History Music / LetItBleed

* HouseHusband: "Live with Me" is a deconstruction of the role of [[RatedMForManly masculinity]] within a household. It's complete with the man in the song asserting dominance over the woman and wanting to have sex with her all the time, while they share a seemingly blissful life ([[DinnerAndAShow complete with the butler shtupping the cook]]).

* BuxomIsBetter: "Let It Bleed"

* SpecialGuest: Ry Cooder--who was briefly considered as a possible replacement for Brian Jones--plays mandolin on "Love in Vain" and slide guitar on "Let It Bleed". Another famous name is Leon Russell, who provides piano and horns on "Live with Me". The London Bach Choir provides vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want", along with Al Kooper on organ and french horn. And gospel singer Merry Clayton provides backing vocals on "Gimme Shelter".

* SpecialGuest: Ry Cooder--who was briefly considered as a possible replacement for Brian Jones--plays mandolin on "Love in Vain" and slide guitar on "Let It Bleed". Another famous name is Leon Russell, who provides piano and horns on "Live with Me". The London Bach Choir provides vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want", as does Music/AlKooper on organ and french horn.

''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth studio album (tenth American album) by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, released in November 1969 on Creator/DeccaRecords in most of the world and its subsidiary London Records in the US and Canada. It is the last Stones album to feature founding member Music/BrianJones, who was fired from the band and subsequently drowned during its recording, and the first to feature his replacement Music/MickTaylor. The band struggled to achieve the [[EchoingAcoustics lush production sound]] on the singles "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter", while pushing for a [[HardRock heavier]], more [[BluesRock bluesy]] sound in the studio. The release was thus delayed until the end of the year, after the Rolling Stones had completed their American tour; nevertheless, many critics view it as the ultimate [[TheLastDance swan song]] for the tumultuous era of TheSixties.

With this record, the band continued to invoke explicitly sexual and political subjects such as UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar in "Gimme Shelter", [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited love]] in "You Got the Silver" and "Love in Vain", and [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll lust]] in "Let It Bleed" and "Live with Me". The album features influential GenreBusting concerns such as [[GospelChoirsAreJustBetter the male and female choir]] in the final track, the creative use of SopranoAndGravel VocalTagTeam, and the AlternativeCountry sound expressed throughout the record. Straddling these complex subjects with [[DefectorFromDecadence the perceived decadence of the time]], the album is hailed as a stylistic and thematic masterpiece for expressing maturity and passion when confronted with grim reality.

''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth studio album (tenth American album) by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, released in December 1969. It is the last Stones album to feature founding member Music/BrianJones, who left the band and subsequently drowned during the recording of the album, and the first to feature Music/MickTaylor. The band struggled to achieve the [[EchoingAcoustics lush production sound]] on the singles "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter", while pushing for a [[HardRock heavier]], more [[BluesRock bluesy]] sound in the studio. The release was thus delayed until the end of the year, after the Rolling Stones had completed their American tour; nevertheless, many critics view it as the ultimate [[TheLastDance swan song]] for the tumultuous era of TheSixties.

* RefrainFromAssuming: Despite being released around the same time as Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/LetItBe'' album, it was not a PunBasedTitle. The Stones' album came before the Beatles record. Also, "Country Honk" is the original version of "Honky-Tonk Women", not the other way around.

''Let It Bleed'' is the eighth studio album (tenth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in December 1969. It is the last Stones album to feature founding member Music/BrianJones, who left the band and subsequently drowned during the recording of the album, and the first to feature Music/MickTaylor. The band struggled to achieve the [[EchoingAcoustics lush production sound]] on the singles "You Can't Always Get What You Want" and "Gimme Shelter", while pushing for a [[HardRock heavier]], more [[BluesRock bluesy]] sound in the studio. The release was thus delayed until the end of the year, after the Rolling Stones had completed their American tour; nevertheless, many critics view it as the ultimate [[TheLastDance swan song]] for the tumultuous era of TheSixties.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: Brian Jones is absent from the entire album bar "Midnight Rambler" and "You Got the Silver". Likewise, his replacement Mick Taylor only appears on "Country Honk" and "Live with Me".

* AlbumSingle: "Honky Tonk Women" / "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Let It Bleed" / "You Got the Silver" in Japan.

* SpecialGuest: Ry Cooder plays mandolin on "Love in Vain" and slide guitar on "Let It Bleed". Another famous name is Leon Russell, who provides piano and horns on "Live with Me". The London Bach Choir provides vocals on "You Can't Always Get What You Want", as does Music/AlKooper on organ and french horn.

* [[AbsenteeActor Absentee Musician]]: Brian Jones, who is absent on the entire album bar "Midnight Rambler" and "You Got the Silver". Likewise, his replacement Mick Taylor only appears on "Country Honk" and "Live with Me".

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: "Monkey Man"

! '''''Rape, murder! It's just a trope away! It's just a trope away!'''''

''Let It Bleed'' is widely acknowledged among the Stones' best albums. Ike & Music/TinaTurner even covered "Country Honk" that same year, [[CoveredUp which became a hit]]. The record was listed at #32 on ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] and at #52 on ''Magazine/{{NME}}'s'' [[UsefulNotes/NME500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime list of the same name]], indicating that it receives universal acclaim among critics both young and old.

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* ShoutOut:
** The ConcertFilm ''Film/GimmeShelter'' from 1970 is named after the opening track.
** Creator/MartinScorsese is quite fond of "Gimme Shelter", seeing that he used in no less than three of his movies: ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' (1990), ''Film/{{Casino}}'' (1995) and ''Film/TheDeparted'' (2006). ''Goodfellas'' also uses "Monkey Man" in the montage sequence depicting the day of Henry's arrest.
** "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was used in ''Film/TheBigChill'' (1983) during the opening funeral scene. In ''Film/HighFidelity'' (2000) the song is also mentioned as part of a "Top 5" list of death songs, but immediately disqualified because it was used in "The Big Chill".
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The episode "You Kent Always Say What You Want", in which news reporter Kent Brockman is fired over swearing on television.

* RetroactiveRecognition: The cake on the cover was baked by a pre-fame Creator/DeliaSmith, who was working as a cookery writer for the ''Daily Mirror'' at the time.