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Goats Head Soup
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	31 August 1973
Recorded	25 November - 21 December 1972, 23 May - 20 June 1973
Genre	Rock
Length	46:56
Label	Rolling Stones/Atlantic
Producer	Jimmy Miller
Professional reviews
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The Rolling Stones chronology
Exile on Main St. (1972) Goats Head Soup (1973) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1974)

Goats Head Soup is an album by The Rolling Stones released in 1973. It was recorded as the follow-up to 1972's critically acclaimed Exile on Main St.

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 2.1 Side one 2.2 Side two 3 Personnel 4 Charts

Goats Head Soup was a more polished production than the raw and ragged Exile on Main St. It reflected the resurgence of soul-pop and the rise of funk, while maintaining the Stones' distinctive rock sound and hazy production.

This was the last Rolling Stones album produced by Jimmy Miller, who had worked with the band since 1968's Beggars Banquet. Aside from the official band members, other musicians appearing on Goats Head Soup include keyboard players Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, and unofficial member Ian Stewart.

The album cover was designed and photographed by David Bailey, an old friend of Mick Jagger's, who had worked with The Rolling Stones since 1965. The head shot of Mick Jagger on the front cover was approximately life size in the original 12 inch LP format.

The album is best known for its lead single, "Angie". Although it was a departure for The Rolling Stones as a ballad, it nonetheless sailed to #1 in the US and became a worldwide hit. Contrary to popular belief, the song was not about David Bowie's first wife Angela, but Richards' lover Anita Pallenberg. Many years after its release, Keith Richard's daughter with Pallenberg, Dandelion, would rename herself Angela after the song.

Despite its laid-back sound, many of Goats Head Soup's songs have a darker quality to them, whether through opener "Dancing With Mr. D" (D as in Death); the Top 20 US hit "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)", a rare political song criticizing the New York police for the accidental shooting of a ten-year-old they claimed they had mistaken for a bank robber; or the band's infamous tribute to groupies, "Star Star" — perhaps The Rolling Stones' sleaziest rocker.

The sessions for Goats Head Soup were abundant with outtakes, two of which, "Tops" and "Waiting on a Friend", would surface on Tattoo You in 1981, and feature Mick Taylor on guitar.

Released in late August, Goats Head Soup shot to #1 worldwide in time for The Rolling Stones' fall 1973 European Tour, where three slots in the set list were given to the new material. While it is generally considered to lack the energy and spark of their last few releases, the album has endured as a popular seller and has gone triple platinum in the US.

In 1994, Goats Head Soup was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records.

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. "Winter" is reportedly written by Mick Jagger and Mick Taylor, though Taylor never received any credit.

1. "Dancing With Mr. D" – 4:53
   • Features Nicky Hopkins on piano
   • Mick Taylor on bass
2. "100 Years Ago" – 3:59
   • Features Billy Preston on clavinet
   • Mick Taylor on backing vocals
3. "Coming Down Again" – 5:54
   • Features Nicky Hopkins on piano and Keith Richards on lead vocal and bass
4. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" – 3:27
   • Features Billy Preston on piano
5. "Angie" – 4:33
   • Features Nicky Hopkins on piano

1. "Silver Train" – 4:27
   • Features Ian Stewart on piano
   • Keith Richards on bass
   • The first version of this song to be released was Johnny Winter's cover from the album Still Alive and Well in early 1973
2. "Hide Your Love" – 4:12
   • Features Mick Jagger on piano and Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Recorded during rehearsals at The Doelen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in the summer of 1973
3. "Winter" – 5:31
   • Features Nicky Hopkins on piano
4. "Can You Hear The Music?" – 5:31
   • Features Nicky Hopkins on piano
5. "Star Star" – 4:25
   • Features Ian Stewart on piano
   • Original title was "Starfucker", but the title was changed for the packaging and radio play.

• Mick Jagger - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Harmonica
• Keith Richards - Vocals, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass
• Mick Taylor - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Bass,
• Charlie Watts - Drums
• Bill Wyman - Bass
• Chuck Finley - Trumpet
• Nicky Harrison - String Arrangement
• Nicky Hopkins - Piano
• Jim Horn - Flute
• Bobby Keys - Saxophone
• Jimmy Miller - Percussion
• Pascal - Percussion
• Billy Preston - Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Percussion
• Jim Price - Saxophone
• Rebop - Percussion
• Ian Stewart - Piano

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1973	UK Top 50 Albums	1
1973 1974	Billboard Pop Albums Billboard Pop Albums	1 27

Single

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"Angie"	UK Top 50 Singles	5
1973	"Angie"	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1973	"Angie"	Adult Contemporary	38
1974	"Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)"	The Billboard Hot 100	15

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Mick Jagger • Keith Richards • Charlie Watts • Ron Wood Brian Jones • Ian Stewart • Mick Taylor • Bill Wyman • Dick Taylor Chuck Leavell • Darryl Jones • Nicky Hopkins • Bobby Keys • Jimmy Miller • Jim Price • Billy Preston • Don Was
UK studio albums 1964-1967	The Rolling Stones • The Rolling Stones No. 2 • Out of Our Heads • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
US studio albums 1964-1967	England's Newest Hitmakers • 12 X 5 • The Rolling Stones, Now! • Out of Our Heads • December's Children (And Everybody's) • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
Studio albums 1967-present	Their Satanic Majesties Request • Beggars Banquet • Let It Bleed • Sticky Fingers • Exile on Main St. • Goats Head Soup • It's Only Rock'n Roll • Black and Blue • Some Girls • Emotional Rescue • Tattoo You • Undercover • Dirty Work • Steel Wheels • Voodoo Lounge • Bridges to Babylon • A Bigger Bang
UK EPs	The Rolling Stones • Five by Five • got LIVE if you want it!
Live albums	Got Live if You Want It! • Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert • Love You Live • "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) • Flashpoint • Stripped • No Security • Live Licks
Compilations	Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) • Flowers (US) • Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) • Made in the Shade • Sucking in the Seventies • Rewind (1971-1984) • Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones • Forty Licks • Rarities 1971-2003
Post-contract ABKCO albums	Hot Rocks 1964-1971 • More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) • Metamorphosis • Singles Collection: The London Years • The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus • Singles 1963-1965 • Singles 1965-1967 • Singles 1968-1971 • Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Miscellaneous albums	Jamming with Edward • Brussels Affair
Tours	"American Tour 1969" • "European Tour '70" • "UK Tour '71" • "American Tour '72" • "Pacific Tour '73" • "European Tour '73" • "Tour of the Americas '75" • "Tour of Europe '76" • "US Tour '78" • "American Tour '81" • "European Tour '82" • "Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour" • "Voodoo Lounge Tour" • "Bridges to Babylon Tour" • "No Security Tour" • "Licks Tour" • "A Bigger Bang Tour"
Management	Andrew Loog Oldham • Allen Klein
Related articles	Discography • The Glimmer Twins • Jagger/Richards • Nanker Phelge • Rolling Stones Records • Rock and Roll Circus • Altamont Free Concert • Rolling Stones Mobile Studio • Cocksucker Blues
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