Counting down the Rolling Stones
Subtitle: their 100 finest songs
By: Jim Beviglia
Series: Counting down; Counting down (Scarecrow Press)
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781442254466
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Reviews; Rolling Stones; Popular music; Sound recordings; Rock music; Analysis, appreciation; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation
Description: A book for hard-core Stones fans, this third in the Counting down series (after books about Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen) enumerates the Rolling Stones' 100 best songs, as determined by the author. For each song, the author tells us which album it's from, comments on the themes and writing of the song, and provides a capsule analysis of the musical performance.
Notes: "...And 100 more": pages 187-190.

Includes bibliographical references (page 193) and index.
Table of contents: title: 100. "One Hit (to the Body)" (from Dirty Work, 1986); title: 99. "Torn and Frayed" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 98. "Time Waits for No One" (from It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, 1974); title: 97. "Anybody Seen My Baby?" (from Bridges to Babylon, 1997); title: 96. "Respectable" (from Some Girls, 1978); title: 95. "Out of Time" (Worn Aftermath, 1966); title: 94. "Sister Morphine" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 93. "Star Star" (from Goats Head Soup, 1973); title: 92. "Flip the Switch" (from Bridges to Babylon, 1997); title: 91. "Who's Been Sleeping Here?" (from Between the Buttons, 1967); title: 90. "Handof Fate" (from Black and Blue, 1976); title: 89. "Rip This Joint" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 88. "Sad Sad Sad" (from Steel Wheels, 1988); title: 87. "Tops" (from Tattoo You, 1981); title: 86. "Midnight Rambler" (from Let It Bleed, 1970); title: 85. "Almost Hear You Sigh" (from Steel Wheels, 1989); title: 84. "Let It Loose" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 83. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 82. "Crazy Mama" (from Black and Blue, 1976); title: 81. "Who's Driving Your Plane?" (from No Stone Unturned, 1973); title: 80. "The Spider and the Fly" (from Out of Our Heads, US version, 1965); title: 79. "Tell Me" (from The Rolling Stones, 1964); title: 78. "Dear Doctor" from (Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 77. "The Last Time" (from Out of Our Heads, US version, 1965); title: 76. "Let It Bleed" (from Let It Bleed, 1969); title: 75. "Out of Tears" (from Voodoo Lounge, 1994); title: 74. "Before They Make Me Run" (from Some Girls, 1978); title: 73. "Heart of Stone" (from Out of Our Heads, UK version, 1965); title: 72. "2,000 Years from Home" (from Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967); title: 71. "Blinded by Love" (from Steel Wheels, 1989); title: 70. "You Got the Silver" (from Let It Bleed, 1969); title: 69. "Always Suffering" (from Bridges to Babylon, 1997); title: 68. "Lady Jane" (from Aftermath, 1968); title: 67. "Hang Fire" (from Tattoo You, 1981); title: 66. "Live with Me" (from Let It Bleed, 1969); title: 65. "Fool to Cry" (Worn. Black and Blue, 1976); title: 64. "She's a Rainbow" (from Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967); title: 63. "Doom and Gloom" (from Grrr!, 2012); title: 62. "Loving Cup" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 61. "Undercover of the Night" (from Undercover, 1980); title: 60. "Black Limousine" (from Tattoo You, 1981); title: 59. "Sweet Virginia" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 58. "Winter" (from Goats Head Soup, 1973); title: 57. "Sittin' on a Fence" (from Flowers, 1967); title: 56. "Memo from Turner" (from the Performance soundtrack, 1970); title: 55. "All about You" (from Emotional Rescue, 1980); title: 54. "Play with Fire" (from Out of Our Heads, US version, 1965); title: 53. "Following the River" (from Exile on Main St. bonus disc, 2010); title: 52. "Bitch" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 51. "No Expectations" (from Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 50. "She Smiled Sweetly" (from Between the Buttons, 1967); title: 49. "Stray Cat Blues" (from Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 48. "I Got the Blues" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 47. "Back Street Girl" (from Between the Buttons, 1967); title: 46. "Honky Tonk Women" (from Through the Past, Darkly [Big Hits Vol. 2], 1969); title: 45. "Ventilator Blues" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 44. "Dandelion" (from Through the Past, Darkly [Big Hits Vol. 2], 1969); title: 43. "19th Nervous Breakdown" (from Big Hits [High Tide and Green Grass], 1966); title: 42. "Losing My Touch" (from Forty Licks, 2002); title: 41. "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (but I Like It)" (from It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, 1974); title: 40. "Laugh I Nearly Died" (from A Bigger Bang, 2005); title: 39. "Mixed Emotions" (from Steel Wheels, 1989); title: 38. "As Tears Go By" (from December's Children [and Everybody's], 1965); title: 37. "Emotional Rescue" (from Emotional Rescue, 1980); title: 36. "She Was Hot" (from Undercover, 1984); title: 35. "Monkey Man" (from Let It Bleed, 1969); title: 34. "Worried about You" (from Tattoo You, 1981); title: 33. "Happy" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 32. "I Am Waiting" (from Aftermath, 1966); title: 31. "Plundered My Soul" (from Exile on Main St. reissue, 2010); title: 30. "Jigsaw Puzzle" (from Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 29. "Thru and Thru" (from Voodoo Lounge, 1994); title: 28. "Dead Flowers" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 27. "Angie" (from Goats Head Soup, 1973); title: 26. "Shine a Light" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 25. "Salt of the Earth" (from Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 24. "Beast of Burden" (from Some Girls, 1978); title: 23. "Get Off of My Cloud" (from December's Children [and Everybody's], 1965); title: 22. "Wild Horses" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 21. "Tumbling Dice" (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 20. "Start Me Up" (from Tattoo You, 1981); title: 19. "Let's Spend the Night Together" (from Between the Buttons, US version, 1967); title: 18. "Slipping Away" (from Steel Wheels, 1989); title: 17. "Shattered" (from Some Girls, 1978); title: 16. "Mother's Little Helper" (from Aftermath, UK version, 1966); title: 15. "Miss You" (from Some Girls, 1978); title: 14. "Under My Thumb" (from Aftermath, 1966); title: 13. "Waiting on a Friend" (from Tattoo You, 1981); title: 12. "Rocks Off (from Exile on Main St., 1972); title: 11. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (from Out of Our Heads, US version, 1965); title: 10. "Memory Motel" (from Black and Blue, 1976); title: 9. "Gimme Shelter" (from Let It Bleed, 1969); title: 8. "Ruby Tuesday" (from Between the Buttons, US version, 1967); title: 7. "Paint It Black" (from Aftermath, US version, 1966); title: 6. "Moonlight Mile" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 5. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (from Let It Bleed, 1969); title: 4. "Sympathy for the Devil" (from Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 3. "Brown Sugar" (from Sticky Fingers, 1971); title: 2. "Street Fighting Man" (from Beggars Banquet, 1968); title: 1. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (from Through the Past Darkly [Big Hits, Vol. 2], 1969).