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Possibly the greatest Rock n Roll album ever made.
Stone cold classic
British band makes one of the most iconic/influential southern rock albums. The Stones at their most unhinged.9/10 Fav tracks- “rocks off” “ ventilator blues@
Nearly didn’t bother listening, but yeah it’s very good.
Not a bad song on it and like 8 classics. Up there with Abbey on the all time great albums.
I can listen to track 1 for days. Favourite Stones album. Just slightly more enjoyable than Slipknot.
I have serious Rolling Stones fatigue after years of having it put on at numerous social gatherings and workplaces but it is hard to deny how perfect this record is. Straight vibe front to back.
Quintessential Rock Album 🤘
Love the stories about the recordings of this Album. I never realized how good it actually is
The has to be the GOAT double album. An hour and seven minutes of flawless rock and roll. All the playing is loose and precise in the perfect way. The additions of Mick Taylor and Nicky Hopkins brought the Stones to another level. Mick is at his peak. Focused, headphone listening brought even more appreciation for this record this time around. So crazy good.
Favorite Track: Sweet Virginia
i like this, i know its a great album but im not wowed by it.
Stones best album. End of.
This was good
überzüügt mi nöd mega, aber ich chan navollzieh, wie mes chönnt guet finde.
Music for when you want music but don't want to actually listen to the music. Honestly, this was pretty damn boring... and over an hour of pretty damn boring crosses the line into annoying.
Cancún edition: This fit better with the vibe of being poolside in Mexico. I do have some concerns that at least one of these songs will be repeated by the one man cover band on stage tonight.
Fantastic
4/5
Classic Stones, blues driven Rock.
Pretty good! It has a surprisingly strong country influence, mixed with blues and rock. I can see why this is so loved because it's extremely consistent, a lot of fun and has a lot of variety in the track list while still sounding cohesive. Rip This Joint and Ventilator Blues were my favourites from a first listen.
ehh.
I didn't get this album when I first listened to it but listening again, this is The Stones at their bar band best.
Previously rated: #36 - The Rolling Stones (4/5) #201 - Beggars Banquet (5/5) #567 - Let it Bleed (5/5) #665 - Aftermath (4/5) #930 - Sticky Fingers (4/5) ********************************** Album #934 I just heard Sticky Fingers a few days ago. I think I liked this one about equally. They are masters of the blues/country rock. Favorite track: Tumbling Dice
The Rolling Stones’ best album. It doesn’t have any of their big hits, but it has some of their best songs because they play with different sounds and styles. One of the big criticisms of the Rolling Stones is they just followed others and never really did anything new; Exile on Main Street is the one time it felt like they tried to be original
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I can see where they have borrowed sounds from other cultures here, to the point where its really on the nose. Good, but no stand out hits for me.
Why are there a million Rolling Stones records? Fuck this band.
Fantastic rolling stones! 5/5
Kyllä rollaritkin osasi bluesia tehdä.
Overall a great listen. While there is definitely something to the criticism of the being a lack of cohesion to the songs on the album, I'd argue there's a cohesive vibe to this album. It's a bit all over the place in one sense, but really it's a great exploration of so many shades of American blues music. And each song on its own shows of the phenomenal musical connection they all have with each other. Overall, its a great rock and roll album. I do not, however, quite get why this album is considered their very best or regarded as one of the all time great albums. There's too much inconsistency in the quality of the songs themselves (there's a solid handful of songs on here that are no better than stock in trade/paint by numbers blues songs) and there isn't much I'd consider musically inventive. Also, not sure why there's so much excitement about Keith Richards being given the chance to sing lead on a song. He's a TERRIBLE singer lol.
pretty good album listened too while driving on a rainy southeast Minnesota day, seemed fitting
I've worn out two copies of Let it Bleed and a copy of Beggars Banquet. I knew most of the songs here but this was the first time I really dug in and listened to it. So amazing.
Classic Stones. One of my favorites from them. Rocks Off, Tumbling Dice, Happy, All Down the Line, Plundered My Soul.
I mean this feels like THE rock and roll album. It is everything good about rock and roll: high energy, sloppy, drugged out, and soulful. Some of the all time best stones songs on here. One critique is that it is a little too long. But I’d say 85% of it I adore. 4.5
Double albums can rarely hold me for their full duration. And this one is no exception! It’s a great album, but if I had to pick one stones album, I think I’ll go for one that packs more of an efficient punch. Sweet Virginia never hit as hard as it did on this listen though, that’s a great song. 3.5
Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Ventilator Blues Rolling Stones album number 3 on the List so far (I think out of a 6 or 8) I'm still not really getting it. They are a British band with a very American rock sound. You have a song like Sweet Virginia and you instantly think Grateful Dead or Lynyrd Skynyrd or Credence Clearwater Revival - Americana-like - not British invasion Beatles or Pink Floyd. It's just a weird dissonance I'm grappling with. The music is fine. I would even lean towards good and interesting, but I just wasn't hooked on anything. It's certainly no Paint It Black or Gimme Shelter.
Come on
Straight up raw rock and roll. It took the Stones a long time to get to this point, but this is the essential sound of the Stones. 4/5
Great album but many the same. Not my style.
Top 100 album for sure. Fantastic sounds!
On a scale of 1-5, this album is a 10 for me. I understand why some people might not think it is that great - or even the best Stones album - but Exile is etched into my soul and I don't think I could love an album more. Discovering Exile in college in the early 90's was an awakening for me. It subsequently became the soundtrack for many road trips around the US in my youth. Yes, it is overstuffed and meandering but it is a damn dirty, beautiful mess! Favorite track: Let it Loose.
Can't ever go wrong with the Rolling Stones!
“May the good Lord shine a light on you, make every song your favorite tune.” Stacked with blues rock bangers and grit. A rowdy, fun listen that’s occasionally even a bit moving (“Sweet Virginia”, “Shine a Light”). Everything I want in a Rolling Stones album. Bobby Keys does fantastic work and the band is locked in. I often complain about records being too long, but when a double album is this good front to back it’s a real treat.
