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Listenin to Physical Graffiti, damn what an band. Full of great riffs and that Rhythm section,...is it the best one in rock history?

I think you pop in Sticky Fingers and possibly come to a different result.

yeah, Sticky Fingers is a personal favorite, but damn these guys were top notch

I have a hard time in life picking between Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. Really I am more impressed with the Stones as a creative unit when I hear Sticky Fingers, but Exile feels like an emotional roller coaster to me. I am a mess once we get to Shine a Light. Both albums to me are the height of rock music.

lol @ the Stones matching Zep on riffs, rhythm section. Don't be ridiculous.

liebzz wrote:I have a hard time in life picking between Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street. Really I am more impressed with the Stones as a creative unit when I hear Sticky Fingers, but Exile feels like an emotional roller coaster to me. I am a mess once we get to Shine a Light. Both albums to me are the height of rock music.

Exile was never my jam, i mean i love it but i prefer other albums to that one. Tumbling Dice is a favorite tough.

VinylGuy wrote:Listenin to Physical Graffiti, damn what an band. Full of great riffs and that Rhythm section,...is it the best one in rock history?

I was just blasting "Custard Pie" this morning

tragabigzanda wrote:The only Stones album I care about is Beggars Banquet

Great album, but there’s a bunch to care about:

The Rolling Stones, Now!: For me, the apex of the early blues covers era.

Out of Our Heads: The beginning of their transition into serious songwriters as the balance tips towards originals.

Aftermath: First album of all originals really getting into the signature Stones sound.

Between the Buttons: the Stones in stride and straddling between Aftermath sound and the experimentation in Their Satanic Majesty’s Request.

Beggars Banquet: the first in a run of perfect or near perfect Stones albums.

Let It Bleed: the Stones at their most raw sleaze.

Sticky Fingers: perfection.

Exile On Main Street: more perfection.

Goats Head Soup: not quite as great as the previous 4, so it gets a bad rep. Still Stones on a razor’s edge.

Black and Blue: underrated gem.

Some Girls: might be the origin of “return to form”

Tattoo You: the last of a great era.

Blue & Lonesome: return to the blues covers era, but with gravitas of age and maturity.

Hackney Diamonds: the new album showing incredible life after 60 years together.

That’s a whopping 14 albums to start. I could make a case for New England’s Newest Hitmakers, 12x5, It’s Only
Rock & Roll, Emotional Rescue, Steel Wheels, and Voodoo Lounge.

lol zero chance trag will listen to hackney diamonds.

i love Hackney Diamonds. What an album.

But also, im a huge Stones fan. Its incredible but sometimes i listen, lets say...Head Goat Soup, one i didnt really cared much as a kid and now i can see all these different things happening.

Emotional Rescue was one i despised as a kid and now its like damn! this is so fucking good. This is jamming!

Very cool stuff.

VinylGuy wrote:i love Hackney Diamonds. What an album.

But also, im a huge Stones fan. Its incredible but sometimes i listen, lets say...Head Goat Soup, one i didnt really cared much as a kid and now i can see all these different things happening.

Emotional Rescue was one i despised as a kid and now its like damn! this is so fucking good. This is jamming!

Very cool stuff.

Now I feel encouraged.

i will do a ranking of my stones albums, but damn its really hard.

These last couple of months Black and Blue ranked high.

This would be my list as of today:

26. Dirty Work
25. Their Satanic Majesty’s Request
24. Bridges to Babylon
23. Voodoo Lounge
22. A Bigger Bang
21. Undercover
20. It’s Only Rock & Roll
19. December’s Children (and Everybody)
18. Emotional Rescue
17. Steel Wheels
16. Black and Blue
15. England’s Newest Hitmakers
14. 12x5
13. Out of Our Heads
12. Blue and Lonesome
11. Hackney Diamonds
10. Between the Buttons
9. Aftermath
8. Goats Head Soup
7. The Rolling Stones, Now!
6. Tattoo You
5. Some Girls
4. Beggar’s Banquet
3. Let It Bleed
2. Sticky Fingers
1. Exile on Main Street

2 and 1 are basically tied and 3 and 4 aren’t far behind.

Aftermath, Between the Buttons, and Beggar's Banquet are my favorites. I was about to call it a "run" until I realized they were broken up by TSMR.

I enjoy listening to the early '60's stuff more than I enjoy Sticky Fingers, Exile, Some Girls, etc., though I like those too.

im more of a fan of their 70s and 90s output i guess...of course the 60s are untouchable but i love how they go from Sticky Fingers to Emotional Rescue

VinylGuy wrote:Listenin to Physical Graffiti, damn what an band. Full of great riffs and that Rhythm section,...is it the best one in rock history?

no way! i listened to this yesterday

we are one

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i forgot how fun Cibo Matto´s Viva! La Woman is