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No arguments necessary: Exile on Main Street is without question one of the most essential rock records ever created. From the opening riffs of Rocks Off through the remaining 68 minutes, this album bristles with energy and electricity. Released in 1972, Exile was the follow-up to {|Sticky Fingers|}, some of which was recorded in Alabama at Muscle Shoals, the legendary R&B studio. This time out, the group opted to record in Keith Richards' basement studio in France, but the album is rich with some of the same rootsy Southern sprit. Gospel influences animate several tracks on this classic recording, especially Sweet Black Angel, I Just Want to See His Face, and Shine a Light. Elsewhere, Richards and Mick Taylor's brilliant guitar interplay highlights trademark tunes like Tumbling Dice, Happy, and their version of Robert Johnson's Stop Breaking Down, while Jagger's insolence drips over every lyric. The Stones don't make records like this anymore, but neither does anyone else.