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12 X 5 [Original recording remastered, Original recording reissued, Hybrid SACD]

The Rolling Stones (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
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The best of the Stones' first three albums of hopped-up R&B, 12 x 5 hints at why there was more to this quintet than to blues-reviving brothers like the Yardbirds and the Animals. From the opening version of Chuck Berry's "Around and Around," Mick Jagger sings with a charismatic mixture of sexuality and menace. Even as a teenager--he actually looks alive in the 1964 album sleeve photo--Keith Richards shows a rare bluesman's confidence. It's unclear why covers of "Time Is on My Side" and "It's All Over Now" have become classic hits while the equally great "Susie Q" remains obscure. --Steve Knopper

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12 X 5 includes material recorded by the Stones at Chicago's Chess Studios (home to the band's idols Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf) on their first US tour. Though this document of the group's early R&B period kicks off with a couple of covers from unsurprising sources (Chuck Berry's "Around and Around,") Mick and Keith waste little time in displaying their own compositional acumen. The acoustic-based, bluesy "Good Times, Bad Times" harkens back to even earlier, more seminal Stones influences than Berry, as does the instrumental "2120 South Michigan Avenue," where the blues-obsessed Jagger's harp is featured a la his hero Little Walter.

The downbeat, Arthur Alexanderish "Congratulations" is an effective expression of romantic melancholy, complete with acoustic guitar solo. The slide guitar chords on "Grown Up Wrong" echo another early blues influence, Elmore James. The milestones on this album are two R&B covers to which the Stones take more than a rote approach, "It's All Over Now" and the majestic "Time Is On My Side," which they make completely their own.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good Chicago blues, but weaker than debut - 2.5 stars May 19 2005
By Allan Tong TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
As the Stones' second album, 12 x 5 is another collection of blues and soul covers with a few originals thrown in. This time, however, the album was recorded at the famed Chess Studios in Chicago, shrine of the electric blues where Muddy Waters and countless of the Stones' heroes recorded their "sides". The sound is more polished with a heavier bottom end, which was what the Stones wanted.

The album kicks off with a strong cover of Chuck Berry's Around and Around then dovetails into the moody Confessin' The Blues, featuring some fine harp playing. The album then dips into Empty Heart, a one-liner that goes nowhere, and follows with the inferior version of Time Is On My Side (the organ version, not the guitar). Side one closes with their current single at the time, Good Times Bad Times & It's All Over Now -- the album's highlight even if the latter is a Womack cover.

Side 2 is a patchy affair with If You Need Me being the only strong tune. Susie Q is too short, too fast, while Under The Boardwalk must rank along with My Girl (Flowers album) as the worst cover by the Stones.

Again, ABKCO has issued the shorter US version of the longer UK album, yet is charging full price. No bonus tracks. While there are some fine moments on this album, it is a patchwork affair and suggests that the Stones were already running out of material for their albums and relying too heavily on borrowed tunes.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Pleasures April 29 2013
By eeyoore
Format:Audio CD
An early Stones work that will probably only appeal to completists although it is important to seeing the evolution of the group.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Side 1 is 5 stars / Side 2 is 3 Stars Sep 15 2010
By Torie Monaghan
Format:Audio CD
#1 fast beat rocking rock n roll
#2 now were back in the slow blues baby
#3 lets pick it up and rock a bit
#4 time is on my side ** NO COMMENT **
#5 hillbilly redneck swamp song of the blues
#6 its all over now baby 5/5 = oh yeah baby !!!
#7 and we kept rocking, instrumental style
#8 cover song i don't wanna hear = BOO !!!
#9 this song is to slow
#10 back to the sleazy blues
#11 way to slow AGAIN !!!
#12 SUZI Q = says it all

4 STARS OUT OF 5 STARS
cuz the weak songs drag it down
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite as good as their U.S. debut, although still great.
This is the second U.S. album put out by the Rolling Stones, which in my opinion by far is the greatest rock'n'roll band of all time. Read more
Published on Jun 27 2004 by Andreas Lundstedt
3.0 out of 5 stars Otro buen álbum de la primera etapa Stones
Los 6 meses que separan los dos primeros discos de los Stones parecen muy poco tiempo como para notar cambios. Read more
Published on May 31 2004 by "jaimeurrutia"
4.0 out of 5 stars Around and Around!!!!!!!!!!!
With the first track, I was sure this was going to be a great album. Around and Around is so fun, rockin, and happy. And with the up coming songs, I was feeling The Stones. Read more
Published on May 5 2004 by Christoher Covais
5.0 out of 5 stars ***** (Best Rolling Stones are with Brian Jones, Mate!)
Well, that sounds good to say, I am not adamanant about this, however, there is a great quaintness to early Rolling Stones:

Even this, being pre-Satisfaction, pre-Off of my... Read more

Published on Feb 28 2004 by "plum_village"
4.0 out of 5 stars 2nd Gear
Between January 28, 1963 and December 8, 1965 The Rolling Stones recorded around 150 songs, amazing for the time, unheard of today. Read more
Published on Jan 21 2004 by John M. Pugliese, Jr.
4.0 out of 5 stars * * * *
"12X5" was the Rolling Stones' second LP in less than six months.
The bands' orginal songs are far from bad, but they aren't all that memorable either, with the exception of... Read more
Published on Oct 26 2003 by Docendo Discimus
2.0 out of 5 stars Who Do We Think We Are defeats12 X 5!
12 x 5 is the Rolling Stones 2nd album, released back in late '64. You get their interpretation of bluesy and rock classics, plus a few originals. Read more
Published on Jan 27 2003 by John
5.0 out of 5 stars Certainly One of Their Very Best
First, in response to those of us who couldn't figure out why the early British and American albums by the Stones and Beatles differed: sure, American greed had something to do... Read more
Published on Jan 3 2003 by A. Scott
5.0 out of 5 stars mellower, but good...
GROWN UP WRONG and CONGRATULATIONS are two of the Stones' very best songs. Check lyrics websites.

SUZIE Q and EMPTY HEART, both a little raucous at first, grow on you with... Read more

Published on Dec 29 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars mellower, but good...
GROWN UP WRONG and CONGRATULATIONS are two of the Stones' very best songs. Check lyrics websites.

SUZIE Q and EMPTY HEART, both a little raucous at first, grow on you with... Read more

Published on Dec 29 2002
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