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Preceded by the UK and US Top 10 hit "Tumbling Dice", Exile on Main St. was released in May 1972.
It was an immediate commercial success, reaching #1 worldwide just as the band embarked
on their celebrated 1972 American Tour. Their first American tour in three years, it featured many
songs from the new album. "Happy", sung by Richards, would be a Top 30 US hit later that summer.
Many critics judged Exile on Main St. to be a ragged and impenetrable record at the time of its
release. Lenny Kaye, writing in Rolling Stone magazine, was typical of contemporary critics who
did not consider the album as anything special.[12] According to Kaye, "[t]here are songs that
are better, there are songs that are worse,...and others you'll probably lift the needle for when
the time is due." Kaye concludes by assuring his readers that "the great Stones album of their
mature period is yet to come".
On the initial critical and commercial reaction, Richards said, "When [Exile] came out it didn't
sell particularly well at the beginning, and it was also pretty much universally panned. But within
a few years the people who had written the reviews saying it was a piece of crap were extolling it
as the best frigging album in the world."[13]
Other critics praised the album's rawness and different styles, from blues to country to soul. The
music critic Robert Christgau concluded in 1972: "Incontrovertibly the year’s best, this fagged-out
masterpiece is the summum of Rock ’72...Exile explores new depths of record-studio murk, burying
Mick’s voice under layers of cynicism, angst, and ennui..."[3]
In 1994 Exile on Main St. was remastered and reissued by Virgin Records.
The original double album contained 12 black-and-white postcards featuring the Rolling Stones in
the company of two unidentified women.
The album was reissued again on May 17, 2010 in the United Kingdom, and on May 18, 2010 in the
United States by The Rolling Stones' new distributor, Universal Music Enterprises.
All songs written and composed by Jagger/Richards, except where noted.
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Rocks Off" 4:31
2. "Rip This Joint" 2:22
3. "Shake Your Hips" (Slim Harpo) 2:59
4. "Casino Boogie" 3:33
5. "Tumbling Dice" 3:45
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "Sweet Virginia" 4:25
7. "Torn and Frayed" 4:17
8. "Sweet Black Angel" 2:54
9. "Loving Cup" 4:25
Side three
No. Title Length
10. "Happy" 3:04
11. "Turd on the Run" 2:36
12. "Ventilator Blues" (Jagger/Richards/Taylor) 3:24
13. "I Just Want to See His Face" 2:52
14. "Let It Loose" 5:16
Side four
No. Title Length
15. "All Down the Line" 3:49
16. "Stop Breaking Down" (Robert Johnson) 4:34
17. "Shine a Light" 4:14
18. "Soul Survivor" 3:49
2010 bonus CD tracks
No. Title Length
1. "Pass the Wine (Sophia Loren)" 4:54
2. "Plundered My Soul" 3:59
3. "I'm Not Signifying" 3:55
4. "Following the River" 4:52
5. "Dancing in the Light" 4:21
6. "So Divine (Aladdin Story)" 4:32
7. "Loving Cup" (Alternate take) 5:26
8. "Soul Survivor" (Alternate take) 3:59
9. "Good Time Women" 3:21
10. "Title 5" 1:47