Product Description

'Shine A Light' is the third live album to released by the Rolling Stones and serves as the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's documentary of the same name. Recorded in the autumn of2006 at New York's Beacon Theatre over two nights, the album features a selection of live favourites taken from the band's huge catalogue of work. Included are guest appearances from The White Stripes' Jack White, legendary blues guitaristBuddy Guy and American pop singer Christina Aguilera.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Jumping Jack Flash
2. Shattered
3. She Was Hot
4. All Down The Line
5. Loving Cup - The Rolling Stones, Jack White
6. As Tears Go By
7. Some Girls
8. Just My Imagination
9. Faraway Eyes
10. Champagne & Reefer - The Rolling Stones, Buddy Guy
11. Tumbling Dice
12. Band Introductions
13. You Got The Silver
14. Connection

Disc 2:

1. Martin Scorsese Intro
2. Sympathy For The Devil
3. Live With Me - The Rolling Stones, Christina Aguilera
4. Start Me Up
5. Brown Sugar
6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
7. Paint It Black
8. Little T&A
9. I'm Free
10. Shine A Light

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3758 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-07
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Box set, Live, Soundtrack
• Running time: 101 minutes

Customer Reviews

please..this has to stop..the parties over
OKAY iam a massive fan of all the early stones albums..but without jones..or taylor,,nicky hopkins..or stu or even wyman..they have beome a limp boring pretentious joke..no soul..no balls..and very fake..they are in it for the money..the ego..why do they do the same songs exactly the same way every tour???its boring..its awful to see.. WHAT HAPPENED??..... we celebrate the 30th year since the stones made a great album( some girls-which isnt really that good)..and the 35 year since there last great tour 1973 australia...iam a hardcore fan, yes i love them but the reality is theyve been a limp,shtcick, conservative,boring load of rubbish for way to long..some songs done over and over agin..in bill wymans book he tellingly states that in 1977 mick started listening to awful current disco records figuring out what direction the band needed to go in to make hits..and keith stopped caring.doesnt that say something?? the last time i saw the band i walked out totally hating the soulless francise that these guys have become...why is it that dylan, young ,waits, robert plant, levon helm.lenord cohen,johnny cash..all made brilliant albums in the last 20 years but we think its okay to accept this garbage..oh gee wiz they do CONNECTED..AND SHINE A LIGHT....badly..blandly...do not buy this...i give up..i hated it

curate's egg
As a Stones fan who's not very enthusiastic about most of their post-Some Girls output, I wasn't exactly drooling in anticipation of this album. But it's safe to say that while it's hardly essential, it does prove, if proof were necessary, that they can still be a very fine rock'n'roll band when they put their mind to it.

The trouble is that when they take their eyes off the ball, as they do several times here, they're quite embarrassing.

Good things: Ronnie Wood's guitar playing, almost throughout. Charlie. The backing musicians. Keef's rhythm playing. Keef's vocals. Mick's vocals when he stops trying too hard. Shattered; All Down The Line (near perfect - what price a whole set of this quality?); Loving Cup (effective guest appearance from Jack White); Some Girls (better than the original); Champagne & Reefer (superb guest appearance from Buddy Guy); Tumbling Dice; I'm Free. The fact that they clearly haven't overdubbed one iota.

Bad things: Keef's lead playing, pretty uninspired most of the time. Mick's ridiculously mannered vocals on quite a few tracks, all the more annoying given there's nothing obviously wrong with his voice - though notice the absence of any tracks requiring falsetto. As Tears Go By. Christina Aguilera - she can sing, but Live With Me isn't a duet. Sympathy For The Devil - staggeringly inept compared to some tracks here. Brown Sugar - sounds like they've played it a few hundred times too many.

Overall they make a pretty convincing, if not often brilliant, noise much of the time, certainly they don't sound like most of them are over 60 - but more than any other Stones live album this is a warts and all recording and there are plenty of warts. For the most part the stuff that comes off best is the better songs among the less famous tunes. Also worth mentioning - Ronnie and Keef's guitar lines have often been hard to separate; here, Ronnie's in the left speaker and Keef's in the right speaker and you can tell who's doing what.

Worth buying if you enjoy latterday Stones, a long way from being their worst album (or live album) but I'm not in a huge hurry to see the film.

Great Album, shameless Scorsese's comments...
I cant belive Mr Scorsese just couldnt resist to add a stupid "ok first song!" when the exitement to listen to THE ROLLING STONES AND NOT YOU MR SCORSESE is right on top level.
shame shame shame.
The album is great and the Stones are playing fast again, I love it. it would be a 5-stars cd if it wasnt for Scorsese's ego to have his voice in a Rolling Stones' cd.