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kleermaker
Okay, no new 'favourite posts' seem to pop up anymore, so I'll give the final results here:

1. Rocks Off (43 mentions)
2. Let It Loose (31 mentions)
3. Tumbling Dice (30 mentions)
4. Loving Cup (26 mentions)
5. Torn and Frayed (24 mentions)

6. Sweet Virginia (22 mentions)
7. All Down The Line (20 mentions)
8. Happy (19 mentions)
9. Shine A Light (17 mentions)
10. Ventilator Blues (13 mentions)
11. Soul Survivor (11 mentions)
12. Casino Boogie (10 mentions)
13. Sweet Black Angel (9 mentions)
14. Stop Breaking Down (6 mentions)
15 - 18: Rip This Joint; Shake Your Hips; Turd On The Run; Just Wanna See His Face (all 5 mentions).

Well, this indicates that 'Exile on Main Street' could've been an acceptable release as a single album (not a double).

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kleermaker
Okay, no new 'favourite posts' seem to pop up anymore, so I'll give the final results here:

1. Rocks Off (43 mentions)
2. Let It Loose (31 mentions)
3. Tumbling Dice (30 mentions)
4. Loving Cup (26 mentions)
5. Torn and Frayed (24 mentions)

6. Sweet Virginia (22 mentions)
7. All Down The Line (20 mentions)
8. Happy (19 mentions)
9. Shine A Light (17 mentions)
10. Ventilator Blues (13 mentions)
11. Soul Survivor (11 mentions)
12. Casino Boogie (10 mentions)
13. Sweet Black Angel (9 mentions)
14. Stop Breaking Down (6 mentions)
15 - 18: Rip This Joint; Shake Your Hips; Turd On The Run; Just Wanna See His Face (all 5 mentions).

Well, this indicates that 'Exile on Main Street' could've been an acceptable release as a single album (not a double).

Imo Exile is an extended single album.

Rocks off.
Happy
Tumbling dice
All down the line
Rip this Joint.

Rock and roll,
Mops

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nightskyman

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kleermaker
Okay, no new 'favourite posts' seem to pop up anymore, so I'll give the final results here:

1. Rocks Off (43 mentions)
2. Let It Loose (31 mentions)
3. Tumbling Dice (30 mentions)
4. Loving Cup (26 mentions)
5. Torn and Frayed (24 mentions)

6. Sweet Virginia (22 mentions)
7. All Down The Line (20 mentions)
8. Happy (19 mentions)
9. Shine A Light (17 mentions)
10. Ventilator Blues (13 mentions)
11. Soul Survivor (11 mentions)
12. Casino Boogie (10 mentions)
13. Sweet Black Angel (9 mentions)
14. Stop Breaking Down (6 mentions)
15 - 18: Rip This Joint; Shake Your Hips; Turd On The Run; Just Wanna See His Face (all 5 mentions).

Well, this indicates that 'Exile on Main Street' could've been an acceptable release as a single album (not a double).

Well, if we would ask what, say, four tracks are one's favourite tunes in (almost) any other Stones (single) album, we would make the same conclusion that that album could've been an accaptable release as an EP...

I think those votes actually indicate that EXILE being a double is pretty much justified.

- Doxa

Hi all.


It´s so a difficult choice...


Rocks off
Happy
Shine a light
All down the line
Sweet Virginia

Hi Kleermaker. I've always enjoyed your posts and play your youtube best-of-the-73-tour playlist often. Sorry to arrive late but my top five would be:

Casino Boogie
Ventilator Blues
I Just Wanna See His Face
Let It Loose
Soul Survivor

^^ The middle three in particular *make* Exile for me. 2nd fave Stones album ever, quite a masterwork.

Very hard to pick five as the work so importantly together. Some much more than others, but it is such a cohesive statement.
So I will try:

Torn and Frayed
Let it Loose
Shine a Light
Casino Boogie
Rocks Off

It really is hard to narrow it down on this album though . . . Rocks Off (the top IORR fan favorite apparently) and Shake Your Hips are WAY up there for me as well, to say nothing of Sweet Virginia and Loving Cup but when forced to narrow down to five they don't make the cut. Go figure.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-17 22:54 by CanYouHearTheMusic.

