在一张完全模仿Beatles某专辑的Their Satanic Majesties Request之后，滚石乐队开始思考自己的方向，据乐队成员回忆说，他们在60年代录制demo无数，但自己根本就没有时间静下心来听，这张沉淀之后推出的专辑不失为一张冷静的作品，在英国专辑榜排到第3，美国排到第5。这也是键盘手Brian Jones参与的最后一张专辑（几个月后他在离队后溺水身亡）。

这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第57位。

by Richie Unterberger

The Stones forsook psychedelic experimentation to return to their blues roots on this celebrated album, which was immediately acclaimed as one of their landmark achievements. A strong acoustic Delta blues flavor colors much of the material, particularly "Salt of the Earth" and "No Expectations," which features some beautiful slide guitar work. Basic rock & roll was not forgotten, however: "Street Fighting Man," a reflection of the political turbulence of 1968, was one of their most innovative singles, and "Sympathy for the Devil," with its fire-dancing guitar licks, leering Jagger vocals, African rhythms, and explicitly satanic lyrics, was an image-defining epic. On "Stray Cat Blues," Jagger and crew began to explore the kind of decadent sexual sleaze that they would take to the point of self-parody by the mid-'70s. At the time, though, the approach was still fresh, and the lyrical bite of most of the material ensured Beggars Banquet's place as one of the top blues-based rock records of all time.