Rolling Stones End Exile from Number One Spot
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Exile on Main Street returns to the top of the music charts for the first time since 1972.
The Rolling Stones returned to the top of the UK music album charts for the first time in 16 years as the band re-released Exile On Main Street.
First debuting in the charts in 1972, Exile On Main Street was not an instant success and suffered harsh criticism for being unpolished and impenetrable. The album went on to be a commercial hit, and later would be acclaimed as a masterpiece.
Keith Richards recalled in According to the Rolling Stones: “When Exile came out it didn’t sell particularly well at the beginning, and it was also pretty much universally panned. But within a few years the people who had written the reviews saying it was a piece of crap were extolling it as the best frigging album in the world.”
The Stones’ last number one album was Voodoo Lounge in 1994. 16 years later and the success has been recaptured by Exile‘s re-release with 10 new tracks. Speaking to the BBC, Universal Music chairman David Joseph said: “It’s quite a result for an album from 1972 to be back at number one. It proves that Stones’s music is as powerful today as when it was created.”
Exile On Main Street beat a strong contender to the number one spot as Faithless released their new album The Dance last week. “It just shows how timeless their music really is – and just how huge an act they remain,” a source told The Daily Mail.
In another victory for 1972 re-releases, Leeds United’s song Marching On Together hit the 10 top of the UK singles chart after the club celebrated promotion this year.
