Exile on Main St.

Track Listings
1. Rocks Off    
2. Rip This Joint    
3. Shake Your Hips    
4. Casino Boogie    
5. Tumbling Dice    
6. Sweet Virginia    
7. Torn and Frayed    
8. Sweet Black Angel    
9. Loving Cup    
10. Happy    
11. Turd on the Run    
12. Ventilator Blues    
13. I Just Want to See His Face    
14. Let It Loose    
15. All Down the Line    
16. Stop Breaking Down    
17. Shine a Light    
18. Soul Survivor    

Editorial Reviews
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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 --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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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... read more --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Exile on Main St.
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Raw, relentless Stones
  • A MASTERPIECE! ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE!
  • Timeless, and even better (!) than I remembered
  • Exile on my street
  • Maybe the best
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ASIN: B000000W5L
Release Date: 1994-07-26

Tracks:

  1. Rocks Off
  2. Rip This Joint
  3. Shake Your Hips
  4. Casino Boogie
  5. Tumbling Dice
  6. Sweet Virginia
  7. Torn And Frayed
  8. Sweet Black Angel
  9. Loving Cup
  10. Happy
  11. Turd On The Run
  12. Ventilator Blues
  13. I Just Want To See His Face
  14. Let It Loose
  15. All Down The Line
  16. Stop Breaking Down
  17. Shine A Light
  18. Soul Survivor

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

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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

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Raw, relentless Stones.......2007-07-16

I was imagining this is to be the Stones' "White Album", right? - a double album which coulda made an incredible single album. A big reason it's not is that the Beatles' opus was wildly eclectic, with 1930s crooners, art songs, even garage music. This '72 effort, with all the verbiage about rediscovered echoey dungeons in somewhere in France, has a very consistent sound, thanks to the Glimmer Twins and all their good friends (Bobby Keys, Jim Price, Bill Plummer, et. al.). Gotta say, though, there are some tentative "B-side" quality cuts, and it's to their credit that the Stones open the double-album with one of them, "Rocks Off". Let's see, we'll also put "Casino Boogie", "Ventilator Blues" on the shelf....just kidding.
"Rip This Joint" was probably the best pure R & R song for that whole year, despite the high profiles that year of '50s originators like Ricky Nelson ("Garden Party"), Chuck Berry ("My Ding-A-Ling" and "Reelin' And Rockin'), Elvis Presley ("Burning Love"), and Little Richard ("Rockin' With The King" - Canned Heat with LR). When it came to roots music, they could do it better than all of them (except for when Richard showed up with his full band, at that time).
They proved they understood the blues, too, delivering on Slimp Harpo's "Shake Your Hips" (saw Mr. Penniman perform it in Trenton, NJ, in 2003 - did he dig the Stones' version?). "Turd On The Run", despite the lousy title, brings 'em back to the '60s and their many Bo Diddley "tributes", this one takes off like an SUV leaving the parking lot of a New Jersey community college at 6pm on a Friday, and never slows down.
Now to the real heavyweights, and you can name 'em, "Tumbling Dice", the super hit; "Sweet Black Angel", a beautiful folk-blues said to have been written about Activist Angela Davis; "Happy", still sounding great.
"Shine A Light", featuring Billy Preston, re-emerges with even more brightness. A real gem, which should have proven to be a true Pop perennial.
"Sweet Virginia", almost straight ahead Country, also warrants reappraisal as an almost "lost" artifact.
Small criticism: voices are mixed too far back; this together with the occasional monochromatic sound image, can put the listener on edge.
I guess it's in the spirit of serious bluesmen, combing that dank and dusty basement overseas for some scent of the American Delta.

5 out of 5 stars A MASTERPIECE! ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE!.......2007-07-10

This is such an incredible two album set. From the opening guitar lick of "Rocks Off" to the final strum in "Soul Survivor" we know we have just listened to a amazing collection of music! This is not a hits album by any stretch! It is a record that sounds great from start to finish or picking random cuts. I am a musician and I have been a DJ in past years in clubs and pubs. I always got a great response from the hip customers when I would throw in "Casino Boogie" or "All Down The Line" in at the local pub. What some folks don't understand is how many different sounding songs are on this album! Most groups today have one or two songs and they just keep regurgitating them out over and over again to fill album after album. This is the my favorite Stones album and it doesn't even contain my favorite Stones song! A timeless classic!

