Exile On Main Street

Enjoyable

The whole reason I started this experiment was because I realized I’d never listened to a Rolling Stones album which sent me down a rabbit hole to here. So this is my first one! Hopefully I like it!! This fucking rips so hard I love it. Shake Your Hips, or as I like to call it, Not La Grange, does suffer from “British band attempting blues” but this one is way less embarrassing than others I’ve heard so far

Yes - The Rolling Stones are a great band! And they all are great musicians! And they love to play music - especially the blues! And this album contains their classics "Tumbling Dice", "Sweet Virginia" and "Shine A Light". But like so many others they failed to hold my attention high for the length of a full double album. Even there is not a single bad song. But too less of them really stand out. Often less would be more. 🤷‍♂️ 3,5

Important album from influential group. Not interesting to me in todays musical landscape.

This album felt flat to me, hard to describe but it could be the way it was recorded I couldn’t get through. 2.0

Nope. Proof that the Stones just don’t do it for me. Most of this failed to hold my attention. I’ll stick to their greatest hits thanks

hell yeah

Every song here just sounds like any old Rolling Stones song. Not bad but nothing to write home about either. Not sure why seemingly every Rolling Stones album had to be on this list.

A solid effort from the Stones - but fails to match the genius of "Sticky Fingers". A strong 3...

Fine. Lots of energy.

Enjoyable listen, but nothing really stood out 3/5

Prob their most consistent and maybe my fav, but I'm not a huge Stones guy

This era of The Stones makes my soul happy. They're so good at doing American blues and rock. I flippin' love this band.

The Stones doing what the Stones do best. Just straight up bluesy goodness.

Not a huge Rolling Stones fan. Always the comparisons Rolling Stones vs The Beatles. I am a huge Beatles fan but do find a handful of Rolling Stones songs very good. Wild Horses. Definitely going to listen to this whole album as I have never really listened to a full album of theirs.

Bluesy Stones

да ну норм

Альбом норм Но для ролингов это слабо. Просто решили поиграть что было круто в 60-ых Алкоальбом: под пивом включаешь песни молодости

Some good

i loved it it was very unique

A+

Supposedly Stones' best work but I find it just OK. A bit boring even.

Fine to good, but nothing breathtaking. 3.5 if it were possible!

Meh

It’s decent but they are really a singles band!

This is a great album. I typically don't listen to the Stones, but I was getting into it. I love the initial groove to Shake Your Hips. Okay, not exactly their creation, but it offers even more range to the album.

I mean. What can be said really. I think my biggest take away from listening on this format - the filler - by that I mean the non hits and future concert staples - are what makes this album truly great... I want to see his face, Turd on the Run , ventilator blues, stop breaking down. All sonically sublime.

Very good

Another unimpressive Rolling Stones album. Yes it did have a few high points but nothing stood out as outstanding. An attempt at making a stripped down southern blues album that just did not work for me.

Great rock/blues album. Not many hits but great songs. The mix is very mid.

Coincidentally, I used to work at an office right outside Flushing-Main street station. There was a busker at the entrance who used to play Rolling Stones covers. One day I decided to stop and observe - not the busker, but the reactions of the passer-bys to his music. Well, not surprisingly, he drew about as much attention as the salad bar at a Chinese buffet. I asked him if he knew any Taylor Swift songs. He did, and they seemed to be a bit more of a hit, and he even got some change thrown his way. From that day, I never did see him outside the station anymore, but a year later, while watching Jimmy Kimmel late one night (Scarlett Jo was on, sue me!), the musical guest came on, and wouldn't you know it, it was the busker from Main street, Ed they called him, Ed Sheeran. 2 completely irrelevant anecdotes, made up by me out of pure boredom induced by this album, out of 5

The Best Stones album.

Awesome, perfect, reflects the hard times and lifestyle they were experiencing at the time living as tax exiles in France. Not a bad song on it, impossible for a double album. I can’t understand the words mick says half the time but that’s not important to enjoy the music

Lots of classics on here, like Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Shake Your Hips, Tumbling Dice, Torn and Frayed - though it increasingly sounds more like appropriation than homage. If anything it makes you want to seek out the juke and blues inspirations like John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, BB King and others. Nonetheless, a lot of fun and very evocative of the place and time it's trying to depict.

I really like the Rolling Stones, and I know to many of their fans this is their masterpiece, but to me there’s just too much blues-rock for my taste. There are several good songs so, overall it’s still a good album, but too many skippable tracks to warrant 5 stars.

It's a fine album. I feel like I should like it more than I do but for some reason the Stones always leave me cold.

Admittedly, i am not a big blues rock guy, so i have always been luke warm on The Stones. But man… this album… it’s just… boring.

Flip flop flipity flop? So fucking stupid

Not my jam, but good music

Some classic songs on here but also quite a few throw aways.

This is the measuring stick of greatness.

A double album comprising one spectacular album of 8-10 songs, deserving of five stars, and a mediocre album of 10-8 songs.

4.5 I started this project with Abbey Road and decided to make a greatest hits of the project playlist. I limited myself to 5 songs per album to keep it honest and not too unwieldy. I had the hardest time so far limiting myself to 5 on this one. There were many really good songs, but none that were head and shoulders above the others. I started with about half the album and ended up sticking with Rip This Joint, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Ventilator Blues, and Shine A Light (I was tempted to pick Turd On The Run for the title alone). Will definitely revisit this album as a whole in the future.

Dear Lawrd is this good. Sure, there are the hits on here, but it all just adheres. It's painful and beautiful and sexy and shit all at once. I was 45 when I first listened to this straight through, Don't let that happen to you. Shake your hips and embrace the boogie.

Album is ok. Not exactly my favorite type of music. Little too bluesy for me, but still sounds pretty solid. I like a few of the songs.