Interesting album this one. It excels at creating a vibe if you can just let go of attention to lyrical detail, while simultaneously reminding you that these are some white guys performing music that definitely clearly originated in black culture. “Rocks Off” is my pick from the album, I don’t have a particular reason for liking it, I just did. “Sweet Virginia” was also a fun instance of slowing the pace down a bit. “Tumbling Dice” was never my favorite Stones hit, and it doesn’t sound any better or worse in the context of this album. After a strong effort to be an attentive listener for most of this year, it’s now October 2025 and I’m feeling a bit burnt out by one rock album after another. Maybe just a bit of a bad pocket but I want to be wowed by things I haven’t heard. Soft 3/5 for this one
It was ok kind of a cool sound
More great work by the Stones. This one doesn't have the standout singles like Beggars Banquet or Let It Bleed, but it's very jaunty and enjoyable throughout.
Meh
my favourite rolling stones album!!!!!
Solid classic rock
I listened to the whole thing but did not enjoy it. I DON'T LIKE THE ROLLING STONES.
Sounds like classic old era bluesy Stone’s Album
Solide, aber nichts außergewöhnliches.
A Stones albums I don't really know. Some good tracks, some generic blues filler. Horn section saves some of the blander tracks. There are better less bloated Stones albums. 3 Heard before? Some songs Owned: No 17/1001, 17/73 (23%) Will I get? No
I never really understood the hype behind this album. It's not bad by any means, but I think the Stones have a lot better material. Would have been better as a single lp for sure.
Not memorable
I know The Rolling Stones are a legendary rock band, but this album was just ok for me. Mick Jagger’s voice has never been my cup of tea.
Incredible
All the songs sound the same.
having never listened to a rolling stones record, that was better than I thought? got a hint of the blues at the end and I can't hate it. Would I listen again: eh, no Deserves to be on this list: unsure, they're great but is this the best 3.4
terrific album if course. bluesy
Surprisingly, a real slog.
I’m not sure why the decided to go for the blues. Some of the album works well with Turd on the Run and Sweet Virginia, but I wasn’t feeling half of the album. Maybe because I wasn’t expect such a blues-heavy influence?
This is a really solid album that features many good songs. I appreciate how the Stones during this era really touched on a lot of different genres and sounds as well. This might not be my favorite Stones album, and it is a bit long being a double album, but I would still listen to it again for sure.
not good for the gym
I like the honky tonk vibes but a lot of the songs are meh
Brilliant - almost but not quite my favourite Stones album
They're pedophiles
Finally caught up on this one.
- familiarity: medium, I know the band and quite a few songs but not this album - album: flow - instrumentation: surprising range: blues, sax, not what I expected - lyrics: fun - thoughts: I liked it, probably not going to reach for it but would enjoy it if someone else put it on - surprised: yeah, a side of the stones that I hadn't heard before - score: 4/5
Kinda half-listened. It was fun and also fine.
The quintessential rock double album, with all of the random excess and meandering that such a project inevitably entails. The Rolling Stones have much tighter and focused albums like "Sticky Fingers", but nothing as fun, rollicking, sleazy, and authentic. Not every song is a winner, but that's part of the adventure. For me, this trails only "London Calling" as the greatest double album of all time, and if its not my favorite Rolling Stones albums its damn close.
These Rolling Stones guys are pretty good.
Cerramos la última semana del mes nueve con otro disco de Los Stones en éste reto. Clásico trabajo de rock y blues, es un disco ideal para una reunión o para una mañana de trabajo. Gracias por recordarme lo excelente de éste laburo. Hasta el lunes
I understand the appeal, but I do not connect enough with this band. It feels too superficial or something.
Back when I was a kid, people used to ask if I was a Beatles man or an Elvis man (as it the two were mutually exclusive). I used to say Rolling Stones. Exile on Main Street is a good example of why. Raucous, catchy, bluesy, pretty much just an excellent distillation of what rock n roll is all about. For me, this is Rolling Stones at their peak. 4.5/5
This album is a bit long in my opinion, I think 3-5 songs could’ve easily been trimmed. It’s easy to forget how inspired by blues music the Stones are if your knowledge of them extend only to their radio hits. I enjoyed quite a few songs, but I kept finding myself tuning out from time to time.
A classic collection of bluesy rock with almost gospel influences at times. My favourite tracks are Tumbling Dice and Shine a Light. Just effortless to listen to and that’s always nice.
I was wondering before listening, if it's their best album how come I don't know any of the songs? So now I know why.
One of the best stones albums, raw, bluesy, not the big hits but so many hidden gems.
Nice. Probably a 4. Nah. 3
Still looking for that 5* Rolling Stones album.
Nothing necessarily groundbreaking, but not every album has to be to be good. Solid record, start to finish. Mick Jagger is exactly who he thinks he is lol.
It's not an album I would buy, but I did like some of the songs. Classic.
So, if I were to choose just one regular album from the Stones for my collection, this might very well be the one!
The defining moment when The Rolling Stones upped the ante in the rock 'n roll arena. this album and the ensuing tour which seems to still be going shows how incredible and diverse the Stones were. Saw them live right around the time this album was released and it was just raw power and as kick ass as could be. Every other rock band envied what The Rolling Stones were doing.
Pas grand chose à dire
10 stars - one of the greatest albums of all time.
Except for a very few songs the lyrics are intensely moronic. It’s the music and arrangements that make a bit of their music listenable.
Great blues record, but a little too long.
hmm ça va mais ça sonne vieuuuux
All day.
3.9 2x catch up 10/10
Classic Rolling Stones album. I love the bluesy elements of it. It's easy to see why Stones and rock and roll fans hold it in such high regard.
I at more piano than I was expecting. That’s not a bad thing.
It’s fine. Not a big Stones guy. 3.5⭐️
Have always been more of a Beatles guy than a Stones guy but this shit is pretty rock and roll. A bit long as a double LP, but not sure there would be enough to cut for a single.
More Stones. This is a long play with some good tracks but nothing that gives me Stones magic. It's pop and jazz and soul. Listened before? N Saved tracks? Y Favorite tracks? Casino Boogie, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Happy ⭐⭐⭐ Liked it. Saved a few tracks.
Incredibly mid for rolling stones standards
Whomever curated this list was a big fan of jam bands, and I gotta tell you, they really freaking suck. As a concept, they're cool, but in execution... not so much. This was an eye-opener in just the sense that I thought for the longest time that the Rolling Stones were a rock band, but here they sound like Bluegrass Hick music. It was loud, obnoxious, and not pleasant to listen to in the slightest. This might've been fascinating to listen to as a kid growing up in the 70s, but it is well past its prime, and should no longer be included in a list like this.
