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| The Rolling Stones ranked Dec 1967-2016
I'm sure my opinions will change over time, but this is where I'm at right now. I didn't include most of the early, Brian Jones-era albums because there's no standardized tracklisting. The UK and American versions are way different from one another. | | 1 |  | The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main St.
The greatest album of all time. | | 2 |  | The Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed
Contains two mega-important Stones songs: Gimme Shelter, and You Can't Always Get What You Want. Also has Live With Me, the first collaboration with amazing sax player Bobby Keys, and Midnight Rambler, which Keith Richards calls the definitive Rolling Stones song. The only flaw with the album is out-of-tune guitars on Country Honk and Monkey Man, but the latter is fantastic. | | 3 |  | The Rolling Stones
Sticky Fingers
Too many slow numbers, but Brown Sugar, Can't You Hear Me Knocking?, Bitch, and Dead Flowers are as elating as the heroin Keith Richards was shooting up at the time. | | 4 |  | The Rolling Stones
Voodoo Lounge
I may do a review of this album later. Suffice it to say, I love it while a lot of casual listeners and some diehards don't. This album is perfectly produced and encapsulates everything The Stones are supposed to be about. | | 5 |  | The Rolling Stones
Beggars Banquet
This was the album that got me into The Rolling Stones. Favs are No Expectations, Dear Doctor, Street Fighting Man (first punk song), and to a lesser extent, Sympathy and Stray Cat Blues. I've had to accept that it's a little overrated, since Parachute Woman, Jigsaw Puzzle, and Factory Girl seem half-baked. But the sound coined on this album is a landmark creative achievement. | | 6 |  | The Rolling Stones
Tattoo You
Basically, a collection of outtakes from 1973-1980. Feels a little disjointed, but yet Start Me Up (you've been living under a rock if you haven't heard this song), Hang Fire, Little T&A, Tops, Slave, and Heaven are excellent. And what do you know, every one of those songs except one is probably about sex. | | 7 |  | The Rolling Stones
Steel Wheels
Anyone who thinks this album sucks isn't hearing the magic on Mixed Emotions, Rock And A Hard Place, Can't Be Seen, and Almost Hear You Sigh. Terrifying, Hold Onto Your Hat, and Hearts For Sale are good too. However, the album goes downhill near the end, and Continental Drift steals the vocal chant melody from Coltrane's A Love Supreme. | | 8 |  | The Rolling Stones
Goats Head Soup
100 Years Ago (though it does have great Mick Taylor playing), Silver Train, Winter, and Can You Hear The Music? rub me the wrong way for different reasons. But it does have Dancing With Mr. D, Coming Down Again, Heartbreaker, Angie, and Starfucker, which are fantastic. Most underrated song is Hide Your Love, which slightly reminds me of I Just Want To See His Face from Exile. | | 9 |  | The Rolling Stones
Some Girls
The most overrated Stones album. Important for the band's continued relevance, but monotonous guitar tones, and dabbles too much in late 70s trends. I like When The Whip Comes Down, Respectable, Beast Of Burden, and Shattered, and practically couldn't give a shit about the rest, including Miss You. The Temptations cover falls way short of the original, and would much rather have the outtaked cover of Tallahassee Lassie. | | 10 |  | The Rolling Stones
Undercover
The title track is one of the most impressive things The Stones ever did. Too Much Blood is also damn funky, and She Was Hot, Too Tough, and It Must Be Hell are good. Rest of the album is slim pickings. | | 11 |  | The Rolling Stones
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
The last Stones record with Mick Taylor. Although some songs are definite failures, the title track, Luxury (probably the bands best reggae-influenced song), and Dance Little Sister (which Jimmy Page allegedly loves) are great. I wonder if the lyric about committing suicide on stage inspired GG Allin? | | 12 |  | The Rolling Stones
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Simultaneously underrated (by people including several band members who regard it as complete shite) and overrated by "no Jones, no Stones" types. Basically, it's an uneven stab at psychedelic music and recreating Sgt. Pepper's. Best song of course is She's A Rainbow, which has enjoyed staying power to this day. | | 13 |  | The Rolling Stones
Emotional Rescue
So much material was recorded during the Some Girls sessions, there was enough for a second album. I like the song Emotional Rescue itself better a disco attempt than Miss You. Great bassline from Ronnie Wood. But what is there on the rest of this album? Oh yeah, She's So Cold (annoying). | | 14 |  | The Rolling Stones
Dirty Work
For all the shit that gets hurled at this album, I really like the first three tracks. I think of it as a good three song EP, and then a load of junk. | | 15 |  | The Rolling Stones
Black and Blue
Hey Negrita was the only song on this album that ever did anything for me, and I suppose Fool To Cry is OK. I don't see why Memory Motel is so popular. This album was all about auditioning new guitarists to replace Mick Taylor, so you have a lot of loose, unstructured jams; the best of these was Slave, which was shelved for Tattoo You. One reason this album probably sucks is that Keith's drug abuse was at its fever pitch. By '76, many people have described him as a ghost or a shell of his former self. | | 16 |  | The Rolling Stones
A Bigger Bang
Despite the grandiose title, not much going on here besides the rockin' first track, Rough Justice. Overall, it's a very generic, "by numbers" type of album. | | 17 |  | The Rolling Stones
Bridges to Babylon
Well-produced, but bloated and embarrassing (including the terrible cover art). Though they would go onto produce a handful of great songs afterwards, this is The Stones' definitive jumping the shark moment. Not a good sign when the best song, "Has Anybody Seen My Baby?" has a chorus so similar to another artist's song, you have to give them a songwriting credit. | | 18 |  | The Rolling Stones
Blue and Lonesome
Despite the glowing reviews it got, the production really irritates me. Sounds like a lot of comped together takes, played along to a click track, with possible auto-tune on Mick Jagger's voice. Antithetical to what the blues is all about. | |
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12.22.18 | 1is1 | zakalwe
12.22.18 | 3 is best | widowslaugh123
12.22.18 | I wish you had some Brian Jones albums here tho. Aftermath and Out of Our Heads are amazing | ArsMoriendi
12.22.18 | 9 has Shattered which is my fave Stones song | butcherboy
12.22.18 | Moon is up off 4 is top 10 Stones tunes.. | BerryGarlicia
12.23.18 | none of these are good albums | Source
12.23.18 | 6 is slept on | RippingCorpse1986
12.24.18 | To think that Start Me Up originally began as a reggae-influenced number...
Agreed with your description on 4 though. Wouldn't place it that high personally, but it's indeed very underrated. I Go Wild and Love Is Strong are pretty cool. | rockarollacola
10.07.19 | I agree that Exile on Main Street may be the greatest rock record ever released |
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