Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones

Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones is a 1997 tribute album to the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It was released in September 1997 via Beyond Music. The album includes eleven different country music artists performing renditions of the band's songs.

Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 30, 1997 (1997-09-30)
GenreCountry
LabelBeyond Music
Producervarious

Content

The Tractors' rendition of "The Last Time" was the project's first single release. It charted at number 75 on Hot Country Songs dated for the week ending October 4, 1997.[1] The project took nearly 18 months to complete.[2]

Critical reception

Jon Johnson of Country Standard Time gave the project a mixed review, criticizing the project for focusing entirely on singles, and saying that the arrangements "add absolutely nothing to the originals", while praising the vocal performances of George Jones and Nanci Griffith, along with the musical arrangement of Blackhawk's cover of "Wild Horses".[3] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated the project 3 out of 5 stars, finding the arrangements "slick" while praising the vocal performances of Travis Tritt, Blackhawk, and Nanci Griffith.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jagger/Richards except "Time Is on My Side", written by Jerry Ragovoy and Jimmy Norman.

No.TitlePerformerLength
1."Honky Tonk Women"Travis Tritt4:18
2."Paint It Black"Tracy Lawrence4:21
3."Ruby Tuesday"Deana Carter3:35
4."The Last Time"The Tractors3:59
5."Jumpin' Jack Flash"Rodney Crowell4:01
6."Angie"Sammy Kershaw4:45
7."Wild Horses"Blackhawk3:47
8."Brown Sugar"Collin Raye3:10
9."Beast of Burden"Little Texas4:50
10."No Expectations"Nanci Griffith3:56
11."Time Is on My Side"George Jones2:47

Charts
Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 22

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
  2. Tom Roland (October 24, 1997). "Hot Rocks in the country". The Tennessean. pp. 5F. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  3. Jon Johnson. "Stone Country". Country Standard Time. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  4. "Stone Country". Allmusic. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  5. "Various Artists Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
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