Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Dancing with Mr. D" 4:53
2. "100 Years Ago" 3:59
3. "Coming Down Again" 5:54
4. "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" 3:26
5. "Angie" 4:33
Side two
1. "Silver Train" 4:27
2. "Hide Your Love" 4:12
3. "Winter" 5:30
4. "Can You Hear the Music" 5:31
5. "Star Star" 4:25
Total length: 46:56
The Rolling Stones Band Members / Musicians
Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 3), backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10), electric guitar (6, 8), harmonica (6), piano (7)
Keith Richards – electric guitar & backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10), bass guitar (2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (5), lead vocals (3)
Mick Taylor – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6–10), backing vocals (1, 4, 6), bass guitar (1, 3, 9), acoustic guitar (5)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (5, 8, 10)
Charlie Watts – drums (all tracks)
Nicky Hopkins – piano (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
Billy Preston – clavinet (2, 4), piano (4)
Ian Stewart – piano (6, 10)
Bobby Keys – tenor saxophone (4), baritone saxophone (3, 7, 10)
Jim Horn – alto saxophone (3, 4), flute (9)
Chuck Findley – trumpet (4)
Jim Price – horn arrangement (4)
Nicky Harrison – string arrangement (5, 8)
Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah – percussion (1, 9)
Pascal (Nicholas Pascal Raicevic) – percussion (1, 9)
Jimmy Miller – percussion (9)
Chief engineer and Mixer – Andy Johns
Assistant engineers – Carlton Lee, Howard Kilgour and Doug Bennett.
Photography and sleeve design by David Bailey
Goats Head Soup is the 11th British and 13th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released on 31 August 1973 by Rolling Stones Records. Like its predecessor Exile on Main St., the band composed and recorded much of it outside of the United Kingdom due to their status as tax exiles. Goats Head Soup was recorded in Jamaica, the United States and the United Kingdom. The album contains 10 tracks, including the lead single "Angie" which went to number one as a single in the US and the top five in the UK.
The album was the last to be produced by Jimmy Miller who was a key architect of the Rolling Stones sound during their most acclaimed period which began with 1968's Beggars Banquet. Bass guitarist Bill Wyman only appears on three of the album's ten tracks, but the rest of the Rolling Stones, lead vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Mick Taylor, and drummer Charlie Watts play on every track, with the exception of "Winter", which does not feature Richards. In addition to the main band, the standard cadre of Rolling Stones collaborators also play extensively on the album, including saxophonist Bobby Keys, organist Billy Preston, and pianists Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart.
Goats Head Soup achieved number one chart positions in the UK, US, and several other world markets. However, it received mixed reviews from critics and audiences and is generally seen as the beginning of the band's decline after a string of critically acclaimed albums. The band supported the album on a tour of Europe following its release. The album was remastered and released in 1994 and again in 2009 by Virgin Records and Universal Music respectively. It was remixed by Giles Martin for a 2020 reissue, including a deluxe edition with bonus tracks and unreleased outtakes. The re-issue returned the album to number one in the UK charts.
