You can argue, it's either this one or Exile...., well for me this one. I like all the tracks here including Sister Morphine which gets no airplay, nor does the Santana sound-alike Can't You Here Me Knocking? Of course you got you regulars like Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, or even Bitch on top of that, but this album is all great all the way around with hard core blues like You Gotta Move or I Got The Blues. This album is worth giving to your hungry collection.

Very few albums come out that grab you the very first time you hear them and after years of repeated listenings still manage to have that same appeal. Every song on the record is a winner and in typical Stone's fashion, they meander between Blues to Country satire to Jazz to straight out rock.

Listen to the anguished scream of Jagger on Sway, a greatly underrated cut. Then listen to the melodic interplay on Wild Horses. This just intensifies with "Can't You Hear ME Knocking" where the aggressive, slurred hook eventually segues into a jazzy jam/finish.

It all works here and the record is tribute to the band at the top of their talents.

With guitarists Mick Taylor and Keith Richards in the lineup for "Sticky Fingers", The Rolling Stones proved that they could rock, rumble, and sway like no other band. The song selection for this album is very consistent, with the only dud (my opinion) being "You Gotta Move". That said, the rest of the songs are definitely satisfying.
Not only are the songs skillfully selected, but they are arranged in a very meticulous way. "Sticky Fingers" hits the ground running with the number-one hit "Brown Sugar" as the title track, which is followed by the powerhouse, string-backed tune "Sway". The moody, unforgettable "Wild Horses" changes the pace of the album, but in a good way. "Wild Horses" is like a water-break from a hard cross-country practice, or any fast-paced activity (hopefully that simile worked, but if it didn't, I apologize). "Can't You Hear Me Knocking?", the longest song on the entire album, puts "Sticky Fingers" back on the fast track with an opening guitar riff that makes even today's best guitarists sound like amateurs. Then, of course, there's the previously-mentioned "You Gotta Move". If "Wild Horses" is the water-break, then the fifth track of this album is the nap after practice; it's just plain boring.
The pace briefly returns to its hard-rocking beginnings with the immortal "Bitch". From there, the pace gets rather interesting, as it jumps from crescendo-heavy blues ("I Got the Blues") to spooky drug anthem ("Sister Morphine") to cruise-control country ("Dead Flowers") and ends with another blues-influenced song ("Moonlight Mile) that, to me, sounds strangely Oriental; thanks to the way that the guitar and piano/keyboards sound together. As erratic as this combination sounds, it all blends together well.
"Sticky Fingers", in the long run, is a must-own for any Rolling Stones fan. Hopefully, someone out there will realize that to buy this CD, he/she will have to move at a faster pace than the one exhibited on "You Gotta Move".