Exile On Main St. (studio album) by The Rolling Stones
Top 5 albums of 1972 (The Rolling Stones bestography
Exile On Main St. is ranked as the best album by The Rolling Stones.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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95/100  | 12 hours ago | CrookedRefrain | | 85/100 |
80/100 | 06/28/2022 18:03 | Thearei30ee | | 81/100 |
90/100 | 06/26/2022 13:43 | SD100852 | | 75/100 |
90/100 | 06/23/2022 19:02 | MetalMan67 | | 77/100 |
90/100 | 06/21/2022 07:05 |  Tamthebam | | 68/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 85.5/100, a mean average of 84.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Overall, as an album, the best Stones album.
Not the biggest "radio hits", but not one bad song. Ok "I Just want to see his face" is not their greatest song ...
If i had to pick one Stones record to listen for the rest of my days, it would be this one.
pedro1976 04/27/2022 12:22
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Album of the year. 1972. Easily in the top 3 Stones LP's for me.
I can't really find why people think this is the best Stones album, some good songs on here, but songs like Sweet Virginia, Turd on the run, Sweet black angel just are not good. I Also think Let it Bleed and Sticky Fingers are better, due to the variation on these albums, not just 1 genre. Still good, but 3. best from Stones for me
Favs: Tumbling Dice, Rocks Off
Low Points: Sweet Virginia, Sweet black angel, Turd on the run
Absolutely classic stones album. Every track works together with the rest. They are all unique but all work together. And an interesting back story about the making of it. Love it.
Definitely best, most consistent Stones effort and only Sticky Fingers comes close. They do here what is hard to do, they maintain to entertain you through the over hour of listening with no bad tracks. There isn't one obvious highlight on here like Gimme Shelter (Let It Bleed) or Paint It Black (Aftermath) but all of the tracks make this album collectively great. Even as not the biggest Stones fan I have to admit this is very good album.
Oh yeah...
This is an album that it's harder to not enjoy than enjoy. Basically, it has something for everyone and makes you feel good.
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Justifiably considered their masterpiece. Best tracks: "Rocks Off," "Tumbling Dice," "Happy," and "Shine a Light." I'm not a huge stones fan but I appreciate what they did between 68-72 and how influential that was on the course of rock afterwards. Exile was the culmination of that period and my favorite album to listen to from beginning to end.
OBRA MAESTRA. Disco de puro Rock & roll repleto de clásicos.
Si hay que definir el rock&roll hay que decir Exile on main Street. Es perfecto. Sus canciones más rápidas, más lentas, acústicas, experimentaciones con el country... Pero sobre todo, lo que tiene este disco es el sonido Stones. Marca de la casa. Único.
No hay ni una mala canción. Es pura delicia.
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