If this has been by any other band than the Stones, it would have passed without notice.
Este disco es la prueba de que puedes armar un clásico sin tener siquiera un single reconocible en él.
We're past their peak and their albums are starting to get old. 3/5
6/10 - nice blues rock, not what I thought the rolling stones was. But it is a few songs too long
cool rock
Some good rowdy moments in there. Good as background music but must admit I didn't listen particularly closely.
This was an odd one. Initially when I started listening I was thinking of giving it a 1 or a 2 - it's a Rolling Stones album but there's not a single classic on the album. Once I discounted it being a Stones album I enjoyed it a great deal as a blues album
I think this is a fantastic album. I have listened this is a number of times before. On the bluesy side for the Rolling Stones, but there are some cracking songs here and don't think there is much filler.
There is a lot more blues on this than I was expecting. Not a lot of variety though. An excellent background album.
It's fine background music. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): Casino Boogie, Happy ⭐⭐⭐: Liked it. Saved some tracks.
Cover 7 It's a good album. You've first listen. Upon re-listen, it's a great album.
I love this. This is my favorite by them, the one album I will regularly listen to from start to finish.
The Rolling Stones' best album leads off with the one-two punch of "Rocks Off" and "Rip This Joint". The former starts as they mean to go on - Richards's and Taylor's guitars hard panned left and right, complimenting and playing off each other. The song really takes off when the horns come in, with Nicky Hopkin's superb piano. There is a lot going on yet, oddly for an album with a reputation for muddiness, there is so much space in the mix. "Rip This Joint" continues in the same vein, if anything even more breathless. A couple of blues/boogies in "Shake Your Hips", a fairly reverential version of the Slim Harpo song, followed by the cut-up nonsense lyrics of "Casino Boogie", lead into the first real classic of the record, "Tumbling Dice", one of the Stones greatest tracks. And that's only Side One. Side Two contains two of the best country numbers the Stones ever recorded - "Sweet Virginia" and "Torn and Frayed", both heavily influenced by Gram Parsons. "Sweet Black Angel" is a calypso ode to black activist, Angela Davis, whose political sentiment has worn a little better than the patois vocal in which Jagger decided to deliver it - different times. "Happy" is one of the band's best Keith-sung songs, for me bettered only by "Thru and Thru" from the otherwise forgettable Voodoo Lounge. "Turd on the Run" features excellent harmonica playing from Jagger but is one of the lesser songs here, as is "Ventilator Blues" - both tracks still very listenable and with some lovely playing from Taylor on the latter. "I Just Want to See His Face" isn't really a song, more a vibe - a little like hearing a band playing next door; intriguing, you want to hear more. "Let It Loose", a gospel-blues which closes Side Three in style, features a slow build with long horn washes and vocals which weave around and through each other - it is one of my favourites on this album, and Stones songs in general. Side Four opens with another uptempo blues rocker in "All Down the Line", driven by the horns and by Taylor's slide guitar which also features in the cover of Robert Johnson's "Stop Breaking Down". Unfortunately, like others of their contemporaries, the Stones initially failed to credit the blues icon they claimed to revere so much, although at least, unlike Jimmy Page, they didn't claim authorship. "Shine a Light" is another highlight although only three of the band actually play on it, producer Jimmy Miller filling in for Watts on drums and Taylor on bass (Bill Wyman is missing from quite a few songs on this record). But the song, a toast to fallen friends (Brian Jones apparently) is carried by the wonderful organ and piano playing from Billy Preston - it fades out a little abruptly for me. The song overshadows the perfectly decent closer, "Soul Survivor". Exile on Main Street is looser and less cohesive than Sticky Fingers or Let It Bleed but that sprawl is part of its greatness. It is not one of those double albums from which you create the best single album; even the lesser tracks work, all part of the greater whole. They never came close to replicating this.
Rolling Stones are like the Beastie Boys (hear me out.) They make music inspired by American black people, in the same genres as American black people, but for white audiences. Both groups do inject enough of their personal style (all Beastie Boys songs sound like THAT for example), but ultimately would not exist without the hundreds of artists that laid the groundwork for them. I'm not a massive fan of the Stones. I know they're important historically and contributed to the rise of Rock and Roll world wide, but if I wasn't doing this list of albums I wouldn't have thought to listen to this album. That said, that's the best part of this whole site.
One of my favorite albums OAT. So raw and powerful. Balances garage/basement blues rock fuckery with legendary stones character elegance. Throw in some country and soul elements for good measure. Easy 4.75/5 Highlights - Shine a Light, Sweet Virginia, Ventilator Blues, Tumbling Dice, Let it Loose Lowlights - maybe soul survivor but not really
Excelent
442/1001 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
did not listen to all of it :(
Exile On Main Street is probably 4.5 stars for me--consistently good, never bad, but not quite great. So I'm going to give it 4 stars. Then I'm going to start another 1001 albums project so I can then give the album 5 stars two years from now.
listened to it enough times to know it's five stars. there's a pace and variation to this album that is perfect for a long drive. this encapsulates and defines rock n roll
Idk if we're getting unlucky with the rolls or not but I'm stoned out. Might like this more when I revisit it sometime in the future, but for now its a step below everything else I've heard from them
This is the best Rolling Stones album so far. 5/5
Found this easier to listen to in 2 parts, as was getting slightly bored. Much prefer Sticky Fingers or Beggars Banquet, but it’s still a decent album on the whole.
i definitely feel like a zoomer listening to these sometimes - i can tell why this is good, that it’s foundational, but because i don’t have the cultural connection of the time to it, i’m not that compelled by it! great rock n roll. it’s the rolling stones!! what can I say!! definitely entertained by the song titles. it’s workshop music to me. there’s enough variety in the album that i wasn’t bored of it, but it’s consistent. overall good! glad I’ve listened through it. i like the horns, i like the funky vocals. feel like i should listen to it again for my Education
I don't know how many times I've listened to this album, and for the life of me, I don't get the hype. There are some really good songs (Tumbling Dice, Shake Your Hips, Ventilator Blues, Let it Loose, Shine A Light, Soul Survivor), but no really great or timeless ones. The rest of it just sounds messy and in need of editing, to my ears. Not as bad as some of their earlier albums though, I guess.
Great stones sound but a lot of the songs were just good not great. Maybe I’ll get it through more listens but I’m confused why this album is considered one of the best ever.