5 out of 5 stars Timeless, and even better (!) than I remembered.......2007-07-03

You know, I haven't visited this album in a long time; it has been one of my very favorite works of art since its release in '72, but it seemed like one of those things that might have been played out for me. I've been helping my wife load her iPod with things I think are essential, and naturally this came to mind, so in the process I gave it another spin. To say that I am reinfatuated is an understatement, which gives rise to this review. "Exile" is just such a work of uncommon depth and maturity and desperation and joy and carnality and the whole nine yards that it is nearly staggering. Plus it rocks harder than you ever will. Don't listen to haters who bemoan its lack of hits; it flows like nothing else...best digested as a whole. And anyways, "Tumbling Dice" was a certifiable hit back in the day; I know, I was alive then, and it was an indelible part of the soundtrack of the summer of '72. This listen brought me back to my very first needle drop on "Rocks Off" in '72 when I was 13 years old. From the first whomp of Charlie's drums I remember it as being a life-changing experience that gave me some idea of what adult music and life was all about. And the power and glory of this record is such that I have always been mystified over the critical response alluding to the allegedly murky mix, etc. To me it simply sounds like the perfect example of what rock and roll is supposed to sound like, and when words and phrases emerge from the mix they're almost always a surprise, even after thirty-five years. This record is proof positive of the enduring greatness of the Stones, and is to my ears their finest hour, and then some.

Quick question: My CD version of this is an original CBS era iteration (bought it like in '87-88), and it still sounds pretty good to me, even with the undoubted advances in mastering since then. Is this relatively newer Virgin version a BIG BIG BIG sonic upgrade, or just a sonic uptick? Thanks!

5 out of 5 stars Exile on my street.......2007-05-30

Exile on main street is one of the best. With a variety of styles it nrver drags. Great songs like Let it loose, Shine a light. Rocks Off, Soul Surivor Tumbling Dice and Ventilator Blues is a paint peeler. Sweet Virginia and Torn and Frayed are good country.Stop Breaking down and shake your Hips are good blues, good slide on stop Breaking Down Texas blues on Shake your Hips. Sweet Black Angel is great reggae.

5 out of 5 stars Maybe the best .......2007-05-11

This is just great..
Keith, Mick, Mick, and Nicky are at their best.
Exile on Main St.
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Forget the nay-sayers--this album is spectacular!
  • The Stones Only Overrated Album
  • One of the Best Rock Albums Ever
  • The best American music by a British band, ever
  • The best American music by a British band, ever
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Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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ASIN: B000000W5A
Release Date: 1994-06-28

Tracks:

  1. Rocks Off
  2. Rip This Joint
  3. Shake Your Hips
  4. Casino Boogie
  5. Tumbling Dice
  6. Sweet Virginia
  7. Torn and Frayed
  8. Sweet Black Angel
  9. Loving Cup
  10. Happy
  11. Turd on the Run
  12. Ventilator Blues
  13. I Just Want to See His Face
  14. Let It Loose
  15. All Down the Line
  16. Stop Breaking Down
  17. Shine a Light
  18. Soul Survivor

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Forget the nay-sayers--this album is spectacular!.......2004-04-09

It is understandable that because the Rolling Stones are, well, the Rolling Stones, there are going to be some highly uptight and stingy critics out there. But I am not one of those critics! I have been listening to this album since I was 4 years old, with a childlike interest that has grown into fullblown adult appreciation. You cannot go wrong on this record. Every track is a raucous, sonic blend of bluesy riffs, wailing vocals, and an overall theme of spontaneity and fun. Songs like "Tumblin Dice" and "Rocks Off" are great songs on their own, but when listened to in sequence with the likes of "Loving Cup" and "Happy" (with Keith on vocals, I believe) this album is a full blown sonic masterpiece that will pump you up and brighten your mood within the first seconds of hearing it. Largely underrrated in its day, this album is a unanonymous top 20 album of all time for hundreds of critics, and millions of rock music listeners. If you enjoy the Stones, it is simply impossibe for you to not be enamored with this record. A classic that everyone should own in their collection.

