18 Oct
25: The Rolling Stones release four landmark records in a row
The Rolling Stones sure have made some great albums in their long career. However starting in 1968 they released four absolutely incredible studio albums in a row that to this day remain some of the best of their career, and perhaps some of the most important rock records of all time.
Starting with Beggars Banquet (1968) and followed by Let It Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main Street (1972), fans and critics alike would be challenged to find few other bands who consistently released in-a-row albums as exceptional as the albums in this run. Some would say that this was the golden era for the Stones in terms of their songwriting, that actually extended in to the 80’s with Emotional Rescue.
I have always loved the stones and also believe these albums to be their greatest works. It is great to see this accomplishment so high on the list.
October 18th, 2007 at 9:53 pmThis entry is far too low. The period of the band between the release of the ‘Jumping Jack Flash’ single (May 24,1968) to the end of the North American Exile tour (July 26th,1972) is the greatest sustained period in rock EVER by ANY band. This period included:
October 19th, 2007 at 11:03 pm1.The release of the the greatest 4 consecutive studio albums in RandR history
2.The release of one of the greatest live albums (Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out-1970)
3.The 1969 US tour, climaxing with the Altamont Free concert
4.The 1971 European tour
5.The 1972 North American tour
6.Release of the Gimmie Shelter documentary
7.The departure and death of the original leader of the band, Brian Jones
8.The addition of a new member, 20 year old Mick Taylor
9.The formation of Rolling Stones records
It was this period of the band that gave birth to the term ‘Sex,Drugs and Rock And Roll’
Umm, weren’t Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour released in that order by the Beatles?
October 26th, 2007 at 10:14 amAnd any four of Bob Dylan’s first 20 albums beats anything the Stones made after their first album, which is still their best in my eyes.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:21 amBruce. c’mon, dude!! ANY of Dylan’s first 20 albums are better than the Stones in their prime run. Take the Zimmy blinders off guy. I love Dylan but your argument would be a lot stronger if you just tried to be reasonable, like you were with that Beatles run of great discs. (Although I’d likely start earlier, with Help! and leave off Mystery Tour from your list). If you wanna take the classic Dylan foursome including Brining It all Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde (leave off Greatest Hits) and end with John Wesley Harding, fine. But you can’t really mean 20 Dylan CDs. Have you heard Self-Portrait? Even Dylan hated that one. He only put it out to fulfill a contractual obligation to Columbia.
Those Stones discs rock! I’d have had it higher on this list for sure.
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:35 pm