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The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
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Still
inspired
by
their
'Sticky
Fingers'
recording
sessions
in
Muscle
Shoals,
Alabama,
'Exile
on
Main
Street'
found
the
Rolling
Stones
sounding
more
like
a
southern
fried
juke-joint
band
than
ever
before.
That
'Exile
on
Main
Street'
was
recorded
in
a
basement
is
no
surprise,
either
-
much
of
it
sounds
as
if
it
was
recorded
live
at
a
gospel
revival,
with
a
final
mix
that
gives
nohierarchy
to
specific
instruments.
The
result
is
a
swampy,
most
exhilarating
chunk
of
rock
and
roll
euphoria.
'Exile
on
Main
Street'
sharpens
the
country,
blues,
and
gospel
tendencies
the
Stones
began
exploring
in
the
late
'60s
on
albums
like
'Beggar's
Banquet'.
Here,
armed
with
an
assortment
of
backing
musicians
and
vocalists,
the
band
virtually
inhabits
the
spirit
of
each
style,
distilling
the
whole
to
a
ragged,
soulful
perfection.from
the
escalating,
horn-driven
vamps
of
'Rocks
Off'
through
the
back
porch
singalong
'Sweet
Virginia'
to
the
mean
blues
stomp
of
'Ventilator
Blues'
and
the
church-like
strains
of
'Shine
a
Light',
'Exile
on
Main
Street's
double-album
length
plays
like
a
weary,
boozed-up
sermon
on
the
very
meaning
of
rock
music.
This
is
the
closest
the
band
ever
came
to
religion,
and
it
still
has
the
power
to
convert.
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