Exile on Main St.

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

That take doesn't have the riff, and is more of a standard-sounding bluesy rocker... great gtr work, though

(I'm surprised some of y'all don't care for the album track, I think it is awesome)

(I'm surprised some of y'all don't care for the album track, I think it is awesome)

Agree. Definitely could/should have been a single.

It was actually supposed to be one, they got as far as doing a different mix and making up promo posters:

https://i1.wp.com/cherrystereo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Rolling-Stones-All-Down-The-Line-Cashbox-July-08-1972.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVxRpit9R_k

That's not bad, but highlights how much the song is about the riff, which just barrels along and drags everything in its wake. Foregrounding the vocals cripples the song's energy.

I picked up a used copy of the 2010 double-disc reissue, to compare w/the 1994 CD that I've always had. My not-so-golden ears verdict on the 2010 version: Do Not Like!! It's an excessively "boosted & brightened" remaster, with levels & separation that sound very (to get technical) "messed with." Beyond that, just the act of scraping the dirt off this album feels wrong... it strips away all the atmosphere & mystique! It's like "brightening up" Dragnet, or Slanted & Enchanted, or, uh... Man of the Woods! (Great photos in the booklet, though, of the shirtless band dudes lounging flat on their backs while "recording the album.")

Btw - the back cover of the '94 CD says it was remastered by Bob Ludwig "using Apogee UV22 Super CD Encoding [...] a unique new process capturing all the fine detail of the original analogue master on standard audio equipment." I'd like to hear the OG vinyl someday; but in the meantime, I'll take this Apogee stuff at face value, b/c the '94 CD sounds great.

I've always heard that the '94 reissue (that's the one on Virgin, right?) is indeed the best.

Yeah that’s the one.

Fell in love with this one on a used cassette, which probably had its own murk. Then a used 94 cd, which is damaged on Stop Breaking Down. My SO got a zipper Sticky Fingers at an estate sale the other day, and the Exile post cards fell out. I’ve never hear it on LP. This is all a sign.

I just paid $2 on eBay (+ $2.75 shipping) for a used copy of the 1994 Tattoo You CD (“Condition is Good. Case has some cracking.”) — on the theory that the ‘94 remasters must be the ones to get.

I owned the '94 cassette in years. It lived in my car.

I think I also have that 94 CD (but since I don't really use CDs anymore, I'm not sure...).
I haven't really noticed any major differences on the latest remaster on spotify, though.

I think something’s up there... when I listen to Exile at my desk (via YT Music, not Spotify), I’ve also been listening to the “2010 Remaster” — and those audio files do indeed sound like the CD I was used to (thus my surprise & revulsion when I played the actual 2010 disc)! The online version also doesn’t contain the bonus disc, which seems like more evidence that it’s mislabeled...

Spotify has the 2010 Re-Mastered and the Deluxe Version, which is the one i listen to.

Love this track "Good Time Women" on the bonus disc (it's sort of a proto-"Tumbling Dice"). The alt take of "Soul Survivor" is also awesome... the louche-ness of Keith's(?) vocal!

"Well just can't fuck it, and I just can't suck it, every time that she walks by.... Uh huh huh.... Et cetera, et cetera... ex cetrrraaaa....."

!!

Just got the ‘94 Ludwig CD for $2 at my local Salvation Army - pretty stoked!

Slept through a good part of Knives Out--just tired--but I liked hearing "Sweet Virginia" at the end.

Haha — my friend texted me about that song being in the movie (’cuz he knows I’ve been on an Exile kick).

i was so happy that they used it :D

playing it late and I got as far as All Down the Line before my daughters sent me to bed

GIMME LITTLE DRINK

i was so happy that they used it :D

Well, now I have to see this movie.