The Rolling Stones discography
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The English rock group The Rolling Stones have released 31 studio albums, 13 live albums, 28 compilation albums, 3 extended plays, 122 singles, 31 box sets, 51 video albums, 2 video box sets and 77 music videos. Throughout their career, they have sold over[1] 200 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[2] Billboard ranked them as the 2nd Greatest artist of all time (behind The Beatles).[3] The Rolling Stones have scored 38 top-10 albums (9 No. 1 albums) on the Billboard 200 and 8 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] According to the Recording Industry Association of America, they have sold 66.5 million albums in the US, making them the 16th best-selling group in history.[5]
The Rolling Stones discography | |
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Studio albums | 31 |
Live albums | 13 |
Compilation albums | 28 |
Video albums | 51 |
Music videos | 77 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 122 |
Box sets | 14 |
Reissue box sets | 17 |
Official bootlegs | 24 |
Video box sets | 2 |
From 1963 to 1970, the band were signed to Decca Records in the United Kingdom, and Decca's subsidiary label London Records in the United States. During 1971 to 1992, the band ran their own record company, Rolling Stones Records, distributed by WEA (1971 to 1977), EMI (1978 to 1984) and CBS (1985 to 1992). They were then signed to Virgin Records from 1993 to 2006, and Universal Music Group since 2007. The band maintain ownership of their catalogue from 1971 onwards, while the pre-1971 catalogue is owned by ABKCO Records.
Prior to 1967, it was common practice for British releases to be reconfigured for the American market. In some cases, the US version would be an entirely different album with different tracks, cover photos and liner notes. The first five British Rolling Stones studio albums were converted into seven studio albums for the American market, adding material from singles and the UK EPs (for example, the tracks on the band's third British album Out of Our Heads were spread across three American albums, The Rolling Stones, Now!, Out of Our Heads and December's Children (And Everybody's)). The first two greatest hits albums, Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) from 1966 and Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) from 1969, also differ in each nation. The 1966 live album Got Live If You Want It! and the 1967 compilation album Flowers were US-only releases. Studio and live albums from Their Satanic Majesties Request in December 1967 forward are uniform in both the UK and the US, although compilation albums sometimes vary.
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [6] |
US [7] |
AUS [8] |
CAN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] | |||
The Rolling Stones (UK) |
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1 | — | 1 | — | 45 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
England's Newest Hit Makers (US) |
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— | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
12 X 5 (US) |
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— | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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The Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK) |
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1 | — | — | — | 45 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
The Rolling Stones, Now! (US) |
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— | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Out of Our Heads (US) |
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— | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Out of Our Heads (UK) |
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2 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
December's Children (And Everybody's) (US) |
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— | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Aftermath (UK) |
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1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Aftermath (US) |
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— | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Between the Buttons (UK) |
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3 | — | 7 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | |
Between the Buttons (US) |
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— | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Their Satanic Majesties Request |
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3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 99 | — | 2 | — | |
Beggars Banquet |
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3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 124 | — | 2 | — | |
Let It Bleed |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Sticky Fingers |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Exile on Main St. |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 97 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Goats Head Soup |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
It's Only Rock 'n Roll |
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2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
Black and Blue |
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2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Some Girls |
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2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Emotional Rescue |
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1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
Tattoo You |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Undercover |
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3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Dirty Work |
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4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Steel Wheels |
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2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
Voodoo Lounge |
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
Bridges to Babylon |
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6 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
A Bigger Bang |
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2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Blue & Lonesome |
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1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Hackney Diamonds |
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1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
"—" denotes recordings that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Live albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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UK [6] |
US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] | |||
Got Live If You Want It! (US) | — | 6 | — | 40 | 2 | 75 | — | — | — |
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Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert |
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1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
Love You Live |
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3 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 15 | |
Still Life |
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4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Flashpoint |
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6 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | |
Stripped |
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9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus |
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— | 92 | 46 | — | 55 | 52 | 25 | — | 34 | |
No Security |
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67 | 34 | — | 7 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 22 | |
Live Licks |
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38 | 50 | — | 38 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 16 | |
Shine a Light |
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2 | 11 | 28 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
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On Air |
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27 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
El Mocambo 1977 |
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24 | 61 | 91 | — | 5 | 8 | 4 | — | 34 | |
