The album eventually defined their career, but at the time, it flew in the face of everything that was going on in music. Their previous album, the moody and psychedelic Dreamtime gathered plenty of critical praise, but they made a decision to take a complete left turn for the follow-up. Walsh, Christopher (24 August 2002). "Super audio CDs: The Rolling Stones Remastered". Billboard. p.27. Dimery, Robert, ed. (2011). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-1-84403-699-8.

Ultratop.be – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December 2022.Also in 2002 the Russian label CD-Maximum unofficially released the limited edition Beggars Banquet + 7 Bonus, which was also bootleged on a German counterfeit-DECCA label as Beggars Banquet (the Mono Beggars).

In August 2002, ABKCO Records reissued Beggars Banquet as a newly remastered LP and SACD/CD hybrid disk. [55] This release corrected a flaw in the original album by restoring each song to its proper, slightly faster speed. Due to an error in the mastering, Beggars Banquet was heard for over thirty years at a slower speed than it was recorded. This had the effect of altering not only the tempo of each song, but the song's key as well. These differences were subtle but important, and the remastered version is about 30 seconds shorter than the original release. Beggars Banquet received a highly favourable response from music critics, [26] [27] who considered it a return to form for the Stones. [28] [29] Author Stephen Davis writes of its impact: "[The album was] a sharp reflection of the convulsive psychic currents coursing through the Western world. Nothing else captured the youthful spirit of Europe in 1968 like Beggars Banquet." [27] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Clayson, Alan (2006). The Rolling Stones Album File & Complete Discography. Cassell Illustrated. ISBN 1844034941. Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019 . Retrieved 23 September 2019.For an idea of what kind of weird and wonderful talent has recently emerged from around these five campfires, just think The White Stripes, The xx, M.I.A., The Libertines, Kurt Vile, Vampire Weekend, Cat Power, Antony And The Johnsons, Alabama Shakes, Bon Iver, Sleaford Mods, FKA Twigs, Future Islands, The Lemon Twigs, Warpaint… But probably the most poignant symbol of all, is that in the decade when EMI was carved up and sold to Universal and Sony, the world’s most popular artist, Adele, was on the Beggars flagship, XL Recordings. Yes folks, our pop icons may be dying, but the future of British independent music is looking up. Just finished playing this all the way through right out of the sleeve. Flat, quiet and static free. This is an excellent reissue. It is about as good as can be. I've been recently listening to my 2nd pressing copy The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet, in fact right before playing this new version. This is maybe better. The timing is correct on this pressing. Before 2008, there was a recording speed error when the masters were first made and it went out uncaught until then. It was 47 seconds longer than it should have been. So the pitch is slightly different. I had already changed my rip of the The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet to the correct time so I have already heard the difference before now. Not earthshakingly different, but noticeable when playing with the different speeds on an A / B studio comparison. Oct 2023 Album Accreds" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 23 November 2023. American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 11 June 2016.