Exile on Main St.

One of the four or five greatest English-singing albums ever recorded and released. At the time, the way it confounded categories of fatigue and energy, young and adult suggested a beguiling future for rock. Unfortunately, those same confounded categories would prove insufferable as the 1980s rolled around.

Sprawling and messy and just huge. This album takes a long time to digest, and listening to it all at once can be a major undertaking.

As I tend to move back and forth b/t Stones albums depending upon the mood of the day/time of day, EOMS CAN be the greatest. It certainly ain't always the greatest.

And it doesn't have Moonlight Mile, which is my favorite Stones song. But it does have Ventilator Blues, which is my second favorite Stones song.

Great album.

Side 2 of Exile = possibly the best album side ever by anyone.

love it

I've been thinking about Sweet Black Angel. I didn't know it was written for Angela Davis. I wonder what she thinks of this song?

Keith's harmonies on that one are unearthly, aren't they?

Yes, Keith's contribution to the song really uh brings it on home.
See, I can listen to this album first thing in the morning at work.
But I started with side two! I'll go back to Rocks off after Soul Survivor.

'Shine A Light' has the best guitar solo on any record, anywhere.

You can almost guarantee that it's Mick Taylor's handiwork, then.

(The REAL fastest Stones record is "I Just Wanna Make Love To You" or "Surprise Surprise", surely?)

I've always been a bit lukewarm on "Exile" too, because of the couple-three absolute dead spots. I've given "Casino Boogie" 21 years and still think it sucks. But Side Two just kills.

perhaps of interest to those on this thread:
Peter Whitehead's '66 Rolling Stones film "Charlie Is My Darling"

Well I never kept a dollar past sunset,
It always burned a hole in my pants.
Never made a school mama happy,
Never blew a second chance, oh no

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.

Always took candy from strangers,
Didnt wanna get me no trade.
Never want to be like papa,
Working for the boss every night and day.

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love, baby wont ya keep me happy.
Baby, wont ya keep me happy.
Baby, please keep me

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.

Never got a flash out of cocktails,
When I got some flesh off the bone.
Never got a lift out of lear jets,
When I can fly way back home.

I need a love to keep me happy,
I need a love to keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.
Baby, baby keep me happy.

did nothing for me the first time i listened (borrowed from a video store i used to work at). hated the murk, wasn't really that deep into stones fandom at that stage either so it just passed me by. went back to it years later and it made much more sense.

i wish 'shine a light' went on longer. always seems like it should be one of those big stones epics.

<i>sticky fingers</i> is more fun, i would be more inclined to put it on at a party. it's like <i>the idiot</i> vs <i>lust for life</i>.

oops.

god i don't get the 'murk' complaints about this album. makes it sound more like vu to me, but like a better version.

Watts' work on "Casino Boogie" and "Tumbling Dice" = best ever.

OTM. Most amazingly, he overdubbed himself on "Tumbling Dice," right down to matching every fill and still swinging like crazy.

I've been thinking about Sweet Black Angel. I didn't know it was written for Angela Davis. I wonder what she thinks of this song?

Damn, I never knew that! Pretty strange since "Street Fighting Man" was seen as a counterrevolutionary act by the underground press at the time.

any audio geeks, or sound experts, notice any major differences in the CD reissues of this? I still have my vinyl version and an early CBS issue of the album. My hearing is lousy enough that I've never noticed anything shockingly different. But I've been told it's been remastered and brightened, whatever that means. Does that mean the beloved murk of the record is sacrficed any?

I alays thought teens might not get into this as much as older folk because of the world-weary feel it has. It's easily my favorite album. "All Down the Line" and "Soul Survivor" are the only songs I'm lukewarm about. The first 3 sides flow flawlessly.

I've only got one of the ancient CD versions of this but I plan to get a remastered one. I'm acquiring the Stones remastered catalogue bit-by-bit.

