The Rolling Stones

Exile on Main St.

Too many excellent songs scattered across these 18 tracks for me to score this any lower. To put things in perspective this is probably like my 4th favorite stones album (5th if I count Flowers), but still this album is excellent fun and pretty much one of the only double albums I've scored on here. A rock classic, even if I prefer the build up to this monumental album.

This is what authenticity sounds like to me. Ironic statement considering this fantastic album are a bunch of British blokes producing a variety of country-blues at the peak of their careers. Why I love exile on main street so much is because it just makes my feet tap , shoulders shaking and brain reminiscing. Everything in this album has a lived in optimism and not too perfect swing in it's bloodflow. The old saloon shack piano beating notes throughout the album, the loosened up guitar and ... read more

I came to terms with Exile when raised by a friend what I thought the five all-time greatest Stones songs were - songs that will only live 50 years from now. My response was pretty quick - Satisfaction. Give Me Shelter, You Can't Always have what you Want, Wild Horses, and Sympathy for the Devil. Just my opinion. But I realized immediately none were from Exile, which I consider to be the Stones' all-time best album. Yes, Tumbling Dice and Happy are up there, and some cuts on Exile are, IMHO, ... read more

If you want to know the real rock and roll with just one album, I think it will be this work.