|
|
| sasca |
I'm not very good at this - whenever I choose one I think I ought to have chosen another - but I'll go with a tie between Beggar's Banquet and the UK Aftermath, followed by (in purely chronological order) The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. |
|
|
| jb |
I think everyone agrees that "Exile" is the greatest album in rock-n-roll history, with "Sticky Fingers" running a close 2nd...."Some Girls" is the 3rd greatest album in history and "Beggars" and "Let it Bleed" round out the top 5 greatest albums in the history of mankind IMHO.
Some Girls saved the entire music scene in the late 70's.
[Edited by jb] |
|
|
| moy |
some girls |
|
|
| Boomhauer |
I like NOW! a lot; Sticky Fingers, Some Girls, Emotional Rescue, IORR, BnB,...................I like 'em......very much.
[Edited by Boomhauer] |
|
|
| gypsymofo60 |
Let It Bleed....Just pips Beggars Banquet, and Sticky Fingers. Exile is as good as any of those three, but it has the unfair advantage of being a double album,(in the old scale.)LIB has everything, great standard rockers; Live With Me, Blues roots; Love In Vain,(their finest blues cover), darkness, at that time their forte; Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, black humour; Let It Bleed, and the type of song only The Stones could come up with YCAGWYW, and Monkey Man. This was(along with Banquet), the album that formed the platform for the '69 tour of America which as we all now know, not only went down in rock history as the most famous/infamous tour of all time, it also set the precedent for all future rock tours. And on the eighth day, God decreed; Let there be_Stones, and it came to be. |
|
|
| tumblingdice |
I have to agree with JB's Top 5 with either Sticky Fingers or Some Girls tying for 1st for me. LIB and Exile close behind with Beggars but must also mention Goats Head Soup and Voodoo Lounge which for me was the 2nd Some Girls. Just my opinion anyway. |
|
|
| full moon |
Tattoo You and Exile.... |
|
|
| Pants Make the Man |
quote:
moy wrote:
some girls
That's very interesting, but I must side with "Let It Bleed". |
|
|
| Jaxx |
i enjoy something off of every stones album/cd. even the worst album has a hidden gem or 2. for a "parody" album some girls is ok....for versatility, creativity and technical merit, exile gets my vote. |
|
|
| Mottrush |
All good but Top 5:
1. Exile
2. Sticky
3. Beggars
4. Bleed
5. Aftermath (UK) |
|
|
| winter |
Exile is the most "significant" Stones album. But right now my favorite is Beggar's - just cause I've been soakin' up drink like a sponge -
Wintah
|
|
|
| Nasty Habits |
quote:
Jaxx wrote:
i enjoy something off of every stones album/cd. even the worst album has a hidden gem or 2. for a "parody" album some girls is ok....for versatility, creativity and technical merit, exile gets my vote.
Is Some Girls a parody record? I was always under the impression that it was the Stones in their maximum open ended absorbtion/reflection mode, casting a brilliant light over everything that was happening musically in 1978 and showing it off from their particularly high vantage point. Not that it isn't funny as hell, but then so is Exile.
I honestly don't think I have a favorite Stones record. Little Nasty stands in total awe of their unprecedented achievements at virtually every phase of their career.
|
|
|
| fmk438j |
Exile. For one main reason, it's timelessness. You can play the entire thing and go back to the start and do it again and again. It just never gets tired. And each song is like that too. How many albums can you play repeatedly without getting tired of it? I've been driving somewhere and played Let it loose 5 times in a row. Every pop and whistle is placed perfectly and you devour it in it's every detail.
One thing though, happy and Tumbling dice do not sit well on 40 licks imo. It's just not right, them being anywhere else but among their respective track order. |
|
|
| Jaxx |
quote:
Nasty Habits wrote:
Is Some Girls a parody record? I was always under the impression that it was the Stones in their maximum open ended absorbtion/reflection mode, casting a brilliant light over everything that was happening musically in 1978 and showing it off from their particularly high vantage point. Not that it isn't funny as hell, but then so is Exile.
IMO yeah--. Miss You is a parody at disco, not an attempt at it. quite amusing. the tune Some Girls? totally pushing the envelope and completely politically incorrect..to the point of having to change the album cover! while Respectable is the "buddy holly" rifforama of the album, the lyics are totally a hilarious "tongue in cheek" statement... and Far Away Eyes? again, a "play" this time at country, not the "true" country sound, IMO found in country honk....
|
|
|
| no_cole_porter |
Bridges To Babylon. The Stones sounded so perfect to me on that record. I fell in love with every song on that album. It's got Rock, Soul, Pop, Reggae, Rap, Techno, Funk, Country and it's so fresh. It's a good record period. But it's got a lot of lovely innovations, it's classic and contemporary, it shows the Stones aren't afraid to try new things and the jazzy outro on How Can I Stop...What beautiful music they make. |
|
|
| Gimme Shelter |
I would have to say "Sticky Fingers" |
|
|
| BILL PERKS |
HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA SAY IT..............DIRTY WORK(1986) |
|
|
| Mother baby |
[quote]jb wrote:
I think everyone agrees that "Exile" is the greatest album in rock-n-roll history,
Why? because someone told them it was?
