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

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Clash Music
    100
    Never bettered, this is the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band’s crowning triumph. Own this!
  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. 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.
  4. Uncut
    100
    Exile itself remains the tour de force it's been since release in May '72. [Jun 2010, p.104]
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  5. Q Magazine
    100
    Stick to the main text: until they invent time travel, there's no better way to inhale the decadent air of the early '70s. [Jun 210, p.137]
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  6. Rolling Stone
    100
    It was a long haul to that nasty perfection — "Loving Cup" was first recorded in 1969; "Sweet Virginia" was a salty-country leftover from Sticky Fingers — and the outtakes unearthed and, in some cases, retouched for this reissue reveal more (not a lot but enough to be grateful for) about the process and detours
  7. The A.V. Club
    83
    Everything that made it on the album--and much of what didn’t--belongs exactly where it is. (Yes, even the blazing but unfortunately named blues jam “Turd On The Run.”)

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User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 113 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
  1. 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 !… Full Review »
  2. FraserH
    10
    I was not alive when this album was released so can never understand what an impact it made on the music world at the time, but I would say that this album is one of my favourite albums of all time and I never tire of listening to it.… Full Review »
  3. 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.… Full Review »
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