Exile on Main St.

“Judge and jury walked out hand in hand” is a pretty Burroughsian line tbh.

Memo From Turner has a more direct nod too - "You're the man who squats behind the man who works the soft machine"

I fell in love with this album as a whole before a started making out individual songs. During my early listens, Tumbling Dice was a problem, simply because it was already familiar from the radio, so it sounded clearer and hookier and broke the soupy flow of riffs and Jagger sneer.

I can't really quibble about individual songs within the sprawl, any more than with Double Nickles or Trout Mask Replica or Tago Mago. The feel is the thing.

I'm in a "vinyl"-themed bar for a work gathering; they're currently playing Exile in its entirety. I ain't complaining!

Perfect soundtrack for drinking, playing pool or planning your next heist.

all three at once the true ideal

otm - Exile yahtzee

I’ve been stuck on this album lately. The guitar part in the final section of “Tumbling Dice” is A+++

...& moving on from there — how do they get that vat-of-syrup feel on “Sweet Virginia”? It’s like you can literally hear the humidity weighing down their strings. (I know it sounds like I’m stoned, tho I’m not)

Really obsessed w/this album. What's, like, the *second*-best Stones album to listen to (for fans of this one)?

my fav is exile, my second-fav is beggars' banquet

i would say sticky fingers is your next stop morrisp

Thanks, y'all...

We only had the Stones' '80s albums at home when I was growing up, and I never really dug in later.

my fav is exile, my second-fav is beggars' banquet

i keep trying to work 'turd on the run' into a techno mix. it's 120 bpm and the drums are straight up motor rhythm.

Nothing tops Exile imho but Sticky Fingers comes closest.

Yeah Sticky Fingers def. it’s like a condensed, tighter version of Exile imo & it comes closest to that same feel.

like, except for maybe Brown Sugar or Wild Horses, almost everything else could slide on over pretty easily.

Some Girls is so much fun, and "Just My Imagination" >>>> "Beast of Burden"

When I ranked'em two weeks ago, I came up with this:

Good to Great

Between the Buttons
Beggars Banquet
Let it Bleed
Exile on Main St
Some Girls
Sticky Fingers
Out of Our Heads (US)
Aftermath
December’s Children
Dirty Work
Emotional Rescue

hot take: the rolling stones are a band with a lot of great albums

alfred -- no ranking for their debut?

hotter take: the rolling stones are a band with a lot of albums

(a bunch of which are totally shitty! some are great though)

They're no Jandek, though.

So they are a bit like Brian Aldiss, Shakey?

you really want me to do that poll don't you

For what it's worth, Exile is my favorite Stones album and my second favorite is probably Let it Bleed, although it's a pretty close race between that and Sticky Fingers.

Probably doesn’t fit the bill for the revive exactly but Some Girls is probably my second favorite (most days)

I love the dead beetle crunch of the guitar mix.

I listened to Sticky Fingers, and now I'm listening to Tattoo You — per absolutely no one's recommendation — but will work my way back to the others.

no joek some days Tattoo You is my 3rd

ok maybe a little bit joking by it really is top tier for me. second side hits just right

but it

second side >>> first side

Yeah, this is one of the Stones LPs I would hear as a kid... some of these songs are great, and the "sound" is enormous (I'm apparently listening to the "Remastered" ed., whatever that's worth).

you really want me to do that poll don't you

Second side of "Tattoo You" all day! "Worried About You" is one of the least mentioned yet absolutely outstanding Stones tunes. Plus the "Waiting on a Friend" 45 sleeve contains one of the funniest Mick & Keith photos ever. Glad to read others prefer the ballads more too.

some girls over sticky fingers is a challop but i like it

/mick jagger's #16-ranked voice

dont agree mind you. but its fun

"Heaven" is my favorite on that TY side: Jagger playing phased shimmery guitar lines and finally willing himself to be a sound effect, Wyman on synth, Watts tapping away.

^^Really needed a extended 12-inch chill out mix.

proto-Balearic, that one

'Well I'm telling you they never got it right / Until they put out Undercover of the Night'

man, was blasting Exile on a highway drive home until I got pulled over by the police and cautioned for speeding. I was considering showing them the CD case as mitigation but decided not to.

Highway trooper's eyes get wide, he breaks into a grin, gives you a little salute. "Ride on, brother"

I’ll take you to the top

Really does feel like “All Down the Line” should be the natural closing track — the final three tracks don’t fit into any “flow” — but I guess you can see that overabundance as just another virtue. The album’s like, “It’s 2am, but I’m having one more drink... you go to bed if you want.”

« Shine a light » and « Soul Survivor » being two of my favourite tracks, I disagree !

shine a light would be the perfect closer imo, the full-throated gospel exhortation at the end of an hour's worth of nihilism.

They're great songs! They just feel... "extra"

agree kinda about 'soul survivor,' but that's only because it comes after shine a light'