I picked up this in the late 90s I think, and only just got into it in the last year or so. The problem was I kept trying to cherry-pick tracks, but it works better when you let it play as a whole album. (Maybe that's too Geir-like - but there it is)

so are there other albums from this time period that have the 'exile' feel?

Derek and the Dominos

The Gilded Palace of Sin by the Burrito Brothers or Bob Dylan the Band - Before the Flood maybe?

thanks...on a mad stones kick today

The Gilded Palace of Sin by the Burrito Brothers

http://elmanzo.blogspot.com/2006/10/rolling-stones-brussels-affair-1973.html - awesome bootleg

pussy galore's version is better.

yer crazy.

try some Doug Sahm / Sir Douglas Quintet

so are there other albums from this time period that have the 'exile' feel?

Sly's Riot, of course. Donna Summer's Once Upon A Time... from a little later. From way later, Prince's "Strange Relationship."

There's (yet another) storied boot from the time called Philadelphia Special. But as with 99.9% of boots, it's nowhere near as special as so many claim.

THE SUNSHINE BORES THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME

there's a riot goin on in agreement to q above.

this was one of the first "classic" rock albums I bought and it is still among my absolute favourites. I especially love a couple of lesser known songs, like Ventilator Blues (sticky and malevolent as a Faulkner novel) and I just Wanna See His Face - Let It Loose is another fantastic number. Great great album from start to finish.

So amazing. Wanna See His Face is so gorgeous.

Sweet Virginia still slays me. Everything on here.

GOT TO SCRAPE THE SHIT RIGHT OFF YOUR SHOES

oh i didn't say, i thin k 'sweet black angel' and 'happy' are my fav songs on thsi ri now.

happy is like fuck everytnhing

so are there other albums from this time period that have the 'exile' feel?

first Little Feat album maybe, the Stones were pretty into them I think in the same era that they made Exile and I feel like the production and overall vibe are comparable.

thakng you

The Royal Trux album? Would second that.

How about the Allmann Brothers Band?

LET IT LOOSE
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

Who's that woman on your arm all dressed up to do you harm
And I'm hip to what she'll do, give her just about a month or two.
Bit off more than I can chew and I knew what it was leading to,
Some things, well, I can't refuse,
One of them, one of them the bedroom blues.
She delivers right on time, I can't resist a corny line,
But take the shine right off you shoes,
Carryin', carryin' the bedroom blues.
Oo...

In the bar you're getting drunk, I ain't in love, I ain't in luck.
Hide the switch and shut the light, let it all come down tonight.
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger,
Some face you'll never see no more.

Let it all come down tonight.
Keep those tears hid out of sight, let it loose, let it all come down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BckM9vU3haU

^^^ My favourite.

Oddly, I listened to this yesterday while mowing the lawn. I love the sound of this album; the vaunted murk, the subsumed vocals and dominant drums. "Torn and Frayed" is just fabulous.

Steve you are en fuego of late.

Hey, where is that version from Steve Shasta? Really good!

Might actually pull the trigger on this...

The Rolling Stones are to reissue their 1972 album 'Exile On Main Street' with 10 previously unreleased tracks.

The reissue is set to come out on May 17, coinciding with a newly filmed documentary called Stones In Exile, which will be broadcast in May.

As well as the original album, the new release also features 10 previously unreleased Rolling Stones songs from the period that were unearthed while working on the reissue project.

Those tracks include the likes of 'Plundered My Soul', 'Dancing In The Light', 'Following the River' and 'Pass The Wine'. Meanwhile, alternate versions of 'Soul Survivor' and 'Loving Cup' are also included.

The release will be available as both the original 18-track release, and a deluxe edition with the 10 bonus tracks. Meanwhile, a super deluxe package also includes vinyl, a 30-minute documentary DVD, and a 50-page collector’s book.

sounds cool! those outtakes aren't actually familiar to me (unless they're different titles from the bootlegs, which is possible).

real question: will Cocksucker Blues be included

will i be able to buy the unreleased songs as a seperate vinyl album? cuz i would buy that. don't need no book or video and i already got 2 nice copies of exile.