Album of the day (#4041): Exile On Main St. - Music

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Today's album of the day

Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1972.
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Overall rank: 42
Average rating: 86/100 (from 2189 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Rocks Off
2. Rip This Joint
3. Shake Your Hips
4. Casino Boogie
5. Tumbling Dice
6. Sweet Virginia
7. Torn And Frayed
8. Sweet Black Angel
9. Loving Cup
10. Happy
11. Turd On The Run
12. Ventilator Blues
13. I Just Want To See His Face
14. Let It Loose
15. All Down The Line
16. Stop Breaking Down
17. Shine A Light
18. Soul Survivor

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CharlieBarley

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Age: 48
Location: Mount Olympus

Very un-PC cover
That aside, it has some great tracks
and sounds good to me as a whole album experience

Fave tracks:

Rocks Off
Tumbling Dice
Shine A Light

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Excellent, gritty double.

JohnPercival

Possibly my favourite ever album. It just grows on you as you listen and then by Let it Loose you are just completely imersed and it's great track after great track after great track!

joedec

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My 3rd favorite Stones album (right behind Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed). My favorite tracks include:
1. Rocks Off
2. Torn & Frayed
3. Tumbling Dice
4. Happy
5. All Down the Line

AAL2014

Man, Tumbling Dice is one of the greatest rock songs ever.
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Daydreamer

My relationship with this album has had and interesting trajectory, not similar to many other albums. But I somehow have the feeling other people might share this experiene.
Having heard that this is the legendary double album by the great Stones, I went into this album with somewhat high expectations because of this reputation the album had. And I was sooo underwhelmed. Most of the songs left little to no impression, the album seemed long and there was no songs that felt like highlights other than the wonderful Shine A Light I knew from before.

However, over time this album has slowely, but surely creeped in into my very favourites. After a few more listens, everything just clicked, I experienced the album as a whole and then almost every song was a highlight. Every song was so rich and full of life, raw and powerful, and that's actually the spirit of the whole album. This album, more than possibly any other album in the world, has personality and character.
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Daydreamer wrote:

My relationship with this album has had and interesting trajectory, not similar to many other albums. But I somehow have the feeling other people might share this experiene.
Having heard that this is the legendary double album by the great Stones, I went into this album with somewhat high expectations because of this reputation the album had. And I was sooo underwhelmed. Most of the songs left little to no impression, the album seemed long and there was no songs that felt like highlights other than the wonderful Shine A Light I knew from before.

However, over time this album has slowely, but surely creeped in into my very favourites. After a few more listens, everything just clicked, I experienced the album as a whole and then almost every song was a highlight. Every song was so rich and full of life, raw and powerful, and that's actually the spirit of the whole album. This album, more than possibly any other album in the world, has personality and character.

I think I'm still in the zone of your first description, Exile hasn't quite "clicked" yet. I love a handful of other Stones albums and mostly prefer their late 60s output. Exile is good, but underwhelming compared to the other Stones' greats IMO
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CharlieBarley

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Age: 48
Location: Mount Olympus

EyeKanFly wrote:

Daydreamer wrote:

My relationship with this album has had and interesting trajectory, not similar to many other albums. But I somehow have the feeling other people might share this experiene.
Having heard that this is the legendary double album by the great Stones, I went into this album with somewhat high expectations because of this reputation the album had. And I was sooo underwhelmed. Most of the songs left little to no impression, the album seemed long and there was no songs that felt like highlights other than the wonderful Shine A Light I knew from before.

However, over time this album has slowely, but surely creeped in into my very favourites. After a few more listens, everything just clicked, I experienced the album as a whole and then almost every song was a highlight. Every song was so rich and full of life, raw and powerful, and that's actually the spirit of the whole album. This album, more than possibly any other album in the world, has personality and character.

I think I'm still in the zone of your first description, Exile hasn't quite "clicked" yet. I love a handful of other Stones albums and mostly prefer their late 60s output. Exile is good, but underwhelming compared to the other Stones' greats IMO

that's interesting, cos apart from the opening track, and a few other tracks, I felt underwhelmed when I first heard this album. It has such a giant reputation and on first listen I was disappointed.

But I persevered with it, and heard a couple of tracks in some movies and liked them. And after listening to it a good few times I grew to love it.

I agree it is more an album experience rather than a series of hit songs.

Now I own it on vinyl and play it quite often

I have experienced a few turn-arounds on albums like this.