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List Price: $7.49 | | Label: Abkco
Salesrank: 20745
Released: September 16, 2003 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Sympathy for the Devil Remixes Track Listing:
1. Sympathy For The Devil - The Neptunes radio edit
2. Sympathy For The Devil - The Neptunes extended remix
3. Sympathy For The Devil - Fatboy Slim radio edit
4. Sympathy For The Devil - Fatboy Slim extended remix
5. Sympathy For The Devil - Full Phatt radio edit
6. Sympathy For The Devil - Full Phatt extended remix
7. Sympathy For The Devil - Original Rolling Stones version
Editorial Review:
Seven versions of the classic Stones' song including the original recording plus six remixes (2 each) by The Neptunes, Fatboy Slim & Full Phatt. Limited. ABK. 2003.
Sympathy for the Devil Remixes Reviews:
Take Your Pick! 
2007-05-11 - With seven versions of the same song, you wonder if it's worth it - yeah, it is. "The Neptune's" two versions focus on the vocal and the percussion, leaving the bass out most of the way. "Fatboy Slim" adds more special effects and has the bass going full steam, but they too have the special effects that can either add or detract from the song - it's your interpretation. "Full Phat" basically does the same thing, only those versions are livelier with the percussion, bass and effects. The only real reason to buy this extended mix is the Rolling Stones true version at 6:16 minutes, where in SACD surround sound; you can hear everything you never heard before. It is that crystal clear. Big kudos for having veteran pianist Nicky Hopkins on board and percussionist Ricky Dijon made his historic mark here. The lead guitar sounds best on the final track and we can even thank Marianne Faithful for background vocals. I'd say this is a hit across the board.
A must for any SACD collection! 
2004-09-14 - Everyone has a different opinion regarding these remixes and frankly, i just can't see myself listening to this whole album in one sitting as there is too much redundancy. These are essentially three remixes of the same song, with a long and short version of each for a total of six track ranging from under four minutes to over 8 minutes in lenght.
But never mind all that!
This album is A MUST for anyone because of it's last track: The original Sympathy for the Devil, beautifully remixed in 5.1 Multichanel Audio. Here, the lead guitar and vocals use the center chanel and the congas and maracas have been sent to the surrounds to provide a nice envelopping sound without getting cheezy...
If only all the Stones' Abkco rereleases were like this!
Worth adding to your Stones collection.
2004-07-19 - You get exactly what you are promised in this one. Given we probably all bought it due to the curosity factor, of course, no one who bought this really should be bitching too much.
The last track is the original March-June 1968 mix that became the classic with Jagger, Richards, Wyman, & Watts plus Rocky Dijon's congas, Nicky Hopkins' piano and Marianne Faithful and Anita Pallenberg adding vocals. Then you get 6 remixes, 2 each by the Neptunes, Fatboy Slim, and Full Phatt.
The Neptunes pair is by far the best....leaving Mick to do some acapella work works great plus they had enough sense not to try to outdo the original length (something Fatboy Slim should have considered as his full length remix exceeds the original by more than 2 minutes.....without adding significantly to any acoustic experiences of the Stones original mix)....so what is the point of a remix again?
Full Phatt does a decent job on both.....the first is better in my opinion but both are good enough they should have run in second place, not third.
Finally, this would be much better if there were more of the classic recordings of the song that have already been done with perhaps the version from Maxx or one of the other DVDs.
not bad, but could be better
2004-05-21 - The remix of Sympathy for the Devil was a brilliant idea but it could have been much better.
The remix released in 2003 features a long and full length remix by respectively the Neptunes, Fatboy Slim and Full Phatt. The seventh, and last piece in the record, is the Rolling Stones' original recording.
Leaving aside that the original recording seems (to me at least)to be mych better than the more recent remixes, there's another reason to think that this projecty could have been realized in a much better way.
In addition to the original recording and the most recent remixes -three would have been enough, six is way too much- the Stones should have included some historical live performances of their classic song (the version performed in Hyde Park for Brian Jones'funeral, the version recorded in Love you Live and so on). This would have shown that no matter how it is performed or when it is performed, 'Sympathy' is always a phenomenally fresh and intriguing song. This, and nothing less than this, would have done justice to the greatness of the Stones.
Um...Why? 
2004-05-07 - Isn't the original song good enough, even for today's standards, or is this the only way for the Stones to reach the rap community. C'mon, you can't mess with greatness
