I would have to say that Can't You Hear Me Knockin' is rock n roll to me. It just doesn't get any sicker or raunchier or more cool than that. Why the Stones sounded so tough in the 70s: Mick Taylor's leads, all the way

A great album for the Stones to be sure. I think it's a tad more imbalanced than Beggars Banquet or Let It Bleed but you're absolutely right that songs like Brown Sugar, Bitch, Can't You hear Me Knocking ARE sex drugs and rock n roll. If only it wasn't so clearly divided between the "fast" and "slow" sides

Dead Flowers

Dead Flowers is my favourite Stones song, possibly challenged on occasion by Tumbling Dice.

You can take your pick of the series from Beggars Banquet through Exile - each one has a legitimate case for being called the finest Stones album, though I do think that Let It Bleed is a little erratic. They were just a force of nature in that era. It's quite astonishing how it all came crashing to a halt with Goat's Head Soup. That must be considered one of the steepest declines in quality ever seen from one album to the next.

Clichéd choice it may be, but I still rank Exile as the mold for what a raw, pure rock album ought to be. Granted, it has more than a touch of fat on it, but even the throw-aways on that album have a density that no one's ever approached since.

NorthernLad said:

Dead Flowers is my favourite Stones song, possibly challenged on occasion by Tumbling Dice.

You can take your pick of the series from Beggars Banquet through Exile - each one has a legitimate case for being called the finest Stones album, though I do think that Let It Bleed is a little erratic. They were just a force of nature in that era. It's quite astonishing how it all came crashing to a halt with Goat's Head Soup. That must be considered one of the steepest declines in quality ever seen from one album to the next.

Clichéd choice it may be, but I still rank Exile as the mold for what a raw, pure rock album ought to be. Granted, it has more than a touch of fat on it, but even the throw-aways on that album have a density that no one's ever approached since.
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damn, I've got to go shopping...

When are going on tour again...?

heartbeatocean said:

Aren't they always on tour?

hell yeah. this is what rock and roll is all about, dammit. If I were to pick an album that perfectly encapsulates the concept of "sex, drugs & rock n' roll", it would be STICKY FINGERS.


Thoughts on this album? ? ? ?

NorthernLad said:

Yeah it's a smack n coke n pussy album alright. But then so's Some Girls. And Let It Bleed.

Yeah. I heven't heard all their albums, but this is my favorite.

Moonlight Mile is so creative, but not weird or out of left field.

Brown Sugar is one of those songs that I simply never get tired of. By the last verse I'm always bobbing my head. God, it's so funky in a rock & roll kind of way.

Someone said it was originally titled "Black Pussy?" They make such horrible offensive stuff seem so fun. Not until Prince would that be repeated.

What other macho rock band could get away with that cover?

Exile is great, but it's a touger listen, what with Hip Shake Thing & Rip This Joint right in the beginning.