Live at Racket, NYC |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes recordings that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
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UK [6] |
US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] | |||
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (US) |
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— | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (UK) |
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4 | — | 7 | 35 | — | — | — | 5 | 49 |
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Flowers (US) |
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— | 3 | — | 25 | 7 | — | — | 3 | — |
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Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (UK) |
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2 | — | 9 | 4 | 13 | 118 | 5 | 10 | — |
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Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (US) |
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— | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Stone Age (UK) |
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4 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 19 | 15 | — | |
Gimme Shelter (UK) |
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19 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | |
Hot Rocks 1964–1971 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | ||
Milestones (UK) |
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14 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | |
Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (UK) |
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41 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (US) |
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— | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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No Stone Unturned (UK) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Metamorphosis |
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45 | 8 | 51 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Made in the Shade |
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14 | 6 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (UK) |
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7 | — | 13 | — | 86 | 115 | 66 | 30 | 27 |
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Get Stoned (30 Greatest Hits) (UK) |
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8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (UK) |
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— | — | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Solid Rock (UK) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Sucking in the Seventies |
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— | 15 | 39 | — | 64 | — | 35 | 34 | — |
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Slow Rollers (UK) |
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— | — | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Story of The Stones (UK) |
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24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Rewind (1971–1984) |
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23 | 86 | — | — | 31 | — | 2 | — | — | |
Singles Collection: The London Years |
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138 | 91 | — | — | 28 | — | 8 | 28 | 10 | |
Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones |
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16 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 15 | 10 | |
Forty Licks |
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2 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Rarities 1971–2003 |
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133 | 76 | — | 110 | 80 | 67 | 59 | — | 56 | |
GRRR! |
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3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
Honk |
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8 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 12 | — | — |
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Official bootlegs
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK [6] |
US [7] |
AUS [8] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [13] |
NOR [14] |
SWE [15] | |||
Brussels Affair (Live 1973) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Some Girls: Live in Texas '78 |
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— | — | — | 194 | 34 | 106 | 61 | — | — | |
Hampton Coliseum (Live 1981) |
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— | 120 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
L.A. Friday (Live 1975) |
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— | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | |
Live at the Checkerboard Lounge, Chicago 1981 |
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— | — | — | — | 22 | — | 34 | — | — | |
Live at the Tokyo Dome (Live 1990) |
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— | — | — | — | 21 | — | 25 | — | — | |
Light the Fuse (Live 2005) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live at Leeds (Live 1982) |
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— | — | — | — | 43 | — | 29 | — | — | |
Sweet Summer Sun |
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16 | 19 | 37 | 23 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 33 |
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Live 1965: Music From Charlie Is My Darling |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The Marquee Club Live in 1971 (From the Vault Collection) |
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— | — | — | — | 17 | — | 23 | 29 | — | |
Sticky Fingers Live |
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149 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Totally Stripped |
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198 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 2 | — | — | |
Havana Moon |
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— | — | — | — | 4 | — | 12 | — | — | |
Sticky Fingers Live at Fonda Theatre (From the Vault Collection) |
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— | — | — | — | 10 | — | 17 | — | — | |
No Security. San Jose '99 (From the Vault Collection)[46] |
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— | — | — | 115 | 6 | — | 15 | — | — | |
Voodoo Lounge Uncut[47] |
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— | — | — | 147 | — | 10 | 27 | — | — | |
Bridges to Bremen |
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— | — | — | 132 | 6 | — | 21 | — | — | |
Bridges to Buenos Aires (Live)[49] |
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— | — | — | 141 | 15 | — | 25 | — | — | |
Steel Wheels Live |
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— | 180 | — | 132 | 2 | — | 9 | — | — | |
A Bigger Bang – Live on Copacabana Beach |
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187 | — | — | 80 | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | |
Licked Live in NYC |
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— | — | — | 99 | 7 | — | 8 | — | — | |
Grrr Live! |
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21 | 193 | 96 | 55 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | |
Live at the Wiltern[50] |
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95 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | |
"—" denotes recordings that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Other albums
Title | Album details | UK [6] |
US [7] |
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In Concert (double album repackage of Got Live If You Want It! and Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!) |
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94 | — |
Exile on Main St – Rarities Edition (outtakes from Exile on Main St, sold exclusively at Target stores) |
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— | 27 |
Sticky Fingers (Super Deluxe Box Set) |
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— | 65 |
Title | EP details | UK EPs Chart [51] |
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The Rolling Stones (UK) |
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1 |
Five by Five (UK) |
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1 |
Got Live If You Want It! (UK) |
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1 |
'60's UK EP Collection (Digital download) |
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