3 out of 5 stars The Stones Only Overrated Album.......2002-09-24

Exile On Main Street was originally released May 12, 1972. Numerous polls of greatest rock albums rank it in the top 15 of all time, but I've never been able to see what everybody is so excited about. Sure there are famous Stones cuts like Tumbling Dice, Happy, Sweet Virginia, and Sweet Black Angel but all their albums have famous songs on them.....most have more and often individually better songs as well. The blues is serious and typical of the band.....Son House's Stop Breaking Down, Shake Your Hips, Torn and Frayed, and Ventilator Blues....and there are some solid rockers too.....Rip This Joint, All Down The Line, Casino Boogie.....I find0 myself getting tired of listening to the album as a whole.....somehow it just doesn't have the depth of good feeling and strong emotion that is so evident to me in something like Sticky Fingers, Beggar's Banquet, or Let It Bleed.

Although there were "Exile" sessions (Jul-Sep, 1971 at Keith's Nellcote in France and Nov 71 - Mar 72 at Sunset Sound and Wally Heider Studios in L.A.), the tracks were laid down over a fairly long period of time from June 1970 to March 1972 with nothing recorded during 1971. Here are the details:
Jun 16, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....Stop Breaking Down
Jun 30, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....Sweet Virginia
Jul 14-15, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....All Down The Line
Jul 20, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....Sweet Virginia
Jul 23, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....All Down The Line
.....Shine A Light
Jul 27, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....Shake Your Hips
Oct 17-31, 1970 at Olympic in London
.....Shake Your Hips
.....Sweet Virginia
.....Stop Breaking Down
Dec - Mar, 1972 at Sunset Sound in L.A.
.....Rocks Off
.....Rip This Joint
.....Casino Boogie
.....Tumbling Dice
.....Torn and Frayed
.....Sweet Black Angel
.....Loving Cup
.....Happy
.....Turd On The Run
.....Ventilator Blues
.....Just Wanna See His Face
.....Soul Survivor

This information comes from "It's Only Rock And Roll: The Ultimate Guide To The Rolling Stones" by Karnbach and Bernson and from my own collection.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Best Rock Albums Ever.......2002-07-25

The Rolling Stones are one of the most important rock bands ever, and the 1971-72 period (covering "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on Main Street") was their musical peak. Together, these two albums represent the very best of British blues-rock. Essential listening.

5 out of 5 stars The best American music by a British band, ever.......2001-08-29

Sometimes when you're too close to the source of something (in this case American music -- blues, country, gospel, rock and roll, jazz), or too much in its thrall, you don't recognize all the wonder and the beauty that it is made of. The Rolling Stones -- addled by tax problems, drugs, love, celebrity, politics, death and disolution -- laid themselves bare on the altar to which they had dedicated their entire lives. Anyone who actually listens to, and tries to understand the beauty contained in the slurry vocals, the jam-like quality of the recording sessions, and the sticky and dank producing-style will be rewarded. This was a group of really smart and talented people attracted to an imperfect America that was caught in the grip of Nixon, race riots, Vietnam, addiction & etc. Anyone who compares this to "Tattoo You" is nuts and lacks any sense of context, or not listening in the right frame of mind. Rather than "Tattoo You," "Exile on Main Street" comparable to Sly & The Family Stone's "There's A Riot Goin' On" or to Hank Williams or to Robert Johnson. (It's hard to compare to any other Rolling Stones album because it's more rootsy yet less studied, and more sincere.) Sometimes it's hard to take in, but if you can listen through the slurry vocals, it's among the most beautiful and thoughtful rock and roll out there.

