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Binding: Audio CDBrand: ROLLING STONES EAN: 0724383952427 Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us MPN: 724383952427 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: July 26, 1994 Studio: Virgin Records Us Editorial Review: Product Description: No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: ROLLING STONES Title: EXILE ON MAIN STREET Street Release Date: 07/26/1994 Genre: ROCK/POP 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - It coulda been a contenderFor classic rock bands, the double live album was an essential part of their discography. The double STUDIO album on the other hand was a different animal altogether. Keeping an audience's attention over the course of 4 LP (now 1-2 CD) sides isn't always easy. And the few that worked (The White Album, Physical Graffiti, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Blonde on Blonde, Electric Ladyland) are rock and roll classics. The Who actually accomplished this feat not once, but TWICE (Tommy and Quadrophenia). Unfortunately, ... Read More Rating:  - One of the best Rolling Stone AlbumsYou have to have this album if you want to really appreciate the importance of The Rolling Stones impact on Rock & Roll. This is one of the best recorded works of a band ever. Rating: - Nova JukeboxThis musta been the first Lp I bought with my own money. Got all the Beetle records for birthday, x-mas presents and, suddenly, teenbopper allowance in hand, found myself at Sears wondering what fab sounds I might add to my growing stack of disturbed fun. Well, here was the latest by the "next best thing," or something. A big sprawl of distorted steel guitars, grunting mutterings, splash drunk drums, honkytonk tinklings, groaning bass murk and lo-fi gospel pleatings. The formula was ironed on this one ~ degenerated ... Read More Rating: - Just shake your hipsRock `n' roll as it was meant to be played: Loose, ragged, raw, and emotive. Exile On Main Street is fun. It's sexy. It's rough and chaotic. It's depressed and jubilant, nervous and uninhibited, tense and cathartic all at once. Blood and sweat and booze drip from its walls. It boogies and hops and screams. It's the sound of a great band going for broke, throwing themselves into every song, into every lick, into every note, every moment of music. It speaks to every aspect of this whole "human experience" thing we've ... Read More Rating: - Simply MarvelousThis album is so good that not even Mick Jagger was happy with it. That's good enough for me, as I have come to the conclusion that Mick has poor taste in music. I've heard his solo albums, and they suck. This, however, is a masterpiece of eclectic blues boogie, and it sure as hell rocks. Pay no attention to the negative reviews you may have read about Exile, just buy the cd and get on with your life. Such creativity, such awesome power, such a display of guitar tectronics that you'll be bowled over before you ... Read More |
