Aftermath
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Aftermath
- Artist: The Rolling Stones
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- Release Date: 1966 06
- Total Time: 42:31
- Genre: Rock
Review
The Rolling Stones finally delivered a set of all-original material with this LP, which also did much to define the group as the bad boys of rock & roll with their sneering attitude toward the world in general and the female sex in particular. The borderline misogyny could get a bit juvenile in tunes like "Stupid Girl." But on the other hand the group began incorporating the influences of psychedelia and Dylan into their material with classics like "Paint It Black," an eerily insistent number one hit graced by some of the best use of sitar (played by Brian Jones) on a rock record. Other classics included the jazzy "Under My Thumb," where Jones added exotic accents with his vibes, and the delicate Elizabethan ballad "Lady Jane," where dulcimer can be heard. Some of the material is fairly ho-hum, to be honest, as Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were still prone to inconsistent songwriting; "Goin' Home," an 11-minute blues jam, was remarkable more for its barrier-crashing length than its content. Look out for an obscure gem, however, in the brooding, meditative "I Am Waiting." ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi| Afterlyfe: The Music of Lyfe Jennings (2006 Album by Various Artists) | |
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Aftermath (The Rolling Stones album)
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| Studio album by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Released | 15 April 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 3–8 December 1965, 6–9 March 1966 | |||
| Genre | Rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 53:20 | |||
| Label | Decca (UK) | |||
| Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
| The Rolling Stones British chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic (UK) |  [1] |
| Allmusic (US) | [2] |
| Blender | [3] |
Aftermath, first released on 15 April 1966 by Decca Records, is the fourth British studio album by The Rolling Stones. It was released in the United States on 20 June 1966 by London Records as their sixth American album. The album proved to be a major artistic breakthrough for the band, being the first full-length release by the band to consist exclusively of Mick Jagger/Keith Richards compositions. Aftermath was also the first Rolling Stones album to be recorded entirely in the US, at the legendary RCA Studios in Hollywood, California at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, and the first album the band released in true stereo.
The album is also notable for its musical experimentation, with Brian Jones playing a variety of instruments not usually associated with rock music—including sitar on "Paint It Black", the Appalachian dulcimer on "Lady Jane" and "I Am Waiting", the marimbas (African xylophone) on "Under My Thumb" and "Out of Time", harmonica on "High and Dry" and "Goin' Home", as well as guitar and keyboards. Much of the music was still rooted in Chicago electric blues.
In August 2002 both editions of Aftermath were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.[4]
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Release history
As with all the Stones pre-1967 LPs, different editions were released in the UK and the US. This was a common feature of British pop albums at that time—the same practice was applied to all The Beatles albums prior to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band—because UK albums typically did not include tracks that had already been released as singles, and because British pop albums generally included 13 or 14 tracks, while American albums usually featured 11 or 12 tracks.
The original British version of Aftermath was issued in April 1966 as a fourteen-track LP. Issued between the non-LP single releases of "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It, Black", Aftermath was a major hit in the UK, spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the UK album chart.
A recording of the song "Take It or Leave It" was released by The Searchers on a single a few days before this album.
