Forty six years since their first Number 1 in April 1964, the Stones have hit Number One on the UK charts with the re-release of their 1972 classic Exile On Main Street. The concerted charm campaign fostered on the media by the band, who don’t give many interviews these days appears to have worked because fans have snapped up copies in the thousands. The remastered album which has several new tracks on it is considered to be the band’s finest work.

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