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Exile On Main Street [Reissue] - The Rolling Stones
Exile On Main Street [Reissue] Image
Metascore
100 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 96 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: A reissue of the band's 1972 double album is long overdue, as Exile captures a time when they became one of the greatest rock-and-roll bands in the world.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Paste Magazine
    100
    We keep hearing that rock and roll is a feeling, right? The Stones inhabited that feeling seamlessly here, mainly because the murk fizzed and fused those seams together.
  2. Pitchfork
    100
    If allowing Jagger to touch up those vocals was the price to pay to allow Exile receive the tribute it deserves, it's still a bargain.
  3. Clash Music
    100
    Never bettered, this is the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band's crowning triumph. Own this!

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. j30
    10
    This is my favorite Rolling Stones album. You hear so many of their hits on the radio that you tend to forget how great their individual albums are. Exile On Main Street reigns supreme.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Beats
    10
    Gotta give it up for the stones. They are one of the most influential artists of our time. Exile on Main Street is probably to go down as one of the best albums of all time.… Expand
    • 3 of 7 users said yes
  3. RL
    5
    Critics feel like they have to say 100, so they won't succumb to the peer pressure. I've always thought this album to be mediocre, hence the 5. Give me the hits from this one and I'm outta here !… Expand
    • 8 of 19 users said yes

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