Let It Bleed is the eighth British and tenth American studio album by English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States. Released shortly after the band's 1969 American Tour, it is the follow-up to 1968's "Beggars Banquet". As with "Beggars Banquet", the album marks a return to the group's more blues-sound approach that was prominent in the pre-"Aftermath" period of their career. Additional sounds on the album draw influence from gospel, country blues and country rock.