Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

You know, this might be my favorite Rolling Stones album. The Stones hit a real stride in the late 60's, especially with Beggar's Banquet, and then Let It Bleed. But, Sticky Fingers was polished, dirty, no love blues.  A sign of what was to come int the 70's?  I don't know I wasn't alive. Mick Taylor was still in the band, giving everyone a whole lot to work with in terms of blues rock. Other than Brown Sugar and Wild Horses, there aren't that many radio hits. Most are blues tracks that remind me of when the Stones first started, just updated for a new grittier sound. Ry Cooder plays on Moonlight Mile too, which is nuts.  The whole thing reeks of heroin and booze and really excessive amounts of general rock n roll debauchery; but no one really did it quite as good as the Stones.  And this is like, peak Stones, so they were really into some shit; I assume.  This album is bourbon cozy, it's hard rocking, it's everything the Stones exist to be; I assume. They're still flipping going. How?