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Hot Rocks 1964–1971
Greatest hits album by the Rolling Stones
Released	20 December 1971
Recorded	October 1964 – January 1971
Genre	Rock
Length	84:56
Label	London
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham, Jimmy Miller, the Rolling Stones, and Glyn Johns
The Rolling Stones chronology
Gimme Shelter (1971) Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971) Milestones (1972)

Hot Rocks 1964–1971 is a compilation album by the Rolling Stones released by London Records in December 1971. It became the Rolling Stones' best-selling release of their career and an enduring and popular retrospective. The album includes a mixture of hit singles, such as "Jumping Jack Flash", B-sides such as "Play with Fire", and album tracks such as "Under My Thumb" and "Gimme Shelter", the last of which has become one of the Rolling Stones' most popular and highly regarded songs. The album artwork depicts five nested silhouettes of the band members' profiles taken by rock photographer Ron Raffaelli in 1969. A photograph of the band at Swarkestone Hall Pavilion, taken by Michael Joseph in 1968, was printed on the back cover of the vinyl release.

The album is the best selling of the numerous Decca/ABKCO releases after the Rolling Stones lost control of their pre-1971 catalogue to their former manager Allen Klein. As with all of such releases, the Stones had no control over the collection or its release.

Release and reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	B−
Rolling Stone
Select
Tom Hull	A

Hot Rocks 1964–1971 peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 album chart and, as of July 2024, the album has spent 438 weeks on the chart. The album was certified 12× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was not released in the UK until 21 May 1990, to coincide with the Urban Jungle Tour, reaching No. 3 and, as of August 2023, it has spent 361 weeks on the UK Top 200.

Robert Christgau rated the album a B−, writing "If you don't like the Stones, this might serve as a sampler... Look, here's how it works. Except for Satanic Majesties, which isn't represented here, all of their '60s studio albums are musts."

In August 2002, Hot Rocks 1964–1971 was reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

Track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

Notes

• All tracks on sides one and two were produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. All tracks on sides three and four were produced by Jimmy Miller, except "Midnight Rambler", which was produced by the Rolling Stones and Glyn Johns.

Charts

Certifications

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

References

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• 1971 greatest hits albums
• ABKCO Records compilation albums
• London Records compilation albums
• The Rolling Stones compilation albums
• Albums produced by Andrew Loog Oldham
• Albums produced by Jimmy Miller