I can see "draggy" but I dig "down in the hole" a ton. much love for "she's so cold" and "all about you" as well.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i can remember satanic being a punchline even into the early 90s, maybe the cd era helped ppl to overlook 'in another land' and 'gomper', maybe prominent placement of '2000 man' and 'she's a rainbow' in wes anderson movies and apple ads helped. steel wheels rep now is probably comparable to dirty work or voodoo lounge, whereas at the time its reception (in the market and critically) was much better; probably due to ppl happy the stones were back together, sounded like the stones, were gonna tour, etc but still.
― balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
the Stones owed their Steel Wheels "comeback" (in reality it didn't sell much more than its predecessors) to inspired Keef-and-Mick-reconcile PR.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
i keep waiting for someone somewhere to make the 'no really, you need to listen to it's only rock n roll again' cuz it's the only album i don't have thru tattoo you (which reminds me i should probably cave and finally get undercover). anyone here game?
― balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
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― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
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― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
I like it, like it, yes I do... not the album, but the song is undeniable when the chorus kicks in.
― BrianB, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:37 (twelve years ago) link
Draggy? When it's got "Let Me Go," "Summer Romance," "Dance Pt. 1," "She's So Cold," and "Where The Boys Go"? Plus: "All About You"!
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, April 2, 2012 5:09 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah, i probably don't give emotional rescue enough credit. "dance pt. 1" is a killer groove, formless in a good way. while i voted for and will defend "summer romance", i prefer the punkier outtakes to the album version. "send it to me" is 80% badass, but the "chorus" (???) is kind of a trainwreck. "let me go" is a fun throwaway, and "indian girl" is both lovely and ghastly. side two is better. could do without "down in the hole" and "all about you", but the rest are good ("where the boys go") to great (title track and "she's so cold"). whole thing has a worn-down, broken quality that's similar to exile, but it less consistently falls perfectly into "accidental" place.
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
man now i'm imagining a sprawling double lp version of emotional rescue as the exile to some girls sticky fingers.
― balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
7. Between the Buttons - 59 points (12 votes, one #1 vote)
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1. Yesterday's Papers2. My Obsession3. Back Street Girl4. Connection5. She Smiled Sweetly6. Cool, Calm & Collected
7. All Sold Out8. Please Go Home9. Who's Been Sleeping Here?10. Complicated11. Miss Amanda Jones12. Something Happened to Me Yesterday
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
Always loved that cover photo -- that expression on Mick's face is pure evil. (He's probably just really cold.)
― Whiney Houson (WmC), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
charlie looking dapper per usual
― balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
US version adds "let's spend the night together" and "ruby tuesday", but sadly loses "back street girl"
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
voted for BtB BtW
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
btw, we reached a verdict so I am back. my own assumption going in was that the the only mystery around the top 4 albums would be which order they'd fall in.
without giving anything away, since it's already after midnight GMT I'm thinking we'll let today's Big Reveal be which album came in at #5. tomorrow we can wrap the albums and get get caught up on tracks 40-31 and then we should be back in business for a big finish on Friday.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
i had btb at #5, at least one of my top four almost definitely isn't making it.
― balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
i couldn't vote in this poll. trying to list in preference BtB, Aftermath, Exile, Bleed, Flowers or 12X5 (or beggars and SF) was too daunting a task; let alone trying to decifer a list for trax....i suck and hate lists i guess
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
6. Some Girls - 61 points (15 votes, two #1 votes)
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1. Miss You2. When the Whip Comes Down 3. Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)4. Some Girls5. Lies
6. Far Away Eyes7. Respectable8. Before They Make Me Run9. Beast of Burden10. Shattered
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
these results are weird
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link
how so?