Serious energy in the room. Shout out phish 8 but this was much better, possibly peak of one of the classic rock greats

The Rolling Stones have some songs I like but mostly just a greatest hits guy. I dont care for their deep cuts - this album did nothing for me and I don’t really think they’re a band I’d spend a lot of time exploring. Again - Jagger has great vocals and rhythm section is solid but Richards is just not an enjoyable guitarist - his tone is bland

Boring honky tonk

Rock and roll with a little country and blues fun!

Kinda wanted to refrain from rating this but it won’t let me. Not so sure I liked it but Rocks Off and especially Sweet Virginia were great songs, I will surely be spinning that one for a while. Don’t pay the 2/5 much mind, it could and maybe should be higher lol

Was curious about this because I felt like I’ve never really given the Stones a serious listen. The nature of this (fun and exciting) listening experience has left me still feeling like I haven’t given them a fair shake but I did listen to the whole album and found it mostly annoying and uninteresting. I quite dislike Mick Jagger’s style. Very little for me to latch onto otherwise

As a noted Beatles fan the Stones were always a bit too crass and vulgar for me. The Beatles are undeniably dorky and their music generally sounds like it was made for children - this could not less true about the Stones who ooze sexual energy. I would feel comfortable calling them criminally horny. Just an aside but I actually have no frame of reference for why the blues are so popular with white people... anyways the music was fun and I like this album artwork a lot even tho some of the pics are racist.

Off to a good start Faded into the background.

This is peak Stones. Tight rock songs with delicious lead parts by Keith Richards.

Sounds like an experimental album of a band still trying to identify their sound, genre, and to develop musically. You can hear Rolling Stones' classic sound. Belongs in a deep cut.

Not my favorite Stones album but still a good album

Great album, but it ain't Some Girls

Really nice album, enjoyed jamming to it. You can imagine how people were listening to this back in the day.

It's wasn't terrible, but I was sure glad when the album was over. This one's not for me.

Maybe it's just because I'm tired today, but I feel like I didn't enjoy this one as much as I expected. It's perfectly fine, just not great. 3.2

An issue that I have with not being a long time listener of the Stones is that since they are the prototypical rock and roll band they don't directly employ the years of advancements that you would get from all of the artists who build off of your sound. I know that is a little bit like condemning Mozart for not sounding like Hans Zimmer, but I struggle to avoid situation. The Stones are not bad, but I prefer the evolution of the sound more than the original.

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Some songs are quite ok and are reminiscent of other blues artists. Otherwise nothing I would like to hear again.

Didn't like the Stones back in the day. I was more a Beatles girl. But some Stone stuff is marvelous. Tumbling Dice is one example. Loved All Down the Line - that one should have been a radio hit. Also, Shine a Light Jagger has crazy energy. The band is insanely tight even though it sounds rather ragged. However, the music doesn't move me much. In fact, I got rather bored. I skimmed some of the songs. I feel like this is music for the boys of the 60s. Solid 3 stars.

I like the Stones when they're more bluesy.

I have it on good authority that this is the best rock and roll album ever recorded. I'm not sure I'd go that far, and I'm not a huge Stones fan. But in general I like it, and I'd be happy to listen again.

Not bad, but just ok

Sweet Virgina was the only thing that did anything for me.

Classic stones!! What a great way to start my week!

Adoro a banda mas esse álbum é apenas mediano pra mim. Tudo muito o mesmo.

3 Decent if unspectacular album

I was fucking w it pero llego un punto donde todo me sonaba igual y estaba rezando a todos los dioses paganos a que se terminara este shitshow. I get it, they invented the wheel, and I'm grateful to Mick Jagger's existence pero no puedo fingir que esos power chords y el acento británico no me hace ruido en el oido. its a gentle, not so harsh 4/10.

Without this album, so many bands wouldn't exist. A blueprint for making rock n roll. Blues, country, rock,.. You'll forget that your listening to a British band

This album is great – what a brilliant find! The opening track is funky as FUCK. That trumpet! Those keys! The second track is on, “Rip This Joint, and there’s that SAX. This is the first time in this whole process I’ve ever exclaimed out loud while listening to a song, made a hand movement to indicate “Yeah boy this is sick!” and then immediately CRANKED the volume. It makes me want to jump on a dancefloor and spin a pretty dame all about the place. It was so explosive at the start, to the point that I was really, really loving it. So I was slightly disappointed when it came down in terms of that energy afterwards, but the rest of the songs are still really accomplished. They cover a lot of styles, and do them all really, really well. The actual musicality on display is so impressive, and probably the thing that stands out the most for me. I love the huge range of instruments all played perfectly, the variance in styles, the soul backing singers. The keys. The brass! When it all comes together it’s exquisite. There’s some monster tracks in here. It is strange how they’re a British band, but this is so massively inspired by American Blues and Soul. They do it so well though. They’re the real deal.

The Rolling Stones are what I call an "elite" band. They are among a very few that have been around forever and never fail to be steady and put out good to sometimes great music. I also like Mick Jagger's voice and... and... I have had a lifelong fascination with the way the band lives their lives. They always stuck together and the crazy Club 54 lifestyles and just a life really lived, and they play on! Amaze...

The 60s were all about the Beatles vs The Stones, so it’s interesting to compare this album with Let It Be. Both were recorded in makeshift studios with the bands in a fractious state. However the Beatles finished theirs in a couple of weeks, and punched up their sound with Billy Preston on keys, whereas the Stones took a year and sound hungover with tired blues songs. A couple of classic tracks here and the remastering definitely helps. Mostly average.

This is a good blues album, played by a bunch of English white guys.

