Six writers on the Ultimate Classic Rock website tackle three burning questions: What was the last great Rolling Stones album? The last good one? The first bad one?

The Rolling Stones: Last Great, Last Good, First Bad Album

Blue And Lonesome
Blue And Lonesome
Between The Buttons

Funny how these writers argues about the same as some of us here. I'm with them on the last great Stones album - Tattoo You. One of them even gives bearing to HMS's theory about TY being a compilation
... (come back HMS!). B & L is a cover album. I wouldn't have that one in the discussion in the first place. It's a side project. Nothing else.

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Stoneage
Funny how these writers argues about the same as some of us here. I'm with them on the last great Stones album - Tattoo You. One of them even gives bearing to HMS's theory about TY being a compilation
... (come back HMS!). B & L is a cover album. I wouldn't have that one in the discussion in the first place. It's a side project. Nothing else.

Uhhhh...side project? It may be covers but its the Rolling Stones, nothing "side" about it for me.



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I would rather listen to BETWEEN THE BUTTONS than interact with most of the human race. A wonderfully underrated album.

My own rankings would be BRIDGES TO BABYLON, BLUE AND LONESOME, THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST.



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Side project …… eeerrrr well that
makes all the albums before Aftermath side projects ….



ROCKMAN

Some Girls.
Bridges to Babylon
Dirty Work.

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I would rather listen to BETWEEN THE BUTTONS than interact with most of the human race. A wonderfully underrated album.

My own rankings would be BRIDGES TO BABYLON, BLUE AND LONESOME, THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST.

UK Buttons especially, for me.



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Tattoo You
Blue and Lonesome
Their Satanic Majesties Request

Yeah UK Buttons .... same with Aftermath ....



ROCKMAN

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Side project …… eeerrrr well that
makes all the albums before Aftermath side projects ….

Their intent was to make a new album with original recordings. They couldn't get that together so instead they came up with a blues cover album. Sure, they started out doing mostly blues covers. But at least they had some own material on every record from the very start. I don't mind a couple of covers on an album. But B & L is strictly a cover album. So, I might be the only one but to me it's a siding. If I want to listen to the blues I rather listen to the original artists. There is more credibility there, so to speak.

Tattoo You
Undercover
Dirty Work

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

last great. tattoo you
last good. blues and lonesome
first bad. wouldnt say bad but black and blue was the worst at that time, then emotional rescue became the worst but wouldnt say it was bad, just average. so the first bad album was dirtywork.

and between the buttons should never be considered bad.

its highly underrated.

Last Great: TATTOO YOU
Last Good: BLUE & LONESOME
First Bad: *

* It depends on how you want to define their "first bad" album. Is there truly a "bad" Rolling Stones album? Even what critics consider their worst albums, are a hell of a lot better than the output other bands put out.

I'd rather rephrase it as their "First Weak" album. In that case, I'd say THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST. If we're going to say weak like nothing new or interesting was brought to the table, I'd say IT'S ONLY ROCK 'N ROLL.

Hahaha! Now we know where HMS is:

'it wasn't so much a new project as a compilation'

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JordyLicks96
Even what critics consider their worst albums, are a hell of a lot better than the output other bands put out.

You're not saying the Stones' worst/weakest albums are better than any other album by any other band or artist in the history of rock and roll are you?

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......

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Stoneage
Funny how these writers argues about the same as some of us here. I'm with them on the last great Stones album - Tattoo You. One of them even gives bearing to HMS's theory about TY being a compilation
... (come back HMS!). B & L is a cover album. I wouldn't have that one in the discussion in the first place. It's a side project. Nothing else.

So that means any pre-AFTERMATH album is also a side project.

We'll just put you in the Kook File with HMS.

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JordyLicks96
Last Great: TATTOO YOU
Last Good: BLUE & LONESOME
First Bad: *

* It depends on how you want to define their "first bad" album. Is there truly a "bad" Rolling Stones album? Even what critics consider their worst albums, are a hell of a lot better than the output other bands put out.

That has zero relevance and is complete bollocks. Some people find it easy to not include context - "No Stones album is bad!" and other blindly bright ignorant continuous mirror imagery that sums up... one living under a rock. There are thousands of albums that are better than some Stones albums, period.

Some Girls
Blue and Lonesome
Dirty Work

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Stoneage
Funny how these writers argues about the same as some of us here. I'm with them on the last great Stones album - Tattoo You. One of them even gives bearing to HMS's theory about TY being a compilation
... (come back HMS!). B & L is a cover album. I wouldn't have that one in the discussion in the first place. It's a side project. Nothing else.

So that means any pre-AFTERMATH album is also a side project.

We'll just put you in the Kook File with HMS.

Did I say that? Of course not. Every Stones album in the beginning had original compositions on them. Understandably they were full of blues covers also.
But to do blues covers in England in 1963 was really to be in the avant-garde. Which it wasn't in 2016. On the contrary. Rather pointless.
I would be more careful with insults were I you, Skippy. Tread gently.

Tattoo You
B & L
Dirty Work (and this is the only 'bad' album in the studio catalogue -

Tattoo You
B & L
Dirty Work (and this is the only 'bad' album in the studio catalogue - even the good songs don't save it - wait, did I say good songs?!)

Some Girls
Voodoo Lounge

I can find value in every release, even the maligned ones above. And I bought them all so.... who am i to criticize.

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JordyLicks96
Even what critics consider their worst albums, are a hell of a lot better than the output other bands put out.

You're not saying the Stones' worst/weakest albums are better than any other album by any other band or artist in the history of rock and roll are you?

Oh no of course not! I can name plenty of albums that are WAY better than the Stones' weakest albums. That'd be crazy lol

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Last Great: TATTOO YOU
Last Good: BLUE & LONESOME
First Bad: *

* It depends on how you want to define their "first bad" album. Is there truly a "bad" Rolling Stones album? Even what critics consider their worst albums, are a hell of a lot better than the output other bands put out.

That has zero relevance and is complete bollocks. Some people find it easy to not include context - "No Stones album is bad!" and other blindly bright ignorant continuous mirror imagery that sums up... one living under a rock. There are thousands of albums that are better than some Stones albums, period.

Ok, CALM DOWN HERE. I'm saying that other bands have put out worse albums than what people consider the Stones' worst albums. I'm not that delusional lol It's amazing nobody can say anything anymore without it being taken out of context and getting thrown under the bus. Take a chill pill my friend.

There's no calming down at this point. We're in for the whole ride

Ye your right we all are street fighters in the first place ...aren't we......

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late great stones albums; stripped, bridges, blue and lonesome.

DeRiso: Goats Head Soup seems to possess many of the ingredients required of a great Stones album: A darkly sexy Chuck Berry rip ("Star Star"); a surprisingly heartfelt ballad ("Angie"); a furious rocker ("100 Years Ago");

Say what? I must have missed that track....A FURIOUS ROCKER?????

Rod

Blue and Lonesome (Crosseyed Heart deserves mention)
B2B
Dirty Work