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VGNonly

(8,061 posts) Sat Mar 1, 2025, 05:10 PM Mar 1

My favorite Stones album is

Exile on Main Street.

The layered sound incorporating rock, country, soul, gospel, rockabilly, boogie-woogie...

The great sideman Nicky Hopkins and Bobby Keys, the background vocals.

Mick Taylor's playing with seemed to invigorate Keith.

Mick's singing in Let It Loose.

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My favorite Stones album is (Original Post) VGNonly Mar 1 OP

Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street in no particular order. Beggars Banquet would be next. Raftergirl Mar 1 #1

All great albums Redleg Mar 1 #2

Beggars Banquet VGNonly Mar 2 #8

Never got the popularity of Exile on Main Street. Wiz Imp Mar 1 #3

Great album Cartoonist Mar 1 #4

Agree WA-03 Democrat Mar 1 #6

Some Girls. Earl_from_PA Mar 1 #5

Exile on Main Street for me, too. Morbius Mar 1 #7

Raftergirl

(1,668 posts)

1. Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street in no particular order. Beggars Banquet would be next.

Reply to VGNonly (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 05:15 PM

Mar 1

Redleg

(6,469 posts)

2. All great albums

Reply to Raftergirl (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 06:26 PM

Mar 1

It is hard for me to pick. I guess it depends on my mood.

VGNonly

(8,061 posts)

8. Beggars Banquet

Reply to Raftergirl (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 2, 2025, 02:13 PM

Mar 2

Brian Jones played a variety of instruments on BB, but his best track was slide guitar on No Expectations. Substance abuse and a deteriorating mental state led to his demise. Her only played some small bit parts (congo and autoharp) on Let It Bleed.

Wiz Imp

(4,795 posts)

3. Never got the popularity of Exile on Main Street.

Reply to VGNonly (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 06:27 PM

Mar 1

Let It Bleed is by far the best for me.

Cartoonist

(7,579 posts)

4. Great album

Reply to VGNonly (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 06:30 PM

Mar 1

The Stones never did anything as good after letting Taylor go.

WA-03 Democrat

(3,296 posts)

6. Agree

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 08:33 PM

Mar 1

Mick T was the best guitar player for the Stones. His lead on “Sway” is a dream.

Earl_from_PA

(221 posts)

5. Some Girls.

Reply to VGNonly (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 06:34 PM

Mar 1

I wore it out, played so much.

Morbius

(446 posts)

7. Exile on Main Street for me, too.

Reply to VGNonly (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 09:00 PM

Mar 1

It has a rare quality: it gets better every time I listen to it.

The Stones had a string of incredible LP's: Between the Buttons, Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Goats Head Soup, and It's Only Rock & Roll. Seven albums over eight years, and all amazing. They became a mere shadow of what they used to be, but back in the day there was no one better.

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