Very Hard one this.
For today I'll go with these. Could change tomorrow..

OUT OF OUR HEADS
LET IT BLEED
BEGGARS BANQUET
STICKY FINGERS
EXILE ON MAIN STREET
GOATS HEAD SOUP
BLACK AND BLUE
SOME GIRLS
TATTOO YOU
THE BRUSSELLS AFFAIR
EL MOCAMBO 77

Oops!! I chose 11.

Sticky Fingers
Exile
Let it Bleed
Goats Head Soup
Beggars Banquet
Aftermath
Some Girls
Hackney Diamonds
Tattoo You
A Bigger Bang

Rod

Sticky Fingers
Exile
Let it bleed
Aftermath
Beggars Banquet
Ya's Ya's
Some Girls
Tatoo You
Brussels Affair
Voodoo Lounge

Sticky Fingers
Tattoo You
Exile on Main Street
Let it Bleed
Hackney Diamonds
Voodoo Lounge
Steel Wheels
Goats Head Soup
The Rolling Stones Now
El Mocambo '77

IMHO, these are the top 6 Stones albums according to me, and most people/critics/fans/anyone with 2 ears. But perhaps in a different order.

Let it Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main St
Beggars Banquet
Some Girls
Tattoo You

The next 4 are not as universally recognized as the “best” and where opinions differ. If including live albums, for me:

Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out
Brussels Affair ’73
Live at the El Mocambo ’77
On Air (2CD)

If not including live albums:

Goats Head Soup
Aftermath (UK)
Black and Blue
Hackney Diamonds or Blue and Lonesome

Finally, worth mentioning is my all-time most-listened-to album, more than all other albums combined, and the best best-of compilation of anyone: HOT ROCKS.

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1. TSMR
2. DW
3. ABB
4. UC
5. SW
6. FP
7. BtB
8. BTB
9. Fl
10.GLIYWI

L >< L

L >< L x 2

1. Exile On Main Street
2. Let It Bleed
3. Tattoo You
4. Beggar's Banquet
5. Some Girls
6. Sticky Fingers
7. Emotional Rescue
8. Aftermath
9. No. 1 (UK)
10. Out Of Our Heads (US)

Exile on top. Then, in no particular order, RS Now (US), Undercover, Tattoo You, Banquet, Black and Blue, Fingers, IORR, Some Girls, Out of Our Heads

C

Studio LPs only, In order:

Exile on Main Street
Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Tattoo You
Some Girls
Black & Blue
Goats Head Soup
Beggars Banquet
Emotional Rescue
12x5

1 LET IT BLEED
2 EXILE ON MAIN STREET
3 STICKY FINGERS
4 BEGGARS BANQUET
5 BETWEEN THE BUTTONS
6 AFTERMATH
7 GOATS HEAD SOUP
8 OUT OF OUR HEADS
9 THE ROLLING STONRS
10 SOME GIRLS
11 UNDERCOVER

in chronological order

The Rolling Stones (UK)
Aftermath (UK)
Through The Past Darkley (UK)
Let It Bleed
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out
Exile On Main Street
Tattoo You
Steel Wheels
Blue & Lonesome
Hackney Diamonds

Love your choices

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Finally, worth mentioning is my all-time most-listened-to album, more than all other albums combined, and the best best-of compilation of anyone: HOT ROCKS.

Have you ever looked at ROLLED GOLD? It puts HOT ROCKS to shame. Even the original version.

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Finally, worth mentioning is my all-time most-listened-to album, more than all other albums combined, and the best best-of compilation of anyone: HOT ROCKS.

Have you ever looked at ROLLED GOLD? It puts HOT ROCKS to shame. Even the original version.

Hot Rocks is iconic and a lovely "playlist" before that existed, but yeah, Rolled Gold, and even better Rolled Gold + is the "gold standard".



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1. Steel Wheels
2. Dirty Work
3. Black and Blue
4. Goats Head Soup
5. Still Life
6. Stripped
7. Flashpoint
8. Voodoo Lounge
9. Aftermath
10. Their Satanic Majesties Request

The best Compilation: Rolled Gold

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Exile On Main Street
Let It Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Beggars Banquet
Some Girls
Aftermath (UK)
Between the Buttons
Tattoo You
Out Of Our Heads
Now!

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1. Steel Wheels
2. Dirty Work
3. Black and Blue
4. Goats Head Soup
5. Still Life
6. Stripped
7. Flashpoint
8. Voodoo Lounge
9. Aftermath
10. Their Satanic Majesties Request

The best Compilation: Rolled Gold

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I’m speechless

Only studio albums:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Exile
3. Let It Bleed
4. Beggars Banquet
5. Tattoo You
6. Goats Head Soup
7. Some Girls
8. Foreign Tongues
9. Out Of Our Heads
10. Steel Wheels

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Only studio albums:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Exile
3. Let It Bleed
4. Beggars Banquet
5. Tattoo You
6. Goats Head Soup
7. Some Girls
8. Foreign Tongues
9. Out Of Our Heads
10. Steel Wheels

Oh really... based on four songs?

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Only studio albums:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Exile
3. Let It Bleed
4. Beggars Banquet
5. Tattoo You
6. Goats Head Soup
7. Some Girls
8. Foreign Tongues
9. Out Of Our Heads
10. Steel Wheels

Oh really... based on four songs?

No.

Between The Buttons
Aftermath
Beggars Banquet
Let It Bleed
Exile on Main St.
Sticky Fingers
Tattoo You
Some Girls
Undercover
Blue & Lonesome

"Well my heavy throbbers itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down"

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Only studio albums:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Exile
3. Let It Bleed
4. Beggars Banquet
5. Tattoo You
6. Goats Head Soup
7. Some Girls
8. Foreign Tongues
9. Out Of Our Heads
10. Steel Wheels

Oh really... based on four songs?

No.

Based on two songs then.

Otherwise, FAKE. Thank you for your contribution. We'll take it as HACKNEY DIAMONDS then.

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Only studio albums:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Exile
3. Let It Bleed
4. Beggars Banquet
5. Tattoo You
6. Goats Head Soup
7. Some Girls
8. Hackney Diamonds
9. Out Of Our Heads
10. Steel Wheels

I’m doing a radio show for Finnish radio station of Foreign Tongues this thursday evening and I’ve heard the whole album several times. It’s very good and its spot on my top 10 list is carefully thought of.



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