Shine a Light: Original Soundtrack | 
| Artist: The Rolling Stones
Label: Interscope Records
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 262
Format: Deluxe Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001096102
UPC: 602517647442
EAN: 0602517647442
ASIN: B0013V2B34
Release Date: April 1, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Jumping Jack Flash | | • | Shattered | | • | She Was Hot | | • | All Down the Line | | • | Loving Cup (feat. Jack White III) | | • | As Tears Go By | | • | Some Girls | | • | Just My Imagination | | • | Faraway Eyes | | • | Champagne & Reefer (feat. Buddy Guy) | | • | Tumbling Dice | | • | Band introductions | | • | You Got the Silver | | • | Connection |
Disc 2
| • | Sympathy for the Devil | | • | Live With Me (feat. Christina Aguilera) | | • | Start Me Up | | • | Brown Sugar | | • | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | | • | Paint it Black | | • | Little T&A | | • | I'm Free | | • | Shine A Light |
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THE ROLLING STONES `Shine A Light' is the soundtrack to director MARTIN SCORSESE'S film of the same name, which documents The Rolling Stones' performances at New York's Beacon Theatre on October 29 and November 1, 2006. With special guests BUDDY GUY, White Stripes' JACK WHITE III and CHRISTINA AGUILERA joining the Stones onstage, the Oscar-winning director captures an extraordinary performance from the band.
DELUXE VERSION - 2 disc set, featuring 22 tracks with expanded packaging. Includes every track from the film, plus four bonus tracks from the shows that were not included in the film- "Paint It Black", "Little T&A", "Shine A Light" and "I'm Free"
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 Not Just Another Live Rolling Stones Album April 1, 2008
Joshua Downham (Muncie, IN United States)
32 out of 38 found this review helpful
When I first heard that The Rolling Stones were releasing a double live set on CD, I thought "here they go again with yet another live album." In the '90s they actually released more live albums than studio albums. Fans already owning the Four Flicks DVD set didn't need the Live Licks collection for sure. But being the Stones fanatic I am, I went out and bought it anyway. It opens with 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' a typical concert opener. But then along comes 'She Was Hot,' the first surprise of Shine of Light. It's from the harshly criticized Undercover. This one is filled with concert rarities-'Loving Cup,' 'As Tears Go By,' 'Some Girls,' 'You Got the Silver,' 'Connection,' 'I'm Free,' and 'Shine a Light.' This is the best live Rolling Stones album since Get Your Ya-Yas Out.
The Stones Live April 26, 2008
Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL))
31 out of 35 found this review helpful
The Rolling Stones seem to have recorded a score of live albums over time, some of which are terrific to listen to (think "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out" or the intriguing "Four Flicks") and others of which are merely adequate. This, the sound track from Martin Scorsese's concert film, "Shine a Light," is in the former category. It is hard to believe that the Stones are in their 60s. This CD shows them with great energy, although time's effects are apparent as, for instance, in hearing how limited Mick Jagger's vocal range has become. Nonetheless, this is a great amount of fun to listen to! 22 cuts (some not in the documentary, but added later on).
It begins with one of the great rock and roll riffs of all time, in "Jumping Jack Flash." And then it hits you--this song was a hit 40 years ago. How can guys as old as the Stones are still make this work? A great start to the CD. "Shattered" follows quickly. Again, the thought. This is a 30 year old song--and still performed with gusto and spirit.
On the first CD is a little treasure. Buddy Guy, legendary bluesman, joins the band in a Muddy Waters' song, "Champagne and Reefer." The first couple lines give one a sense of the song:
"Bring me champagne when I'm thirsty,
Bring me reefer when I want to get high."
Guy adds his great blues voice and some smoking guitar work. Jagger and Guy alternate singing the lines, and Guy's blues singing is a wonder to listen to. When all the guitars are playing, one almost gets a sense of a wall of sound from those guitars--with Charlie Watts' steady drumming providing a rock solid rhythm foundation.
The second CD provides some more rich music. This side begins with the creepy "Sympathy for the Devil," again well played and sung. A couple songs later, "Start Me Up." Another wall of guitar sound from Ronnie Wood and Keith Richards, underlain by the rhythm section, Watts and Darryl Jones. Watts' drumming is primal and creates a powerful base for vocals and guitars. The chunky guitar work of Wood and Richards is compelling. Then, "Brown Sugar." This was a hit well over 30 years ago, but it still has life as played by the band and its "friends," such as Bobby Keys. The audience sing along toward the end provides a sense of spontaneity. A classic Rolling Stones' moment. Then, the third in the trio of songs in this section of the concert--"Satisfaction." As soon as one hears the fuzz tone, the toes start tapping. Jagger's voice is not as agile as it used to be, but he nonetheless puts some life into this over 40 year old song.
Some rarities show up in this concert, songs not often played by the Stones on their tours over the past couple decades, such as "Shine a Light," "You Got the Silver," and "Loving Cup." And one song worth mentioning, since it is another golden oldie--"I'm Free." This goes back to the early days of the Rolling Stones (originally released in 1965). A terrific blues rock song.
"I'm free to sing my song,
Even though it's out of time."
Anyhow, one of their finest live recordings. Age has had some impact. Jagger's voice isn't as agile as it used to be. But, nonetheless, this works and works well as a concert CD.
