Readers acquainted with my idiosyncrasies will see few surprises. I like Between the Buttons and Dirty Work quite a bit more than the average Stones fan, insofar as one exists, and It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll rather less. To think this band recorded three albums better than Exile on Main St.!
How I ranked their 1960s top forty hits a few months ago.
The Hague
Bridges to Babylon
Meh
Undercover
It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll
Steel Wheels
Sound, Solid
Their Satanic Majesties Request
Tattoo You
Black and Blue
A Bigger Bang
12 X 5
The Rolling Stones, Now!
Goats Head Soup
Blue & Lonesome
Voodoo Lounge
Good to Great
Between the Buttons
Beggars Banquet
Let it Bleed
Exile on Main St
Some Girls
Sticky Fingers
Out of Our Heads (US)
Aftermath
December’s Children
Dirty Work
Emotional Rescue
Humanizing The Vacuum 