There's no way this could be grunge, it's too upbeat. Plus there is not enough distortion and fuzz on the guitars.
I just got the vinyl version of the remaster and I like the sonics. I orginally bought this album the day it came out in 1972 and wore it out that summer. I think it was bargain priced as I remember and I usually bought albums based on price in those days. Plus it was a double. The music is simply loose, loose, loose; some moments it drives me nuts and then there will be a shift and they "rescue" the song by reigning it in. That is the appeal of Exile and there is really no other like it. Stoned, drunk, intoxicated Stones making music in a dusty, hot humid basement in 1971.
Those were the days...
I just got the vinyl version of the remaster and I like the sonics. I orginally bought this album the day it came out in 1972 and wore it out that summer. I think it was bargain priced as I remember and I usually bought albums based on price in those days. Plus it was a double. The music is simply loose, loose, loose; some moments it drives me nuts and then there will be a shift and they "rescue" the song by reigning it in. That is the appeal of Exile and there is really no other like it. Stoned, drunk, intoxicated Stones making music in a dusty, hot humid basement in 1971.
Those were the days...