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RollingFreak
To me, its easy:
Side A:
Rocks Off
Rip This Joint
Tumbling Dice
Sweet Virginia
Torn And Frayed
Loving Cup
Side B:
Happy
Ventilator Blues
Let It Loose
All Down The Line
Shine A Light
Soul Survivor
Yes, I love the whole album and feel like I'd be losing something without Stop Breaking Down, Shake Your Hips, etc, but to me those 12 would always be the single album for me.
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RollingFreak
To me, its easy:
Side A:
Rocks Off
Rip This Joint
Tumbling Dice
Sweet Virginia
Torn And Frayed
Loving Cup
Side B:
Happy
Ventilator Blues
Let It Loose
All Down The Line
Shine A Light
Soul Survivor
Yes, I love the whole album and feel like I'd be losing something without Stop Breaking Down, Shake Your Hips, etc, but to me those 12 would always be the single album for me.
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Hairball
Edit down Exile to a single album?
I guess this is what happens when bands stop releasing new music - the fans start rearranging, second guessing, and speculating on the various albums of the past.
This, along with the 'Get rid of 2 songs, add 2 songs' thread is a true sign that things are rapidly spiraling downwards on the Stones' lengthy career.
The only remedy would be a new album, but alas...I guess this is what we're destined for....
Having said all that, I could never edit Exile down to a single album. If push came to shove though, I could maybe delete Ventilator Blues, but everything else has to stay.
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MKjan
Do not attempt this. It will fill you with guilt.
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KingmanBarstowQuote
MKjan
Do not attempt this. It will fill you with guilt.
Keith in Guitar World 2014 admits:
“The fact that the Beatles had done it probably gave us a sense of, ‘Oh, there is a precedent,’ ” Richards says. “But our point was that we’d put down this body of work and when it came to chopping it down to one album, nobody could agree on which songs to cut. After a while, Mick and I looked at each other and said, ‘This is impossible. How about a double? This is all one piece. It’s gonna be unique just because of where it was recorded and the way it was recorded.’ We sort of nodded at one another and said, ‘Let’s go.
As for the possibility of the Rolling Stones or some younger band making a modern-day equivalent of Exile on Main St. today, Richards demurs. “I’m not saying it’s impossible,” he says. “But, hey, it’s probably highly unlikely.”for it.’ Which gave us hell from the record company: ‘Aw, the public hates double albums,’ and all of that. But we insisted.”
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MKjan
Do not attempt this. It will fill you with guilt.
Keith in Guitar World 2014 admits:
“The fact that the Beatles had done it probably gave us a sense of, ‘Oh, there is a precedent,’ ” Richards says. “But our point was that we’d put down this body of work and when it came to chopping it down to one album, nobody could agree on which songs to cut. After a while, Mick and I looked at each other and said, ‘This is impossible. How about a double? This is all one piece. It’s gonna be unique just because of where it was recorded and the way it was recorded.’ We sort of nodded at one another and said, ‘Let’s go.
As for the possibility of the Rolling Stones or some younger band making a modern-day equivalent of Exile on Main St. today, Richards demurs. “I’m not saying it’s impossible,” he says. “But, hey, it’s probably highly unlikely.”for it.’ Which gave us hell from the record company: ‘Aw, the public hates double albums,’ and all of that. But we insisted.”
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LeonidP
yeah, just crazy to think about. How about editing Beggars or Let It Bleed down to an EP of 5 songs? You can't!