Forty Licks

Forty Licks
Greatest hits album by
Released30 September 2002
Recorded10 January 1964 – 7 June 2002
GenreRock
Length155:52
Label
Producer
The Rolling Stones chronology
No Security
(1998)
Forty Licks
(2002)
Singles 1963–1965
(2004)
Singles from Forty Licks
  1. "Don't Stop"
    Released: 30 September 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
StylusA+[4]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Forty Licks is a double compilation album by the Rolling Stones. A 40-year career-spanning retrospective, Forty Licks is notable for being the first retrospective to combine their formative Decca/London era of the 1960s, now licensed by ABKCO Records (on disc one), with their self-owned post-1970 material, distributed at the time by Virgin/EMI but now distributed by ABKCO's own distributor Universal Music Group (on mostly disc two). Four new songs are included on the second disc. The album was a commercial success, as it reached No. 2 on both UK and US charts. Concurrently with the album's release, the Stones embarked on the successful, year-long international Licks Tour, which would result in the subsequent Live Licks album being released in 2004.

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review: Forty Licks – Rolling Stones at AllMusic
  2. ^ Brunner, Rob (4 October 2002). "Music Review: Forty Licks (2002) – The Rolling Stones". Entertainment Weekly. No. 675–676. ISSN 1049-0434. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. ^ Sheffield, Rob (8 October 2002). "The Rolling Stones: Forty Licks (Collector's Edition)". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 27 March 2009.
  4. ^ McElligatt, Colin (1 September 2003). "The Rolling Stones – Forty Licks – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.