The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

To list Rolling Stones albums as perfect and then exclude Exile on Main Street is criminal.

The Boy with the Arab Strap is the better of the two you mentioned. It's one of those that without achieving moments of transcendent greatness, still makes a great through listen, like Broken Social Scene, Details, More Songs About Buildings and Food, among others. If You're Feeling Sinister has higher highs in "Fox in the Snow" and "Dylan in the Movies," but I find myself going to it much less often. Like I said in your school thread, I'd be horrified to find out how many times I've played TBWTAS over the years. It's one of my favorite distance-running go-tos, right next to Summerteeth and Skylarking. I also went through a phase where I always had it on during crossword puzzles and high-stress games of Mahjongg Solitaire. These would seem to be all the characteristics of a capital-letters Favorite Album, but I keep pulling back on that.

I know the B&S purists (not sure whether you are one) don't like anything from Dear Catastrophe Waitress on, but I love The Life Pursuit. There's not a skippable track until "Act of the Apostle II," which drags like hell after all the perfectly crafted songs ahead of it: not just "Dress Up in You," which is pantheon for sure, but "Sukie in the Graveyard," "White Collar Boy," and those call-and-responses on "Another Sunny Day," I mean, the whole album is sunny. Great summer album from people in a country that doesn't even see the sun. I just wish the album dropped "Mornington Crescent," which drags even more, and ended with "For the Price of a Cup of Tea," which I unashamedly love and which a longtime internet friend of mine pooh-poohed in an identical argument, calling it "a Mentos ad." He wasn't wrong but I love it anyway.

Also, the best two B&S songs are both non-album tracks: "Lazy Line Painter Jane" and "Your Cover's Blown."

Like I said earlier in the thread, Exile is a great record but there's filler on there. When you think about it, if you're calling a double "perfect" it means the band made two perfect records at once. I'm not sure anyone has done that. To me, the Stones have two perfect records- Sticky Fingers and Beggar's Banquet.

Lazy Line Painter Jane always kind of reminded of Lou Reed (in a good way), but dont exactly know why.

The future holds the possibility to be great or terrible, and since it has not yet occurred it remains simultaneously both.

I also dont know where the filler is on Exile. Loving Cup? You wouldn't actually call Ventilator Blues filler would you?

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.