5 out of 5 stars The best American music by a British band, ever.......2001-08-29

Sometimes when you're too close to the source of something (in this case American music -- blues, country, gospel, rock and roll, jazz), or too much in its thrall, you don't recognize all the wonder and the beauty that it is made of. The Rolling Stones -- addled by tax problems, drugs, love, celebrity, politics, death and disolution -- laid themselves bare on the altar to which they had dedicated their entire lives. Anyone who actually listens to, and tries to understand the beauty contained in the slurry vocals, the jam-like quality of the recording sessions, and the sticky and dank producing-style will be rewarded. This was a group of really smart and talented people attracted to an imperfect America that was caught in the grip of Nixon, race riots, Vietnam, addiction & etc. Anyone who compares this to "Tattoo You" is nuts and lacks any sense of context, or not listening in the right frame of mind. Rather than "Tattoo You," "Exile on Main Street" comparable to Sly & The Family Stone's "There's A Riot Goin' On" or to Hank Williams or to Robert Johnson. (It's hard to compare to any other Rolling Stones album because it's more rootsy yet less studied, and more sincere.) Sometimes it's hard to take in, but if you can listen through the slurry vocals, it's among the most beautiful and thoughtful rock and roll out there.
Exile on Main St.
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of the Greatest Records of All Time
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ASIN: B000E6GCYS
Release Date: 2006-03-27

Tracks:

  1. Rocks Off
  2. Rip This Joint
  3. Shake Your Hips
  4. Casino Boogie
  5. Tumbling Dice
  6. Sweet Virginia
  7. Torn and Frayed
  8. Sweet Black Angel
  9. Loving Cup
  10. Happy
  11. Turd on the Ruin
  12. Ventilator Blues
  13. I Just Want to See His Face
  14. Let It Loose
  15. All Down the Line
  16. Stop Breaking Down
  17. Shine a light
  18. Soul Survivor

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, LP sized sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Records of All Time.......2006-06-11

I can't tell you how often I play this record and the images it conjures up. I can imagine Mick and Keith sitting around drinking Bordeaux wine as they go over the recordings in Keith's house in Nice. If ever there was a rock and roll record, well this is it. How can you not get up and dance to "Rip this Joint" or "Tumbling Dice?" How can you not slowly sway to "Sweet Virginia?" Mick really sings his heart out on that one. The music here flows without effort between Rock, Gospel, Country and Blues and you never notice. This is one of those albums you have to take as a whole and as a whole it's an experience that if relived over and over again, hearing something new, imagining something different, each and every time. Right now I'm listening to Mick Taylor's gorgeous slide guitar work on "All Down the Line" and I'm reveling in it even while I can hardly wait for "Stop Breaking Down" and "Shine a Light," which is my favorite song on the record. This record has made the top hundred on just about everybody's all time list. It's twelve on VH1's, seven on Rolling Stone's (the Magazine's not the band's) and something like five on mine.
Exile on Main St.
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sludge filled masterpiece
  • There is only one
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ASIN: B00008FROE
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Rocks Off
  2. Rip This Joint
  3. Shake Your Hips
  4. Casino Boogie
  5. Tumbling Dice
  6. Sweet Virginia
  7. Torn and Frayed
  8. Sweet Black Angel
  9. Loving Cup
  10. Happy
  11. Turd on the Run
  12. Ventilator Blues
  13. I Just Want to See His Face
  14. Let It Loose
  15. All Down the Line
  16. Stop Breaking Down
  17. Shine a Light
  18. Soul Survivor

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Sludge filled masterpiece.......2005-02-02

This cd is a sludge filled masterpiece. It has a ragged, raw, almost "outtake" quality and it is unpolished inspiration in the vein of Neil Young's "Tonight the Night". This is the pinnacle of the Stones' run of 3 incredible albums (Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main St) from 1969 to 1972.

I remember vividly the Stones' 1972 Tour when they played alot of tunes from this double album set (Keith Richards sitting on a stool picking the opening acoustic guitar lines to "Sweet Virginia").

