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The Rolling Stones 1964 Album

The Rolling Stones

The Stones' debut is a covers-heavy homage to 50s rock 'n' blues with a couple of originals thrown in for good measure. One of them ("Tell Me") definitely foreshadows the ironic/realistic British pop music they would master later in the decade, but the real burners are the covers of "Carol", "Route 66", and "I'm a King Bee". This is the Stones album you, your father, and your father's father rocks the hell out of.