Exile on Main St.
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| Studio album by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Released | 12 May 1972 | |||
| Recorded | October 1970, June 1971 - March 1972 | |||
| Studio | Olympic Studios, London; Nellcôte, France; Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, hard rock | |||
| Length | 67:07 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Rolling Stones | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Miller | |||
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| AllMusic |  |
| The A.V. Club | A |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A+ |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | A+ |
| MusicHound Rock | 5/5 |
| NME | 10/10 |
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Exile on Main St. is a double album by English rock band the Rolling Stones. It was released on 12 May 1972 by Rolling Stones Records and was the band's tenth studio album released in the United Kingdom. The record's music incorporates rock and roll, blues, soul, country, and gospel genres. Although it originally received mixed reviews, Exile on Main St. has since been considered to be the Rolling Stones' best work while being ranked on various lists as one of the greatest albums of all time.
A remastered and expanded version of the album was released in Europe on 17 May 2010 and in the United States on 18 May 2010, featuring a bonus disc with 10 new tracks.
Exile on Main St. was written and recorded between 1969 and 1972. Mick Jagger said "After we got out of our contract with Allen Klein, we didn't want to give him [those earlier tracks]," as they were forced to do with "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses" from Sticky Fingers (1971). Many tracks were recorded between 1969 and 1971 at Olympic Studios and Jagger's Stargroves country house in England during sessions for Sticky Fingers.
By the spring of 1971 the Rolling Stones had spent the money they owed in taxes and left Britain before the government could seize their assets. Jagger settled in Paris with his new bride Bianca, and guitarist Keith Richards rented a villa, Nellcôte, in Villefranche-sur-Mer, near Nice. The other members settled in the south of France. As a suitable recording studio could not be found where they could continue work on the album, Richards' basement at Nellcôte became a makeshift studio using the band's mobile recording truck.
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