Big, messy, wild, and brash, but also clinically tight and sharp. I think this has some of the Stones’ best work on it, but it also gets sloggy in the middle and there are a few throwaways, so it’s hard to rate. I think I prefer their more focused albums but there’s a lot to love here. Best song: Tumbling Dice

This is one I have on vinyl. Not by accident, but by design, the only Rolling Stones album I own. It's a sprawling old mess with bit of a backstory, and it's the only Stones album anyone really needs!

Es ist solider Rock der Stones. Mick lässt stellenweise auch seine Brillianz durchblicken. Leider ist kein Song fesselnd, sodass am Ende leider nur ein gehobener Durchschnitt verbleibet.

Arguably the greatest double album ever made

3.5/5

Not even a huge stones fan but this is great

Better than the last Rolling Stones album. Tonally every song sounded the same. Pretty long and towards the middle It all melded into one long song. This is one of those albums that made it on the list because it is a big band but the album is mediocre at best. 5/10

Meh . My husband was upset that I didn't appreciate this album more.

Super

Is this the original rock n roll?

Long but very enjoyable - fav song was Sweet Virginia

This was quite forgettable which I didn’t expect from The Rolling Stones!

Rock, 1972, 2

Great. Probably a 3.5 really

ugh

Just awesome. Timeless. Brilliant.

I think I mostly just like Rolling Stones singles. Their foray into blues and southern rock is fine, but also boring. Lots of talent, very little hooks.

Ja, irgendwie goofy auch

Plenty in it, and a good solid sound, but no absolute bangers. The standout was Loving Cup

Love it. One of my favourite records.

glam clang blang bing bang boom

Stones and The Who in the same week. Solid. One day I'd like to listen to all the Rolling Stones albums from first to last, but I feel like it would take me years.

This album rocks. It’s just a little long for my taste. The Stones have such a massive catalog, I don’t think I’ve listened this this one and I’ve been down the rabbit hole.

A lot of songs sounded very similar but I still enjoyed listening all the way through. I love when songs have sax or harmonica and this album had a lot of both which was great.

better then i was thinking of

This sounds better than the previous couple of albums... more peppy. But I still don't get it, why are they so great?

Better on 2nd listen

Influential (blues and grindy guitar laid groundwork for Zeppelin, metal in general, etc), but this is just not aging well for me. Feels as detached from enjoyable relevance as current pop rock for which it's heavily derivative. Beatles and Beach Boys both more palatable contemporaries for my tastes. The "rock & roll bad boy" vibe that features heavily in this project (riffs, bass lines, lyrics, Jagger vocals) feels authentic, but trite and outdated.

Probably the best of the bunch so far, in respect of the multiple Rolling Stones that have popped on this site. It grabbed me from the first few bars on the first track, all the way to the end. It might be a controversial thing to say, but Jaggers "club singer" style can get a bit jarring.

A little long, a little contrived, a little bit country, and a little bit rock n roll. I personally wouldn’t agree that this is The Stones best, instead I would say it is their most controlled and chart-oriented. The presence of blues makes it very American, and the jazz horns add a delightful depth to it. Great casual listening, solid hits, classic Stones.

A lot of Rolling Stones albums are very much lean forward listening whether its the instrumentation or lyrics. This is the opposite, pure vibes albums, feel like i should be on a back porch drinking a beer listening to it. Fav Song: Shine a Light

This album is beyond derivative, but I guess that describes 95% of the Stones catalog. I can’t stand Jagger’s whiny, fake southern American accent. I can’t listen to jangly, generic, loose American southern blues rock for more than a couple of minutes. I can’t see what the fuss is about The Rolling Stones. They recorded barely a handful of almost-great songs (Sympathy for the Devil being the pinnacle), but none of them are on this album. I’d much rather listen to Jet, Cold Chisel or ZZ Top when I want rough, bluesy rock, and early Elton John, Alice Cooper or Dire Straits when I want piano and strat-based boogie and story telling.

Very bluesy

I love that this album was largely disrespected by the music community when it was released and has since been described as one of the best albums ever. I also think it’s curious that Jagger only hears the mixing woes that make this album feel real - achievable for a band playing out of their mind but still achievable. Its inspirational feel still feels just as palpable 50+ yrs on. Don’t get me started on the Keith Richards lead vocals on Happy. So good. Lastly, I’ve recently seen Jack White identifying Beatles tracks by hearing the first few seconds of varied songs. I’d argue that you could so easily identify all of the tracks on this album as The Stones in the same way. They obviously hit their inimitable pinnacle with this disc.

1. rockz off - 1 2. rip thiz joint - 1 3. your hipz - 1 4. cazino boogie - 0 5. dice - 1 6. virginia - 1 7. frayed - 0 8. black angel - 0 9. loving cup - 0 10. happy - 0 11. on the run - 0 12. bluez - 1 13. hiz face - 0 14. looze - 0 15. the line - 1 16. douun - 1 17. light - 1 18. zurvivor - 0

#199. The Rolling Stones' hits are undeniable, but on the whole, listening to an entire album leaves you wanting. None of them seem to be a particularly great listen start to finish. 3/5: ok Song added to playlist: Tumbling Dice I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

Two great songs but the rest of the album was nails on chalkboard for me. Couldnt get through this album fast enough to move on.

Loves: Shake Your Hips Sweet Virginia Ventilator Blues I Just Want to See His Face Let it Loose Shine a Light Notes: The beginning of this album makes me wanna dance like a wild woman. I enjoyed the album in general, but I feel like a couple songs could have been cut for the beginning to end journey. I really like how the blues and gospel elements are mixed into some songs (like “Let it Loose”). “Stop Breaking Down” sounded most like the general sound I associate with The Rolling Stones (very limited listening history), but there was a very nice range of sounds on this album. The intro to Shine a Light was so unexpected and beautiful.

