Exile on Main St.

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'

Soul Survivor has the chorus and the monster of all riffs ending it.

yeah that is a great song. 'gonna be the death of meeeeee'

Yeah these two are a great closing duo !
Actually I have never liked « All down the line » much. IT feels « extra » ! (and could have been a single out of the album imo).

There was a period of a couple months recently where my phone decided to play All Down the Line anytime I got in my car. I fought it for a while but the song eventually won me over. It’s like a prototypical Stones rocker that never became a hit.

Feel like "Rebel Rebel" may have nicked the riff a lil' bit

"All Down the Line" doesn't do that much for me. I like listening to it but wouldn't really notice if it were gone. For some reason I associate it with "Torn and Frayed," - I guess in the sense that they both seem like they're summing up the album? - and I like "Torn and Frayed" much better.

I don't care for "All Down..." either.

'all down the line' is a fairly by-the-numbers stones song, but they were operating at such a high level in this era that it's still a great should've-been-hit.

they really killed it with the outros on this album, especially the aforementioned 'soul survivor,' 'all down the line' (won't you BE MY little BABY for a WHILE), and 'loving cup' (GIVE A LITTLE DRINK)

Actually I have never liked « All down the line » much

Agreed. BUT, there are superior versions of the song on an outtakes comp. I will see if it's on youtube. Might have been on one of the dozens of reissues too. Lemme check...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFiHERcmQkU

that is not better