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Before my first listen of this album, I knew only three songs that were on this album. I thought maybe I knew Rocks Off, but I believe that the version that I knew of is a Rod Stewart song. I knew Tumbling Dice, Happy, and Shine a Light. That left 15 songs I didn't know so I didn't really know what to expect. There are a lot of them though that sound sound eerily familiar, and the first time I listened to them I thought they were all right. The second time they grew on me, and after that I thought that this could possibly be one of the best albums of all time. There's not a lot of flash on this album. No big time hit, but a lot of good songs. There's no need to go into the highlights of this album, because they're all equally good tunes. It's almost like a gospel album. I don't know what influences the Stones had when they wrote this album, but it worked brilliantly.Read full review
What I like about Exile on Main Street is that the Rolling Stones were at their peak. This album is considered their best by many critics and possibly the best double album of all time. This is a coherent, consistent work of southern rock, country music, gospel and blues. Some may find hard to digest this record in one sitting; but it is a double album after all. I bought it because it was among the few albums I was missing from my Stones collection.