The unpolished sludgy blend of black Gospel, blues, and rock is far superior to the bloated commercialism that would mar their later albums. The music comes off as inspired, loose, and free as if they were just letting themselves just go. The music is also enhanced by a great use of piano, organ, and saxophone by sidemen Nicky Hopkins, Billy Preston, and Bobby Keyes. "Rip This Joint" and "Rocks Off" are 2 of the most energetic rock songs ever recorded.

5 out of 5 stars There is only one.......2004-05-16

The last (and greatest) of an amazing four album cycle that began when they turned their backs on allowing their musical choices to be dictated by a pointless competition with the Beatles, "Exile on Main St." is one of the most thrilling commentaries on the decay of 1960s optimism and hippie squalor as refracted through an thorough immersion in American music in general -- and the blues very much in particular.
Like many a masterpiece not clearly recognized as such upon its release, the details which brought the band to this creative juncture are as fascinating as they are unimportant (John Perry's "Classic Rock Albums" book in the series published by Schirmer/Macmillan is the best account I've ever read putting the Stones and this album in perspective). Whether you bought it on vinyl upon its release, on the lousy sounding cassettes and cds issued through the 70s and 80s, or are just discovering it on the current Virgin Records issue, the music comes out of an atmosphere of chaos and near disintegration and could get through to anybody of any age.
They WERE "exiles," living as tax exiles in the South of France; the tracks, mostly, were recorded in various rooms in Keith Richards' mansion using the Stones' now-legendary mobile recording studio truck. Ostensibly produced by Jimmy Miller, it's really Richard's compositional and production cri-de-cour.
The powerhouse tracks alone make this a great album: the magnificent weariness of "Tumbling Dice," the frenetic honky-tonk of "Rip This Joint," the ironic brilliance of "Happy" -- heck, you could spend a month just dissecting the bravura bandwork on "Rocks Off" from the guitar interplay, to the killer horn charts and Charlie Watts rifleshot drumming (can you nominate a percussionist for a Nobel Prize...?).
But the halo on this evil saint comes from tracks clearly not intended as pop radio fare or Major Statements: "Casino Boogie" is as evocative a slice of funk and sleaze as you can access without requiring penicillin afterwards, "Sweet Virginia" is maybe the Stones' greatest country joke, "Let it Loose" and "Loving Cup" are absolutely literate rock hybrids without peer -- they aren't melodramatic power ballads or self-conscious "story songs," just simply moving statements about love and life.
Yet the moral atmosphere of the album might cause some to fret: is this where it all started to go to hell? Does it celebrate the wasted, dessicated, creepy, drugged-out, intellectually and emotionally fragmented pit into which many 1960s survivors descended? Is it the cultural Detour sign directing the pop audience to swerve in horror and head to Frampton, Manilow and Kenny Rogers? (The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Linda Ronstadt were/are also beloved of those refugees who sought asylum at "light radio," but are another story entirely.)
Like the Stones' tourmate from the time of this album's release Stevie Wonder, whose "Innervisions," "Talking Book" "Fulfillingness' First Finale" and "Songs in the Key of Life" also were far too complex and searching to insult with pitiful rate-a-record judgements like 'real good' or 'positive influence,' you have to take "Exile" on its own terms. The integrity is in this pudding with the proof, and it can't make a virgin or a whore out of you if you aren't one already.
Driveway
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    Manufacturer: Universal
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    Release Date: 2005-05-02

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    1. Always
    2. Winter
    3. Tomorrow
    4. Butterfly
    5. Kiss
    6. Angels
    7. Unlucky Man
    8. Suffering
    9. Revolving
    10. Loneliness

    Album Description

    Driveway is a new group from Toronto made up of ex-Made frontman Jason Taylor, ex-Made bass player Chris Sytnyk, drummer Robin Mason (Superhalo, Statistics), and Corey Matheson (Haggis) on banjo, pedal steel and guitar. These seasoned musicians have combined their influences that include Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Pixies, and Sonic Youth to form this 'rock band'. Universal. 2005.