Tumbling Dice
Let it Loose
Shine a Light
Sweet Black Angel
Happy

It´s very hard to say.

It´s my favorite album.


Rocks Off
Tumbling Dice
Happy
Let It Loose
Numerber 5 changes nearly every day, i can´t really say Shake your Hips, Casino Boogie, Sweet Black Angel etc.

Honestly, I could name any five in any order (with the exception of Turd On The Run and I Just Want To See His Face, neither of which I've ever got) and it'd be an acceptable list. But, at the moment:

1) Let It Loose (magisterial in so many ways)
2) Tumbling Dice (dat groove)
3) Stop Breaking Down (very underrated, I think: great riff, and I love Taylor's slide solos)
4) Torn And Frayed (dat melody, although in a different mood I might swap this for Sweet Virginia)
5) Casino Boogie (used to think it was rubbish, now I find the rhythm and the feel of it really addictive)

Exile's one of those albums that grows on you as a whole. It isn't about individual tracks, rather a sort of musical immersion therapy.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-24 18:38 by Stoneburst.

Rocks Off
Happy
Tumbling Dice
Soul Survivor
Sweet Virginia
Torn and Frayed
Rip this Joint
Shine a Light
Let it Loose
All Down the Line
Sweet Black Angel
Just Wanna See His Face
Casino Boogie
Ventilator Blues
Loving Cup
Hip Shake

Just wanna see his face
Torn & frayed
Sweet black angel
Soul survivor
Hip shake

if you let the obvious hits out of the list (T. Dice ADTL) I'd pick these :

Rocks Off
Sweet Virginia
... Face
Let It Loose (my fav?)
SB Down

<if you let the obvious hits out of the list (T. Dice ADTL)>

Weren't Tumbling Dice and Happy the hits?

Rocks Off
Happy
Tumbling Dice
Sweet Virginia
Let it Loose

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In order of appearence:
1. Side 1
2. Side 2
3. Side 3
4. Side 4
5. 2010 Bonus Disc

Peace,
Mr DJA

Brilliant reply! I started to do this in song order and reached five on the first album with at least as many again on the second. This thread has highlighted for me just what a seminal work Exile was. I really do love every second of it.

Let it Loose
Torn and Frayed
Sweet Virginia
Rocks Off
Shine a Light

My favourite Exile songs
in random order:

- Tumbling Dice
- Rocks Off
- Casino Boogie
- Stop Breaking Down
- All Down The Line

this is pure pleasure if you listening with good headphones!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-30 19:07 by Mike1987.

Rocks Off
Tumbling Dice
Casino Boogie
Turd On The Run
Soul Survivor

Maybe. I dunno. That's a tough one.

Man, this is a good one... I'm going to go with...

Happy
Rocks Off
Loving Cupp
Torn and Frayed
Casino Boogie

And that's still leaving off Tumbling Dice, Just Wanna See His Face, and Stop Breaking Down, which I really love, too.

1. Rocks Off
2. Rip This Joint
3. Loving Cup
4. Turd on the Run
5. All Down the Line

TD, Sweet Virginia, Let It Loose, All Down the Line, Rip This Joint.

I guess the Stones are nearly in agreement with me since 4/5 are among the small group of songs that have regularly been played live.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2014-01-31 02:10 by ryanpow.

Oh god. Forgot Sweet Virginia.

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Let it Loose
Torn and Frayed
Sweet Virginia
Rocks Off
Shine a Light

HOW CAN ANYONE DISAGREE? Perfect!!!! Go HAWKS!!

Let It Loose
Torn & Frayed
Stop Breaking Down
Tumbling Dice
Loving Cup

Let It Loose
Shine A light
Lovin Cup
All Down The Line
Ventilator Blues

Keep 'em cumming and I'll do a recount!

I'm suprised Rip This Joint got so low of a raiting. wth.

Let's not forget -