Editing Let It Bleed (section)

{{About|the album by the Rolling Stones|other uses|Let It Bleed (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name         = Let It Bleed
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[the Rolling Stones]]
| cover        = letitbleedRS.jpg
| alt          = A vinyl record of the album on a record-changer spindle supporting several items stacked on a plate. The topmost item is a cake topped by figurines representing the band.
| released     = {{start date|1969|11|28|df=yes}}
| recorded     = November 1968 – November 1969
| studio       = *[[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
*[[Elektra Sound Recorders|Elektra]] and [[Sunset Sound]], Los Angeles<ref name=lpBleed/>
| genre        =
*[[Hard rock]]
*[[blues]]
*[[country blues]]
| length       = {{duration|m=42|s=21}}
| label        =
*[[Decca Records|Decca]] (UK)
*[[London Records|London]] (US)
| producer     = [[Jimmy Miller]]
| prev_title   = [[Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)]]
| prev_year    = 1969
| next_title   = [[Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!]]
| next_year    = 1970
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Let It Bleed
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Let It Bleed (song)|Let It Bleed]]"/"[[You Got the Silver]]
 | single1date = January 1970 (Japan only)
}}
}}
'''''Let It Bleed''''' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band [[the Rolling Stones]], released on 28 November 1969 by [[London Records]] in the United States and on 5 December 1969 by [[Decca Records]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dekok|first=David|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZJuBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22November+28%22+Let+It+Bleed&pg=PT122|title=Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away|date=2014-09-02|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4930-1389-0|language=en}}</ref>  Released during the band's [[The Rolling Stones American Tour 1969|1969 American Tour]], it is the follow-up to ''[[Beggars Banquet]]'' (1968), and, like that album, is a return to the group's more [[blues]]-oriented approach that was prominent in the pre-''[[Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath]]'' (1966) period of their career. Additional sounds on the album draw influence from [[Gospel music|gospel]], [[country blues]] and [[country rock]].

The album was recorded during a period of turmoil in the band; [[Brian Jones]], the band's founder and original leader, had become increasingly unreliable in the studio due to heavy drug use, and during most recording sessions was either absent, or so incapacitated that he was unable to contribute meaningfully. He was fired in the midst of recording sessions for this album, and replaced by [[Mick Taylor]]. Jones died within a month of being fired; he contributed to only two songs, playing backing instruments.

Taylor had been hired after principal recording was complete on many of the tracks, and appears on two songs, having recorded some guitar overdubs. [[Keith Richards]] was the band's sole guitarist during most of the recording sessions, being responsible for nearly all of the rhythm and lead parts. The other Stones members (vocalist [[Mick Jagger]], bassist [[Bill Wyman]], and drummer [[Charlie Watts]]) appear on nearly every track, with contributions by percussionist [[Jimmy Miller]] (who also produced the album), keyboardists [[Nicky Hopkins]], [[Al Kooper]] and [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] (himself a former member of the band), and guest musicians including [[Ry Cooder]].

The album reached top ten positions in several markets, including reaching number one in the UK and number three in the US. While no high-charting singles were released from the album, many of its songs became staples of Rolling Stones live shows and on rock radio stations, including "[[Gimme Shelter]]" and "[[You Can't Always Get What You Want]]", both of which frequently appear on lists of the greatest songs ever. The album was voted number 40 in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' 3rd edition (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=53}}</ref> In 2005, the album was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]], and is on various iterations of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]" list.