All Of The Rolling Stones…

I am posting this against (what I might mistake as) my better judgement, and only because of a promise made in passing. In the process of this I learned a couple of things:

1) I cannot be objective about this band’s music. I’ve played it all, for so long, that even the stuff that sucks is still pretty awesome because Stones.

2) I will read this in the morning and disagree with myself. In the making of this list, I altered the ordering at least three times, and then realized that getting this anywhere near precise was pretty much an impossible task from the outset. Sure, as I moved titles around, I realized that it was settling into the list you see below. And sure, I might say Let It Bleed oughta come above Beggars Banquet, or that Emotional Rescue was worse than Dirty Work… and on and on. It’s endless. What I’m saying is I’m probably dead wrong about a lot of this. Tomorrow, this list could (would) look very different! I’m so close to this stuff I can’t even see it anymore.

It’ll be really interesting to return to this a year from now and laugh at how much I would change. Note to future self: “Hi! Please be gentle!”

Well, damn the torpedoes. Here it is!

All The Rolling Stones

So Mike made an awesome post wherein he ranked all the Aerosmith albums (on request), from worst to best! This must have been a daunting task, especially since he says he hates making lists! But I loved it and suggested he do more! I listed a bunch of bands and he said he’d do one more (because he’s awesome). No KISS or Maiden, though. I thought maybe Rush… but I settled on Marillion. I think that list will be very informative (and a challenge for Mike!)

And to be a good sport, I said I’d do one too, and a challenging one at that! Yes, the Rolling Stones. It’s hard for me to say how much I like this band, but suffice it to say it’s a whole helluva lot. Am I even able to rank their albums, when I’ve listened to them for so long and am hardly objective? Unlikely.

As Mike did, I’ve left out hits collections and live albums. Studio albums (24 of them!) only.

Hooboy.

Here we go.

Let’s give ‘er…

24 Dirty Work
23 Emotional Rescue
22 Undercover
21 A Bigger Bang
20 Bridges To Babylon
19 Their Satanic Majesties Request
18 Black And Blue
17 Steel Wheels
16 Goat’s Head Soup
15 Between The Buttons
14 December’s Children (And Everybody Else’s)
13 England’s Newest Hitmakers
12 It’s Only Rock ’n Roll
11 Voodoo Lounge
10 The Rolling Stones, Now!
09 Out Of Our Heads
08 12×5
07 Some Girls
06 Tattoo You
05 Aftermath
04 Let it Bleed
03 Beggars Banquet
02 Sticky Fingers
01 Exile On Main St.

Discuss.