Okay. Niekada išskirtinai neoatiko rock n rollas. Gan panašios dainos. Gal tekstas geras, bet nelabai klausiau.
The Rolling Stones are one of the all time great bands and the impact they have had throughout the years on later bands cannot be understated. That being said other than the most famous songs I really never got in to them before. Now having listened through an entire album I appreciate them a bit more. Its easy to listen to and has some great guitar work. I still have other rock bands that I would rather listen to if I had a choice but its better than I expected.
Tumbling Dice and Sweet Virginia! A solid banger album all around!
Thoughts before listening: This is certainly a classic although I have always preferred Sticky Fingers for my early 70s, dirty rock n roll Rolling Stones fix. Review: The star of this album for me is the saxophone. It really compliments and adds a cool element to the barroom, sloppy blues band style that the Stones are working in here. This album does get a lot of praise, and sometimes the albums with the highest praise totally deserve it. This is the case here. Mixed in with the juke joint blues numbers on this album are some bonafied classics: "Tumbling Dice", "Sweet Virginia", "Torn and Frayed", "Loving Cup", "Happy", "Shine a Light", and "Soul Survivor". An album of just those songs would be an all-timer, and this album gives you 11 additional tracks. Definitely a 5-star album.
Very good album. Full immersion into American blues. “Rocks Off” starts the album off with a lot of energy and the album keeps up for most of it. Probably the bands most triumphant effort. 4.5/5 Definitely will listen again
One of their absolute best and a perfect fusion of R & B, honky-tonk rock, and even gospel ("Just Want to See His Face" and "Shine a Light"). They really drilled down on the Americana on this one and the songs are fantastic, some of their best ever (" Rocks Off," "Tumbling Dice," "Happy"). I had never really given this album my full attention, listening more to the greatest hits one and then really getting into them around "Tattoo You." This one lives up to its legendary status. Seems like they didn't have to compete with the Beatles anymore and leaned hard into what made them great.
Man I love the country blues side of the Stones. The whole band really cuts loose on this one, so many fun songs, and it features some of Jagger's best vocal performances. I love the horn parts on songs like Rocks Off and Loving Cup, and the keys are great throughout. Tumbling Dice is simply one of their best. Crazy how American they sound here too, nothing discernably British about it. Probably their last truly great release, just a honky tonkin good time.
Great album! Love it!
With all the background issues affecting The Rolling Stones during this period: gutarist Keith Richards' worsening heroin addiction, long absences of vocalist Mick Jagger and bassist Bill Wyman from recording and the band still shut out from the UK as tax exiles: It's a sheer miracle that Exile on Main St. is as good as it is. The band's first double LP, Exile on Main St. is an 18-track journey through some of the finest tunes the Stones ever put to tape, with some notable highlights being 'Rip This Joint', 'Tumbling Dice', 'Let it Loose', 'Shine a Light' and 'Happy', the latter a rare Richards lead vocal cameo. Effectively combining the Stones' classic rock and roll sound with country and blues in the same vein as their previous record (1971's Sticky Fingers), Exile on Main St. takes more risks and pushes the envelope further, although its not always successful in this regard, as some songs roll past without really staying with you. While Sticky Fingers is perfect Stones from start to finish, Exile is maybe 5 or 6 songs too long to be a true five-star record for me. Nevertheless,
Fab
That was the sloppiest good album I've ever heard. It's also the most Southern US sounding album by a British band I've heard. It sounds straight out of a dingy bar somewhere between New Orleans and Memphis. It's also too long, as a lot of double albums are. Cut a few songs out, and this could be a 5. As it is, it's a 3.5, but I'm rounding up because I mostly enjoyed it.
This album is amazing. Best collection of the Stones music that I've heard so far. The energy is at 100 on every track, and the songwriting and instrumentation is consistently awesome with great songwriting and performances. A little too long maybe with some songs that just weren't up to par with the other 2 thirds of the album, but that's my only gripe. - Great album
Not a big fan of the Stones but the album is pleasant enough. Solid blues rock with no glaring weaknesses.
Not overwhelming. I can see the attraction, would need to listen again.
This album is great. Probably a little longer than it needed to be but still great. I prefer earlier stones though.
Brits do Blues. Not bad, but not my cup of tea. Stop Breaking Down was a highlight.
Doing this exercise has made me think, are Rolling Stones the most overrated band of all time? The gap between the hype and the actual music is massive - this is absolutely fine but very unremarkable.
Yeah it's a layered and complex album, I just found it a bit dull. Not bad, but the Stones have better.
Great classic album
Great album. Brings back a lot of good memories. I would probably give this album a 5 if it was pared down a little.
Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Fantastisches Album.
Me ha gustado. Sobre todo la variedad de instrumentos y sonidos diferentes que han combinado a lo largo de las canciones
long. same song. rock. background.
Reminds me of my teen years going into musty vintage stores in Brighton, blueberry bubble tea in hand
I think I've said before I've basically heard enough Rolling Stones. I'm good. This isn't painful or anything, though. Not like Oasis or Coldplay. This is another example of a band doing just a really good job at the thing they've decided to do and then where I meet them is at the juncture of what they've decided to do and whether I enjoy that thing. Also that thing is co-opting.
Rocks Off - 7.5/10 Rip This Joint - 7.5/10 Shake Your Hips - 7.5/10 Casino Boogie - 7/10 Tumbling dice - 8/10 Sweet Virginia - 7.5//10 Torn And Frayed - 8/10 Sweet Black Angel - 8.5/10 Loving Cup - 8/10 Happy - 7.5/10 Turd On The Run - 7/10 Ventilator Blues - 7.5/10 I Just Want To See His Face - 7.5/10 Let it loose - 9/10 All Down The Line - 8/10 Stop Breaking Down - 8/10 Shine a Light - 9.5/10 Soul Survivor - 8.5/10 75/100
Sounds like everything else rolling stones
4.5
I am not a fan of this album.
As many times as I have heard of The Rolling Stones, I have never actually had the pleasure of hearing their music. For my first introduction to them, this was quite good. It's unlike the other British rock I have been exposed to on this generator, likely because it leans a bit more blues. While it was good, it didn't keep my attention held throughout the listen and didn't exactly stick with me.
