Exile on Main St.
by The Rolling Stones
- Type: Album
- Released: 12聽May聽1972
- Label: Rolling Stones
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:06:58
- Community rating: 4.26/5 from 22 ratings
Artists on this release: Bill Wyman, Mick Jagger, Mick Taylor, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Famously recorded in the basement of a French villa while the band were tax exiles, 'Exile on Main St.' is a sprawling double album defined by its dense, murky production and wide stylistic breadth. The record is a deep immersion into American roots music, weaving together elements of blues, soul, gospel, and country with lyrical themes of hedonism, survival, and weary decadence. Though initially met with mixed reviews, the album's raw, loose performances and layered sound have cemented its status as a landmark artistic statement and the creative zenith for the band.
Genres
Descriptors: bluesy, dusty, soulful, sprawling, unpolished
Tracklist
- Rocks Off (04:31)
- Rip This Joint (02:23)
- Shake Your Hips (02:59)
- Casino Boogie (03:34)
- Tumbling Dice (03:46)
- Sweet Virginia (04:26)
- Torn And Frayed (04:17)
- Sweet Black Angel (02:57)
- Loving Cup (04:24)
- Happy (03:04)
- Turd On The Run (02:37)
- Ventilator Blues (03:24)
- I Just Want To See His Face (02:52)
- Let It Loose (05:17)
- All Down The Line (03:49)
- Stop Breaking Down (04:34)
- Shine A Light (04:16)
- Soul Survivor (03:48)
Credits
- Mick Jagger - lead vocals, backing vocals, harmonica, electric guitar, percussions
- Keith Richards - guitars, backing vocals, bass guitar, electric piano, lead vocals
- Mick Taylor - guitars, bass guitar
- Bill Wyman - bass guitar
- Charlie Watts - drums
- Nicky Hopkins - pianist, piano
- Bobby Keys - saxophonist, saxophone, baritone sax, percussions, maracas
- Jimmy Miller - producer, drummer, percussion
- Jim Price - horn player, trumpet, trombone, organ
- Bill Plummer - session bassist, bass, uprite bass
- Andy Johns - engineer
- Billy Preston - keyboardist, piano, organ
- Dr. John - keyboardist, backing vocals
- John Van Hamersveld - designer, design [layout], layout
- Norman Seeff - photographer, design [layout], layout
- Robert Frank - photographer, cover photography & concept
- Glyn Johns - engineer
- Ian Stewart - piano
- Al Perkins - pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
- Richard "Didymus" Washington - marimba
- Clydie King - backing vocals, background vocal
- Venetta Fields - backing vocals, background vocal
- Sherlie Matthews - backing vocals
- Jesse Kirkland - backing vocals
- Joe Green - backing vocals
- Bobby Whitlock - piano
- Tamiya Lynn - backing vocals
- Kathi McDonald - backing vocals
- Shirley Goodman - backing vocals
- Jeremy Gee - engineer
- Joe Zagarino - engineer
- Amyl Nitrate - marimba