I quite like this, though I can't hell but feel that what was seen as innovative, definitive rock music is really just a mainstream, more socially acceptable (i.e. white) presentation for the sorts of sounds coming out of black music culture at the time. Which isn't really a mark against it, but makes me feel like its legacy status would be better placed elsewhere. Or that listeners need to reach further back to see what inspired them. Also as a critique of it it is some 18 songs long and (despite their quality) I would struggle to think of a single standout.

This went on for way too long. Nothing good, nothing bad, completely generic in my opinion

Pretty standard 70s rock. I enjoy this much better than the beetles, none of the big hits you would know but solid throughout. If it had a hit it would be bumped up in stars.

White guys playing black music but worse.

Quite the range of sounds out of this band - who even are they? Blues, honky-tonk, rock, gospel, some country vibes... Tirelessly recorded, I can hear the cocaine from here. I liked the soulful backup singers of "Let It Loose" and "Shine a Light."

I so need a 7 out of 10 for this one! I love the Stones but it did just feel a bit long. I've been inconsistent in rounding up or down according to personal preferences, so this time it's up, because I love Mick and Keef; they never compromised having a groove for being too arty or clever, and to me that's a good thing.

It wasn’t bad; decent blues I guess although the sound was pretty muddy and (as ever with Jagger) I can make out about one word in five. But I’ve heard way better by them and the ‘hits’ from it were…..meh. No clue why it’s considered their best work; hope we get another one.

rocks off rip this joint tumbling dice sweet virginia happy let it loose all down the line shine a light

Rocks Off (Shake Your Hips is very close to ZZ Top's LA Grange) Tumbling Dice Sweet Virginia (acoustic) Sweet Black Angel (acoustic) Happy Let It Loose Shine a Light (so good!)

By far my favourite Stones album.

Day105 - if you think mick jagger will still be out there trying to be a rock star at age fifty, then you are sadly, sadly mistaken - dennis hope

Det vugger og groover... Men det er så forudsigeligt og kedeligt.. Det lyder som alt andet de har lavet... Jeg ville så gerne have, at jeg kunne lide det bedre!

FUCK MIG HVOR VAR DET KEEEDEEELIGT! Jeg kunne nærmest ikke få mit hoved rundt om at det er samme band som har lavet Paint it Black, Angie, Satisfaction, Sympathy for the Devil og Start Me Up. Musikken var uinteressant og lyden mudret.

Never been a fan of The Stones

Do the Rolling Stones ever make a bad album? If so, this isn't one of them.

I was afraid this would drag because of how long it was but I enjoyed it throughout. I like the party feel that the whole album gives off.

Really liked it.3.9

I like The Rolling Stones. Nice album.

Exile is an odd one for me. I know plenty of people rate it as the Stones' best record and I can see how it garners classic status but I've never much enjoyed it as a whole. Maximum swampy bloozeness, not that fun to listen to.

Decent not my favorite stones album

This would be a great album if it was 25 minutes shorter. As it is, Mick's vocals really wear thin by minute 55. 3.0/5.0: Good

When I read the reviews that it's one of the best rock albums of all time I expected something exciting, a grandiose album with lots of hooks and recognisable hits songs. It's very consistent rock album (even the rhythms are so samey), and I haven't heard any of the songs before.I thought it would excite me more, but instead, it was a fairly boring album. Not bad, but nothing really great either. I guess when it comes to the Rolling Stones, I'll just stick to their hits from the second half of the 1960s.

Not my fave.

This is a great album. I'm glad I listened to it all the way through. Amazing consistency but still a very nice arc.

Pretty groovy. Iconic band and they don’t disappoint. Just not at the top of my list.

Not too bad.

Pretty bluesy for The Stones

Crazy that in the early 70's, the Stones said "fuck it" and became tax exiles. What a different time to be alive. This album matters much more than I realized: it is both a return to some of the influences and genres that helped the Stones become who they are, but also followed Led Zeppelin in helping to bring more genres into the budding rock and roll. Some excellent songs and a fun double album

Awesome

Still think it’s a bit overrated but appreciate it more after a more focused listen. Tumbling Dice might be best song ever.

Never listened to an entire Rolling Stones album. Just know them by their hits. This album was not what I expected. Lots of bluesy songs. Enjoyed it. 4/5

3.5

Not my favorite stones album but still a good listen

Love the stones and there are some country type feels on some of these tracks

I really like some of these songs, they are favorites. But some of them kind of stink. Overall, it's a pretty good album.

Not a Stones fan at all, but for some reason this one just sticks out to me as a really great album. The songwriting is just way above their other stuff, the performances are exciting, love the horns added on a bunch of tracks. It's good rock music.

Sweet Virginia // Shine A Light //

You know what - I think this might be the Stones' best album, despite only having one ("Rocks Off") of their "Big" songs on it.

I enjoyed this as background music, all kind of sounded the same, nothing stood out but I enjoyed the overall energy

To be honest I didn’t really feel much listening to this. Was nice background stuff but at no point had me popping or want to sing along. Good but ehh

My favorite album by a band wearing on their influences on their collective sleeve. For me, this is the culmination of was a move back to what they originally started out as - playing American blues, R&B, and rock and roll. Beggars' Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and then a sprawling 2 LPs of everything they were. Is it loose and sometime sloppy? Yup, in the best way possible. Is it too long? Not for me, and it doesn't matter. If you're looking for the hits, this one isn't for you (except maybe Tumbling Dice). This is a band at it's peak playing everything they loved when they started, everything they learned along the way. A top 5, deserted island record for me. Love it.

Remembered enjoying the Rock and Roll Circus back in the day, but never listened to any Stones since. Wasn't really feeling this album. It's not technically bad, just didn't resonate with me. Has a few nice moments though.