Not sure if it's their best work but still pretty decent
Comes in hot then takes a bit of a victory lap
Pretty good, stones are a classic
Better than I expected
Really like the album. La chanson rocks off m'a immédiatement accroché dans l L'univers musical de l'album. j'ai ressenti une grande liberté de la part du groupe sur la majorité de l'album. Avec des influences de blues, rock et même country. Le manque de cohésion pouvait parfois se faire ressentir de manière négative sur certains morceaux, mais de manière générale elle amenait une fraîcheur et un charme à la majorité de l'expérience. Je suis content d'avoir commencé par cet album puisque ça me donne un avant goût de la partie de leur carrière qui se voulait plus expérimentale
This was really good. Like really good. As I was listening to it, I thought about how much The Rolling Stones have been in popular culture and been present in my entire life and I never really gave them a second thought… and now I’m like I really should have listened. This album is fantastic.
The Stones stumble into a juke joint and ingest the vibes via osmosis... Stone cold classics on this album like "Tumbling Dice", "Sweet Virginia", and "Shine A Light" and the whole thing is just an experience, even if it's cribbing the black mans music...
Classic record
Geluisterd terwijl ik in de trein zat. De Monster Train 2 om precies te zijn. Een prima maar voor mij niet al teveel zeggend of beklijvend album. Ook geen herkenbare tracks. 3 sterren.
‘Exile on Main Street?’ More like a paradise for the ear … road. This is a quintessentially great double album. It kicks off strong and just rocks in general. Top tracks: “Let It Loose,” “Happy,” “Rocks Off,” “Tumbling Dice,” no filler
--Rocks Off...oh hells yeah. the horns are everything --Rip This Joint...not a total banger but that damn saxophone elevates it --Shake Your Hips...guitar is great, average song --Casino Boogie...a decent groove elevated by the sax and Richards' guitar --Tumbling Dice...great song. I love when backup singers are properly utilized --Sweet Virginia...I like Richards' guitar work but I'm not sure Mick has the type of voice to pull this off --Torn and Frayed...piano, guitar, and bass are all fun --Sweet Black Angel...an acoustic ballad with a healthy dose of woodblock. nothing special --Loving Cup...great track. feels like the entire band is contributing equally and it's great --Happy...a boring version of Rocks Off --Turd on the Run...I've read multiple critics that claim this is a weak track. I think it's a little simple but fun and it fits the overall vibe --Ventilator Blues...I prefer Turd --I Just Want to See His Face...filler --Let it Loose...this song is remarkably lame for its title --All Down the Line...another lesser Rocks Off imitation --Stop Breaking Down...here we go. dirty and fun --Shine a Light...a good song and I'm sure Mick is an electric live performer, but I never understood how these guys were rivals with the Beatles when both McCartney and Lennon's vocals were much better than Jagger's (in my opinion). Never mind the songwriting but that's a different discussion. "Rock n Roll", I guess --Soul Survivor...decent closer. also sounds like Rocks Off
Fou raide.
stones
Mostly good
Classic album. More bluesy than expected. Album starts loud and strong and settles down as it progresses. Definitely understand why so many boomers love the Stones.
Pretty good.
This is, in my opinion, the best Rolling Stones record that they have put to tape. It just has the vibe. “Tumblin’ Dice” will forever be my favorite song by Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill, and other Mick. There is also an amazing cast of supporting musicians who helped make this record sound as good as it does. Long-time Stones collaborators Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart on piano, with the legendary Billy Preston sitting in on “Shine a Light”. Bobby Keys on sax and Jim Price on trumpet. A whole choir of backing vocalists including Doctor John. Andy and Glyn Johns behind the desk. The title is a perfect summation of where the Stones were at. They had at this point in their career become a worldwide sensation, and this album proves why.
It's alright. Better the first album I listened to off this list from them. But it's uninspiring and pretty dull. Middle of the road 3
Great
i can't really get it
Very good album. Nothing outstanding but certainly enjoyable
Blues more so than rock probably wasn't in the right space
i wasn’t really family with the Rolling Stones but this is everything I expeted
Rolling Stones is definitely a "vibe band", they have occasional great moments on a few tracks, but there's not much beyond that. It's too long, and it all melts into this messy blues jam-feeling. It feels really uneven and unfocused. Best song: Shine A Light Worst song: Turd on the Run Cover check: Boring and none of the pictures are eye-catching
Very good
I just don't get the Stones. These songs aren't good.
This album rocked. There aren’t many obviously freestanding hits, but as an album, it’s a wild ride. It’s messy, it grooves, it jumps between styles, it just sounds good but also chaotic and noisy. Never sat down and just listened to the Stones, but this is a good album to do it with.
Raw. With few exceptions this is the Stones’ basement tapes!
No real bangers, but pretty solid all the way through.
Incomprehensible nonesense
Some fun songs. I liked the feeling of the album being played in one big room with a crowd. Maybe like a blues bar.
Didn’t even listen to the whole thing lowkey, didn’t really feel worth listening through
Decent Rolling Stones album. I don't think I knew any of the songs on here before listening to this, and they all kind of registered as ok to good for me. 3/5
Pretty listenable for a Rolling Stones album, but also a lot of it sorta passed me by. Average Rolling Stones for me. 3/5
I’m really of the mindset that I like the Stones more with their Greatest Hits vs a regular album. Very blues driven. I liked “Ventilator Blues”. I only knew one song overall. Album 3/5, greatest hits 4/5.
So this just isn’t my favorite RS album. It’s not near the bottom but it’s probably right in the dead middle. Like it’s not awful, there’s a few RS albums where it felt like they were phoning it in or just coasting. I don’t necessarily feel that way about this album, I think this is still during their peak. I just think this is their “worst peak” album, if that makes sense. It’s not chock full of hits like some of their other albums, but it also doesn’t have any like MASSIVE hits on it. It’s just a perfectly solid acceptable album from on of the greatest bands of all time. Like if a mediocre band put out this album it would be so much more impressive than one of the greatest bands ever releasing a “good” album. You know what I mean?
Another double album filled with great songs and mediocre songs that are Stones' blues cliches . I would appreciate a trimmed album, myself. 3/5
Very bluesy, quite country. Nice og rock vibes.