Still The Greatest Rock n' Roll Band In The World April 2, 2008
SEAN MCATEER (Cranston, R.I. United States)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
Well, after an uncertain start to their Fall 2006 leg of the 'A Bigger Bang Tour', the band started to come together. Keith seemed to shake off the lingering effects of his 'coconut tree fall' earlier in the year. Woodie stayed sober and Mick and Charlie beat off colds. By the time they hit the Beacon for the Scorcese movie, they were ready to play at the top of their game. And that's what the listener gets here--the Rolling Stones playing damn near as well as ever. The song list, even if suggested by the movie, is fantastic and even the so-called 'warhorses' sound sweet with the superb sound and mix. The audio here is the best of all their (too?) many live albums. Of particular note--the guitars are cranked and gnarly in the mix. Mick's vocals are unusually well enunciated in spots and properly slurred in unexpected others and his ad libs are nice. Even Keith's vocals are spot on with his three (nice picks) tunes. Not a document of superb musicianship (although Watts is excellent throughout), but a high-energy, loose band of veteran rockers peaking past predictions!
Highlight--'Champagne And Reefer' with Buddy Guy joining in...smokin'!!
 Reasons to...or not to...buy this CD April 3, 2008
Paul (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
PROS - Straight to the point:
Very simple. If you are any kind of Stones fan you will know that NEVER ONCE released live...and great...versions (if we're excluding soundboard bootlegs and radio broadcasts, but not legit live DVD releases) of unlikely songs ALONE are WELL worth the full price (especially when you can get the deluxe 2 CD version...22 tracks of music...for only $13.99 at BestBuy):
'She Was Hot'
'Loving Cup' (marred by White's vocal, otherwise great)
'As Tears Go By'
'Undercover of the Night' *
'Some Girls'
'Faraway Eyes'
'Champagne and Reefer'
'You Got the Silver' (worth the price of the CD by itself)
CONS - Too strong a word:
All the rest (including 'Connection', which is rendered more energetically by the Winos on 1988's Hollywood Bowl live CD) have all made appearances elsewhere and...in every case except maybe 'Just My Imagination'...in superior performance. That is not to say they aren't good here, and certainly not that they aren't worth hearing/having, just that they are better elsewhere.
Jagger once asked (in a 1968 interview) why anyone would bother listening to the Stones do 'I'm a King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo doing it. Similarly...and worst on this CD for me...why would anyone listen to this version of JJ Flash when the 'Get Yer Ya Yas'... hell even the 'Flashpoint'...versions exist?). Tumbling Dice, Sympathy, Start Me Up, Brown Sugar and Satisfaction have been so regularly included that they are positively mind numbing for the fan. But a new or casual Stones fan will associate their first experience of those warhorses with the last tour, making the CD a more appealing 'souvenir' to them than the (to them) treasured obscurities like 'She Was Hot' and 'You Got the Silver' etc.. Fair enough.
The only innumerably recycled tune (4 times now, NOT including DVDs) that I never get bored of is 'Live with Me', but Jagger's cunning alignment of his aging corporation with the most popular current artists (Guns and Roses in '89, Dave Matthews in '97, Amy Winehouse in '07 etc.) by sharing a stage with them does not excuse the silly wailing that Aguilera ruins this classic riff song with. Fortunately that practice has also brought the likes of Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Cray, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Taj Mahal on to the Stone's stage, them on to the stage of their own heroes Muddy Waters and Chuck Berry, and even half the Stones in to a hyper-blues studio session with Howling Wolf back in the early seventies.
CONCLUSION?
Despite all this it's as well worth buying as any other live Stones album except 'Ya Yas', and more than most...especially at $13.99. If you do not own the more expensive 'Four Flicks' or 'Biggest Bang' live DVD sets (as good sound as any CD) then 'Shine a Light' is all the more a NO BRAINER, and check out the 'Live Licks' 2 CD as well (underrated / tons of rarities/first time releases).
Again I would have forked out the full $21.99 only for the live version of 'You Got the Silver'...or any two of the other beautifully rendered gems listed above.
* TIP: you can pick up 'Undercover of the Night' from the first of the two Beacon Theatre performances that this CD came from, which was excluded from even the deluxe CD, on ITunes.
The Kind of Show Stones Fans Dream About April 9, 2008
Doug Anderson (Miami Beach, Florida United States)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
What other band on the planet could do what the Stones do with Muddy Waters' Champagne & Reefer? This is one of the hottest blues rocks this band has covered in a long time.
Plus the best Stones albums (Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile, Some Girls, & Tattoo You) are well represented. This is the kind of set you want to hear.
Must listens/Favorites: Lovin' Cup, Champagne & Reefer, Faraway Eyes, Just My Imagination, Tumbling Dice, Live With Me (ok Aguilera overdoes it but I think we would be disappointed if she didn't). And Keith's You Got the Silver, Connection and Little T & A.
The critics have been pronouncing this band dead since the early 70's; but these same critics have, on occasion, been silenced by a stunning performance on an inspired night. This is one of those nights and one of those performances.
Mick's southern twang on Faraway Eyes and Keith's soulful strumming on Just My Imagination are enough to make even a music critic smile.
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