Shine A Light (track)
by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1972
From the album Exile On Main St. (track #17)
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Shine A Light appears on the following album(s) by The Rolling Stones:
- Exile On Main St. (track #17) (this album) (1972)
- Stripped (track #4) (1995)
- Shine A Light (track #24) (2008)
- Totally Stripped (track #23) (compilation) (2016)
- Totally Stripped (Live At The Paradiso Amsterdam 1995) (track #11) (2020)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/08/2026 13:15 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 21:01 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/04/2026 22:41 | SammyC33 | 720 | 88/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 09:05 | plasmicmist | 7,586 | 91/100 | |
| 12/05/2025 22:27 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,702 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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Great track as the album gets towards its end
THE best song on the album.
It will always baffle me that this is not the final track.
Wonderful gospel rock, a kind of Rolling Stones Let it be. It's a glorious track and one of the many highlights on a stunning record. Great song.
The Stones are perhaps responsible for more great songs than any artist(s) in the history of rock. "Shine a Light" is right there among their best, in my opinion. listen to this song...Really listen to the lyrics and the harmonies. No matter how down I feel, this always lifts me back up.
Jasonconfused 02/05/2013 05:35 | #64061
Definitely one of the best songs on the album. Well done Rolling Stones.
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