favorite The Rolling Stones album

Christ, still one week to go!?

Never saw this one (not that I vote on a lot of these polls). I'd like to give some props to December's Children and Out of Our Heads - both excellent energy boosters. Beggars is an all time fave but I think I love Sticky Fingers more.

sticky fingers, for 'moonlight mile' and more.

I'm pretty sure the code just let me vote a second time in this poll. Exile a couple of weeks ago, The Rolling Stones Now! this time.

As it would happen, i just finished compiling a personal MP3 compilation covering their discography through the mid 80s. In assembling the mix, i pulled in various outtakes and singles (and b-sides) and buried them into the most appropriate album folder so some of those albums are artificially bloated, but still, representative of the era. The winnowing process took a few days but finally resulted in about 6 hours of music that fit onto a single CDR.

Looking over the tracklist today, i see a suprisingly healthy dose from 1964's 12 x 5, both 1965's ...Now & Out Of Our Minds, 1976's Black and Blue and, of all things, 1983's Tattoo You. The most fertile ground comes from 1965 where no less than three albums-worth of material amply covers their most defining period. At the end of the day, however, i can't help but nod to the refinement found in 1968 and 1969 (Let It Bleed) with my final vote going to Beggars Banquet (which is represented by numerous alternate, live, and various heretofore "lost" tracks -- but damn, how could two separate versions of "Memo to Turner" ever be wrong???).

this thing will finally close tomorrow.

I'm pretty sure the code just let me vote a second time in this poll. Exile a couple of weeks ago, The Rolling Stones Now! this time.

-- Rock Hardy, Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:23 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah, I think I accidentally voted twice in a poll before, but I was drunk so I kept my mouth shut 'cause sometimes I don't remember too good, see? I'm also darn sure that I've voted in this poll before and was just now able to cast another vote (for Exile, if we're keeping count).

I never felt like the Stones were a very good 'album band'... but I'm going to go with Satanic Majesty, which I think is the most consistent and a hugely underrated album. This one needs a critical re-evaluation.

Awesome, I just voted a third time! Whatever the code problem is, I'm all for this ballot-box stuffing.

I voted Out Of Our Heads, since I played that one last, and quite enjoyed it.

Geir sez: "But even a failed psych album is better than a great rock'n'roll album"

*head explodes*

Wow! Biggest (well, longest certainly) poll ever is coming home!

Stuff that ballot-box, y'all. I've voted at least three times so far.

I'm pretty sure the code just let me vote a second time in this poll. Exile a couple of weeks ago, The Rolling Stones Now! this time.

hey, that's my vote

i went with exile in the end tho

Between The Buttons (UK). I don't expect it to win.

Several members have probably voted two or more times. I guess a long voting period is no good idea :)

you can only vote once, surely?

Depends on your cookie settings.

Cheat!

setlist from London 2012 show

I Wanna Be Your Man
Get Off of My Cloud
It's All Over Now
Paint It Black
Gimme Shelter
(with Mary J. Blige)
Wild Horses
All Down the Line
I'm Going Down
(with Jeff Beck) (Live Debut)
Out of Control
One More Shot
Doom and Gloom
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
(with Bill Wyman)
Honky Tonk Women
(with Grrregory)
Before They Make Me Run
Happy
Midnight Rambler
(with Mick Taylor)
Miss You
Start Me Up
Tumbling Dice
Brown Sugar
Sympathy for the Devil
Encore:
You Can't Always Get What You Want
(With choir)
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Cherry oh Baby

Kind of an odd choice for Wyman to join them on; he didn't even play on the studio recording.

Bridges to Babylon and A Bigger Bang got a vote

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Yeah, can't believe those two got votes and Tattoo You got none.

would've voted for 'the rolling stones' (which isn't the same album as 'england's newest hitmakers'), which is the one i listen to most these days.

Dirty Work getting more votes than Some Girls or Flowers is one of those "only on ILM" things.

soto got socks

Just noticing how many "BB" album titles they had: BB, BtheB, B&B, BtoB and aBB.

Too bad they were beaten to Blonde on Blonde, Back in Black or Beaucoups of Blues.

lol buzza

Would have voted for Sticky Fingers

They ended their concert with Cherry Oh Baby? What an odd choice

that was my mistake, Yellow Kid. That was playing on the PA as people filed out!

I guess Street Fighting Man is a little too risky to play these days, lol

I dunno if this is the thread for it but I finally saw Crossfire Hurricane and while the interview content isn't necessarily anything new, goddamn I loved some of that footage (no not just naked mick bending over in front of the camera O_O). also cool to get more horse's mouth stuff from Taylor, even if it's stuff I already knew.

How I'd rank their discography.

Well done. Interesting that Goat’s Head Soup escaped Meh status. I like it but I understand it has its share of detractors.

like this guy, for instance

Ha!

Just noticed that the title, like that of Finnegans Wake, contains no apostrophe, sorry.

I disliked Goats Head Soupp for years thanks to that pustule called "Angie," but I saved it for the sake of "Winter," "Coming Round Again," and "100 Years Ago."

Fair enough

https://www.discogs.com/Rolling-Stones-Sticky-Gingers/release/10992280

Trying to update the tracklist using only one letter substitutions, not quite there yet..

The Rolling Stones ‎– Sticky Gingers

A1 Blown Sugar
A2 Slay
A3 Wild Hordes (Part 1)
B1 Wild Hordes (Part 2)
B2 Can't You Hear Me Slocking
B3 You Gotta Love
C1 Botch
C2 I Got The Bliss
C3 Sister Morphing (Part 1)
D1 Sister Morphing (Part 2)
D2 Dear Flowers
D3 Moonlight Mule