{"product_id":"exile-on-main-street-half-speed-master","title":"Exile On Main Street","description":"\u003cp\u003eStill inspired by their Sticky Fingers recording sessions in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, \u003cem\u003eExile on Main Street\u003c\/em\u003e found the Rolling Stones sounding more like a southern fried juke-joint band than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat \u003cem\u003eExile on Main Street\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded in a basement is no surprise, either - much of it sounds as if it was recorded live at a gospel revival, with a final mix that gives no hierarchy to specific instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a swampy, most exhilarating chunk of rock and roll euphoria. \u003cem\u003eExile on Main Street\u003c\/em\u003e sharpens the country, blues, and gospel tendencies the Stones began exploring in the late '60s on albums like Beggar's Banquet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, armed with an assortment of backing musicians and vocalists, the band virtually inhabits the spirit of each style, distilling the whole to a ragged, soulful perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the escalating, horn-driven vamps of \"\u003cem\u003eRocks Off\u003c\/em\u003e\" through the back porch singalong \"\u003cem\u003eSweet Virginia\u003c\/em\u003e\" to the mean blues stomp of \"\u003cem\u003eVentilator Blues\u003c\/em\u003e\" and the church-like strains of \"\u003cem\u003eShine a Light\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \u003cem\u003eExile on Main Street\u003c\/em\u003e's double-album length plays like a weary, boozed-up sermon on the very meaning of rock music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the closest the band ever came to religion, and it still has the power to convert.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UMC","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":50431106941259,"sku":"402797","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Exile_On_Main_Street_c1c3c619_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726855456","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/exile-on-main-street-half-speed-master","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}