Damn why didn't I like this last time I listened to it what was teen!me's problem
i wish i liked it more because i want to get what's so loved about it but it hovers in the great zone.not ground breaking, but great
Honestly they all sound the same minus tumbling dice and happy
About what I expected. High points: Tumbling Dice, Ventilator Blues, Happy
A good album but being a double I feel there is some filler. 3.5/5
This projected has affirmed that I’m just not a Rolling Stones guy. Not that there bad. They’re just extremely ok. Record was fine. Does do on for a bit too long. 3/5
Not their best album but a few good songs
The fact I didnt recognize any of these songs as hits made me like it more. It was like a solid blues rock album that I could listen to without having to pay too much attention.
I said the next album I got after London Calling could never compare. Folks, I spoke too soon. Exile is on the short list of my all time favorite albums, and whenever I'm actively listening to it I start thinking it may just be #1. The pure, unbridled rock & roll perfection on this album is god damn astounding. The whole band plus several others are just in pure lockstep, taking simple but powerful tunes and elevating them into something that has simply never been, and can't be, imitated, though countless many have tried. These are the kinds of recordings that can sound great when covered, but they'll just never have that warm, organic magic the Stones captured here. It sounds like the band is playing live in some dodgy dive bar, only they're hitting a transcendent high that only a select few others have ever touched. I see a fair amount of negative reviews here, and I'd just like to say: this one's a grower. It takes time for it to all fall into place. It wasn't even well-received upon release. I mean, there really are no songs on it that the average person is familiar with. I didn't get the hype upon my first few attempts. When it clicked, it cooked. Maybe that's how it'll go for you, too.
Dosta meh album. Ne sviđa mi se toliko rock n roll. Jedina mi je dobra pjesma “Happy”, ostale su mi dosta uninspiring
My first Stones album. I really liked it 👅
The culmination of one of the greatest stretches of albums in rock history: Beggars Banquet → Let It Bleed → Sticky Fingers → Exile on Main St.. No band has ever sounded more badass, more decadent, or more dangerously untouchable. Exile isn’t just a Stones record — it’s one of the greatest rock ’n’ roll albums of all time. Recorded while the band were dodging England’s tax laws, holed up in a villa in France, it’s the stuff of folklore (seriously, Google it — debauchery, decadence, and genius all in one smoky basement). The sound is raw, swampy, and sprawling — gospel, blues, country, and straight-up rock stitched together into a glorious mess. It’s chaotic, imperfect, and that’s exactly why it’s perfect. Tracks like Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Sweet Virginia, and Happy feel like the Stones at their most alive, stumbling but electric. And then there’s Tumbling Dice — on some days, my favourite Stones song of all. Loose, groovy, transcendent. Verdict: Essential (peak Stones, peak rock ’n’ roll) For fans of: Faces, The Band, Black Crowes, blues-soaked basement jams
I was excited that I got a Rolling Stones album, but I did not like this. It was The Rolling Stones trying to sound country. Not for me. I only recognized one song on the album (Shake Your Hips) and I only knew that from a cover that was in one of my Zumba Wii games. I was surprised I didn’t know any other songs because I’ve heard of this album before.
Never been big on the Stones but this was a decently fun blues rock jawn.
The best stones album (just slightly over sticky fingers). One of the best double albums ever bangers all the way through
Rock album. Great if you like rock. Very rocky
I'll side with the original assessment of this album when it came out, its uneven, song quality is all over the place...mostly meh. This is yet another album that revisionists are trying to make a masterpiece, its not.
I just listened to Aftermath a couple days ago, and I definitely enjoyed this one more. I feel like, when I think of The Rolling Stones, this is the exact vibe I hear in my head. Best Track: Rocks Off
Started with a bang but was hard to get into for much of the middle. Liked it a little more towards the end but feel like with a better base of Rolling Stones music I’d appreciate it more.
1972 I really want to like this...but at 67 minutes my interest soon wanes. It all seems so contrived; they're from London for heaven's sake I'll try again one day. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ reluctantly Bloated ★★★☆☆ (6/10)
Of course it’s great but not as consistent as their best albums. Love ventilator blues.
Terrific Rock’n’Roll music. At first the songs sounded samey to me. Then I put some of them on different compilation tapes and realised the sheer brilliance of them. This is up there with Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed.
pretty good, rock roll album, 6/10
Classic
For better or worse, this is the rock and roll album. The Stones at their most Stonsey. They have better songs on other records, and likely have better constructed albums. Exile is so beautifully flawed. Its fidelity is imperfect and the mix is a little muddy. But it’s raw, decadent, defiant and just has a vibe. I don’t love every song, but this one isn’t about its composite elements as much as its sinister party atmosphere.
Думал что мне не зайдет от слова совсем, но прослушал весь альбом с удовольствием, хотя не фанат Роллингов.
Yeah, it’s prettay good.
There are loads better Stones albums than this one. It’s fine, but it gets too much praise as one of the all time greats.
I liked this. Never listened to a Stones album in its entirety. Very much of the time, but a great feel to it. Looking forward to listening further, particularly within the list. Good start to the week.
Being a Luddite/millenial a few steps removed from the Rolling Stones, this is the first Stones album I have listened to all the way through so it was interesting to give it a go. I think for me this album is at its best when the soul/blues influences are at their strongest and the rock and roll is taking a back seat. In general I didn’t have any standout songs, but it was pretty decent background music. A strongish 3.
Very rock and roll! Fast paced gritty explosion. Not sure if its supposed to but has a very American sound with the specific use of the guitair sound. I really enjoyed it. Solid 3 but doesn't elicit any special feeling for me.
A solid album of American blues tracks being drawled out by Mick Jagger. Some cool naturalistic recording giving the impression of how great this must have been to see live. "Sweet Virginia" was a really cool track, but it was at this point I started to have thoughts heretical to hardcore Stones fans: Aren't they just trying a little too hard to sound American? Through this lens, it started giving me vibes of a novelty tribute act in a themed restaurant. I was imagining a bunch of English lads all dressed up in Stetsons, high heeled boots, and leather tassels and the whole thing suddenly seemed faintly ridiculous.
Great album. Not as tight-packed as "Sticky Fingers" but still really fun and lively. The whole album has a very different feel from what i'd expect from a Stones record, it sounds a lot like just dudes having fun and jamming around, rather than merely a collection of singles - that definetly shows on the very busy and organic performances of these songs. I don't think these are their strongest songs ever but they're surely an amazing portfolio to showcase their rather eclectic influences, of course from the blues but also from country, rock and roll and even soul/gospel. Favorites include "Rocks Off", "Shake Your Hips", "Tumbling Dice", "Loving Cup", "Let It Loose", "Shine a Light".
