The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street (Remastered Deluxe Edition) (1972/2020) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Billboard 200 – #1

Exile on Main St. is a studio album by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was first released as a double album on 12 May 1972 by Rolling Stones Records and was the band’s tenth studio album released in the United Kingdom.

Recording for the album began in 1969 in England during sessions for Sticky Fingers and continued in the summer of 1971 at a rented villa in the South of France named Nellcôte while the band lived abroad as tax exiles. Working with a mobile recording studio, the loose and unorganized sessions went on for hours into the night, with personnel varying greatly from day to day. The recording was completed with overdub sessions at Los Angeles’s Sunset Sound and included additional musicians such as pianist Nicky Hopkins, saxophonist Bobby Keys, drummer Jimmy Miller and horn player Jim Price. The resulting music was rooted in blues, rock and roll, swing, country and gospel, while the lyrics explored themes related to hedonism, sex and time.

This remastered and expanded version of the album features a bonus disc with 10 new tracks.

Dark and glistening. Like a cave on the French Riviera. That’s where Jagger and Richards’ band – living as tax exiles – recorded the immense Exile on Main Street, a musical feast with dishes served as country (Sweet Black Angel, Sweet Virginia), gospel (Shine a Light), blues (Shake Your Hips) and visceral rock’n’roll (the opening of Rocks Off and the cult track Happy with Keith Richards on vocals). The Rolling Stones may have been at the height of fame, but this masterpiece came from the heart and soul, with a dark and dirty sound and a sincere and raw style. American roots music (country, blues, folk) had rarely sounded so original. Jagger sings like an inspired old sage. Richards unleashes sharp, sublime guitar riffs. After all these years, we still can’t find the slightest flaw in this double album which many consider to be The Rolling Stones’ best… – Marc Zisman

Tracklist
1. The Rolling Stones – Rocks Off
2. The Rolling Stones – Rip This Joint
3. The Rolling Stones – Shake Your Hips
4. The Rolling Stones – Casino Boogie
5. The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice
6. The Rolling Stones – Sweet Virginia
7. The Rolling Stones – Torn And Frayed
8. The Rolling Stones – Sweet Black Angel
9. The Rolling Stones – Loving Cup
10. The Rolling Stones – Happy
11. The Rolling Stones – Turd On The Run
12. The Rolling Stones – Ventilator Blues
13. The Rolling Stones – I Just Want To See His Face
14. The Rolling Stones – Let It Loose
15. The Rolling Stones – All Down The Line
16. The Rolling Stones – Stop Breaking Down
17. The Rolling Stones – Shine A Light
18. The Rolling Stones – Soul Survivor
19. The Rolling Stones – Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren)
20. The Rolling Stones – Plundered My Soul
21. The Rolling Stones – I’m Not Signifying
22. The Rolling Stones – Following The River
23. The Rolling Stones – Dancing In The Light
24. The Rolling Stones – So Divine (Aladdin Story)
25. The Rolling Stones – Loving Cup
26. The Rolling Stones – Soul Survivor
27. The Rolling Stones – Good Time Women
28. The Rolling Stones – Title 5