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1.StopRocks Off – The Rolling Stones 04:32
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2.StopRip This ****** – The Rolling Stones 02:23
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3.StopShake Your Hips – The Rolling Stones 02:59
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4.StopCasino Boogie – The Rolling Stones 03:34
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5.StopTumbling Dice – The Rolling Stones 03:47
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6.StopSweet Virginia – The Rolling Stones 04:26
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7.StopTorn and Frayed – The Rolling Stones 04:17
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8.StopSweet Black Angel – The Rolling Stones 02:57
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9.StopLoving Cup – The Rolling Stones 04:25
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10.StopHappy – The Rolling Stones 03:04
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11.Stop******Run – The Rolling Stones 02:38
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12.StopVentilator Blues – The Rolling Stones 03:24
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13.StopI Just Want to See His Face – The Rolling Stones 02:53
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14.StopLet It Loose – The Rolling Stones 05:18
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15.StopAll Down the Line – The Rolling Stones 03:50
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16.StopStop Breaking Down – The Rolling Stones 04:34
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17.StopShine a Light – The Rolling Stones 04:16
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18.StopSoul Survivor – The Rolling Stones 03:48
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19.StopPass the Wine (Sophia Loren) [Alternate Take] – The Rolling Stones 04:54
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20.StopPlundered My Soul – The Rolling Stones 03:59
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21.StopI'm Not Signifying – The Rolling Stones 03:54
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22.StopFollowing the River – The Rolling Stones 04:51
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23.StopDancing in the Light – The Rolling Stones 04:21
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24.StopSo Divine (Aladdin Story) [Alternate Take] – The Rolling Stones 04:32
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25.StopLoving Cup [Alternate Take] – The Rolling Stones 05:25
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26.StopSoul Survivor [Alternate Take] – The Rolling Stones 03:59
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27.StopGood Time Women [Alternate Take] – The Rolling Stones 03:21
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28.StopTitle 5 – The Rolling Stones 01:47
Legendary as it may be, Exile on Main St. presents a challenge for deluxe remastered reissues. Much of its myth lies in its murk, how its dense, scuzzy sound is the quintessential portrait of rock stars in decadent isolation, the legend bleeding into its creation so thoroughly it is impossible, and unnecessary, to separate one from the other. Without this nearly tactile sound, Exile wouldn’t be Exile, so remastering the record is a tricky business because it should not be too clean. The remaster on the 2010 reissue -- available in a myriad of editions containing variations of a single-disc remaster and a second disc expanded with ten unreleased tracks - doesn’t quite avoid that trap. When “Rocks Off” kicks off the record, what was previously dulled like aged silver is now is too bright: Mick Jagger’s vocals leap and the keyboards ring clearly. Because this is Exile on Main St., a record recorded in a decaying French mansion, it’s impossible to scrape all the grime away from its layers, but the overall impression is that the original master tapes are now presented in high definition: it’s possible to hear what most individual instruments are doing on each track, which may lead for a greater appreciation of the Stones' monumental musicianship, but it’s somewhat at the expense of the album’s mystique.Another pitfall in the plans for this deluxe expansion: there aren’t a whole lot of completed unreleased songs. The Stones had a habit of working leftovers from the prior album into a finished product, sometimes taking years to complete a song -- a practice that resulted in great songs but not much left in the vaults. Which isn’t to say there was nothing left behind from Exile’s sessions: the Stones were living where they were recording, so they produced an enormous amount of music, working out the kinks in a song (represented here by alternate takes of “Loving Cup” and a Keith Richards-sung “Soul Survivor”), or wholly reworking an existing song as they did with the loose-limbed “Good Time Women,” which was later revised as “Tumbling Dice.” On occasion, they completed a song that didn’t make the cut, such as “I’m Not Signifying,” a heavily bootlegged shambolic blues that is just about as good as anything on the finished album, but usually they created instrumental beds designed to be completed later with vocals. In this particular case, a handful of these tracks were completed much, much later, with the band finishing up the songs some 38 years later for this deluxe edition. A great deal of attention was paid to making the new additions relatively seamless, with the band going so far as to bring in the long-departed guitarist Mick Taylor for some overdubs. If the end results don’t quite feel as thick as Exile, they nevertheless do feel remarkably like the classic Taylor era. Apart from “Following the River” -- a drowsy piano ballad that tries to rouse itself to blues-gospel -- these are good, sometimes excellent songs, particularly the loose, hip-shaking “Dancing in the Light” and the charging “Plundered My Soul.” At first it's hard not to stare at these hybrid tracks with skepticism, particularly because they’re eating up room that could have been used for other alternate takes, or perhaps the instrumentals themselves, or the occasional bootlegged song that didn’t make the cut, such as “Blood Red Wine,” but once that suspicion fades, you’re left with a handful of very good additions to the Stones songbook -- songs that don’t hold a candle to Exile but are remarkable re-creations of Taylor-era rock roll, songs that could easily have been slid onto It’s Only Rock 'N Roll, when the group was easing into their grooves, confident that they were the greatest rock roll band on earth. Stephen
- Genre: Rock
- Category Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock
- Label: UMVD LABELS
- Release Date: May 18, 2010
- Artist: Rolling Stones
- Additional Artist: Mick Jagger (Vocals), Keith Richards (Vocals)