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Greeted with decidedly mixed reviews upon its original release, Exile on
Main St. has become generally regarded as the Rolling Stones’ finest album.
Part of the reason why the record was initially greeted with hesitant reviews
is that it takes a while to assimilate. A sprawling, weary double
album encompassing rock & roll, blues, soul, and country, Exile doesn’t
try anything new on the surface, but the substance is new. Taking the
bleakness that underpinned Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers to an extreme,
Exile is a weary record, and not just lyrically. Jagger’s vocals are buried in
the mix, and the music is a series of dark, dense jams, with Keith Richards
and Mick Taylor spinning off incredible riffs and solos. And the songs continue
the breakthroughs of their three previous albums. No longer does their
country sound forced or kitschy — it’s lived-in and complex, just like the
group’s forays into soul and gospel. While the songs, including the
masterpieces “Rocks Off,” “Tumbling Dice,” “Torn and Frayed,” “Happy,”
“Let It Loose,” and “Shine a Light,” are all terrific, they blend together,
with only certain lyrics and guitar lines emerging from the murk. It’s the
kind of record that’s gripping on the very first listen, but each subsequent
listen reveals something new. Few other albums, let alone double albums,
have been so rich and masterful as Exile on Main St., and it stands not only
as one of the Stones’ best records, but sets a remarkably high standard for
all of hard rock.

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