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by: The Bitter End

Release Date February 03, 2004

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Exile On Main Street [Limited Edition]

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date October 05, 1999
I would not want to call myself a big Stones fan, in fact 'Exile' is their only album I own. I rate it at 5 stars. On this record, these Rolling Stones have that indescribable, what I call "bluesy swagger", all over them. Just listen to songs like 'Shine a light' and 'Sweet Virginia'. These Rolling Stones know their history, after Johnson and Muddy, they have taken it to a whole new level. This is no sell-out but rather a big ode to these old Bluesmen. Excellent and timeless.

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Damascus Ruin

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by: VF-161 Rock Rivers

Release Date January 01, 2008
I would not want to call myself a big Stones fan, in fact 'Exile' is their only album I own. I rate it at 5 stars. On this record, these Rolling Stones have that indescribable, what I call "bluesy swagger", all over them. Just listen to songs like 'Shine a light' and 'Sweet Virginia'. These Rolling Stones know their history, after Johnson and Muddy, they have taken it to a whole new level. This is no sell-out but rather a big ode to these old Bluesmen. Excellent and timeless.

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Exile on Main St.

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date March 27, 2006
I can't tell you how often I play this record and the images it conjures up. I can imagine Mick and Keith sitting around drinking Bordeaux wine as they go over the recordings in Keith's house in Nice. If ever there was a rock and roll record, well this is it. How can you not get up and dance to "Rip this Joint" or "Tumbling Dice?" How can you not slowly sway to "Sweet Virginia?" Mick really sings his heart out on that one. The music here flows without effort between Rock, Gospel, Country and Blues and you never notice. This is one of those albums you have to take as a whole and as a whole it's an experience that if relived over and over again, hearing something new, imagining something different, each and every time. Right now I'm listening to Mick ... Read More:

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What If...

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by: Ken Macy

Release Date July 11, 2006
I can't tell you how often I play this record and the images it conjures up. I can imagine Mick and Keith sitting around drinking Bordeaux wine as they go over the recordings in Keith's house in Nice. If ever there was a rock and roll record, well this is it. How can you not get up and dance to "Rip this Joint" or "Tumbling Dice?" How can you not slowly sway to "Sweet Virginia?" Mick really sings his heart out on that one. The music here flows without effort between Rock, Gospel, Country and Blues and you never notice. This is one of those albums you have to take as a whole and as a whole it's an experience that if relived over and over again, hearing something new, imagining something different, each and every time. Right now I'm listening to Mick ... Read More:

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Exile on Main St.

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date October 25, 1990
I think that this is the Stones' best!

An EXCELLENT mix of rock, rock and roll, blues, and country influences--this album is kind of a microcosm of the Stones' in general!

The musicianship is incredible, the songs range from naughty to poignant, and it is just hands down my favorite album (period) to listen to (I have been listening to it, almost exclusively, for weeks now!).

I think it is one of the best examples of the songwriting genius of Jagger and Richards, and the musical genius of the whole band (with Mick Taylor at that time [long replaced by the also very gifted Ron Wood]--a guitarist of great reknown even beyond his association with The World's Greatest Rock Band)

I think it will go (has ... Read More:

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Exile on Main St.

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date October 17, 1990
I think that this is the Stones' best!

An EXCELLENT mix of rock, rock and roll, blues, and country influences--this album is kind of a microcosm of the Stones' in general!

The musicianship is incredible, the songs range from naughty to poignant, and it is just hands down my favorite album (period) to listen to (I have been listening to it, almost exclusively, for weeks now!).

I think it is one of the best examples of the songwriting genius of Jagger and Richards, and the musical genius of the whole band (with Mick Taylor at that time [long replaced by the also very gifted Ron Wood]--a guitarist of great reknown even beyond his association with The World's Greatest Rock Band)

I think it will go (has ... Read More:

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Exile on Main St.

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date October 19, 1999
I would not want to call myself a big Stones fan, in fact 'Exile' is their only album I own. I rate it at 5 stars. On this record, these Rolling Stones have that indescribable, what I call "bluesy swagger", all over them. Just listen to songs like 'Shine a light' and 'Sweet Virginia'. These Rolling Stones know their history, after Johnson and Muddy, they have taken it to a whole new level. This is no sell-out but rather a big ode to these old Bluesmen. Excellent and timeless.

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Exile on Main St.

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date August 30, 2005

Exile is not one of the Stones' more immediately accessible albums; it takes a while to appreciate its treasures. At first listen it might sound just raw and messy but eventually the scales fall from your ears and a true gem is revealed. Very much of a cohesive whole, the album gains momentum in its successive tracks to display the multifaceted rock virtuosity of the Stones at their most powerful. The music is intense throughout and often energetic. To me, the first section culminates in the lilting masterpiece Tumbling Dice.

The yearning country strains of Sweet Virginia introduce the next segment; this song reminds me of Far Away Eyes on the 1978 album Some Girls. Torn And Frayed has a similar soulful country feel and the catchy Sweet Black Angel ... Read More:

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LP Sleeve Box Set

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by: The Rolling Stones

Release Date September 12, 2005
If we, the Stones' fans, haven't kept this...uh..."memoribilia," we sure ain't going to recycle now. The "Exile" cards are worth something...so what? The music is worth more than the silly entrapments. Betcha the Stones themselves had naught to do with this.