I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue

I once took a female singer home to dinner! Wow dei in this discussion is absurd. Do I have to count how many female singers I have in my library or excuse me singers with a high pitched voice . I liked Joni because her personal introspective songs were special not because I identified with them but because I could feel her pain. By the way my favorite album of hers was her live double album specifically the acoustic side.  The lastime I saw richard is special.  As to the stones I liked them but ultimately never bought their albums not sure why. Maybe because all their songs got so much airplay. 

Tylermunns kept referring to "female artist" when the OP actually said "female vocalist".  There's a huge difference. The latter is an accepted musical category among listeners, and you'll find it on just about all the music Distributors and storefronts. The former is simply a label.

+1 @simao, ​​​​​@tylermunns brought up female artists, the OP mentioned vocalists.

@simao + 1

I haven't read every post here, but as a 1969 HS graduate, Dylan was the giant of songwriting when Joni came on the scene. Her early, more universal songs (like on Ladies and Clouds) made her a songwriting star.  Then she turned to more confessional songs (like on Blue, For The Roses), which brought in an even wider audience.  The audio quality was excellent on all of these Reprise releases, but the instrumentation on Blue was more varied, the vocals more energetic, and the production had more density, but was never overcrowded.  I rate it and Hejira her best.

Exile never struck me as a top tier Stones album, especially after the desert island trifecta of Beggars, Bleed, and Sticky.  But I've known some big Stones fans who put it in that group.  I jumped on the Stones' train as soon as it left the station, so I also adore ENH (US release of 1st album), Now! and OOOH.