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Mother's Little Helper" | 2:45 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Stupid Girl" | 2:56 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Lady Jane" | 3:08 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Under My Thumb" | 3:41 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Doncha Bother Me" | 2:41 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Goin' Home" | 11:13 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 7. | "Flight 505" | 3:27 | ||||||||
| 8. | "High and Dry" | 3:08 | ||||||||
| 9. | "Out of Time" | 5:37 | ||||||||
| 10. | "It's Not Easy" | 2:56 | ||||||||
| 11. | "I Am Waiting" | 3:11 | ||||||||
| 12. | "Take It or Leave It" | 2:47 | ||||||||
| 13. | "Think" | 3:09 | ||||||||
| 14. | "What to Do" | 2:32 | ||||||||
American release
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| Studio album by The Rolling Stones | ||||
| Released | 20 June 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 3–8 December 1965, 6–9 March 1966 | |||
| Genre | Rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock | |||
| Length | 42:31 | |||
| Label | London (US) | |||
| Producer | Andrew Loog Oldham | |||
| The Rolling Stones American chronology | ||||
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The American version featured different cover art and a shorter running order that eliminated "Out of Time", "Take It or Leave It", "What to Do", and "Mother's Little Helper". All four tracks were later issued in the US on other compilations, and "Mother's Little Helper" was also issued as a single in 1966, peaking at No. 8 on the Billboard charts.[5] In their place, the album substituted their current No. 1 hit "Paint It, Black". The revamped Aftermath still reached No. 2 in the US, eventually going platinum.[6]
In 2002, the US edition of Aftermath was ranked No. 108 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[7]
Track listing
All songs written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
| Side one | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Paint It, Black" | 3:22 | ||||||||
| 2. | "Stupid Girl" | 2:56 | ||||||||
| 3. | "Lady Jane" | 3:08 | ||||||||
| 4. | "Under My Thumb" | 3:41 | ||||||||
| 5. | "Doncha Bother Me" | 2:41 | ||||||||
| 6. | "Think" | 3:09 | ||||||||
| Side two | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 7. | "Flight 505" | 3:27 | ||||||||
| 8. | "High and Dry" | 3:08 | ||||||||
| 9. | "It's Not Easy" | 2:56 | ||||||||
| 10. | "I Am Waiting" | 3:11 | ||||||||
| 11. | "Goin' Home" | 11:13 | ||||||||
Personnel
- The Rolling Stones
- Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, lighting
- Keith Richards – guitars, backing vocals
- Brian Jones – guitars (including slide guitar on "Doncha Bother Me"), backing vocals, marimbas on "Under My Thumb" and "Out of Time", bells, Appalachian dulcimer on "Lady Jane" and "I Am Waiting," sitar on "Paint It, Black", koto on "Take It Or Leave It", harmonica on "High and Dry" and "Goin' Home", keyboards
- Charlie Watts – drums, percussion, bells
- Bill Wyman – bass guitar, bells, organ
- Additional musicians
- Jack Nitzsche – percussion, piano, organ, harpsichord
- Ian Stewart – piano, organ
Chart positions
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1966 | UK Albums Chart | 1[8] |
| 1966 | Billboard 200 | 2[9] |
| Preceded by The Sound of Music by Original Soundtrack |
UK Albums Chart number-one album 30 April – 25 June 1966 |
Succeeded by The Sound of Music by Original Soundtrack |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1966 | "Paint It, Black" | UK Singles Chart | 1[8] |
| 1966 | "Paint It, Black" | Billboard Hot 100 | 1[5] |
| 1966 | "Mother's Little Helper" | Billboard Hot 100 | 8[5] |
| 1966 | "Lady Jane" | Billboard Hot 100 | 24[5] |
| 1990 | "Paint It, Black" | UK Singles Chart | 63[8] |
| 2007 | "Paint It, Black" | UK Singles Chart | 70[8] |
| 2010 | "Paint It, Black" | Billboard Rock Digital Songs | 25[5] |
Certifications
| Country | Provider | Certification (sales thresholds) |
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| United States | RIAA | Platinum |
References
- ^ Allmusic review (UK)
- ^ Allmusic review (US)
- ^ Blender review
- ^ Walsh, Christopher (24 August 2002). "Super audio CDs: The Rolling Stones Remastered". Billboard: pp. 27.
- ^ a b c d e "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "RIAA searchable certification database". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Aftermath&artist=The%20Rolling%20Stones&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Aftermath". Rolling Stone. January, 2003. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/aftermath-the-rolling-stones-19691231. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d "UK charts rchive". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=730. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
- ^ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5298/charts-awards. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
External links
- Link to Patti Smith piece for Creem, January 1973, detailing her response to the Rolling Stones and Aftermath
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