Maybe not that expansive for 19 songs. But they do rock. And the performances are fun. It makes it feel much shorter than an hour.
This could be my favorite stones album. At least it is today.
Very much the classic Stones sound. Enjoyed it a lot
Maindo
[DNF] It’s nice but giving old songs you play at op shop. Not really my style.
feels like i could listen to any other album of this genre from this decade from which they took inspiration and it would be better.
Good from beginning to end and great at times. “Sweet Virginia” is a fantastic song, and has the benefit of being attached to the ending of Knives Out. The Stones are great, no more notes. 4/5
Meh
Muito top
some songs were very good, some songs were lifeless
This was classically Rolling Stones. Good listen.
This is a bit of an oddity really. Coming at the end of an incredible run of albums from the Stones, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, and Sticky Fingers; Exile On Main Street is regarded as one of their greatest works, but to a casual listener it is missing any of their recognisable hits. Exile On Main Street is all about the vibe. It is a down and dirty, sleazy blues odyssey and if you let it transport you into it's world you will enjoy it.
Great album
solid & classic Stones sound 3/5
Expected to like this a lil more. Some classic songs but a lot of filler, the Stones have way better
This is my fifth Rolling Stones album on this project, and it's the first one that I thought was pretty solid all the way through. I still don't get the hype behind the band, but just about every track is decent to good. Unfortunately there isn't really anything that stands out as exceptional, it's a consistent album for better and for worse. Favorite track: "Tumbling Dice"
Excellent rock n roll
I think I'm at a point where I have to admit that I enjoy Rolling Stones hits, but I just find albums to be too much filler.
own
Fun
I get there’s some great music going on but I’m not sure I get the Rolling Stones
Gosto de Rolling Stones, mas o meu gosto é baseado em músicas isoladas, singles, músicas enquadradas em várias playlists com diferentes bandas. Agora que ouvi o álbum completo, fiquei meio aborrecida: pareceu-me tudo no mesmo tom, parecido e desliguei ligeiramente.
I was a Beatles fan
Listened to this album while studying for an exam, got a B+
Rå, fräsch, tuff. Ändå välproducerad. Jag gillar hur de använder doa-körer! (Sen kan jag lätt bli lite trött på Stones.)
5 stars. No notes. Perfect.
Exile on Main St. is all vibe over quality. The Stones have earlier albums with better production, stronger songs. Hell, even Mick Jagger sounds like he needs a tune-up here. At times, the sound is so messy it’s painful. I get the appeal of controlled chaos in small doses, but this hour-plus slog wouldn’t lose a thing by cutting half its tracks. I suspect the love for Exile comes from its raw rock ‘n’ roll energy, the charm of one-take live recordings and devil-may-care attitude. But I'm still buffled by the accolades it gets. Rolling Stones simply made tighter albums (and just before this one too).
Never was a fan but can’t deny they were influential. 3
This is the 4th Rolling Stones album I got. It has by far the best filler, but it doesn't have a Gimme Shelter or Sympathy for the Devil for an extra star.
Classic Rolling Stones bluesy rock album.
Surprisingly I liked this. Reminded me of JSBX at times.
Songs: Let it Loose
Probably worth another listen
¿Qué puedo decir? Probablemente el disco con el que más he disfrutado en mi vida. Con sus canciones de fondo formé un hogar, una familia, un amor.
Love all things the Stones!
Peut-être considéré comme brouillon, mais entraînant et plaisant à écouter
This might have gotten rated higher because I was coming off of the prog nonsense of 10cc but it was refreshing to have something that just rocked the whole way through. I'm not well versed in this history of the Stones but being a British Invasion band means that by 1972 they should have been doing terrible concept albums or spending a million dollars in studio time over a snare sound. Instead they just rocked. I love Tumbling Dice
Brilliant record, their best by miles and one of the standout things from a standout period in rock.
I've been quite scathing about all the Stones albums I've been served so far. But now for the first time I think I'm starting to see the light. This is fun! An album which sounds quite raw, like a band really enjoying themselves. Sweet Virginia is a highlight here. I also like some of the simpler blues, like Shake your Hips and Sweet Black Angel. Yes it's a bit too long, and some of the slower songs sort of blend into a generic tasteless soup. But overall this is showing me that the Stones are almost worthy of their acclaim.
Amazing Album
Some songs were good but mostly not my vibe
One of the best bands ever with a great rock and roll album.
Ehhhh kind of a banger
A classic rock album, although you can hear the bluesy, country influences which give it depth. Although not my favourite genre of music, I can appreciate it! This album does make me wanna wear flare jeans and line dance in cowboy boots lol
Snelle inhaal review #14: Als je de beste nummers zou pakken van dit album, zou het echt een goed album kunnen zijn, nu staat er naar mijn gevoel iets te veel filler op.
Geen grote rolling stones fan maar dit was wel aardig
It’s the Rolling Stones. What can you say? They’ve never been my personal favorite but hard to argue with the quality. Don’t think this is their best work though.
such a strong beginning and end. not a huge fan of the middle
"This is just a tree of life. This record is the watering hole." -Tom Waits It really is the Stones' masterclass of Americana. A culmination and anthology of all the rock-n-roll, blues, gospel, and outlaw country that existed up to 1972. They didn't invent the genre, but it's ironic a bunch of white boys from England could perfect it. Yet it still has their own brand on it; it is still distinctly the Stones. Even as a double album, there aren't really any weak or skippable tracks. It doesn't feel bloated, just a massive pouring out of creativity and ideas. The recording history is interesting, and I think how it was recorded in pieces, in different places, under turmoil and disagreement and drug-addled tension, just adds to the outlaw and raw character that persists throughout. It really is a quintessential rock record and just about as good as it gets.
