Rolling Stones Albums Ranked: TOP 5

[@alexshort8055]

I’ve always preferred Between the Buttons to Aftermath. 1. Let it Bleed 2. Beggars Banquet 3. Sticky Fingers 4. Exile on Main St. 5. Tattoo You

[@martinrasinger6306]

I chose the same 5 albums. The only difference: Sticky Fingers on 2 and Beggars Banquet on 3.

[@TrackXTrack]

BtB is a strong pick for sure.

[@mikebarooshian7255]

@@TrackXTrack I choose the same 5 but that’s a hard question it’s hard to have a favorite stones album there all amazing some albums are highly underrated like I love Goats head soup more then Exile and I love Black and Blue that album is also underrated

[@symply_not_audrey]

I saw them live last year, and they're still rocking even after 60 years. The show was probably the best day of my life! If I had to do a top five I think I'll go with : 1. Let it Bleed 2. Exile on Main St 3. Sticky Fingers 4. Some Girls 5. Beggars Banquet

[@TrackXTrack]

I saw them live about 20 years ago and it was amazing!

[@luizoswaldoabreu2752]

Well, I preffer to choose the best 5 albums of each phase of the band, the one with Brian Jones, then the one with Mick Taylor, and the last one with Ron Wood. It's because they have their own characteristics on account of their techniques and styles. Also I include live albums because the performance of a song vary when it's played in a studio or alive. Brian phase: - "The Rolling Stones" first album ( It's probably the best first album of a rock band ever) - "12 x 5" ( The inclusion of the rare "5 x 5" EP makes this album a very special one, but it has other great covers as Under the boardwalk and Time is on my side for example) - "Out of our Heads" ( It has Satisfaction, but also has That's how strong my love is, The last time, The spider and the fly......... , a great album.) - "Between the Buttons" ( It's the album I like the most of this phase. Miss Amanda Jones is outstanding.) - "Aftermath" ( I've been told that it's the Stones preffered album by the Beatles! Is it true?) Mick Taylor phase: - " Stick Fingers ( I think this is their greatest album. Period!) - " Exile on Main Street" ( This is the best double album of all rock 'n' roll.) - " Goats Head Soup" ( Critics were very very unfair when this album was released. They used to compare it with the Exile. Well, Exile was a double one. Imagine if GHS was a double one too!!!!) - "Get Yer Ya Yas Out" ( What a great blues solo in Love in vain!) - "Brussels Afair" ( It's a bootleg, but, in fact, it's the Stones greatest live album.) Ron Wood phase: - "Some Girls" , "Tattoo You", "Voodoo Lounge", "A Bigger Bang" and the great "Hackney Diamonds". I think it's all for now, folks!

[@TrackXTrack]

A solid approach. Just goes to show there’s a LOT of great albums across the Stones’ long career!

[@luizoswaldoabreu2752]

I didn't quote "Beggars Banquet", "Let it Bleed" and "Black and Blue", because in spite of being excellent albums, Brian, Mick Taylor and Ron Wood only play guitar in two or three tunes each album. Brian only plays harmonica, I think. Am I wrong?

[@tomslick2058]

. Beggars Banquet blows away aftermath and Somegirls

[@TrackXTrack]

BB is a great album, no doubt

[@mathstar4176]

Ok Kyle here we go :--- #6 Blue and Lonesome #5 Out of our heads #4 Sticky Fingers #3 Afternath #2 Hackney Diamonds #1Tatoo You // with Start me up, Darling I'll never stop. Blessed Love mi Brethren from JRSC est 1965. Jamaica Rolling Stones Camp.❤❤❤❤

[@TrackXTrack]

Great list! Thanks for sharing !

[@xrandy11]

Nice Video. Mine: 1. Some Girls 2. Let It Bleed 3. Tattoo You 4. Sticky Fingers 5.Goat's Head Soup

[@TrackXTrack]

Nice picks!

[@ChristianS_445]

Really good video man! Your seriously underrated.

[@TrackXTrack]

Thank you, I appreciate your support!

[@robcurrie1826]

Excellent top 5 mate .. I completely agree with you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ ..Sticky Fingers is my fav Stones album

[@TrackXTrack]

Thanks!

[@mistertv9930]

While Exile tops many lists as the best Stones album, I’m with Kyle - Sticky Fingers just has that rare magic of being a perfect record from start to finish.

[@TrackXTrack]

Both are amazing!

[@andrewbrennan7291]

Me too. It's peak Stones

[@cassettetapehound]

Sticky Fingers is the definition of the Rolling Stones. And the song Memo from Turner would have fit perfectly...

