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
BB is a really satisfying album, it hangs together so well.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
it was probably the first one i fell in love with.
― charlie h, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
side note: there's been a very mild Rolling Stones sub-plot in the first 2 episodes of Mad Men this season :D
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
I always had 'Sticky Fingers' 4th. The other 3 could be in any order for me, although 'Exile' has the advantage of being longer. Sort of the same way I feel about placing 'Evol' 'Sister' and 'Daydream Nation' in order.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
I don't understand Sticky Fingers anywhere else other than 2nd place
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
i do!
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
Rank these albums: Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street
Taking Sides: Let It Bleed VS. Sticky Fingers
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
2. Sticky Fingers - 176 points (30 votes, eight #1 votes)
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1. Brown Sugar2. Sway3. Wild Horses4. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking5. You Gotta Move
6. Bitch7. I Got The Blues8. Sister Morphine9. Dead Flowers10. Moonlight Mile
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
for those of you gnashing your teeth over the low finish for Let It Blled, take a look at the point differential.
YAAAAAAY
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
imo it is now Proven By Science that it's a three-way tie for second place
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
dunno, there was a lot of challopsy bashing of Sticky Fingers on that Can't Your Hear Me Knocking poll, but look at that tracklisting. So good! I know some people prefer the Marianne version of Sister Morphine (I might too), but i looooooove the sequencing of "Dead Flowers immediately following it. like, taking you to the darkest corners of addiction, and then saying lol nevermind, where's my needle and spoon?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't vote for any albums, but ILX OTM with this top two.
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
Exile is going to have more than 300 pts right?
― Year of the RMDE (loves laboured breathing), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
I do think the first 6 songs of Sticky are perfect. Maybe it does get a bit dark for me after that. 'sway' and 'wild horses' are among my all-timers.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Also, they never had a string arrangement (before or since) to compare with "Moonlight Mile."
― Dancing with Mr. T (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
i may be the only person who didn't vote for Exile
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Sway, Moonlight Mile, Wild Horses, Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, I Got The Blues...I mean, fuck. So great.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
and BITCH! and Dead Flowers!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
I just saw the "Stones In Exile" doc, the making of the album, for the first time. It wasn't bad. Lots of cool photos from the villa.Looks they worked their asses off until the drugs finally spent them.I can't believe I haven't heard the 11 additional tracks released from the sessions.I am one sorry ass Stones fan.
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
The extra tracks aren't all great. But there's a couple of good ones.Plundered my Soul is pretty good, and the alternate take of Loving Cup is cool.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
one thing that the big relisten has really driven home for me is the Lost Art of Making An Album. pacing matters, and during this period the Stones were masters.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
Oh my God. I can't believe It's Only Rock n' Roll is going to come in first.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty sure it's Steel Wheels dude.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Plundered my Soul is pretty good, and the alternate take of Loving Cup is cool.
Yes. The rest of the Exile bonus tracks are kinda dull, and in the case of Pass The Wine, downright awful. That song made my most hated list.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
I just don't think I'll ever understand the logic of, 'we found some unfinished pieces of music, of course everyone will love it if old man me puts some half-ass lyrics to it'
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
worked for Tattoo You!
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
touche
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
Typical, none of mine are gonna place. (did Let It Bleed get 29 votes btw?)
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
I actually had to double-check if I placed Let It Bleed over Beggars as my #1 or not (I did). Both are just so great.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Let It Bleed is badass. My first Stones album.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
er... yes, sorry. 29 votes for Let It Bleed.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
i only voted for two albums, which may have skewed expected results slightly
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
which 2 did you vote for, Mookie?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
1. Exile on Main St. - 269 points (39 votes, fourteen #1 votes)
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1. Rocks Off2. Rip This Joint3. Shake Your Hips4. Casino Boogie5. Tumbling Dice
6. Sweet Virginia7. Torn and Frayed8. Sweet Black Angel9. Loving Cup
10. Happy11. Turd on the Run12. Ventilator Blues13. I Just Want To See His Face14. Let It Loose
15. All Down the Lin16. Stop Breaking Down17. Shine a Light18. Soul Survivor
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
i'm with Mick on Exile, i still can barely hum any song on that album besides "Tumbling Dice"
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
the top two, in that order
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
that would have been my 2 as well.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
I always liked that guy with the three billiard balls in his mouth
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
The resounding endorsement of Exile for me is that I cannot hear a single song off that album without automatically singing the next track immediately afterwards in my head.
I love that there's no 'singles' in the classic Stones sense...even having Tumbling Dice as a single sort of seems an afterthought decision. It's not a commercial album at all, I get that's probably why Mick doesn't really get down with it, there's nothing super hooky or super meaty...but UGH GOD SO GOOD.
and I really love 'Happy' as Keith's little mini bio song. It's great.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Loving Cup is maybe my favorite track. But there are days when it's Let It Loose and there are days when it's Torn and Frayed.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
It's been my favorite album of all time since the day I heard it. I'd love for something to dislodge it, but nothing will.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
another recent poll won by Exile: best big iconic classic rock studio double LP of the 1960s and 1970s
― some dude, Tuesday, 3 April 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
btw roger how many tracks are you counting down? top 50 or what?