It's Exile on main Street, I mean, do I even need to justify giving this album 5 stars. It's one of the rolling stones best works and at double the length of a standard LP there's even more to love.

Makes for some great tunes to listen to while shooting bugs in Helldivers.

Rocks Off 3.4 Rip This Joint 3.3 Shake Your Hips 3 Casino Boogie 3.1 Tumbling Dice 3.6 Sweet Virginia 3 Torn and Frayed 3 Sweet Black Angel 2.8 Loving Cup 3 Happy 3.5 Turd on the Run 2.8 Ventilator Blues 3.2 I Just Want to See His Face 3.3 Let It Loose 3.4 All Down the Line 3.2 Stop Breaking Down 3.4 Shine a Light 3.3 Soul Survivor 3.1 Score: 3.188888889

Rough and direct blues rock, also with picked soul songs ****

Yea still at the top of my all time list. This time listening today I really was stuck by the horn section. The solo on Sweet Virginia is incredible.

Love love love.

Perfect. Beginning to end. This record really shows off the Stones' versatility - country, R&B, swing, rock, blues. Tumbling Dice brings me right back to senior year high school. I love that Keith Richards gets a chance to sing. Keyboards on a lot of the songs are awesome.

I just don't like the Rolling Stones -- I keep finding myself not enjoying their songs that didn't stay in the mainstream. Maybe they were revolutionary for their time, but I can't get into them. This is my 3rd or 4th album from them, and no dice. 2*. One thing I'm learning is that the Rolling Stones drew from blues waaay more than I thought. Highlights: sweet virginia

Too messy and too much. All things at one level the whole time.

I liked the old-timey American vibe each song has. The album sounds like sitting in an old-fashioned diner and eating a burger and fries. I am unsure how I feel about the album as a whole; I enjoyed a number of the songs like Rocks Off, Shine a Light, and Sweet Virginia. However, many of the songs were very forgettable and quickly moved into the background while I was listening. They weren't bad or unpleasant, just not memorable in any way.

Clásico. Muy bueno.

This album is a definite must, because it is the greatest example of a perfect single album hiding inside a double. I haven't decided which tracks make the cut, but I do know that side 3 is a gigantic waste of space.

Nothing too memorable. Might've been distracted while listening so worth a second look.

Best Rolling Stones album!

Great album! Gritty and raw bluesy rock n roll. Stones at their dirtiest. Some throwaways towards the end. Doesn’t need to be a double album but what’s there embodies the stones more than any other album.

💖 stop breaking down 🗣️ 7️⃣

I think this fully answers the question of whether the English can do the blues. Yes, they can.

There is a reason why the stone are still touring. They are a great rock band. This album is one of their best work. Listen to those guitars. 5 stars

Okay album, good feelings.

Mick Jagger is mostly unintelligible. His already fuzzy elocution is, for some reason, mixed below not only the harmonica and guitar but also the background singers. Keith Richards guitar riffs carry the weight. None of the hits, none of my favorite stones songs, still somehow a really good album.

My favourite Stones album.

Gear: DCA ÆON 2 Noire Mix: 👌 Musik: 😕 Wertung: 🤔🤔/5

Great album with some hits that have survived to this day.

Another classic rock album. A bit too much on a all genre list.

Lekker maar niet het beste album van de stones

The best stones album

Where's the hits? The whole album is samey throughout.

Like most double albums, this would be better as one record. The 'young(-ish) rich drugged-up blokes locked in a basement together' vibe does wear thin after the first 9 songs or so. Shake Your Hips is a good intro to Slim Harpo for the uninitiated, and there are some classic songs on here (Happy, Tumbling Dice and a few others) but in terms of the number of songs included: just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

A glorious mess. You settle into one style and rhythm, and then it changes on the next track. The autenticity sounds real, as do the tensions in the band.

A classic album

the bluesy rock n roll that formed the counterpoint to the beatles really settles into a bit of a repetitive yet entertaining groove on this album.

This was probably great when it came out. Nothing sticks out to me though. Not bad, just didn’t really draw me in.

Not my style but fun music. Don’t love the vocals.

This album was fine, but the more I hear The Rolling Stones, the more indifferent I become to their overall sound and general appeal.

Competent and consistent blues rock, but just.... boring.

not much of a stones fan outside Beast of Burden, although this album had a song titled Turd on the Run so points for that. pretty okay.

Fine. A little bluesier than I’d like

One minute bluesy, the next minute country, always awful vocally.

Awesome Stones album! One of their best for sure! For so long in my life I ignored the Stones, and man do I regret it!

This one is probably my favorite Rolling Stones album, a lot of really good songs especially Rocks Off and Sweet Virginia. The album is not perfect though, I think ~1/3 of the tracks could have been easily cut. A lot of these songs usually end up getting skipped when they come on shuffle because I listened to them a few too many times, but objectively this is a good album. 3.5 (rounding down because I don't think it's as good as the other albums I gave a 4)

Rocking and rolling the whole way through, this album was fun and never lost my interest at any point. I think it would have been easy for the Stones after several acclaimed albums to go for something polished and safe, but this album is loose, adventurous, and full of energy. 4.5 rounded up to 5.

eh

“Alright lads, we got us a saxophone man for ‘is one, so let’s bloody well use ‘im, yeah?”

The quintessential Stones album, and one of the few that actually lives up to the Rolling Stones hype.

another rolling stones album on this list, huh. it's definitely got much more of a bluesy sound compared to the last one i listened to, like i can definitely hear it. this album is better than the last one i heard but it's just a sound that doesn't make me bat my eye too much. i don't know why, especially with a band like this.

