1001 Albums: #46 - The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
Decca, 1964

The first song that comes up when you open the Rolling Stones' discography on Spotify is the 2021 reissue of Tattoo You. I inadvertently started playing that album, the pure stadium rock of "Start Me Up" coming through the speakers. I scrolled alllllllll the way down to the bottom and put on their eponymous debut and man alive, the cover of "Route 66" that starts things off sounds fully tepid in comparison. Which is to say, like the Beatles, the Stones had to figure some things out and this early in their career, it's better to just get something down on tape and keep on moving. There are a couple originals here, and the rest are blues tunes with a little stank on them (a stank that would soon define the band).