After re-visiting these 4 albums I think the reason it's easy to label a lot of them country is the combination of Jagger's incessant "twang" in his vocals (really obnoxious after a while), and the heavy use of slide guitar by Richards and Taylor. The lists below are based on the songs - chord progressions, arraignments, tones, rhythm section, and basic vibe.
Each of these songs (sans Jagger and slide) I'd label either blues (mainly Chicago style), American Rock n Roll, gospel, pop, or British style rock.
Beggar's Banquet (the most Country of the 4)
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Parachute Woman
- Street Fighting Man
- Stray Cat Blues
Let it Bleed
- Gimme Shelter
- Live with Me
- Midnight Rambler
- Monkey Man
- You Can't Always Get What You Want
Sticky Fingers
- Brown Sugar
- Sway
- Can't You Hear Me Knocking
- You Gotta Move
- B1tch
- Moonlight Mile
Exile
- Rocks Off
- Rip This Joint
- Shake Your Hips (ZZ Top, I'm looking at you)
- Casino Boogie
- Tumbling Dice
- Torn and Frayed
- Happy
- Turd on the Run
- Ventilator Blues
- I Just Want to See His Face
- All Down the Line
- Stop Breaking Down
- Shine a Light
- Soul Survivor
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