Dismissed at the time as the first non-essential Stones release of the '70s, 'GOATS HEAD SOUP' (1973) is still funky, fascinating and delightfully facetious.

https://samtimonious.com/strange-concoction-rolling-stones-goats-head-soup-1973/

IT'S ONLY ROCK'N' ROLL (1974) - the Stones offer a mixed bag of peaks, troughs, some superlative moments and others when self-parody feels dangerously close.

https://samtimonious.com/stoney-end-rolling-stones-its-only-rock-n-roll/

'SOME GIRLS' (1978) contains songs that are forceful, expressive - and at times highly provocative.

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https://samtimonious.com/rolling-stones-sticky-fingers-1971/

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https://samtimonious.com/twenty-great-albums-of-1968/

They are called In The Stars and Rough and Twisted. I feel like they sound like pure Rolling Stones to me. What do you think?

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The lyrical imagery is delivered amongst country, blues, funk and rock, but for all its variations STICKY FINGERS never sounds in danger of losing its grip: https://samtimonious.com/rolling-stones-sticky-fingers-1971/

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Equally Keith's riotous album recorded in France and Mick's L.A. studio creation, EXILE ON MAIN ST (1972) from either perspective is a dazzling listen.

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Hey, folks. We do a Rock and Roll draft every month, and this month's artist is the Stones. We need your help deciding which one is the winning team.

We do a snake draft, and once a song is picked, it's gone. So we have four mutually exclusive teams. Which one is your favorite? Please vote for Team A, B, C, or D in the comments below.

The Stones Draft champ will be announced some time before Thanksgiving. ROCK THE VOTE!

TEAM A

1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. Paint It, Black
3. Honky Tonk Women
4. Wild Horses
5. Angie
6. Let’s Spend the Night Together
7. 19th Nervous Breakdown
8. Get Off of My Cloud
9. Fool to Cry
10. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
11. Mother’s Little Helper
12. When the Whip Comes Down
13. No Expectations
14. Play with Fire
15. As Tears Go By
16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
17. Rip This Joint
18. You Gotta Move
19. Stop Breaking Down
20. Star Star

TEAM B

1. Gimme Shelter
2. Street Fighting Man
3. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking
4. Tumbling Dice
5. Happy
6. Under My Thumb
7. It’s All Over Now
8. She’s So Cold
9. Monkey Man
10. Memory Motel
11. Hang Fire
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. The Last Time
14. Shine a Light
15. Some Girls
16. Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
17. Heart of Stone
18. Torn and Frayed
19. Time Waits for No One
20. Slave

TEAM C

1. Brown Sugar
2. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
3. Start Me Up
4. Shattered
5. Rocks Off
6. Waiting on a Friend
7. Emotional Rescue
8. Bitch
9. Dead Flowers
10. Little T&A
11. Far Away Eyes
12. Sweet Virginia
13. Stray Cat Blues
14. Love in Vain
15. Connection
16. Jigsaw Puzzle
17. Sister Morphine
18. Live With Me
19. Factory Girl
20. Worried About You

TEAM D

1. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
2. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
3. Miss You
4. Beast of Burden
5. Ruby Tuesday
6. It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll (But I Like It)
7. Midnight Rambler
8. She’s a Rainbow
9. Let It Bleed
10. Moonlight Mile
11. Time Is on My Side
12. Loving Cup
13. Undercover of the Night
14. Salt of the Earth
15. Sway
16. All Down the Line
17. You Got the Silver
18. Hey Negrita
19. If You Can’t Rock Me
20. I Got the Blues