Rolling Stones Albums in Order: 28 Studio Albums, 1964 to 2026
The Rolling Stones albums in order run to 28 studio albums on my map, from the 1964 debut to Foreign Tongues in July 2026, with 152 credited musicians drawn as lines. The Rolling Stones discography art print sets each album as a station, and every player runs through the records they are credited on.
The print
Rolling Stones Discography Art Print
The studio albums as stations and the credited musicians as named lines, deeply researched and drawn by me.
The 28 Rolling Stones Studio Albums in Order
- The Rolling Stones (England's Newest Hit Makers in the US) (1964)
- 12 X 5 (1964)
- The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)
- The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)
- Out of Our Heads (1965)
- December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)
- Aftermath (1966)
- Between the Buttons (1967)
- Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
- Beggars Banquet (1968)
- Let It Bleed (1969)
- Sticky Fingers (1971)
- Exile on Main St. (1972)
- Goats Head Soup (1973)
- It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974)
- Black and Blue (1976)
- Some Girls (1978)
- Emotional Rescue (1980)
- Tattoo You (1981)
- Undercover (1983)
- Dirty Work (1986)
- Steel Wheels (1989)
- Voodoo Lounge (1994)
- Bridges to Babylon (1997)
- A Bigger Bang (2005)
- Blue & Lonesome (2016)
- Hackney Diamonds (2023)
- Foreign Tongues (2026)
The early stretch follows my research sheet, which carries the American LPs 12 X 5, The Rolling Stones, Now! and December's Children alongside the British albums. Live albums and compilations are not on the map.
Three Lines Run the Whole Length
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts are credited on all 28 albums. Three unbroken lines across sixty-two years, which nothing else on the print comes close to.
Watts reaches the last two stations through sessions recorded before his death in August 2021. He drums on "Mess It Up" and "Live by the Sword" on Hackney Diamonds, and my research sheet credits him again on Foreign Tongues from a 2021 session. Steve Jordan plays the rest of the drum parts on both records.
The Guitar Chair Is a Relay
Seven people have been Rolling Stones on a studio record. The second guitar changes hands twice, and the map shows exactly where.
| Guitarist | First station | Last station | Albums |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Jones | The Rolling Stones (1964) | Let It Bleed (1969) | 11 |
| Mick Taylor | Let It Bleed (1969) | Tattoo You (1981) | 6 |
| Ronnie Wood | Black and Blue (1976) | Foreign Tongues (2026) | 13 |
Brian Jones's last credits are congas and autoharp on Let It Bleed, released in December 1969. He was out of the band by June and dead within a month, so the last station his line touches is one he did not live to see released.
Mick Taylor overlaps him on that same record and runs five albums in a row to It's Only Rock 'n Roll. Ronnie Wood's line starts at Black and Blue in 1976, two years before Some Girls, his first album as a full member. Taylor comes back once on Tattoo You, an album built partly from older unused takes, which is why it is one of only two albums with six Rolling Stones on the sleeve.
Bill Wyman Comes Back After 34 Years
Bill Wyman's bass line runs from the debut to Steel Wheels in 1989 and then stops. He left the band in 1993, and Darryl Jones plays bass from Voodoo Lounge onwards without ever being made a member.
Wyman's line returns once, on Hackney Diamonds in 2023, for "Live by the Sword". That gives him 23 stations and a 34-year gap, the kind of shape a list of albums cannot show you.
Ian Stewart Never Really Left
The Rolling Stones dropped Ian Stewart as an official member in 1963, and he became their road manager. The credits show he never left the records: he is on the debut, and he is still there on Dirty Work in 1986, released a few months after his death.
He is credited on 18 of the 28 albums. Nicky Hopkins covers ten, from Their Satanic Majesties Request in 1967 to Tattoo You in 1981, and Jack Nitzsche eight. All three appear on more Rolling Stones albums than Mick Taylor.
Bobby Keys's saxophone does something different. It arrives on Let It Bleed, runs through Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. and Goats Head Soup, then disappears until Emotional Rescue in 1980.
The Band Shrank and the Guest List Grew
Across the 28 albums there are 374 credited places. 137 of them belong to the seven Rolling Stones and 237 to guests: session players, arrangers, backing singers and friends who were in the building.
The eight albums up to Between the Buttons used 19 guest credits between them. The ten from Tattoo You onwards used 122. 12 X 5 has exactly one guest, Ian Stewart, while Bridges to Babylon has 20 alongside four Rolling Stones.
Dirty Work and Bridges to Babylon are the fullest stations on the map, with 24 credited musicians each. Let It Bleed and Exile on Main St. follow with 21, including Merry Clayton's vocal on "Gimme Shelter" and the London Bach Choir.
A Producer Who Earns His Line by Playing
A producer only gets a line on my maps if he is also credited playing something. Jimmy Miller produced the run from Beggars Banquet to Goats Head Soup, and he earns his line as a musician: percussion and drums on Let It Bleed, and drums on "Happy" and "Shine a Light" on Exile on Main St.
The Cameos Worth Finding
The debut already has guests: Gene Pitney on piano, Phil Spector on maracas, and Graham Nash and Allan Clarke on backing vocals, all four on "Little by Little". David Bowie sings backing vocals once, on It's Only Rock 'n Roll in 1974.
Sonny Rollins plays saxophone and Pete Townshend sings on Tattoo You, and Jimmy Page plays on "One Hit (To the Body)" on Dirty Work. Each is a single-station line, easy to miss on a sleeve and easy to find on the print.
Foreign Tongues Adds 17 Names
Foreign Tongues, released on 10 July 2026, carries 17 credited musicians, the most since Bridges to Babylon. Paul McCartney plays bass, extending a line that started with one track on Hackney Diamonds.
New lines start here for Robert Smith of the Cure on electric guitar, Chad Smith on concert bass drum, Bruno Mars on cowbell, Steve Winwood, Ben Waters on piano, James King on saxophone and Ron Blake on trumpet.
Sizes and Framing
The print is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, in A3 (420 x 297mm), A2 (594 x 420mm) and A1 (841 x 594mm), with 16 x 12 in, 24 x 18 in and 36 x 24 in made as separate formats rather than conversions. Every size is supplied unframed or ready to hang in a black wood frame.
For a single record in track-by-track detail, the Goats Head Soup album map is the companion piece.
Related Music Maps
Robert Smith's new line on Foreign Tongues links this map to the Cure discography map, and McCartney's bass links it to the Paul McCartney discography map.
Rolling Stones Albums: Common Questions
How many studio albums have the Rolling Stones made?
28 on my map, from The Rolling Stones in 1964 to Foreign Tongues in 2026, counting the American LPs of 1964 and 1965.
Who is on every Rolling Stones album?
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts. Watts reaches the two most recent albums through drum parts recorded before his death in 2021.
When did Ronnie Wood join the Rolling Stones?
His first studio album with the band is Black and Blue in 1976. Some Girls in 1978 is his first as a full-time member.
Which Rolling Stones album has the most musicians?
Dirty Work and Bridges to Babylon, with 24 credited musicians each.
What is not on the Rolling Stones map?
Live albums, compilations and singles. Musicians credited only on those releases do not get a line, and the map does not show who played on which track.
The Rolling Stones discography art print is on its product page. If you are buying for someone and cannot choose, there is a gift card for music fans.
