Which Is Better: The Rolling Stones In The ’60s Or ’70s? [POLL]

O.K. Stones fans it's time to tell us which era you Roll with most: The '60s or '70s?

It was on this month back in 1964 that The Rolling Stones had their first taste of success here in the states when they're cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away" reached the top 50 on the US charts. From there it was no looking back. Over the next two decades The Stones cranked out hit single after hit single helping them solidify their place in rock 'n' roll history.

The biggest factor here has to be the inclusion and exclusion of the band's two guitarists Brian Jones and Mick Taylor. This clearly wasn't a case of switching one guitarist for another without skipping a beat. This was a band who transitioned from a straight-ahead British rock sound with Jones in the '60s to a more blues-based sound with Taylor in the '70s.

THE '60s: The Stones delivered in their first decade as a band with an impressive list of albums including 12x5, Out Of Our Heads, December's Children (And Everybody's), Aftermath and, of course, the two masterpieces Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed.

The hit singles started with "Not Fade Away" and continued with "Time Is On My Side", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfacton", "Get Off My Cloud", "As Tears Go By", "19th Nervous Breakdown", "Paint It Black", "Mother's Little Helper", "Let's Spend The Night Together", "Ruby Tuesday", "She's A Rainbow", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Street Fighting Man", "Sympathy For The Devil" and "Honky Tonk Women". Not too shabby.

THE '70s: Taylor's first full-length appearance in the studio was on the band's first album of the decade: 1971's Sticky Fingers. The following Stones album would turn out to be what many critics hail as the band's finest moment: 1972's Exile On Main Street. Between those two albums the band released the classic songs "Brown Sugar", "Wild Horses" and "Tumbling Dice". They continued their success with the albums Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock 'n' Roll featuring the classic tracks "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" and "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)".

Enter Ronnie Wood.

With the departure of Taylor The Stones brought in former Faces guitarist Ronnie Wood and recorded the albums Black and Blue and Some Girls to round out the decade. The top-ten single "Fool To Cry" and the follow-up single "Hot Stuff" were the stand-out tracks from the Black and Blue album, which set up 1978's massively successful Some Girls. The album featured the #1 single, "Miss You" followed by the top-ten "Beast Of Burden" and the top 40 track "Shattered".

So there you have it. Two heavy weight decades of music by The Rolling Stones but you can choose only one. Which one is it gonna be?