[@davepowell9708]

Nice edit! great review Thanks

[@kjeldpedersen666]

I realize that you had to choose - but I really miss Beggars Banquet on this list. On the other hand I can’t point out which of the others you should have left out... I love these five records and it’s very different which one I rank as the very best. But I think Let it Bleed is the one I’ve heard the most. Good work, Mate👍

[@TrackXTrack]

Thanks! Depending on the day, I might put BB in the top five too, but as you said... which one do you remove?

[@skmc4940]

Thanks for taking the time to do this top 5. However I wish it was your top 10. I always enjoy hearing people's view points. Anyway my top 5 1_Sticky Fingers 2_ Beggars Banquet 3_ Some Girls_ 4 Emotional Rescue (Yes you heard me correctly) and 5_ the beautiful Goat Heads Soup.

[@TrackXTrack]

No shade on ER. That's a bit of a guilty pleasure album for me. I dig it!

[@cassettetapehound]

YES YES YES!!! Emotional Rescue. THANK YOU! It's blamed for being cast-offs from Some Girls, but It's way way looser than Girls, which is more tightly-wound. Besides that, Dance Pt. 2 is way better than Miss You, and the b-side to the single shattered, Everything's Turning to Gold, would have been a great inclusion on Emotional. Aftermath being on this list is spot-on. But I also think the record-buying public bought way more albums in the '70's than in the '60's, and that's a firm reason why Some Girls always makes everybody's list; it's tuneful and everybody has heard it. But Aftermath stands out way more in the time it was made than Some Girls does.

[@MrJohnnyMel]

Good list, mine is a variant: 1. Let it Bleed 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Beggars Banquet 4. Some Girls 5. Black & Blue

[@TrackXTrack]

All good picks!

[@JimmyV1530]

Very enjoyable video Kyle / keep on rocking & rolling.

[@TrackXTrack]

Thanks as always!

[@ErnestSalgado-f9z]

I love their Jimmy Miller, Mick Taylor, Nicky Hopkins, and Billy Preston period. My top 5 Stones albums are: 1. Exile On Main Street 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Goats Head Soup 4. Let It Bleed 5, Beggars Banquet

[@martinrasinger6306]

1. Let it Bleed 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Beggars Banquet 4. Exile on Main St. 5 Tattoo You

[@TrackXTrack]

All great picks!

[@robertofernandez3868]

1-Sticky Fingers 2-Let It Bleed 3-Exile On Main Street 4-Beggars Banquet 5-Between The Buttons

[@TrackXTrack]

Good picks!

[@Bonddm2002]

1. Exile 2. Let it Bleed 3. Sticky Fingers 4. Beggar’s Banquet 5. Some Girls

[@TrackXTrack]

Solid picks!

[@michaeldichael9978]

Great review - thank you!

[@TrackXTrack]

Thank you!

[@goldrag3163]

1. Beggars Banquet 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Their Satanic Majesties Request 4. Aftermath 5. Let It Bleed

[@TrackXTrack]

All solid picks!

[@GeeWhizbang]

I'm a die-hard Stones fan and I'm lucky that I've gotten to work with them twice in my career (Steel Wheels Tour & MTV Live from the 10 Spot)...here are my Top 5: 1. Sticky Fingers 2. Some Girls 3. Exile 4. Beggars Banquet 5. Bridges to Babylon (hot take, yes I know)

[@TrackXTrack]

BtB is a bold choice!

[@utvf68]

5. Beggars Banquet 4. Exile On Main Street 3. Some Girls 2. Let It Bleed 1. Sticky Fingers

[@TrackXTrack]

Good list!

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

My Top 20 Stoners: 20. Out of Our Heads 19. Dirty Work 18. Black and Blue 17. A Bigger Bang 16. Aftermath 15. It’s Only Rock and Roll 14. Bridges to Babylon 13. Hackney Diamonds 12. Emotional Rescue 11. Their Satanic Majesties Request 10. Between the Buttons 9. Undercover 8. Voodoo Lounge 7. Goats Head Soup 6. Some Girls 5. Tattoo You 4. Beggars Banquet 3. Let It Bleed 2. Stick Fingers 1. Exile on Main Street

[@TrackXTrack]

Great list!

[@SaintMartins]

Their 1989 album Steel Wheels is the MOST underrated album in their career. It's one of their best. *"Mixed Emotions", "Hold On To Your Hat", "Rock And A Hard Place", "Almost Hear You Sigh"* If a person doesn't like this album, then they're not a fan, they just like the popular albums hipster journalists insist you should like b/c of that 1 hit song.

[@TrackXTrack]

I dig that album too

[@curly_wyn]

Wrong. That album is not bad, but EXTREMELY generic and predictable. It’s just barely better than Dirty Work, and the only songs I like from it are Terrifying and Blinded by Love. You thinking it’s awesome is your own opinion, but the fact of the matter is that it doesn’t hold up next to their best work.

