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Rolling Stones

Exile on Main Street

Exile on Main Street 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
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Exile on Main Street Review
From the swaggering frustration in the first song ("I only get my rocks off while I'm sleeping," Mick Jagger sings in the hyper "Rocks Off"), the Stones speed through familiar neighborhoods of country, blues, and R&B on Exile. They never even bother to stop when they've crashed into something. They don't leap into new worlds so much as master the old ones, turning Slim Harpo's blues obscurity "Hip Shake" into a harp-and-piano steamroller and setting spines a-cracking in "Ventilator Blues." Both "Tumbling Dice" and Keith Richards's "Happy" have become hits, but the 1972 album is most notable for its overall murky adrenaline. --Steve Knopper
Exile on Main Street Review
Before Keith Richards's bad habits took over for a time in the mid-'70s, his work ethic was quite high. Stories abound of the long, if somewhat off-schedule, hours he spent working on this classic album in the basement of his home in France. Hanging together as much because of great songwriting ("Rocks Off," "Soul Survivor") as its fabled grungy atmosphere, Exile caps the Stones' great 1968-'72 run with a force that belies their supposed spiritual tiredness. What some of these songs are about is anybody's guess--Keith claims "Ventilator Blues" was inspired by a grate, while the song plays like an ode to a pistol--but that's just part of this album's hazy game. --Rickey Wright


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Posted by Anonymous, on 2008-06-12
A Whirlwind Of Blues and Boogie
5
When I bought "40 Licks" a few months ago I knew that I soon would have to buy some original Stones albums. Upon seeing this ablum was ranked #7 on Rolling Stone Magazines Top 500 Albums Of All Time list, I knew this would be the first one i'd buy.
I gotta say it blew me away. With its Nitty-Gritty slice of the bluesy boogie feeling thats signature to the Stones.

Some of my personal favorites are Rocks Off, Sweet Virginia, Torn and Frayed, and Happy.But the masterpieces of the album are Tumbling Dice and Shine A Light. These two I could bump all night.

This album is great, pick it up!
Posted by Anonymous, on 2005-12-28
Vive le Exile, forever
5
It is really hard to write a review for a record this good, so I'll just fake it. I listen to Exile constantly, as do most of my friends. Exile is a different kind of "great record". Records like Sgt.Pepper and Pet Sounds {which are better, but i'm not admitting it} lack what Exile has in spades. Exile is filthy and beautiful at the same time. I will probably sound like Liz Phair describing this record, but she is absolutely right. This is a guy's record. Listening to Exile is like drinking expensive champagne right out of the bottle. As far as me personally, Exile is a record that holds true salvation. "Shine a Light" is a religous experience for me in a world where I have given up religion. "Loving Cup" is my holy grail full of bourbon... you get the idea. When you own this record you'll know what I'm talking about, and if you don't, try not to spill any bongwater on your pink floyd c.d.'s or your grateful dead tapes when you fall asleep with your headphones on.
Posted by Anonymous, on 2005-12-29

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