The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
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Free Music Review: you record on junk, see what you come up with
Hit: 5 Stars
Anyone who is a serious rock music fan will already own and appreciated "exile". is it the best stones' album ever as it's lauded? no, probably not. i'd vote for "sticky fingers", but that's academic and beside the point. what "exile" represents, best illustrated by the recent book of the same name, is a band whose hero and central talent ( keith )is in the throes of a heroin addiction that mere mortals without infinite amounts of the drug can only imagine. for anyone who has faced the horrors of opiate dependency, the idea that "exile" could be written and recorded within that nightmare is what elevates it to the legendary status it is accepted in today. an oversimplification? missing the point? glamourizing heroin use a la tarantino and "pulp fiction"? no.
"ventilator blues", although mostly a mick taylor creation, shows a band in a literal basement bemoaning the irritating sound of an old, creaky home heating system. it seaped into the basement studio where the stones were exiled to at the time. exiled for tax purposes, but more importantly, exiled because of keith richards' and anita pallenberg's copius heroin use and the company of corsican criminals they kept at the time to keep the dope coming.
so the album rambles, is wonderfully lo-fi, and has mandatory tracks like "sweet black angel" and "happy". but it never had a strong single. or a definable song like "sympathy for the devil" or "street fighting man", as in same-era albums.
if you don't own it by now, i'm not sure how to recommend it to you. we're not the same, dear amazon reader, if you don't have "exile". we're also not the same if you have not experienced the devil that is opiates. and maybe the final lesson is that neither is really recommended, you've either been there or you haven't.
Free Music Review: A fine representation of versatile Stones at their peak!
Hit: 4 Stars
I too am mystified by all the hype about this being one of the greatest albums of all time. It's very good and it rocks in spots, but it sounds like it was recorded in a cheap mobile home with a small tape recorder. This album features however more of a versatile look at the Stones as they cover not only rock but blues, soul, reggae and pop in many different styles. If you love the Stones, they can do no wrong. I really like them, but overall I don't think there as many memorable songs as their other albums and the sound seems tinnier than their previous albums. But this newest remastering on their newer CD sounds punchier and bolder than ever before. Free Music Review: Great Stones Album, but overrated
Hit: 4 Stars
This is one of those items in pop culture that has gained a reputation as something that is supposed to be fantastic. You are supposed to love it, to think it is one of the greatest albums of all time. It always amazes me that people buy into these things.
I am a HUGE Stones fan, and while I like this album, it is definitely not five stars. Even Mick Jagger has commented that he doesn't understand why people say it is such a great album. It has four or five really great songs on it, but it also has a lot of filler. Not good enough for a double album -- should have been a superb single album.
If you want a true five star Stones album, get "Sticky Fingers".
Free Music Review: A LITTLE OVERRATED
Hit: 3 Stars
I bought this cd back in 1993 at the age of 16. I was already a huge fan of "Let It Bleed" , "Beggars Banquet" and "Sticky Fingers". I bought this cd because i belived the hype, plus i love double albums. This is the one time where i think this doudle album should have been shortened into a very good single albumn. Even now 13 years later, I listen to this cd and I feel the same way I did in 1993. Sometimes you listen to an album and it just dosen't click, then you listen to it years later and it clicks. That is not the case with "EXILE ON MAIN STREET". This album is just too long. The Beatles "WHITE ALBUM" is a long album as well, but it just works. "EXILE ON MAIN STREET" sounds like The Stones were trying too hard to make an album that sounded like "THE WHITE ALBUM", a little erratic with some backround noise on some songs, some songs very polished, some songs sounding a little un-finished. Just my take....you can disagree if you want.
Free Music Review: The definitive rock and roll record.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the definitive rock and roll record. Not just because the music itself is great but because on this album the Rolling Stones literally define rock and roll by showing us it's evolution. There's gospel, blues, country, rockabilly, soul, and of course the sum of all those parts called rock and roll.
The atmosphere is dark, murky, smokey, and boozey and I think it's the perfect album to listen to at night. And this album has so much damn soul. Every song rocks and rolls and's filled with soul. I love it.
"Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main Street" are the two greatest rock and roll records I've ever heard but "Exile on Main Street" just barely edges "Sticky Fingers" out because of it's great atmosphere.