The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main St.

The Rolling Stones merilis album kesepuluh mereka di Inggris Exile on Main St. pada 12 Mei 1972 melalui label milik mereka sendiri Rolling Stones Records. Album ini merupakan album ganda. Musik dalam album ini menggabungkan genre rock and roll, blues, soul, country, dan gospel. Album ini direkam di tiga buah studio: Olympic Studios, London; Nellcote, Perancis; dan Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles dengan produser Jimmy Miller.

Single-single dari Exile on Main St adalah: “Tumbling Dice”/”Sweet Black Angel” yang dirilis pada 14 April 1972 dan “Happy”/”All Down the Line” yang dirilis pada 15 Juli 1972.
Album ini mendapatkan tanggapan positif dari kritikus musik. Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Allmusic, Q magazine, The Rolling Stone Album Guide dan Uncut, semuanya memeberikan 5 bintang dari 5 bintang.

Setelah perilisan Exile on Main St., Allen Klein menuntut the Rolling Stones karena melanggar perjanjian karena lima lagu dari album ini dibuat saat Jagger dan Richards masih dibawah kontrak dengan perusahaannya, ABKCO: “Sweet Virginia”, “Loving Cup”, “All Down the Line”, “Shine a Light”, dan “Stop Breaking Down” (ditulis oleh Robert Johnson tapi di-interpretasikan ulang oleh Jagger dan Richards). ABKCO memperoleh hak penerbitan lagu-lagu itu, memberinya bagian royalti dari Exile on Main St., dan bisa menerbitkan album lain dari lagu-lagu Rolling Stones, More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies).

Exile on Main St. sudah dianggap sebagai karya terbaik the Rolling Stones dan ada di peringkat berbagai daftar sebagai salah satu album terbesar sepanjang masa. Versi remaster 2010 dari album ini dirilis di Eropa pada 17 Mei 2010 dan di AS pada 18 Mei 2010, menampilkan disk bonus dengan 10 lagu baru.

Daftar Lagu

CD 1

1. Rocks Off
2. Rip This Joint
3. Shake Your Hips
4. Casino Boogie
5. Tumbling Dice
6. Sweet Virginia
7. Torn and Frayed
8. Sweet Black Angel
9. Loving Cup

CD 2

1. Happy
2. Turd on the Run
3. Ventilator Blues
4. I Just Want to See His Face
5. Let It Loose
6. All Down the Line
7. Stop Breaking Down
8. Shine a Light
9. Soul Survivor

Anggota band

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion; rhythm guitar on “Tumbling Dice” and “Stop Breaking Down”
• Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals; lead vocals on “Happy”; electric piano on “I Just Want to See His Face”; bass guitar on “Casino Boogie”, “Happy” and “Soul Survivor”; lead guitar on “Tumbling Dice”
• Mick Taylor – guitars, slide guitar; bass guitar on “Tumbling Dice”, “Torn and Frayed”, “I Just Want to See His Face” and “Shine a Light”
• Bill Wyman – bass guitar
• Charlie Watts – drums

Personel tambahan

• Nicky Hopkins – piano
• Bobby Keys – saxophone; percussion on “Happy”
• Jim Price – trumpet, trombone, organ on “Torn and Frayed”
• Ian Stewart – piano on “Shake Your Hips”, “Sweet Virginia” and “Stop Breaking Down”
• Jimmy Miller – drums on “Tumbling Dice” (the outro), “Happy” and “Shine a Light”, percussion on “Sweet Black Angel”, “Loving Cup”, “I Just Want to See His Face” and “All Down the Line”
• Bill Plummer – upright bass on “Rip This Joint”, “Turd on the Run”, “I Just Want to See His Face” and “All Down the Line”
• Billy Preston – piano and organ on “Shine a Light”
• Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar on “Torn and Frayed”
• Richard Washington – marimba on “Sweet Black Angel”
• Clydie King, Venetta Fields – backing vocals on “Tumbling Dice”, “I Just Want to See His Face”, “Let It Loose” and “Shine a Light”
• Joe Green – backing vocals on “Let It Loose” and “Shine a Light”
• Gram Parsons – backing vocals on “Sweet Virginia”
• Chris Shepard – tambourine on “Turd on the Run”
• Jerry Kirkland – backing vocals on “I Just Want to See His Face” and “Shine a Light”
• Mac Rebennack, Shirley Goodman, Tami Lynn – backing vocals on “Let It Loose”
• Kathi McDonald – backing vocals on “All Down the Line”