Between the Buttons [UK]

• Artist: The Rolling Stones
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• Release Date: 1967 01
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

The Rolling Stones' 1967 recordings are a matter of some controversy; many critics felt that they were compromising their raw, rootsy power with trendy emulations of the Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, and psychedelic music. Approach this album with an open mind, though, and you'll find it to be one of their strongest, most eclectic LPs, with many fine songs that remain unknown to all but Stones devotees. The lyrics are getting better (if more savage), and the arrangements more creative, on brooding near-classics like "All Sold Out," "My Obsession," and "Yesterday's Papers." "She Smiled Sweetly" shows their hidden romantic side at its best, while "Connection" is one of the record's few slabs of conventionally driving rock. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Yesterday's Papers (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(2:05)
My Obsession (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(3:18)
Backstreet Girl (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(3:28)
Connection (Lyrics)	Keith Richards, Mick Jagger	The Rolling Stones	(2:10)
She Smiled Sweetly (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(2:45)
Cool, Calm & Collected (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(4:19)
All Sold Out (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(2:18)
Please Go Home (Lyrics)	Keith Richards, Mick Jagger	The Rolling Stones	(3:18)
Who's Been Sleeping Here? (Lyrics)	Keith Richards, Mick Jagger	The Rolling Stones	(3:57)
Complicated (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(3:16)
Miss Amanda Jones (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(2:48)
Something Happened to Me Yesterday (Lyrics)	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	The Rolling Stones	(4:55)

Credits

Jon Astley (Analog Transfer), The Rolling Stones (Arranger), Nicole Monea (Design Production Assistant), Mick Jagger (Vocals), Bill Wyman (Bass), Keith Richards (Guitar), Laura Walton (Production Assistant), Iris Keitel (Repackaging Art Direction), Keith Richards (Keyboards), Brian Jones (Vocals), Bill Wyman (Keyboards), Teri Landi (Tape Archivist), Teri Landi (Digital Transfers), Jerry Schatzberg (Photography), Mick Jagger (Keyboards), Charlie Watts (Drawing), Jack Byrne (Archive Research), Bill Wyman (Vocals), Mick Jagger (Harmonica), Teri Landi (Archive Research), Bob Ludwig (Mastering), Brian Jones (Guitar), Steve Rosenthal (Archives Coordinator), Keith Richards (Vocals), Brian Jones (Keyboards), Bill Wyman (Synthesizer), Jon Astley (Digital Transfers), Andrew Loog Oldham (Producer), Gus Skinas (Engineer), Mick McKenna (Archive Research), Lenne Allik (Concept), Guy Webster (Photography), David Hassinger (Engineer), Jody Klein (Restoration Supervision), Paschal Byrne (Analog Transfer), Iris Keitel (Art Direction), Mick Jagger (Guitar), Charlie Watts (Drums), Steve Rosenthal (Restoration), Mick McKenna (Tape Archivist), Gered Mankowitz (Cover Photo), Maria Papazahariou (Production Assistant), Paschal Byrne (Digital Transfers), Alisa Ritz (Repackaging Art Direction)