What are the best Rolling Stones albums to start with?

[Initech]

All I have right now are a couple of greatest hits comps and I want to start buying their actual albums.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. SomeGirls, Made in The Shade and Sticky Fingers

[Richardo]

3. I second "Some Girls"

:thumbsup:

[Zuni]

9. shadoobee

[Richardo]

13. Best Stones song ever, IMO

"Go ahead - bite the Big Apple

[Felix Mala]

31. Hard to choose their best... Shattered has good H.S. memories

for me... But I later discovered Sympathy for Devil, Street Fightin' Man, Can't Always Get What You Want...

[LSparkle]

2. "Let It Bleed" and "Exile On Main Street"

Those were the first 2 I bought -- and still my favorites.

[Chemical Bill]

15. Yeah, what he said. n/t

[Tallison]

38. Definitely Let it Bleed & Exile

Beggar's Banquet would be a good 3rd. From a big Stones fan.

[meegbear]

4. ...

Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Beggars Banquet
Some Girls

[flakey_foont]

5. Beggars Banquet

Exile on Main Street

Out of Our Heads

[JimmyJazz]

6. Some Girls and Sticky Fingers

[Zuni]

7. Aftermath, Beggars Banquet

I also like their early albums---their attempts as 20 yr olds to play blues. Kind of dated, but a lot of energy

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check out their cover of Howlin' Wolf's "little Red Rooster"

but Aftermath is their best all around album. Under My thumb and Paint it Black are on there.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. Isn't Playing With Fire on that one too?

[Zuni]

10. I don't think so

I am not sure what album that is on, but it is a great song

I also really dig "Mother's little Helper"

[johnnie]

16. Uh-hemmm

It's "Play with Fire". :evilgrin:

And it's on "Out of our Heads". :hi:

[Zuni]

19. I like that album

I love the mid-sixties stones---my favorite era for their stuff

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

23. Lol..I HAVE that album somewhere!

oh and is that a big piece of spinach on your front tooth? :evilgrin:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

24. Lol..I HAVE that album somewhere!

oh and is that a big piece of spinach on your front tooth? :evilgrin:

[DancingBear]

35. "Play With Fire" is on "Out Of Our Heads"

along with the GREAT "Under Assistant West Coast Promo Man".

[Initech]

14. Both of those tracks are awesome

[Zuni]

21. That is the best era of Stones music

mid 60s. Basically the era covered by the first half of "Hot rocks" and the first few songs on Side 2 like jumping Jack Flash and Street Fighting Man.

I personally think the Stones went downhill after Brian jones died. They became too cock-rocky

[bridgit]

11. voodoo lounge is all tight song by song...

:thumbsup:

[flakey_foont]

12. Anybody besides me like

Satanic Majesty's Request?

[Zuni]

17. there are some good songs on there

2000 Light Years is a damn good song

Still, compared to the albums before and after it, Aftermath and Beggars Banquet, it is quite weak

[flakey_foont]

20. it was the times

the Stones, like everybody else, tried the 'sike-ay-delic" thang,,,,
it was actually a good album to listen to in altered states....uh, er, so I've been told....but yes, nowhere near as good as Beggars Banquet, when the Stones came back to earth....; nor as good as Between the Buttons, which I think preceded Satanic,, unless you count FLOWERS<,, which was basically outtakes and throwaways, but not bad nevertheless,,

[Gildor Inglorion]

18. Yes, it's my favorite Stones album

I love every second of the music on that one, which is more than I can say for most of their albums. (Hey, even the Beatles had a couple of songs I don't like, such as "Come Together.")
:toast:

[regularguy]

22. beggars banquet - let it bleed - exile on main st. - sticky fingers

Just think of those four as one long album. The greatest string of albums ever.

[benny05]

33. and Some Girls

Seldom do I get tired of listening to this album.

"There's a girl..you know what kind of look she's got...faraway eyes"

[Taverner]

25. Let it Bleed

Probably the best Stones album, IMHO

[Tallison]

41. Damn straight

it's the best. Ya know some outtakes Ry Cooder did during pre-production inspired a lot of Keith's licks from it? Apparently Cooder was pissed he didn't get official credit for it.

[MN ChimpH8R]

26. Meegbear nailed it.

Those are the four to start with.

[dbt]

27. "Between The Buttons!"

:bounce:

[leftofthedial]

28. Another vote for Sticky Fingers

[Synnical]

32. And another n/t

[walkon]

29. Rolling Stones wish list

1. Beggar's Banquet (My personal fav)
2. Let It Bleed (Sometimes my personal fav)
3. Sticky Fingers (Rock and Roll)
4. Exile on Main Street (Extreme Rock and Roll)
5. Aftermath (True classic)
6. 12 X 5 (early, great)
7. Flowers (A "bastardized" album full of great songs)
8. Their Satanic Majesties Request (It's weird and disparaged by many but I enjoy it)
9. The Rolling Stones Now (Best Blues album by them - at their best)
10. Tattoo You (Just when you had given up they keep you rockin' with this one)
11. Steel Wheels (And this one put it all together again)

[Felix Mala]

30. Exile on Main Street - Make me so HAPPY

[DancingBear]

34. The Rolling Stones NOW!

If for nothing else than Richard's guitar on the Chuck Berry tune "Down The Road Apiece."

Oh, and "Let It Bleed" ain't bad, either. :)

Sadly, it's all downhill from "Goat's Head Soup", however.

[WCGreen]

36. Fuck just get Hot Rocks one and two

[HEyHEY]

37. More hot rocks

That's what I'm talking about

[KitchenWitch]

39. Sticky Fingers

Great album.

[stlsaxman]

40. Sticky Fingers and Beggars Banquet