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    These Seasoned Musicians have Combined their Influences that Include Whiskeytown, the Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, Coldplay, the Rolling Stones, Pixies and Sonic Youth to Form this 'rock Band'.
    Exile on Main St.
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Maybe the Best Record Ever......
    • From Start to Finish Exile Delivers
    • One of the Greatest Records of All Time
    • The Best!
    • Don't pay the extra cash
    		 Exile on Main St.
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    Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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    ASIN: B000AM6OHQ
    Release Date: 2005-08-30

    Tracks:

    1. Rocks Off
    2. Rip This Joint
    3. Shake Your Hips
    4. Casino Boogie
    5. Tumbling Dice
    6. Sweet Virginia
    7. Torn And Frayed
    8. Sweet Black Angel
    9. Loving Cup
    10. Happy
    11. Turd On The Run
    12. Ventilator Blues
    13. I Just Want To See His Face
    14. Let It Loose
    15. All Down The Line
    16. Stop Breaking Down
    17. Shine A Light
    18. Soul Survivor

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Maybe the Best Record Ever.............2006-07-06

    For 35 years I've been listening to Exile and I still find it hard not to listen to the whole thing every time. A true double album without one song that I don't love. Possibly the greatest double album ever made and maybe the best ever, certainly in the all time top 10. Still, I know people that don't care for Exile, but I've never accused any one of them of having any taste. This USA Collection version is the best I've ever heard in any format. As soon as I heard the intro to "Rocks Off", I heard a clarity between the guitars that I never heard before and pretty much every song is improved for me. I own a few of these SACD's and they all sound great on my cd walkman, although I still have never actually heard a SACD player.

    5 out of 5 stars From Start to Finish Exile Delivers.......2006-06-13

    This is certainly one of the best records ever made, everybody who is anybody in rock and roll agrees about this. I play it all the time. I personally own the record, the cassette and the CD of "Exile on Main Street." From the rocking "Rocks Off" to the dynamic "Soul Survivor," this record delivers. Mick Taylor's guitar gets under your skin, Keith's does too. Mick Jagger's voice has never been in better form. The band has never been so tight, kept in line by Charlie's Drums and Bill's Bass, but you can hear them straining at the bit as they push the music to new heights. When the record came out it was a hit right away, but it's my understanding that the reviews weren't all that good. I'd hate to be one of those writers who panned "Exile on Main Street," because did time sure ever prove them wrong. Exile is number seven on Rolling Stone Magazine's best albums of all time. It deserves the honor.

    5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Records of All Time.......2006-06-11

    I can't tell you how often I play this record and the images it conjures up. I can imagine Mick and Keith sitting around drinking Bordeaux wine as they go over the recordings in Keith's house in Nice. If ever there was a rock and roll record, well this is it. How can you not get up and dance to "Rip this Joint" or "Tumbling Dice?" How can you not slowly sway to "Sweet Virginia?" Mick really sings his heart out on that one. The music here flows without effort between Rock, Gospel, Country and Blues and you never notice. This is one of those albums you have to take as a whole and as a whole it's an experience that if relived over and over again, hearing something new, imagining something different, each and every time. Right now I'm listening to Mick Taylor's gorgeous slide guitar work on "All Down the Line" and I'm reveling in it even while I can hardly wait for "Stop Breaking Down" and "Shine a Light," which is my favorite song on the record. This record has made the top hundred on just about everybody's all time list. It's twelve on VH1's, seven on Rolling Stone's (the Magazine's not the band's) and something like five on mine.

    5 out of 5 stars The Best!.......2006-04-28

    The Rolling Stones have created some of the greatest music the world has ever heard, some of the worlds best songs were created by this band as well as albums. Of all the albums I own by The Rolling Stones (and I own a lot), Exile On Main Street is the best. The best Rolling Stones album and really one of the top five albums of all time. Never again or before had the band come together to create so many good songs, in fact 18 amazing songs, when it's truly hard to put 9 decent ones on an albm the Stones doubled that. This is concedered to be the greatest double album of all time, I I wouldnt dare argue with that title.

