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Exile On Main Street

by Rolling Stones

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All Time

of 455,611

140
1970's

of 2,832

27
1972

of 250

4
Genres
- Classic Rock
  - Classic Rock
    
    of 14,252
    
    43
  - Album-Oriented Rock (AOR)
    
    of 7,231
    
    33
  - Supergroups
    
    of 373
    
    11
- Hard Rock & Metal
  - Hard Rock & Metal
    
    of 19,021
    
    20
  - Hard Rock
    
    of 8,069
    
    19
- Pop
  - Pop
    
    of 263,892
    
    136
  - Pop Rock
    
    of 64,982
    
    83
- Rock
  - Rock
    
    of 107,774
    
    83
  - Blues Rock
    
    of 3,436
    
    8

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.6359 Exile On Main Street is ranked overall as 3.6359 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.6844 Exile On Main Street has an avg. critic score of 3.6844 out of 4 stars

Exile On Main Street Rank 4 Reviews

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Rolling Stone

There are songs that are better, there are songs that are worse, there are songs that'll become your favorites and others you'll probably lift the needle for when their time is due. But in the end,Exile On Main Street(Rolling Stones COC-2-2900) ...more

The Daily Vault Album Reviews

Regarded as one of the best double-albums of all time and a cornerstone of rock, the only major debate surrounding the Rolling Stones'Exile on Main St.is whether or not it's their best recording. Many critics have taken turns switchingExile On ...more

Rolling Stone

A dirty whirl of blues and boogie, the Rolling Stones' 1972 double LP "was the first grunge record," guitarist Keith Richards crowed proudly last year. But inside the deliberately dense squall -- Richards' and Mick Taylor's dogfight riffing, the lusty ...more

Yahoo! Music

Summarily panned by critics when it was released, Exile is now universally hailed as the best double-set rock has produced, a soulful epic of murky obsessions that took a dirt-road and deep-mud trip through gospel, blues, Stax/Volt R&B and country. ...more

All Music Guide

Greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its original release,Exile on Main St.has become generally regarded as the Rolling Stones' finest album. Part of the reason why the record was initially greeted with hesitant reviews is that it takes a while ...more

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John Mcferrin Music Reviews

If you are an astute reader and thinker, a question may have popped into your head by now. "Why," you may ask yourself, "after all the immense experimentation the Stones have done over the years, did they get the tag of roots-rockers and ...more

PopMatters

I first saw the Stones in the fall of 1973 on the Goat's Head Soup tour. At that time, they were the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World. Since 1969 they had released in miraculous succession, Let It Bleed, Get Yer Ya Ya's Out, Sticky Fingers, ...more

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