By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorAs they branded themselves in a deserved fit of future-pique, the Rolling Stones are the world's greatest rock 'n 'roll band, with singles too numerous to name dominating our hearts and loins from 1962 on.… more »

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By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorMick Jagger and Keith Richards have revealed some more details behind their upcoming shows with The Rolling Stones. Aside from admitting that they'll most likely add more stops to their 50th anniversary run (according to… more »

The Rolling Stones

By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorThe Rolling Stones have revealed the details behind their brief run of fall tour dates. Fresh off their fiftieth birthday, a straightforward but satisfying new song, and the worldwide release of their Crossfire Hurricane documentary,… more »

By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic ContributorSure, you know about The Big One. It's been almost coming, then shelved, then coming in dribs and drabs, then promised, then shelved, then released in part, then supposed to be in whole, then shelved… more »

By Andy Beta, eMusic ContributorYou've seen how the Muscle Shoals ghost reacted to the music of School of Seven Bells. Now, take a few minutes to learn about the history of this great studio, and familiarize yourself with a… more »

By Wayne Robins, eMusic ContributorSome Girls, considered by some the last great Rolling Stones album, is now the last two great Stones albums. The 12 previously unreleased tracks on a second disc reaffirm that in 1978, the Stones had… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorThe only thing ardent music fans seem to enjoy more than watching artists unquestionably succeed is getting to see them fall flat on their faces. It's reassuring to know that our heroes are fallible, even… more »

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By Kevin Whitehead, eMusic ContributorTenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins was entering his peak decade in 1957, and his pianoless trio records are extraordinary, even for that period. On this roundup from two shows one Sunday in New York, he runs… more »

By Phil Sutcliffe, eMusic ContributorReleased a few months after the original Hot Rocks, this compilation is less a companion volume than a series of footnotes to the Rolling Stones musical story preceding "Jumpin 'Jack Flash"'s rifftacular new dawn. It… more »

By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefCrafted with an eye to compilation rather than curation, this first volume of Stones singles compiles every side the group recorded from 1963 to 1965 and runs through them chronologically. The upside of such unfussy… more »

By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorCovering the Stones 'early years, Metamorphosis is a heavily curated collection of Stones outtakes and rarities paced by a handful of absolutely essential Jagger/Richards tunes. The best song is undoubtedly "Some Things Just Stick in… more »

By Ben Fong-Torres, eMusic ContributorOn their fifth album inside of their first two years, the Stones were still leaning heavily on other composers, ranging from blues (Muddy Waters) and R&B (Chuck Berry) to country (Hank Snow's "I'm Moving On")… more »

By Phil Sutcliffe, eMusic ContributorStarting as the band grew out of their raw London R&B apprenticeship, Hot Rocks 'first phase gathers the early fruits of Jagger/Richards'love-hate writing partnership in combination with Brian Jones'wayward talent for shaft-of-light ideas: their mid-'60s… more »

By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorPaint it black, you devils. Aftermath was the first album where the Rolling Stones finally felt confident enough in their shadow-hued palette to not have to venture beyond the Jagger/Richards partnership for songcraft. Previous Stones… more »

By James McNair, eMusic ContributorBirthed smack between the two great lows of the band's lifespan — the death of guitarist Brian Jones in July 1969, and the Altamont Speedway gig tragedy that December — Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! is… more »

By Dan Epstein, eMusic ContributorReleased in the summer of 1967 to elevate the Stones'Stateside profile while they were stuck in England finishing Their Satanic Majesties Request and sorting out various drug-related legal problems, Flowers has typically been derided as… more »

By Yancey Strickler, eMusic ContributorThe Out of Our Heads headline reads: "From Whence 'Satisfaction 'Came," but truth is, there's so much more to recommend this 1965 album, their third in the UK in just one year, and their fourth… more »

By Ben Fong-Torres, eMusic ContributorBig Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), released in spring of 1966, was my first favorite compilation album. Why not start with the greatest? It's a gem of a collection, kicking off with their instant… more »

By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorBetween the Buttons is often overlooked in discussions of the relative merits of the Stones 'oeuvre, falling as it does between the psychic breakthroughs of Aftermath and the 'delica mirror-ball that is Their Satanic Majesties… more »