# name your top five Rolling Stones albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2019, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865 "2019-11-23T10:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/21 "2019-11-23T22:17:57Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > Between The Buttons was the apex of Brian Jones’ creativity with the Stones, and thus their finest record. Agreed. My five- 1: Between The Buttons 2: Some Girls 3-4-5: 12x5 Now Out Of Our Heads ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/22 "2019-11-23T22:18:31Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Some Girls represented a wonderful comeback, that’s for sure. I think of it, Emotional Rescue, and Tattoo You as a trio of their last blast of creativity and relevance. An album of the best songs among these three would have made my top five, probably. “Beast of Burden,” “Before They Make Me Run,” “Far Away Eyes,” > then “Dance, Pt. 1” and “She’s So Cold,” then “Start Me Up” and “No Use in Crying,” maybe a couple others. And don’t forget “Worried About You”. One of my top 5, but partially because I related it to my broken heart about a girl. And hell, now that we are talking about individual songs, “Memory Motel.” The most underated Stones song. Is there another Stones song with alternating lead vocals with Mick and Keith? I am going to listen to both of those now, loud. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/23 "2019-11-23T22:31:25Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Is there another Stones song with alternating lead vocals with Mick and Keith? Yes, [Salt Of The Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOiLH-2hTPQ) from Beggars Banquet. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/24 "2019-11-23T22:34:14Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Yes, [Salt Of The Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOiLH-2hTPQ) from Beggars Banquet. Of course. And I call myself a Stones fan. My face is still red. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/25 "2019-11-23T22:38:50Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Yes, [Salt Of The Earth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOiLH-2hTPQ) from Beggars Banquet. thank you for that link, I didn’t know some of those lyrics until now ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/26 "2019-11-23T22:53:48Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > thank you for that link, I didn’t know some of those lyrics until now It’s a great track, a real deep album cut. I always see it as a precursor to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, an epic crescendoing ballad. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/27 "2019-11-24T00:39:08Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > It’s a great track, a real deep album cut. I always see it as a precursor to “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, an epic crescendoing ballad. you get what you need! Cranking it. But ya know they partially stole it from the Beatles, using the classical strings. Or so I have heard. Beatles - Sgt Pepper. Stones - Satanic Majesties. Again, should be another thread - how much did the Stones influence the Beatles and vice versa ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/28 "2019-11-24T00:53:02Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Yep. I would propose Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After the Gold Rush, Harvest, Tonight’s the Night, Zuma, American Stars and Bars, Comes a Time, Rust Never Sleeps. But that is another thread. Sorry to nitpick, but you forgot _Time Fades Away_ and _On The Beach_ from the “ditch trilogy” (together with _Tonight’s The Night_ that had been recorded in 1973 and only released in 1975) after _Harvest_. But that doesn’t change the good run of albums. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/29 "2019-11-24T00:59:01Z")
Blood on the Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Bringing It All Back Home, Nashville Skyline. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/30 "2019-11-24T00:59:47Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Is there another Stones song with alternating lead vocals with Mick and Keith? \*\* Something Happened To Me Yesterday\*\* ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/31 "2019-11-24T01:01:53Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > And don’t forget “Worried About You”. One of my top 5, but partially because I related it to my broken heart about a girl. And hell, now that we are talking about individual songs, “Memory Motel.” The most underated Stones song. Is there another Stones song with alternating lead vocals with Mick and Keith? > > I am going to listen to both of those now, loud. Yes, I was going to add “Worried About You”! I love that song. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/32 "2019-11-24T01:03:06Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Blood on the Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited, Bringing It All Back Home, Nashville Skyline. Replace Nashville Skyline with Freewheelin’, and that’s what I would have posted in a Dylan thread ;):D. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/33 "2019-11-24T01:03:34Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > \*\* > Something Happened To Me Yesterday\*\* Beat me to it! “What kind of drug _is_ this?” ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/34 "2019-11-24T01:05:19Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Again, should be another thread - how much did the Stones influence the Beatles and vice versa John McMillan’s book _Beatles vs. Stones_ is a fun read. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/35 "2019-11-24T01:09:43Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > John McMillan’s book _Beatles vs. Stones_ is a fun read. Great hint! I put it on my wish list. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/36 "2019-11-24T01:11:48Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Great hint! I put it on my wish list. It’s well researched. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/37 "2019-11-24T01:19:00Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > John McMillan’s book _Beatles vs. Stones_ is a fun read. Loved the book. It was fascinating. Most interesting was finding out the act Decca chose over the Beatles (Brian Poole and the Tremolos, who did have a couple of UK hits) and the reason why (they were from London, nearer to Decca’s offices). As for the OP: Let It Bleed Beggar’s Banquet Sticky Fingers ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/38 "2019-11-24T03:47:56Z")
Steophan nailed it in one. Only thing missing is the El Macambo side of Love You Live. Gateway blues that one is. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/39 "2019-11-24T04:26:45Z")
_Tattoo You_ is highly under-rated. Wait a second… “highly under-rated”… Does that make sense? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865/40 "2019-11-24T13:14:07Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Yes, I was going to add “Worried About You”! I love that song. It’s similar to another world-weary Keith ballad, “Slippin’ Away” (1989), one of the very few post-_Tattoo You_ songs with any staying power for me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-top-five-rolling-stones-albums/843865.md?page=3)