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Goats Head Soup is een zeer succesvol album van de Engelse rockgroep The Rolling Stones, uit 1973. De opnames begonnen in Byron Lee's Dynamic Sound Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, in het najaar van 1972. De opnames werden voortgezet in Londen en Los Angeles in het jaar erop. Het bevatte de superhit Angie. De foto op de hoes is genomen door David Bailey. De originele vinyl uitgave bevatte een inlegvel met geiten hoofd drijvend in een pan met rode soep. Het nummer Star Star zorgde voor nogal wat opschudding vanwege de seksueel getinte teksten. De band noemt het nummer zelf altijd Starfucker, wat ook de originele titel is. In 1994 werd Goats Head Soup geremasterd en herdrukt door Virgin Records. In september 2020 kwam een heruitgave uit.

Goats Head Soup is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, 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 appears on only 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. Regular Rolling Stones collaborators, including saxophonist Bobby Keys, organist Billy Preston, and pianists Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart, also feature.

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. However, in recent times its reception has grown in stature. 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.