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
YES SOME GIRLS SOME GIRLS
Maybe my 3rd favorite album behind Exile and Sticky Fingers
Just my Imagination is <3 <3 <3
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:34 (twelve years ago) link
i just heard their "Imagination" last week while working on my ballot and was really blown away, so great
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah album seems pretty predictable for better or worse to me right now - tattoo you maybe too low (probably not), satanic too high (almost definitely since seems pretty likely 12X5 and december's children won't be ranked). guessing top five: #5 aftermath #432 beggars-let it bleed-sticky fingers (no idea what order) #1 exile
― balls, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
Also "Beast of Burden" - guitar work on that is just straight-up beautiful to me, always kind of sends me, in that Sam Cooke way :)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
and Far Away Eyes is one of my favorite songs, humorless haters be damned
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
can I just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBjL4tDeufM
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
please do
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:29 (twelve years ago) link
5. Aftermath - 70 points (17 votes, three #1 votes)
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UK1. Mother's Little Helper2. Stupid Girl3. Lady Jane4. Under My Thumb5. Doncha Bother Me6. Goin’ Home
7. Flight 5058. High And Dry9. Out Of Time10. It's Not Easy11. I Am Waiting12. Take It Or Leave It 13. Think14. What To Do
US1. Paint It, Black2. Stupid Girl3. Lady Jane4. Under My Thumb5. Doncha Bother Me6. Think
7. Flight 5058. High and Dry9. It's Not Easy 10. I Am Waiting11. Going Home
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
Mother's Little Helper has gotta be up there with GOAT opening tracks
― Flat Of NAGLs (sleeve), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
xpost the phase tone on "just my imagination" is to die for if you like chewy MXR Phase 100 type shit
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
well maybe I do
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
really all of some girls is like an ad for the Phase 100... listening again tonight i kinda regret not voting for it.
...
but then tonight "no use in crying" is coming off achingly beautiful and i'm also regretting not voting for tattoo you so.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
I had the US version of Aftermath in mind when I voted it #1, but really either one would still be my favorite Stones album.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 07:17 (twelve years ago) link
The Stones really do have a fair few good-but-slightly-patchy 7/10 type albums - Satanic Majesties, Aftermath, Between the Buttons and Tattoo You are all in this category for me.
I like Emotional Rescue a lot, that and Some Girls feel like two halves of the same album.
― Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
can I say again that I love the guitar sound Chris Kimsey wrung from Mick, Ronnie, and Keith?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 12:04 (twelve years ago) link
^^ absolutely. many guitar-playing type folks would agree.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
4. Beggars Banquet - 163 points (33 votes, two #1 votes)
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1. Sympathy for the Devil2. No Expectations3. Dear Doctor4. Parachute Woman5. Jig-Saw Puzzle
6. Street Fighting Man7. Prodigal Son8. Stray Cat Blues9. Factory Girl10. Salt of the Earth
BB is so fucking great. look at that tracklist right there.
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, too low for Beggars Banquet. It should be 2
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
BB definitely has the edge over Sticky Fingers, i'll say that much.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
Let It Bleed too, imho
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
I never could totally get onboard the country-folk-blues tunes on that album. It should have kicked off with "Jumpin' Jack Flash". No way is it better than Let It Bleed.
― Fastnbulbous, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
Jumpin' Jack Flash would make any album far better. But you can also say that Let It Bleed should have had Honky Tonk Women instead of Country Honk.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but I only recently discovered that "Country Honk" was the original version.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
3. Let It Bleed - 169 points (19 votes, eight #1 votes)
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1. Gimme Shelter2. Love In Vain3. Country Honk4. Live With Me5. Let It Bleed
6. Midnight Rambler7. You Got The Silver8. Monkey Man9. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:06 (twelve years ago) link
for those of you gnashing your teeth over the low finish for Beggars Banquet, take a look at the point differential.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
two #1s vs. eight #1s though! i didn't realize LIB would have sucha lead on it
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm feeling okay about BB and Let It Bleed, i love them both, I love Let It Bleed slightly more, but I don't love either album more than the 2 that are yet to place.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
really love the country-blues material that inhabits BB and find it to be really well executed and stripped-back with all kinds of swagger and poise. never found it to be insincere of too much of a stretch. thinking about it now, i'm reminded how i haven't thought much about "prodigal son" recently. damn that track smokes.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link