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Exile on Main St. is the tenth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on May 12th 1972 by Rolling Stones Records. The 10th released in the UK and 12th in the US, it is viewed as a culmination of a string of the band's most critically successful albums, following Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969) and Sticky Fingers (1971). Exile on Main St. is known for its murky, inconsistent sound due to more disjointed musicianship and production, along with a party-like atmosphere heard in several tracks.
Recording began in 1969 at Olympic Studios in London during sessions for Sticky Fingers, with the main sessions beginning in mid-1971 at Nellcôte, a rented villa in the South of France, after the band members became tax exiles. Due to the lack of a professional studio nearby, they worked with a mobile recording studio and recorded in-house. The loose and unorganised Nellcôte sessions went on for hours into the night, with personnel varying greatly from day to day. Recording was completed with overdub sessions at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles and included additional musicians such as the pianist Nicky Hopkins, the saxophonist Bobby Keys, the drummer and producer Jimmy Miller, and the horn player Jim Price. The results produced enough songs for the Stones' first double album.
The band continued a back-to-basics direction heard in Sticky Fingers after the experimental instrumentation of previous albums, yet Exile exhibited a wider range of influences in blues, rock and roll, swing, country and gospel, while the lyrics explored themes related to hedonism, sex and time. The album contains frequently-performed concert staples and topped the charts in six countries, including the UK, US and Canada. It included the singles "Happy", which featured lead vocals from Keith Richards, the country ballad "Sweet Virginia", and the worldwide top-ten hit "Tumbling Dice". The album's artwork, a collage of various images, reflected the Rolling Stones' prideful rebellion. After its release, the Stones embarked on an American tour, gaining infamy for riotous audiences and performances.
Exile on Main St. was originally met with mixed reviews before receiving strong reassessments by the end of the 1970s. It has since been recognized as a pivotal hard rock album, viewed by many critics as the Rolling Stones' best work and as one of the greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album number 7 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003 and 2012, with it dropping to number 14 in the 2020 edition, consistently as the highest-ranked Rolling Stones album on the list. In 2012, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the band's fourth album to be inducted. A remastered and expanded version of the album was released in 2010 featuring a bonus disc with 10 new tracks. Unusual for a re-release, it also charted highly at the time of its release, reaching number one in the UK and number two in the US.
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LUV EOMS, it is my favorite Stones 70s LP
The best place to start with the Stones is a good compilation like Hot Rocks. This will show you the full range of their classic sound. Then start exploring their deep cuts from the studio albums from the beginning.
Hey Jenna - my first Stones album was 'Satanic Majesties' cos I liked the cover !! LOL - so think my first cut choice was worse (however this album is since re-appraised). Should have started with 'Hot Rocks' !
Definitely not the album to start with. Exile isn't very accessible, and I remember not liking it upon first hearing it. But something kept calling me back to it. I would try it again and it wouldn't click. One day, a year or two later, I came across an Exile music book that contained the lyrics and I sat down and really focused on the music while following along with the lyrics and it was like I was handed the keys to the kingdom and was let inside. Once you break through that wall, Exile is a world unto itself and a magnificent piece of art. But it's not easy. It takes multiple listens and for the unfortunate few, they never get inside. Those are the people who call it "overrated" or try to make it a single record as they stare through the windows watching those of us who got in with drinks in hand, smiling and dancing, loud music playing. The world of Exile.
I started listening to the Stones via huge 70s headphones with a curly lead and the wonder that is/was Rolled Gold on cassette. I could not believe the sound of that guitar at the beginning of It's All Over Now. I couldn't believe that it happened in the 60s, this was the very early 80s, we had Depeche mode ffs. Then I suddenly developed a Stones obsession when Steel Wheels came out.
God I love that album (theres a separate discussion) But its breezy and bright and relaxed and full of rhythm, it felt like 'phew they made it through'. Then Bill left and for me it was all over, he was a seriously overlooked component to 'the sound'.
But Jenna you do not suck lmao. I bought this first (with my own money) too. A cheap 80s CBS vinyl reissue & I did not like it. I think, like so many classics from that golden era, this album is held in irrational reverence. When it got a remaster about 15 years ago I reviewed it quite scathingly on Amazon and the BILE I got back, close to death threats, (when you could reply to Amazon reviews) for people standing up for those multi-millionaires was unbelievable. I can't believe it's 35 years old. But it's that old Genesis logic that the albums we hear aged 13-23 are the ones that stick.
Its good advice to start with the Stones at the first album - then Exile wouldn't seem as unfathomable and/or out of place. Its great. But it ain't the greatest.
BTW, sorry this is off topic but luvving the look of your legs in this video, Jenna!
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