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Originally Posted by nota
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Agree, but change was not sudden or abrupt.
I have been a Stones fan since they first came on the scene. I would disagree with something the OP posted (which he heard from others)--that the early Stones were more melodic and intimate rather than, etc. The early Stones were very bluesy as well as edgy (which I define as on the edge of what popular music, at the time, was about lyrically and subject-wise), much of that thanks to Brian Jones.
As far as a definitive album "change", that may be hard. There are many compilation albums in the Stones catalog that draw on past cuts and there are several later albums which have, IMO, individual cuts that are worthy vs the entire album. Once you get past "Let It Bleed", the ratio of individual cuts to complete album quality starts to shift.