IORR is....but not, perhaps for the music...the Art Work said it all.
|
|
|
| dealer squealing |
Sticky Fingers and Love You Live |
|
|
| F505 |
HOW MANY TIMES I GOTTA SAY IT..............DIRTY WORK(1986)
I think you gotta say it many times more BILL
But to be serious: all the sixties and seventies-albums are gold with exile and sticky in front position |
|
|
| gypsymofo60 |
quote:
dealer squealing wrote:
Sticky Fingers and Love You Live
This is good! Love You Live is THE one live album EVER that I would consider worthy of inclusion in a greatest album for any artist. |
|
|
| JaggaRichards |
Let It Bleed |
|
|
| dealer squealing |
I�m glad to find a person who likes Love You Live, i think it is very underrated album! |
|
|
| F505 |
side 3 (el mocambo) is still my favorite legal stones live performance
[Edited by F505] |
|
|
| TheSavageYoungXyzzy |
quote:
dealer squealing wrote:
I�m glad to find a person who likes Love You Live, i think it is very underrated album!
Ayyy-men. This is their best live album. In fact, the only complaint I have about this one is Mick's singing - he's out of shape, half gasping a lot of the words, letting Billy Preston save him. The four tracks from El Mocambo are priceless. "Charlie Watts is willing to talk, maybe... Bill Wyman just wants to take photographs of girls's legs... Ronnie Wood's gay..." "And 's old Bum Rush Jagger here!" "Keith of course is completely straight."
He sure seems to have fixed it for this tour, though... Damn that man can sing!
Their best studio albums? Hmm... My top ten as of now...
1) Exile On Main Street
2) Sticky Fingers
3) Let It Bleed
4) Some Girls
5) Beggar's Banquet
6) It's Only Rock'n'Roll
7) Aftermath (US)
8) Bridges To Babylon
9) December's Children (And Everybody's)
10) Tattoo You
I dunno, I was never a big fan of Tattoo You - a few great songs, and one tragically underratted Ronnie-penned classic ("No Use In Crying"), but I can't stand "Waiting On A Friend" or "Heaven", nor do I think "Tops" is such hot stuff. "Slave", "Hang Fire", "Worried About You" and "Little T&A" are all great, but the overall feel of the album just seems too slick, overproduced.
-tSYX --- We used to ride, ride, ride... |
|
|
| Scot Rocks |
I find it hard to just say that one Stones album is my outright favourite without also including the magnificance of some of the others so here is my...
Top Ten Studio albums
1 - Sticky Fingers
2 - LIB
3 - Exile
4 - BB
5 - Some Girls
6 - GHS
7 - Tattoo You
8 - Voodoo Lounge
9 - Aftermath
10 - IORR
Mark |
|
|
| Pants Make the Man |
quote:
Jaxx wrote:
IMO yeah--. Miss You is a parody at disco, not an attempt at it. quite amusing. the tune Some Girls? totally pushing the envelope and completely politically incorrect..to the point of having to change the album cover! while Respectable is the "buddy holly" rifforama of the album, the lyics are totally a hilarious "tongue in cheek" statement... and Far Away Eyes? again, a "play" this time at country, not the "true" country sound, IMO found in country honk....
You've convinced me, Jaxx. But "Shattered", though perhaps parodying punk, is incomparable, nonpareil studio magic. |
|
|
| 6th Avenue |
quote:
Jaxx wrote:
IMO yeah--. Miss You is a parody at disco, not an attempt at it. quite amusing. the tune Some Girls? totally pushing the envelope and completely politically incorrect..to the point of having to change the album cover! while Respectable is the "buddy holly" rifforama of the album, the lyics are totally a hilarious "tongue in cheek" statement... and Far Away Eyes? again, a "play" this time at country, not the "true" country sound, IMO found in country honk....
I think the song ER is more of a parody at disco. With lyics like night in shining armor |
|
|
| 6th Avenue |
Knight Sorry |
|
|
| sonicrock |
1 satanic majesties
2 between the buttons
3 aftermath
4 1st
5 get yer ya s ya s out
6 out of our heads
7 all the others exept voodoo/bridge/steel wheels. the i just c |
CHAT ROOM aka THE FUN HOUSE] [
RESTROOMS]