10 Overlooked Masterpiece Songs By Legendary Rock Bands

As melodic and muscular as anything The Stones ever recorded, 100 Years Ago, from their 1973 album Goats Head Soup, contains all the classic Stones' elements - a heavy blues feel updated with slick electric guitar, jagged (no pun intended) vocals, subtle country edges and plenty of emotion.

Following up the majestic, sprawling double-album Exile On Main Street was never going to be an easy task. Goats Head Soup was recorded while the band were still in tax exile, and was the last to be produced by Jimmy Miller, the engineer responsible for much of the band's most critically-acclaimed work.

Bassist Bill Wyman takes a back seat here, appearing on only three out of ten tracks, but many regular members of the Stones' 'extended family,' including pianist Ian Stewart, saxophonist Bobby Keys and legendary organist Billy Preston - the only musician ever to have been given co-credit on a Beatle's release (for 1969s Get Back) lend their considerable talents.

100 Years Ago, written by Jagger two years before it was recorded (in Kingston, Jamaica) is as lyrically and musically wistful as the band ever get. Nevertheless, there's plenty of strength in the Stones' playing. The track bears a rambling, shambling feel with a deceptive looseness and ample strident guitar.