Over the years the Rolling Stones have released a number of unusual collections that defy logic. Sucking In the Seventies is an odd hodgepodge of tracks from the band’s second decade of service and contains an outtake from 1980’s Emotional Rescue (the disco-fied “If I Was a Dancer (Dance Pt. 2)”), a live track ( the raw “When the Whip Comes Down”), a b-side (the exemplary “Everything Is Turning to Gold”) and single edits and remixes of several key ‘70s tracks (“Time Waits for No One,” “Hot Stuff,” “Beast of Burden”). It omits their biggest hit of the era (“Miss You”) and several other obvious crowd-pleasers (“It’s Only Rock n’ Roll,” “Hand of Fate”) in favor of a blues cover (“Mannish Boy”) and a beautiful but obscure ballad (“Fool to Cry”). At ten tracks, the album was meant as a sampler and that it is, one that seems to be wagging its trademark tongue in coyness. Hardcore fans need it for the slight remixes and the single edits alone and newbies will want to explore further.