    Through this album The Rolling Stones dont venture into new teratory such as Reggea, Funk, or soul like they would later do, but instead they settle down in older familure structures like Country, Blues, R & B, and Rock and Roll and rather then settle realy they perfect. Through out this album featuring the 'classic' stones line up of Jagger/Richards/Taylor/Watts/Wyman, the band comes together and runs all all cylenders.

    The album opens with two of it's hardest rockers, 'Rocks Off' and 'Rip This Joint' both of which are Stones classics. i used to think If You Cant Rock Me was the best album opener but boy was I wrong, Rocks Off is Perfect! 'Shake You Hips,' an old blues cover is done perfectly here with great guitar worl and mick's signature vocals. 'Casino Boggie' is the perfect song to lead into the timeless 'Tumbling Dice' which just happens to be my all time favorite Rolling Stones song. The guitar is simply amazing and the lyrics are brilliant. The fact that Mick walked into a casino and thought of some way to relate poker to love is simply genius and the greatest primice for a song. 'Sweet Virginia' is a slower acoustic song with a great chorus and sets the pace for the next three songs. 'Torn And Frayed' 'Sweet Black Angle' and 'Loving Cup' are all slower ballads with power, though dont get me confused as saying they are power ballads because they are not. Sweet Black Angle features amazing acoustic playing by Mick Taylor and Keith Richards. Keith steps up to the mic to sing 'Happy,' which became a hit single and is to this day concidered one of the bands all time greatest songs. I have always loved when guitar players step up to the mic and sing because it usually makes for a great song especially with Keith, he never dissapoints! 'Turd On The Run' is a decent rocker but nothing to special. 'Ventalator Blues' is one of the all time greatest songs ever written, Im sure if you asked anyone who has ever heard the song they would tell you the same. Every time that song starts I stop what ever I am doing and listen to the song, which is one of the reasons I dont listen to this album in the car. Now 'I Just Want To See His Face' is a strange song that chants "I dont want to prey to Jesus, I just want to see his face' over and over again over some strange sounds. It seems dumb and tedeious I know but it really isnt. 'Let It Loose' is a pretty cool song but it just doesnt stand out on the album. 'On Down The Line' is one of my favorite songs on the album, featuring some of Mick Taylors all time best slide guitar work. This song kind of reminds me of Silver Train off the Stones' next album Goats Head Soup. 'Stop Breaking Down' is a traditional song that The Rolling Stones took and made all their own, I swear you would never know it was a traditional song if you hadnt heard it before. 'Shine A Lite' is a really cool song, Im not sure how to describe it or characterize it but just know that it is a great song. The album comes to an end with 'Soul Surviver' topping the album off at track eighteen. 'Soul Surviver' features some of Micks best vocals and a signature crowl that only he is capable of creating. The album ends where it begins leaving you wanting more!

    With all of this in mind how can you help dont wanting this album, I mean every song is good and I am telling you know you will never ifnd a Rolling Stones album better then this, I know your thinking well '.........' is a better album because I was the same way but once you give a listen to this masterpeace of rock and roll you will know that Exile On Main Street is the best! And as for guitar players, no guitar player should be with out this album, or at least one that has Tumbing Dice on it because guitar playing doesnt get batter then that. Highly, highly recomended!

    1 out of 5 stars Don't pay the extra cash.......2006-03-16

    Don't be fooled. This version is exactly the same as the early '90s remaster. The only difference is the paper sleeve on the outside of the jewel case; once you remove the sleeve, everything is the same: artwork, liner notes, remastering, etc.

    This is a five-star album, by the way, but there's no need to spend the extra money on the 'Collector's' issues (as of 3/15/06, there is a $4 difference between the normal remaster and this one).
    Exile On Main St. + 3 Bonus Tracks (Street)
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      		Exile On Main St. + 3 Bonus Tracks (Street)
      The Rolling Stones
      Manufacturer: CD Maxium
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      This is a special edition Russian import cd. It has all 18 tracks from the original album plus an additional 3 bonus tracks (21 tracks total). Please see the above photo of the back cover for a list of songs. There is also a mini-poster included with this cd.
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