Daryl Easlea, bbc.co.uk, 2007
THE ALBUM THAT set the template for The Rolling Stones as we know them today, Beggars Banquet was an exercise in getting back to basics after the redundant excesses of their previous album, 1967's psychedelic Their Satanic Majesties Request.
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