The first Stones album I got into, a sprawling masterpiece of loose blues, twangy country, and gospel harmonies. The recording captures something magical in every performance and the production leaves a lot of space for it all to live in. There's a lot going on in every song, and it can feel crowded like a bunch of people jostling around a bar, but then eases up and opens out for an impromptu jam in a shabby living room - a crappy old piano in the corner, a couple of just about in tune guitars noodling along, some tipsy singers chasing the melody, a guy with a sax walking in to blast a few notes, a laconic drummer doing as little as possible, a bassist taking it most seriously and having the most fun of anyone...so good. This is hands down the Stones' best album and along with the Dead's live shows this same year probably the highpoint of the early 70s country-rock thing.

Whatever bro

3.5 stars

This album made me realise once again that I don't like Rolling Stones. Well, ok, this is solid rock'n roll, no doubt, it would have been a great album in the mid-60s... But, come on! This was released in 1972!!! Deep Purple's Machine Head came out the same year; Led Zeppelin's IV, Pink Floyd's Echoes and Yes' Frigile (with Roundabout) came out a year ago! And these are only those who come to my mind when remembering early 70s. And yet, Rollings got stuck in the 60s. To me, this album is so outdated and such a waste of time.

Oh my god I thought this album would never end. 3/5

Peak Stones: what range; what swagger. And all against a background of tax-avoiding, organised chaos. Major contributions from Bobby Keys, Billy Preston et al. Magnificent.

I had not listened to this album for years, so when it popped up in the challenge I was genuinely excited. For me, it is one of the Stones’ very best. Rocks Off is a brilliant way to open a record. Loose, swaggering and slightly chaotic in the best possible way. It sets the tone perfectly for what follows. This album feels raw and unpolished, but that is exactly what gives it its character. Tumbling Dice is one of the first songs I think of when I think about The Rolling Stones. Effortless and full of groove. Let It Loose was one I had almost forgotten about, but revisiting it reminded me what a great track it is. A real hidden gem on an album packed with them. There is so much depth here. Soul, blues, rock and gospel influences all woven together. It is messy, but gloriously so. Favourite songs: Shine a Light and Loving Cup. There are so many you could choose. Least favourite song: Turd on the Run if I had to pick one Album artwork: Amazing and iconic. One of the most recognisable covers in rock history

Quite enjoyed it but it wasn’t very memorable

Okay, I must come clean. I never liked Mick Jagger's voice. Listening to this album, I finally was able to pinpoint exactly what has irked me off their music all this time. I guess I'm just not a fan of Jagger's twangy, drunk-on-eccentricity, aggresive voice, and that might perhaps be becuase it's become a standard. When you think of a rock star, you think of Mick Jagger. When you think of a a pure rock song, you think of any Stones' song wandering across their discography. The sound of the Rolling Stones have been copied, and squeezed onto every rock band that came after. "Exile On Main Street" was recorded with the Stones running away from the British law, secluded in a villa in France to sing about hedonism and sex. If that isn't the most rockstar story for an album i don't know what it is. What surprised me is that for an English rock band singing in France, this album sounds as un-European as possible. "Exile On Main Street" is infused with strums of blues and American roots. The album tastes like an opened beer outside of the truck driver's window, with Jagger sound with a slight southern accent, as if he's trying to sing amidst a drunkard ruckus in the saloon. Album-kicker "Rocks Off" is lively, fun and energetic, and features a strong brass section. "Shine a Light" stars a prominent piano and a gospel choir. "Sweet Virginia" is also a stand-out from the album, being a very compelling and groovy ballad. These songs are proof that this album is at its peak when the sound goes beyond an electric guitar, bass and drums. Another highlight is "Tumbling Dice", with its catchy choir-y chorus. Unfonrtunately, the album didn't stike out to me as anything special, with every song sounding too similar from each other, and the album blending into a repetitive presentation of "raw real music,not like the garbage pop kids listen to this day". Songs like "Stop Breaking Down" or "Turd on the Run" don't add much to the conversation. It doesn't help that the album is over an hour long. As much credit as I can give them from having a cohesive and influential sound, I can't help but become bored towards the second half of the album. Sorry, Mick Jagger. Maybe next time. 5.5/10 Favorite songs: Tumbling Dice, Rocks Off, Sweet Virginia

aight

Funcionou bem demais a sequência de rock and blues, o hit Tumbling dice define a qualidade do disco.

it's fine...

Kind of long

Favourite song - shake your hips

Can't go wrong with Rolling Stones.

I fucking hate the Rolling Stones

Probably the strongest collection of songs of any of their albums. The pinnacle of their "classic" era. 4.5/5

By far my favourite stones album The raw sound gives an intimate feel And shows the dynamic and depth of their talent and range of musical style from blues to folk to rock I enjoy this album more and more every time I revisit it

pretty classic rock. toe tapping music. a little boring.

I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting this album as a complete work, vs just the tracks that got airplay. Along with Beggars Banquet, another great stones blues album with great drive and rythms. Love the horns, keys and range of styles. A strong 4 if not 4.5 for me.

It’s been a long time since listening to this one. The variety probably speaks to the come-and-go style that the recording sessions took on, with the entire band rarely playing together. Or maybe it was all the heroin that Richards was using. Either way there are still some straight up rockers on the front end, with the back half sounding a bit slow in places. Still probably places in my top 3 Stones albums behind Some Girls and Tattoo You. 3.5/5.

I’ve never really been a big Stones fan, but actually really liked this album as I got into it. Perhaps because it didn’t have a lot of their more recognizable hits. Pretty fun album, where they’re tapping into their bar band gear and not trying to be the Shitty Beatles. The double album thing drags this down, as it really loses steam. You couldn’t find 6 or 7 songs to cut to make this a certified banger? I def could.

