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Music : Exile on Main St.
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Exile on Main St. by: The Rolling Stones |
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Binding: Audio Cassette EAN: 0724383952441 Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: July 26, 1994 Studio: Virgin Records Us Sales Rank: 741011 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: 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 Amazon.com: 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 Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - greatest american blues album by a non-american, non-blues bandThis is, simply, the greatest Stones album and one of the greatest complete albums of all time, period. One can draw a direct line from Robert Johnson to the Stones with no apologies. It takes several listens to fully appreciate the absolute genius but is well worth the time. I bought my first copy around 1980 on the recommendation of a friend who swore if I didn't like it, he'd buy it back from me. At first I was not impressed and almost took him up on the offer but over time I came to understand what he saw in it and now without question list this as my all time favorite album. Boy, am I glad I kept it. This is NOT a rock and roll album, it is a pure blues album. Personally I physically cannot sit still while listening to Ventilator ... Read More: Rating:  - Hey old people! Listen up!The Rolling Stones are garbage for old dorky hippies! Don't waste your money on this generic garbage. Listen to some awesome music like 50 Cent, Soulja Boy, Carrie Underwood or Green Day instead. You know why this band sucks? Besides every song sounding the same, they never got any MTV or BET airplay. What gives?! Rating: - Rolling like there was no tomorrowCompleting the sequence from Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers (which was filled with drug references) to Exile (which exuded the stuff). First off, the LP double is a masterpiece. The CD is not bad, but does not compare, being thin and lacking balls. When this came out, and today a lot of people complain about the muddy, impenetrable sound. Compared to Sticky Fingers or Let It Bleed, Exile on Main Street was tightly wrapped and everything seemed to be coming at you compressed in space. This was the complexity of the arrangements. A high quality turntable and ampflier demonstrate that both the recording of the individual instruments and voices and the mix are superb. The problem is, no cheap turntable and certainly no cheap ... Read More: Rating:  - 4.5 Stars - And #3 Of Their Top 3 AlbumsI am the Stones Authority. Whenever I listen to this album I cannot help but think of Keith's rented villa in the south of France with the strange comings and goings and open doors and music being created as they passed the time in pleasant weather and decadence wondering what future lay before them after departing England and the oppresive liberal tax regime. If you have never read "Up And Down With The Rolling Stones" by Tony Sanchez, then you should. I think it probably does paint a rather accurate picture of what the atmosphere behind this album was, the atmosphere that shaped what this album became. It is essential reading, I believe, especially if you want to fully understand where this album's genesis came from. The strong reaction of the ... Read More: Rating: - A Lesson in American MusicWhat you have here is the Rolling Stones giving us back exactly what we had been missing right under our noses, and taking it to places that the creators never could have possibly imagined. Every element of pure American music is here and there isn't a sour note. From the smoke filled juke joints of the deep south, to the slick blues of Chicago's West Side, to a Texas roadhouse, to a gospel choir, right back to Chuck Berry, it's all here. Everything great about American music deconstructed and built back up to reach places never before imagined. This is music one could imagine spilling out into Beale Street in 1955 or shaking the rafters of a Mississippi blues hall or belting out of some Baptist church. It's what every Saturday night should ... Read More: |
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