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Thrylan
Best post breakup tour and album. Was it forced retro? Maybe, bug IMO, Don't Was repeatedly thwarted Mick and his attempts to be what he's not- young and trendy. Likely why Mick ruined the next record with Babyface and the Dust Brothers.....sigh
Rainbows filler??? Give it another listen, possibly one of Ronnie's creative and interesting solos ever.
No, not filler. Ha ha - Sparks Will Fly is probably filler, the kind of song they can do in 3 minutes. Keith has that 7th jank he janks on a good bit, it's open G, it races... sounds like The Stones. Except it's a bit of a cringe. I just find BBRainbows boring. I've listened to it a lot, the album, all the songs. BBRainbows, as nice as it is, is just... a bit of a yawn. At least it has been for the past few years. I used to like it.
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Thrylan
They dropped LIS and moved Sympathy to that slot pretty early I thought.
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umakmehrd
HMS when did you become the Filler police?
I really like the album and love a lot of the songs you call Filler's
Thru n Thru is a gem
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whitem8
The Worst is one of Keith's best! Saves the album.
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BILLPERKS
Baby break it down is worst Stones song...ever.
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stonehearted
^ See what I mean about too much of a good thing being not so good?
I should start a thread on paring down Exile to make it a better, single album, but I don't want to provoke any arguments here.
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Koen
I prefer Voodoo Stew and Brew
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buttons67
its quite a versatile album, like most good stones albums but it has too many nice songs and not a lot rock songs in there.
you got me rocking is ok at best and dont really know why it has become one of the most played stones songs ever.
sparks will fly is a bit weak.
some nice ballads, the worst, blinded by rainbows, out of tears. sweethearts together is a bit to nice, and cheesy.
moon is up is ok,
i go wild, brand new car and love is strong are the best 3 on the album.
its similar to goats head soup in my opinion but without the likes of star star and heartbreaker.
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Roll73
I remember being really excited when VL came out - and as it was pre-social media, as we know it today, the main promo channel was still TV. Loved watching the MTV special with loads of band interviews.
Listened to it loads in the Summer of 94 and thought it was truly the Stones back on form, with both Mick and Keith (and Ron for that matter) having recently released really good solo albums and writing good material. A real band effort.
Hardly listen to it at all now. Still regularly dip into Steel Wheels however, which for me has stood the test of time a lot better.
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Testify
If I'm not mistaken VL was recorded in the old house of Wood in Ireland. Perhaps this was the last time the whole band was found to work together in an album.
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JTHanis
I will always love this album as it's the first new studio album I ever bought by the Stones.
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HMS
14. Thru and Thru -------->FILLER
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14. Thru and Thru -------->FILLER
You dope...
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HMS
Thru And Thru is too long, has very few ideas and is absolutely boring to my ears. They needlessly stretched a 2-minute song to epic length. The lyrics are forgettable too. But I have to admit that How Can I Stop and Thief In The Night are even more boring and uninspired.
I love The Worst but can hardly bear Thru And Thru.
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HMS
Every time I hear How Can I Stop I fall asleep halfway through. Always wake up when Wayne Shorter sets in at the end. Horrible I don´t like Jazz and How Can I Stop ends as a jazz tune. And soprano sax is poison to my ears.