Man, this album is just damn fun. I enjoyed how raw it sounded at times. The piano glues everything together, guitar riffs are jam-style perfect and a harmonica or horn showing up here and there is great. I also love how at times it sounds like a bunch of random peeps in a room singing along. Prob missing a couple songs that would take it to that next level for me but a solid 3.5 rounded down.

Woo, this is a tough one. Went into it knowing lots of folks think it’s their best. Rocks Off is a legit banger, but I found the rest of it a bit hard to get into. I feel like I may revisit this rating and wish I had gone higher. But at this moment it doesn’t rise to the level of a 4* for me. 3.5/5

It's good, but I wouldn't call it spectacular. Kinda like your average Main Street, I s'pose.

A real classic. Personally I preferred "Sticky Fingers" from this era but this one is a monster as well, though with a bit more filler.

I enjoyed the rocking start with horns, not my favorite RS album, but enjoyable

Maybe not my absolute favorite Stones album, but still undeniably a great record.

Het is lang, geen hits, maar wel de Rolling Stones. De andere albums zijn meer iets voor mij, maar alsnog lekker deze. Is Shake Your Hips de voorganger van La Grange?

Greasy, gritty, the Stones take American music, blues. R&B, country, gospel and interpret it, some times they raise it up. The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band? Yeah, sometimes they are.

At this rate we are going to knock out all The Rolling Stones albums real quick. Like aftermath more for the variety, but enjoy all the stones.

Is this rock and roll? Have I had it wrong all along? I haven’t heard much of The Rolling Stones besides the hits. This album is bluesy, folky and soulful. If “Sweet Virginia” was played for me I’d never know it was the Stones. I don’t know if they are all like this but I’m left wanting more.

First album! I've no idea of whats to come, but having a legendary band kick things off is great. Easy rock, something to tap along too. Whilst not memorable, nothing I can fault and say I didn't enjoy.

Finally! This album is how I always hope a Rolling Stones album will sound, with the right energy and depth to match their style.

I've never understood the whole Beatles vs Stones debate. The rolling stones don't come even close to the Beatles. This is supposedly their best work and starts off kinda strong but it's always more of the same and nothing exciting ever happens

hopefully mick donated to the NAACP after making this album

Classic. Love the blues covers on this album in "Shake Your Hips" and "Stop Breaking Down".

5/10 Severely disappointing. Also too long for how little is on here. Highlights: Tumbling Dice Shine a Light

most songs sound the same

A defining album by the defining musicians of the Rock and Roll era. Everything about this album showed that they were the real deal.

Perfection.

Sounds like jam sessions that were polished a bit. Stand out tracks - Happy - Shine a light

At first glance thought the only song I knew was Tumbling Dice. but Happy, Sweet Virginia, and Rocks Off have long been faves as well. Hadn’t heard Rip this Joint, love the rockabilly type style.

It’s a wonder the boys were able to not only start but finish this album considering the summer long party occurring in the South of France in the name of work. The album itself is a bit uneven but the classic tracks will live forever.

Classic. Peak Mick Taylor Stones which means peak Stones. The guitar work with Keith and the entire band defines a garage raw rock sound I guess being exiled worked.

Album from the Church of The Rolling Stones. No band better when it comes to using blues, gospel and rock & roll to make great music. The positives and negatives of making this album are legendary. A top 5 Stones album with Richard’s best Stones (solo) song. This album makes me Happy.

Gritty and energetic. This is an album that has grown on me over time. I’ve tried many times to get into the Stones. I appreciate the writing and melodies they provide, yet are they a band I’d go back to listen to? I can’t say for sure at this time. I think they will eventually click for me. Either way it’s a solid album

Best stones I heard on here

classic. Stones at their best.

This is probably my all time favourite album, so it’s hard to be objective, but this is The Rolling Stones at their peak. Mick Taylor delivers his best performance as a stone and the songs are really versatile going smoothly from genre to genre. Easy 5 stars!

Inte min musikstil Dessutom alldeles för mycket sexistiska texter för min smak...

Better than nothing I guess

Passabler, aber wenig mitreißender Rock'n Roll

Eher unbekannte Songs der Stones. Recht abwechslungsreich.

HL: “Rocks Off", "Tumbling Dice", "Sweet Virginia", "Loving Cup", "Happy", "Shine a Light" I put off this album for a WHILE. Perhaps like another album this month, Gaye’s What’s Going On, the hype and acclaim could never live up to the actual quality. But considering I’ve listened to like 8 full Rolling Stones albums by this point, it probably shouldn’t surprise me that I really like this one too. “Sweet Black Angel” & “…See His Face”, among other tracks, provide a kind of quaintness to the album that contrasts with the intentional whimsy in Their Satanic Majesty’s Request. Almost like some 80s Tom Waits. Also, “Tumbling Dice” and “Shine a Light” are top-tier Stones songs, which I enjoyed long before hearing Exile in full.

It sounded p generic but this may be a Seinfeld effect of rock. Good bbq music.

This is a good album. None of the songs really stuck out to me, but I wasn't dreading the next hour of listening. 4/5

Listened to this while playing Nusfjord solo. I lost. This album wasn't bad...but it also wasn't my favorite. It was kind of a lot of the same thing...bluesy rock with unintelligible lyrics. I was a little surprised that I hadn't heard any of these songs before.

Another album from a band I respect but I’m not all that into. Not knowing where this album sits in regards to the year it was released in the bands catalog, it feels as if they had already made it big and this was a “B-Sides” release. My choice cut was Sweet Virginia.

Felt like a Turd On the Run when I heard this album. Just had to Let It Loose.

A rather wild mix of styles mostly underpinned by their core. As usual the vocals vary from tight fit to a little baggy. Plenty of strong performances by the band and their guests.

