Submitted by Moving_in_stereo78 t3_zr508o in Music
Recently I’ve bought a few early Rolling Stones LPs (Decembers only children, 12X5, Out of our heads) and I wanted to know what others favourite albums are and why by the Stones.
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Beyond_Your_Nose t1_j11onuk wrote
Tough choice. Exile on Main Street if I had to choose. You can hear the genius on the straight razor of chaos. The state of their bodies and minds would have killed mortal men, instead the Stones produced one of those great works that comes from equal parts inspiration and perspiration.
WesWordbound t1_j11rd1c wrote
Exile on Main Street. No question.
goatasaurusrex t1_j11rjts wrote
The one that is my favourite. Because it is my favourite.
Moving_in_stereo78 OP t1_j11rr8b wrote
Solid opinion
eclare1965 t1_j11sdfh wrote
Some Girls
onelittleworld t1_j11svwe wrote
For us longtime Stones heads, the holy trinity is Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main Street. Some would include Beggar's Banquet on that Mt. Rushmore.
My favorite is always the last of those three that I've played. But right now, if you put a gun to my head, it's Sticky Fingers. 10/10 classic.
irondog326 t1_j11t4q2 wrote
Let it Bleed
onelittleworld t1_j11teg7 wrote
Even though I landed on Sticky Fingers, I'm going to upvote you and say 'hear hear'. Neither one is the wrong answer.
tartestfart t1_j11trag wrote
Exile for sure
quality_besticles t1_j11tv08 wrote
Some Girls is so incredibly good. It's got strong competition from other albums, but other albums don't have Miss You, Before They Make Me Run, and Beast of Burden on their tracklists.
Acceptable-Fold-3192 t1_j11v67e wrote
Exile on Main Street tends to be the one people rave about.
I like Sticky Fingers, Beggar’s Banquet and a sleeper play Dirty Work.
Clear_Thought_9247 t1_j11wbz6 wrote
I feel there really two " rolling stones" the more gritty biker Rock songs and the more ballad/psychedelic/ or mainstream songs , so I'm more for a certain type of stones song then a certain album
Fishonaleash86 t1_j11y823 wrote
Some Girls
MoonageDayscream t1_j11zvwe wrote
I recently saw a docu about that studio, amazing story there.
DailyDross t1_j121dik wrote
Let it Bleed. My favourite.
heywaitjustasecond t1_j124zv9 wrote
Or Shattered sha doobie
-A_A_A_A_A_A- t1_j126qgg wrote
Rocks Off, the first track on Exile, is pretty much everything you need to know about The Stones. It’s all there; the guitar parts, the drums, it’s almost orchestral. (And the video is fun too.)
MoochoMaas t1_j127wi8 wrote
Tough question.
1st album I bought was, Goats Head Soup, so a dear favorite.
And then there's, Some Girls, 1st time I saw them.
But I'd have to go with ... Exile or Sticky .
Slight_Purpose_9092 t1_j12859p wrote
I will always consider Exile on Main St. to be the greatest summation of American music - rock, R&B, country, gospel, blues - recorded by a British band in the south of France.
SparkDBowles t1_j128twb wrote
People sleep on Between the Buttons
mousertnt1965 t1_j129ydr wrote
SOME GIRLS !!
DJMoneybeats t1_j12pu60 wrote
My faves in order would be...
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Let it Bleed
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Beggar's Banquet
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Exile on Main St.
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Sticky Fingers
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Some Girls
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Get Yer Ya-ya's out!
Almost all their other albums have at least 2 or 3 great songs and the rest is filler. I love most of Satanic Majesties but most people don't like it much. Hot Rocks is a great compilation of their early stuff but I don't know if that's on Spotify.
Levitatingsnakes t1_j12qjhj wrote
Gotta say the holy trinity. Mick Taylor was the stones best guitarist (sorry Keith) Sticky Fingers if I have to choose
halcyondread t1_j13fcch wrote
Exile on Main Street. It’s the most ambitious of all their albums, and they excavate every type of sound from their sonic repertoire. The songs themselves are also masterpieces of Rock & Roll.
redditaccount130 t1_j13kmm7 wrote
I’m not the biggest stones fan. Find it hard to sit through Banquet, let it bleed, even sticky fingers doesn’t hit me like it does others. But god, Exile for me transcends the stones - its weird coz it’s maybe not as instantly accessible as sticky fingers but once it seeps into you it becomes indispensable. Ultimately it’s the one I always go back to.
Ungeez t1_j13zzm0 wrote
My personal favorite is the UK version of Aftermath - that sweet spot in 1966 where rock was beginning to get colorful but not quite fully psychedelic (a few important cases aside). UK version (the original) had some different awesome songs than the US version, and was one of the 1st rock albums to stretch the LP run-time beyond 50 minutes, with extended-length songs, one of which reaches 11 minutes. The US version is great too, but I miss the removed songs, and the run-time is shorter. If I had to choose their overall best, I'd go with Exile on Main St.
Notinyourbushes t1_j14d3mg wrote
This is the correct answer.
Moving_in_stereo78 OP t1_j14rk3l wrote
Love the history on that 66 pressing thanks
nbfs-chili t1_j15n20q wrote
Man, I love Can't You Hear Me Knocking. One of my favorite stones songs, along with sympathy for the devil.
onelittleworld t1_j15oxok wrote
Easily one of my all-time faves, too. You might enjoy my Best of The Rolling Stones playlist, the next time you have 182 minutes to kill.
cdmat76 t1_j15qh11 wrote
Let it Bleed > Sticky Fingers > Beggars Banquet > Exile on Main Street > all the rest.
lilsnotnosetommy t1_j11obmx wrote
Tattoo You. So much great songwriting, production (power station men's room haha) and Sonny Fucking Rollins!