[@samlewis7878]

Nah, I disagree. It was a ,pop album tight and well produced from start to finish. The band shimmered with talent and freshness. Life in the studio can be a sonic haven and a blast.

[@southsheff]

Swop out Aftermath for Beggers Banquet and then a great list Kyle. I am looking forward to a new music room video with new shelving hopefully soon!

[@TrackXTrack]

LOL! The shelves are secure, but I do plan to rebuild them. I've been watching lumber prices for the project and the boards are priced nearly twice as high as they were a year ago. Gotta wait for the price to come down.

[@gregschofield8557]

My favorite changes all the time every one is FANTASTIC unlike any other Rockers Ever! including the fab four

[@thierrycoulhon-zi5gx]

I tend to feel that the more recent work of the Stones is underestimated, e.g. Bridges to Babylone and even A Bigger Bang.

[@TrackXTrack]

I agree

[@samgold1808]

To add to the debate, I find your omission of Beggar's Banquet somewhat questionable. Also, while I love Wild Horses, their most heartfelt ballad in my view has to be Let it Loose from Exile. Sadly, they've never played it live. And an honourable mention please to It's only Rock and Roll, Mick Taylor's sawn song.

[@TrackXTrack]

BB is a great album! It is very hard to just pick 5, and BB is very worthy!

[@waldemartraczyk5345]

I would add Flowers, a nice collection of songs.

[@GC2112]

1. Sticky Fingers 2. Let it Bleed 3. Beggars Banquet 4. Goats Head Soup 5. Satanic Majesties

[@TrackXTrack]

Great picks!

[@windyhillbomber]

I’m glad to see a top 5 without Beggars Banquet. I love BB but feel it’s held in such high regard for SFTD and SFM which are not my favourite Stones songs. (Sympathy on Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out being an altogether better version.). Tattoo You gets my vote for Fifth despite it being a thrown together slap dash of songs from the seventies to the time of it’s release. 5. Tattoo You 4. Between the Buttons 3. Let it Bleed 2. Sticky Fingers 1. Exile

[@TrackXTrack]

Solid list!

[@arjaylee]

Good List. I would replace Some Girls with Beggars Banquet, but how does one narrow it down to 5?

[@TrackXTrack]

On any given day, I’m sure my list would shift. Too many great albums to choose from.

[@kingdicelille]

No "Beggars Banquet"? My own fave is "Exile..." but any of the 1968-1972 albums could be.

[@TrackXTrack]

BB is a great album! Hard to pick just 5!

[@ArmandoMPR]

My list is boring, I guess, since it mostly reflects the consensus that seems to have formed over the years: 1. Exile 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Beggars Banquet 4. Let It Bleed 5. Some Girls Just for fun, here are the next five: 6. Tattoo You 7. Between the Buttons 8. It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll 9. Goats Head Soup 10. Aftermath

[@projam7534]

1. Let it Bleed 2. Goats head soup 3. Sticky Fingers 4. Exile on main st 5. Emotional rescue

[@TrackXTrack]

Solid picks!

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

I like Tattoo You better than Some Girls, and I grew up with Some Girls never coming out of the tape deck that year.

[@TrackXTrack]

Both great albums

[@cassettetapehound]

Nice thoughts on these albums, and respectable ranking. I think a top 10 list better serves the stones because Some Girls belongs in the second 5, and Emotional Rescue NEVER gets its due!!!!! Maybe ranking the WORST 5 is a better indication since there are only a few terrible records, but Dirty Work would be my pick for the worst.

[@TrackXTrack]

I do enjoy Emotional Rescue as well. An underrated album for sure.

[@astrosjer822]

The Beatles catalog is a planet by itself, the Stones catalog is arguably second. Some amazing albums. Can’t believe it has been ages since their last studio album! I also like plenty of 80’s Stones singles and album tracks.

[@TrackXTrack]

The Stones catalog is much bigger than the Beatles, but I think the Beatles catalog has higher highpoints if that makes sense.

[@ArmandoMPR]

The Beatles don’t have an album as good as Sticky Fingers. Perhaps a truncated version of the White Album could’ve competed. Abbey Road is close, though.

[@SargonofQueens]

I bought them all. I agree, Sticky finger is the best

[@MarkSperduto-t5h]

Hey I fully respect your opinion but I think it's without serious debate that the 4 albums of BB , LiB SF and EoMS stand as the greatest continuous set of music ever created. We can debate the others but no list should exclude any of those four. Rock music owes its success and growth in offshot genres to those works. Thank you to any and all involved in bringing the RS to the world.