The older I get the more I appreciate The Stones. The time I heard this album, I was not impressed - not that I thought it was trash, it is just regarded as one of the best albums of all-time. I still wouldn't wouldn't put it in the top 50 (where most put it in the top 10-25), but I do like it and understand it now. I don't know why I didn't care much for it, maybe it is the bluesy nature (I can only handle so much blues guitar), maybe it's Mic Jager's voice, I'm not sure. But I know now that not only this is a well done album from front to back and that its influence reaches for decades after it was released. There are only a literal few Rolling Stones song that I will purposefully play, and that happens about as often as Cleveland Browns in the playoffs, but I repect their work and know that they are damn good at their craft. 8.5/10 127/1001
Okay, so you know the Rolling Stones from the big hits — “Satisfaction,” “Start Me Up,” that kind of thing. Exile on Main St. isn’t that. It’s not polished, it’s not full of catchy singles. It’s like the Stones locked themselves in a sweaty basement, got a little drunk, and just let it rip. The whole thing is raw, messy, and kind of chaotic — but in the best way. It’s blues, rock, gospel, country — all rolled together like some beautiful, greasy sandwich. You don’t listen to Exile for the hits. You listen because it feels real. It sounds like a band just living in their music — not trying to impress anyone, just doing what they do best. And weirdly, that makes it timeless. Even the songs that seem like filler at first start to hit after a few plays. It’s not an album you fall in love with instantly — it kind of grows on you, track by track. But once it clicks, you realize: yeah, this is rock and roll. Not the stadium anthem kind — the grimy, soul-drenched, middle-of-the-night kind. And that’s why it deserves a spot on the must-listen list.
Meh. The Rolling Stones have never really connected for me. It’s fine. It’s also way too long and nothing really sticks apart from Tumbling Dice. It’s not bad. It’s just there. Which feels like a weird thing to say about an album this widely heralded and famous.
GOSTEI
This album was quintessential Rolling Stones! I enjoyed how there were a mix of genres and vibes on the album. The album started off very rock and roll, and then became more country/folk, and there were a few songs with blues and rock elements in there as well. I had a good time listening to this Stones album and I would listen to it again in the future!
Meh too twangy. It's not bad. Just not what I care for.
I will never understand the success of the stones. Boring.
I found most of my favorite songs on here.
It all shares the same vibes divided in subsections given the different sides of the vinyl, Shine a light is the highlight of the project, will need more listens to fully grasp the rest of the material.
Not as good as Let it Bleed, but better than Beggar's Banquet. Kinda made me second-guess finally "getting" the Stones.
Blues rock, standard Stones stuff with country and gospel vibes in places. Didnt do much for me Best track - Torn and Frayed, Shine A Light 3 stars
I dunno, not really my think I think. Fine as these things go.
Su máximo nivel. Ya nunca serían los mismos. Casi perfecto
Good
Not bad but didn't make me feel anything special. Probably just bc I wasn't shown this by a role model.
Hello all, Tom Whittington added me to this group. I hope you don’t mind. This was a good album and I understand why it is on this list. Very cohesive. Beautiful. I feel as though I’ve heard dozens of records like it, though this reminds me of nothing pre-1972. Most of my stones exposure is 1960s, so I’m glad I listened to this. Just nasty grooves throughout. Not a life changing record, but it probably changed records that changed my life. Best track: Rip Thos Joint
The Rolling Stones know how to kick off an album and Rocks Off doesn't disappoint - the keys, the horns, the vocal manipulation all paired with a sound that is still distinctly The Rolling Stones make for a great entrance. Rolling right into Rip This Joint shows they're going to continue on their rampage, with more of those great keys and horns. Sweet Black Angel has these interesting blunt instrument sounds, I'm not well versed enough to identify them but I like the sound. Near the end, the slide guitar on Stop Breaking Down really stands out as representing the climax of this blues inspired album, with the progression into Shine A Light representing the start of the ending encore. The instrumentals, continued use of keys and horns, and Mick Jagger's vocals helped carry me through this album to the end, but I empathize with the common complaint that I did feel a bit lost at times through the entire track list due to how long and expansive it is. I was never disappointed or bored though, and believe this album rightfully deserves it's place as one of The Rolling Stones' greatest contributions to music.
a nice listening album, though nothing really stood out. solid solid stones. 3.5 rounded up.
This album immediately starts with a much more full-bodied sound and sticks with it. I was dancing through the airport listening to this and wasn't even bothered by the length. First time I've ever listened to it.
Ah, back to the stones. Here's an album I should know I guess on its own terms, but instead mostly know because of Matchbox Twenty's compilation riffing off the name (Exile on Mainstream) and Liz Phair's artistically impressive track-by-track response Exile in Guyville. Also I invited a friend to join the project: my old College friend Drew joined; alongside my brother, he's had more impact on my music taste than just about anyone. Hope you stick around Drew! Listening Notes: -I mostly listened without a note-taking apparatus on hand, so this is going to be a less insanely verbose review than my standard many paragraphs into the void. (editing later: lol. leaving this in because it's funny now) -Okay relistening because the last tracks were fun: Rocks off has such a satisfying build up. And I'm always a sucker for brass in popular music. Good shit. -Just such great energy on rip this joint. Not nearly as polished as it could be, but feels *alive* in a way I really wasn't expecting. -I've heard shake your hips three times now and can't hear anything other than ZZ Top's La Grange (on research, Stones are covering a Black bluesman--many such cases). Dope melody, but I keep expecting heavier instrumentation like on that song and ngl im a little disappointed its not there. -Alright now at Tumbling Dice, we've settled into the middle section of the album: a bunch of middling songs that expand the run time, reduce the cohesion of the album, and are nonetheless very good. But they don't get enough space to breath. Maybe they would in the original vinyl, where there's a break between each side. -At basically every point in this album, I've felt like I could dance. Too rare in the sort of music we usually get here! -Just want to See His Face: Always think it's interesting the way gospel music themes come into the work of the rock artists who were so inspired by black American music. -I think the slower songs arc in Just Want to See... and Let it Loose is a great example of something that would benefit from a little more breathing room, something this album sadly denies it. Review: After two listens, my main takeaway was that the Stones feel pretty generic on this album, despite its reputation. But I figured my listening to the tail end of the album was a little spotty, so I relistened to the last few tracks, and I was impressed. Stop Breaking Down into Shine a Light is a great couple tracks and Soul Survivor finishes that running really well. This made me relisten one last time. I think at the end of the day, there are flecks of gold here, but the album as a whole buries them by being too long with too many lesser pieces. There's a five star album here, but unfortunately buried and mashed up with a 4-star album. And the result is less than the sum of its parts.
It dragged a bit at the end, so it could probably have done with trimming some of the fat from the track list. But, overall I can see why people like the Stones.
No words required!! The essential !
Self-indulgent. Yes, this is the hill I will die on.
Messy and never perfect. The way blues based rock and roll should be. Aside from White Album, best double album in rock history