A great album, but I've always been partial to Let it Bleed, a truly revolutionary album and I think the Stone's best.

How many records do I still love after more than 30 years ? This is one of the very few.

This is the best there ever was, Sgt Peppers and the Beatles were over and London Calling and the Clash were yet to arrive. It is one of the most important parts of music and anyone needing an education will find this CD as his guide. Keith and Mick were never to reach this level again but like a rolling stone they kept going and gather no moss. You have to own this one.

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.

It's a funny old world. I remember this album being released in 1972 to not only some fairly unkind reviews from the music press, but also from some of my friends and colleagues too. Now, 38 years later, it seems this album can do no wrong. Certainly, it is a snapshot of a time when the Stones were in a fragile state in both their public and private lives and this was reflected in their music. The sound quality of the recording had an air of a slap-dash approach and when you consider how it was recorded (in Keith Richards' basement in his French mansion), perhaps it should come as no surprise. But whatever the reason, the whole thing hangs together brilliantly and there is just such a sense of joy as the musicians go about their business of recording. Jagger's lyrics have never been sharper and the whole 'couldn't care less' attitude, for which the Stones were so well known, shines through like a beacon. Pity they can't make records like that today.… Expand

amazing album

It's the best rock record of all time. Even if the Stones have cut so many immortal hits i think that Exile captures the feeling of rock music. I've read somewhere that the 00's have been the best decade in music. I wonder if those who believe that have ever heard, in this decade, such a great bunch of songs on the very same LP. I'm afraid they don't. Don't they?

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.

This is a beautifully crafted album from beginning to end. It may lack hits, but there isn't a single song used as filler, and all of the songs are fantastic. The Rolling Stones finally achieved the Chicago blues sound they were searching for on Exile and it shows how good the Stones were in their prime.

I was a little skeptical when they were going to reissue the album with some unreleased tracks and alternate takes, but the extras are completely worth the extra money. The extras sound fantastic and give new insight into the development of the album. The one track "Plundered My Soul" is especially enjoyable and it is a highlight from the entire album.… Expand

Entered the music store and found the reissue of a classic. Exile On Main Street. As a long time Stones fan, I grew up listening to Brown Sugar or Satisfaction, those classic hits. But found in Exile On Main Street the true roots of the Stones sound. Just few seconds into Rock Off opened my mind. An album to love, listen, love, and listen a bit more.

I'm just here for the Stones. I understand why people don't get Exile, but if there were ever an example of the whole being greater than the sum of the parts, this album is it. If it's too raw, if it's poorly mixed, if has has a bunch of odd little inconsequential songs, well, then I guess that's what I like. And it does of course have some great songs; Rocks Off is my all-time favorite Stones song, Shine A Light is beautiful and tender, like the white-light flip side of Sway from Sticky Fingers (also a favorite of mine); Let It Loose is special, and a song almost everyone overlooks. And Exile is at least and loving and sweet and vulnerable as it is cynical; actually, it isn't very cynical at all. Listen closely; it's the Stones loving the useless world. Exile is the best popular music album ever, full-stop. If only they had always recorded like this. And as time's gone by and we've all gradually realized that Keith is the real heart and soul of this band, it's not surprising to learn that Mick isn't all that keen on Exile, and Keith thinks it's their best album. Always listen to Keef; he knows. Oh won't you be my, little baby, for a while...… Expand