There’s a lot of good things to be said about this, but I could easily shave off half of it while improving the end result. 3.2

5/5 Great album, for 1 hour long it doesn't ever feel boring or out of place. Each song fits each song works and sounds great the whole way through. A good opener and a fitting closer is so missed on so many albums, but they work so well here. My 3 Key songs - Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, All Down The Line

Not bad.

The rare successful double album! Maybe not the best stones album but definitely the one that feels the most cohesive. Keith said that their ambition was to be the greatest blues band in the world and this album feels like the best possible version of that. Add that it was recorded in a mansion on a canal (Main Street) in France while dodging tax/drug charges from the British government (exile) adds to the whole experience

4.5 3rd favorite stones album, love Keith's riff at the end of Tumbling Dice that follows the chorus

It’s no secret that I love 70s rock and so I wasn’t going to turn my nose up at this album. The stones do rock and roll to perfection - this was evident throughout. Is it their best album? No, but still enjoyed listening.

The greatest rock n roll album of all time.

One of my all time favorites. Listened to many times before

i dont like the rolling stones lol

Its nice, its good, probably dont have anything to add besides that

don't think i fully was paying attention during the album

Took a few days to get through the whole thing because life kept interrupting. Great to listen to lots of songs that I've heard throughout the years

brilliance

sonne comme une chanson qui dure 1h

My favourite Rolling Stones album I have listened to. It felt fresh and for me a surprising enjoyment. All the songs felt solid and I could definitely see myself listening to this album a lot more. Decent.

4,5

Good classic rock album with blues influence but not my preferred music. Honorable mentions: Shake Your Hips, Sweet Virginia, Loving Cup.

Definitely one of the most exemplary albums of the classic rock genre.

I don’t think I’ve ever given enough credit to the Stones for the level of soul in some of their music. Good album, but I can’t say that any one track got stuck in my head.

I’ve always preferred Beggar’s Banquet and Let It Bleed, in no small part because I tend to roll my eyes at double albums out of principle, but even if this has some of the bloat that turns me off double albums in general, there are so many great, punchy songs on it that it always wins me over.

ok

Good stuff. Definitely a top tier album. For the Stones however I prefer Sticky Fingers or Some Girls. But this was clearly a great album as expected.

The end of the Stones creative genius for me, although for plenty, also the high point which baffles me. It's well executed white-boy-blues, but I prefer my Stones tracks to be more...... satanic :)

I like the Rolling Stones. This is fine. Some okay songs, none of their great stuff. Overlong. Not really my thing. If it were played for me again I wouldn't fight it, but I will likely not seek this out on my own again.

I don't think I'm ever going to give the Stones anything but a three unless some of their god awful albums somehow end up on this list. I was building a trampoline for my kiddos as I listened through this one and a Tom Waits album. I liked both but by the time I finished I looked back and realized that I had added 5 Waits songs to my liked tracks and replayed three of them and added zero tracks from Exile. I then realized that I couldn't sing back a single melody either. I listed to Exile second and the assembly was not going smoothly so I assumed I must have zoned out and not realized. After my second listen, I'm of the same mind. I know the tracks I liked best were "Happy", "Loving Cup", "Tumbling Dice", and "Sweet Virginia" but none of them are joining my liked tracks list. They're all... just fine. I think that's what the Stones are, trend chasers. They write just fine music that catches the vibe at the right time. I'm probably going to pick up this album on vinyl if I'm being honest, but mostly because it's something I liked well enough and feel like I can put on a mostly ignore while I'm doing other things. I cannot fathom how anyone could just sit and actively listen to this.

Catchy but I'm not a fan.

BEST Stones' album...PERIOD!

Yeah… the Stones are still not my thing.

Classic Rolling Stones. Seems like their stuff from that era. Catchy, but not enthralling.

I mean the band is one of the greatest bands if not the greatest band of all times. So what can I say? I've never listened to a full album so I guess the hype around the Rolling Stones made me expect a little more? But that's not to say that it was a bad album!

3 star

Nice album. I sounds pretty much like blues, and a kind of country mixed with rock'n roll.

I've not heard of this album before. I don't think I've heard the music either. I am not a great Rolling Stones fan. I've heard their music and its been something 'Rock-and-Roll' ish without much appetite in it. There were some tracks in this which were blues-ish which I found appealing. Mick's vocals are not my thing. There is a twang, or whine, which doesn't work for me. The rest, it just is noise. I want to give it 3 stars, but I know I won't seek this album out again. I'd be surprised if I heard any further tracks from it in my life. 2 stars, I don't hate it, I finished listening to it (twice even) but it's not for me.

This album sounded "older" than what I expected, more bluesy / folksy / something. But while I liked the overall sound, I didn't find myself getting hooked by specific songs. I slightly got into Tumbling Dice. I was also surprised how much Shake Your Hips sounds like the Z Z Top song La Grange.

I'm not Rolling Stones expert, but this mid-60s to early-70s era Stones is the period I enjoy the most. This album feels looser and less refined, in a way that is sometime charming/exciting and sometime just flabby.

Instead of modeling themselves on Tina Turner, it sounds like the other black woman Rolling Stones owe a debt to is Aretha Franklin given her gospel concerts influenced this one. Which isn't to say I didn't enjoy this (standout tracks for me were Sweet Virginia, Loving Cup, and the Ruby Tuesday feel of Let it Loose) - it's loose and rollicking in places, swaggering and fun in others. But it also makes me want to listen to Muddy Waters, Ma Rainey, Bo Didley, Trixie Smith, Jimmy Reed, and on and on.

The best stones album. The production is earthy and authentic. The songwriting is expressive and inviting. The sequencing is natural and never forced, by far the most whole statement of a stones album. A couple songs do feel like padding, the pacing slightly drags in the middle, but the album is never fully loses sight of its ambition to make to make a timeless, genreless expression of creative freedom.