Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones
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{{Infobox album
| type = compilation
| name = Stone Country: Country Artists Perform the Songs of the Rolling Stones
| image = Stone country.jpg
| artist = various artists
| released = {{Start date|1997|9|30}}
| genre = Country
| length = 40:19
| label = Beyond
| producer =
}}
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 country music artists performing renditions of the band's songs.
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.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2012|pages=339|isbn=978-0-89820-203-8}} The project took nearly 18 months to complete.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/113437657/ | title=Hot Rocks in the country | work=The Tennessean | date=October 24, 1997 | access-date=November 12, 2018 | author=Tom Roland | pages=5F}}
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".{{cite web | url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=2628 | title=Stone Country | work=Country Standard Time | access-date=November 12, 2018 | author=Jon Johnson}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stone-country-country-artists-perform-the-songs-of-the-rolling-stones-mw0000594518 | title=Stone Country | work=AllMusic | access-date=November 12, 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Stone Country track listing
| extra_column = Performer
| total_length = {{Track listing total length|4:18|4:21|3:35|3:59|4:01|4:45|3:47|4:50|3:56|2:47}}
| all_writing = Jagger/Richards except "Time Is on My Side", written by Jerry Ragovoy and Jimmy Norman
| title1 = Honky Tonk Women
| extra1 = Travis Tritt
| length1 = 4:18
| title2 = Paint It Black
| extra2 = Tracy Lawrence
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Ruby Tuesday
| extra3 = Deana Carter
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = The Last Time
| extra4 = The Tractors
| length4 = 3:59
| title5 = Jumpin' Jack Flash
| extra5 = Rodney Crowell
| length5 = 4:01
| title6 = Angie
| extra6 = Sammy Kershaw
| length6 = 4:45
| title7 = Wild Horses
| extra7 = Blackhawk
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Brown Sugar
| extra8 = Collin Raye
| length8 = 3:10
| title9 = Beast of Burden
| extra9 = Little Texas
| length9 = 4:50
| title10 = No Expectations
| extra10 = Nanci Griffith
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = Time Is on My Side
| extra11 = George Jones
| length11 = 2:47
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1997)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|22|artist=Various Artists|rowheader=true}} |