the 2020 output was the first rerelease of the record that hit the top of the charts.
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