# Best Rolling Stones album? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 25, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038 "2004-09-25T14:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/21 "2004-09-26T01:35:26Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > If anyone says the Stones don’t rock-n-roll, put one of those two cuts on and turn up the volume. Huh? If anyone said the Rolling Stones didn’t rock ‘n’ roll, I’d ask 'em what life was like on their home planet. I’ve got a big soft spot for **Their Satanic Majesties Request**. Maybe not their best, and certainly their most out of character, but a criminally underrated example of British high psychedelia. You really can’t go wrong with anything from **Aftermath** through **Exile**. If I really had to choose just one I think it would be **Beggars Banquet**. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/22 "2004-09-26T02:15:36Z")
Yeah, me too. Beggar’s Banquet fits in the ‘Top 10 LPs of all time’ world for me. Parachute Woman is brilliant. The first time I heard that I saw heaven in vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/23 "2004-09-26T02:16:17Z")
Is “Dandelion” on _Satanic Majesty’s Request_? I’ve got me a powerf’l urge to hear “Dandelion” again (talk about British high psychedelia!) and I’d hate to invest in a whole disc of single releases. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/24 "2004-09-26T02:33:45Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Is “Dandelion” on _Satanic Majesty’s Request_? [Apparently not.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006AW2M/qid=1096165791/sr=8-1/ref=__1/103-9417625-6849467?v=glance&s=music) I’ve been partial to _She’s a Rainbow_ ever since a wonderful day in 1969 when I heard the track through a window pane. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/25 "2004-09-26T03:04:27Z")
I’ll second _Some Girls_ just because I’m too lazy to think of one by myself. Gotta love a girl with far-away eyes. And gospel-music radio. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/26 "2004-09-26T03:28:02Z")
**Exile On Main Street** , although my favorite song, **Gimme Shelter** , is on **Let It Bleed**. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/27 "2004-09-26T03:45:32Z")
I’ll probably catch some shit for this, but isn’t _Tattoo You_ the most overrated Stones album? If there’s one popular Stones album that I don’t care if I ever hear again, it’s definitely _Tattoo You_. What exatcly does this record contribute to their legacy? _Start Me Up_ is just a low rent _Brown Sugar_. _Waiting On A Friend_ is pure sugar. _Hang Fire_ is a good tune, but after these three, what’s left on this record? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/28 "2004-09-26T04:00:03Z")
Gotta go with **Sticky Fingers**. I think **Exile on Main Street** is overrated, although still excellent. But look at these songs on _Sticky Fingers_: Wild Horses Dead Flowers Sister Morphine Brown Sugar Great, great songs. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/29 "2004-09-26T04:14:47Z")
In case you’re wondering, here’s the song list for _Some Girls_: 1. Miss You 2. When the Whip Comes Down 3. Just My Imagination 4. Some Girls 5. Lies 6. Far Away Eyes 7. Respectable 8. Before They Make Me Run 9. Beast of Burden 10. Shattered ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/30 "2004-09-26T23:55:19Z")
Well, I’ve had a weekend to listen to all of these CDs. It is easy to pick the worst ones: Emotional Rescue Black and Blue Pick the best ones? Hmmm…I think I will listen to Aftermath, Beggar’s Banquet, Let it Bleed, Undercover, December’s Children, Tattoo You, and Get Your Ya Ya’s before I decide. ---
**Author:** ![MusicJunkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@MusicJunkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MusicJunkie)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/31 "2004-09-27T02:16:07Z")
I vote for Let it Bleed. There are 9 songs on this album and all 9 are winners. Of the 9 great songs at least 3 (Gimme Shelter, You Can’t Always Get What You Want and Monkey Man) are among their best songs ever and Love in Vain and You Got The Silver are also up there. Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers and Aftermath are close seconds. Never could really care about Exile. Tatoo and Some Girls are nice but very uneven. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/32 "2004-09-27T03:22:49Z")
Sticky Fingers. Oh yes. I can’t really explain why, but it’s just perfect. [QUOTE=Ass For A Hat] I’ll probably catch some shit for this, but isn’t _Tattoo You_ the most overrated Stones album? If there’s one popular Stones album that I don’t care if I ever hear again, it’s definitely _Tattoo You_. [QUOTE] Overrated? I was under the impression that it wasn’t highly regarded by anyone. ---
**Author:** ![TwoTrouts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@TwoTrouts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoTrouts)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/33 "2004-09-27T13:59:22Z")
The Stones of the late '60s was a rock group at it’s peak, IMHO. That gives you a list of: _Beggar’s Banquet_, _Let It Bleed_, & _Sticky Fingers_. _Beggar’s_ _Banquet_ tops the list for me. Throw in _Aftermath_ as well! I’ve always had a soft spot for their wierd little album _Between the Buttons_. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/34 "2004-09-27T14:41:42Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Gotta go with **Sticky Fingers**. I think **Exile on Main Street** is overrated, although still excellent. > > But look at these songs on _Sticky Fingers_: > > Wild Horses > Dead Flowers > Sister Morphine > Brown Sugar > > Great, great songs. My favorite album, and those aren’t even the best songs! Which are: Can’t you Hear Me Knocking Bitch Sway I Got the Blues and then Brown Sugar, Wild Horses…I even like “You Gotta Moo”. I usually skip over Sister Morphine. But 8 out of 9 ain’t bad. I just got Exile recently…a Stones fan for 40 years, and I’d never heard “Rip This Joint” in my life (how’d that happen?). WHAT A GREAT SONG!! ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/35 "2004-09-27T14:43:56Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > In case you’re wondering, here’s the song list for _Some Girls_: > > 1. Miss You > 2. When the Whip Comes Down > 3. Just My Imagination > 4. Some Girls > 5. Lies > 6. Far Away Eyes > 7. Respectable > 8. Before They Make Me Run > 9. Beast of Burden > 10. Shattered I used to have this album on cassette, but somehow never got it on CD. I’ll need to run out and do that today. I think the only song I don’t love on this album is Miss You. I just love their version of Just My Imagination. And I really love Far Away Eyes, too (you know what kinda eyes she got). I was going to vote for Goats Head Soup, but I guess this list has changed that. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/36 "2004-09-27T15:00:54Z")
> [@Caricci](#): > > I was going to vote for Goats Head Soup, but I guess this list has changed that. Does GHS have “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (but I like it)”? One of the best Rock Anthems of all time (although that wasn’t the question in the OP). ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/37 "2004-09-27T15:04:48Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Don’t pass up the live album **Get Yer YaYa’s Out!**. On the greatest hits collection “Hot Rocks” there’s a great live version of “Midnight Rambler”. Was this originally from YaYa’s? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/38 "2004-09-27T15:16:59Z")
Another remarkable SDMB coincidence thread. At work last week someone started a conversation about “The best album ever”. I said that my favourite wouldn’t even be voted the best by that band by most people and named “Aftermath”. All Jagger/Richards and the first time they decided to stop sounding like the “naughty” Beatles." It is pleasing to see I am not as alone as I thought. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/39 "2004-09-27T15:24:51Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Does GHS have “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (but I like it)”? One of the best Rock Anthems of all time (although that wasn’t the question in the OP). I_t’s only Rock and Roll_ is on the\* It’s only Rock and Roll\* album! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038/40 "2004-09-27T16:01:08Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I_t’s only Rock and Roll_ is on the\* It’s only Rock and Roll\* album! 🙂 That certainly calls for a :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rolling-stones-album/266038.md?page=3)