[@gregclarke6835]

1. Beggars Banquet 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Exile 4. Let it Bleed 5. Some Girls Honorable Mention: Goats Head Soup

[@TrackXTrack]

All solid picks

[@bbaird67]

Nice top 5…I would have let it bleed in my top spot

[@TrackXTrack]

It’s a great album, no doubt!

[@syiu222]

1 Sticky Fingers 2 Beggars Banquet 3 Beggars Let It Bleed 4 Aftermath 5 Exile on Main Street. Only if Exile stream down to a single album it would have gone higher...

[@TrackXTrack]

Solid list

[@ac9559]

Aftermath, Between the Buttons , Exile, Goats Head Soup, Emotional Rescue. If Flowers were not a compilation of various sources it would be there. Satanic Majesties Some Girls, It's Only Rock and Roll and Tattoo You are also great. Sticky Fingers would be there but Sister Morphine is one of my least favorite Stones tracks.

[@rolandofgilead43]

so which version of aftermath is your favorite? the US version is i think awful simply awful but the UK version is far better. much like i love the album Between the Buttons (1967) Again the US version is simply dreadful but the UK version is fantastic. as for my top 5? i dunno i'd say my favorite #1 is Beggers Banquet (1968) Sympathy for the Devil has always been my favorite song of theirs Period weather it's released material or unreleased. so 2. i'd say Let it Bleed (1969), 3. Exile on Main street (1972), 4. Between the Buttons (1967) the UK version because it's just so different than your typical album, yes Their Satanic Majestic Request (1967) is one that really is out there but it's not among my favorites, that one i have to be in the right mood for it to listen to it. i don't think it's an awful album it's just one of those you have to be in the right state of mind and no i'm not talking about on drugs or booze to listen to it to enjoy it. 5. i'm having a hard time with this one because i dunno what to pick so i'd say it's only Rock N Roll (1974) is i'd say my 5th favorite. now as for my top 10 i dunno that would be i think a lot easier than my top 5. Some Girls (1978) is i don't think one of their best albums but that's just my own opinion i don't go to that one that often to be honest but it's not an awful album either if that makes sense

[@alexshort8055]

With only eleven tracks, the U.S. Aftermath is pretty redundant now, in my opinion. The original, as intended, U.K. album was re-released in ‘02, thankfully. Even Paint it, Black cannot salvage London Records’ butchering. The album cover isn’t as good, either!

[@TrackXTrack]

UK was better, no doubt

[@curly_wyn]

Nothing after Tattoo You is worth anyone’s time. 1. Exile on Main Street (1972) 2. Sticky Fingers (1971) 3. Between the Buttons (1967) 4. Let it Bleed (1969) 5. Aftermath (1966) 6. Some Girls (1978) 7. Tattoo You (1981) 8. Beggar’s Banquet (1968) 9. Out of Our Heads (1965) 10. Goats Head Soup (1973) 11. Emotional Rescue (1980) 12. Black and Blue (1976) 13. It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll (1974) 14. Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) 15. The Rolling Stones, Now! (1964) 16. December’s Children (1965) 17. 12 X 5 (1964) 18. England’s Newest Hitmaker’s (1964) 19. A Bigger Bang (2005) 20. Voodoo Lounge (1994) 21. Bridges to Babylon (1997) 22. Blue and Lonesome (2016) 23. Steel Wheels (1989) 24. Undercover (1983) 25. Dirty Work (1986)

[@TrackXTrack]

Things went downhill after that, but there's still some decent music post-Tattoo You.

[@ac9559]

Undercover, Too Much Blood, All the Way Down, Too Tough, One Hit to the Body, Too Rude, Had it With You Sleep Tonight, Mixed Emotions, Continental Drift, Slippin' Away, Love is Strong, The Worst, I Go Wild, Brand New Car, Thief in the Night, How Can I Stop, Don't Have to Mean it, Too TIght....That was just off the the top of my head. Lots of good stuff post Tattoo you.

[@captainkirk70]

Aftermath is so overrated. I even prefer Satanic Majesties

[@killerone807]

Tattoo you steel wheels under cover it's only rock and roll stripped

[@TrackXTrack]

Very unique list! I dig it!

[@stevefaure415]

Interesting that you don't consider Beggar's in the top 5, not many or going to exclude that one. Personally, I think Exile is always overrated. Not bad by a long shot, but overrated. It's sloppy and druggy and murky which is both its strength and failure. For underrated albums I'd say Between the Buttons and Their Satanic Majesties Request. Lots to criticize but those two are the last time the Stones' musical horizons were pretty vast. After Majesties they settled into the kind of standard riff-rock that they really haven't deviated from since.

[@TrackXTrack]

BB is a great album, no doubt! And on any given day, depending on my mood, I'd definitely consider swapping it into the top 5.