Sticky Fingers
by The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones bestography
Sticky Fingers is ranked 3rd best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,151.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Sticky Fingers track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Sticky Fingers rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Robert Anton Wilson | Top 36 Music Albums of 1971 | 19/36 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 19/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | bertdepoortere | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 2/100 | 20 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1971 | 5/88 | 5 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Most listened to artists in November 2020 (To delete) | 1/34 | - |
| 2026 |  PanheadWarrior | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 15/100 | 17 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 50/100 | 51 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 12 Europe British Isles | 53/100 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest British Albums | 67/100 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 19/100 | 16 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 1,663 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15,956 | |||
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Sticky Fingers ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 1 hour ago | joe_lYon | 2 | 25/100 |
| ! | 10 hours ago | Exist-en-ciel | 16,760 | 70/100 |
| ! | 3 days ago |  hombrejingle | 77 | 81/100 |
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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 86.0/100, a mean average of 84.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Sticky Fingers forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Chart of the day (#5482): By leniadView latest topic →
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Sticky Fingers comments
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Whereas Exile is chaotic and unrestrained, Sticky Fingers is remarkably disciplined for an album this raunchy and soaked in sin. (Edited)
This is the Stones at the height of their power. The material is fantastic, Keith is in total control and Mick is at the top of his form.
Stones best album! If you have a friend that never listend to a Stones album, indicate this one!
An excellent record, easily up there with the Stones’ best work. Brown Sugar was the big hit, Can’t You Hear Me Knocking is very highly rated, Wild Horses is just sublime, and I’m really loving Sway at the moment too. The last 3 tracks are also quite fascinating - Sister Morphine is wonderfully dark, Dead Flowers is a great country pastiche, and Moonlight Mile has to be the most underrated Stones’ track ever.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/11/2017 22:44 | #182285 | TOP COMMENT
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The early and middle period Stones set the bar for great rock music and this is their A-1, top-o-the-heap masterpiece. Every song a winner and most are certifiable classics. From hits like Brown Sugar, to ballads like Wild Horses, to epic deep cuts like Can't You Hear me Knocking, everything here adds up to unbeatable, in-your-face excellence.
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