Everything about Aftermath Rolling Stones Album totally explained
Aftermath is the fourth
UK and sixth
US studio
album by
The Rolling Stones and was released in 1966. The album proved to be a major artistic breakthrough for The Rolling Stones in that it was the first full-length release by the band to exclusively feature
Mick Jagger/
Keith Richards compositions. Aftermath was also the first Rolling Stones album to be recorded entirely in the United States, where it was recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Hollywood, California at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, and was also the first album the band released in stereo.
The album is also notable for its musical experimentation, with
Brian Jones playing a variety of instruments which feature prominently in each track, including the sitar on "
Paint It, Black", and the
dulcimer on "
Lady Jane" and "I Am Waiting", the marimbas on "Under My Thumb", harmonica on "High And Dry" and "Goin' Home" as well as guitar and keyboards. To this day the
Aftermath album remains a big fan favorite from the Brian Jones era.
Once again, two editions of the album were released. The first release of
Aftermath appeared in April of 1966 as a fourteen-track long-player, and is considered by many to be the definitive version. Issued between the non-LP single releases of "
19th Nervous Breakdown" and "
Paint It, Black",
Aftermath proved a big smash spending eight weeks atop the UK charts.
In the US however fourteen tracks were considered too many. With a substituted cover art, the
American edition of
Aftermath, released that June, features a subtly re-shuffled running order that eliminates "Out Of Time", "Take It Or Leave It" and "What To Do" (all later released in the US), while replacing "
Mother's Little Helper" with current #1 hit "Paint It, Black". Despite compromising producer
Andrew Loog Oldham's and The Rolling Stones' intentions for the album, the revamped
Aftermath shot to #2 in the US, eventually going platinum. In 2002, the US edition of
Aftermath was ranked number 108 on the
List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Aftermath was important in establishing Jagger and Richards as respected songwriters in the same vein as
Lennon-McCartney and
Bob Dylan and also redefined The Rolling Stones from being
R&B enthusiasts to a progressive and artistically-inventive group.
In August 2002 both editions of
Aftermath were reissued in a new remastered
CD and
SACD digipak by
ABKCO Records.
Track listings
All songs by
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
UK track listing
"Mother's Little Helper" – 2:45
"Stupid Girl" – 2:55
"Lady Jane" – 3:08
"Under My Thumb" – 3:41
"Doncha Bother Me" – 2:41
"Goin' Home" – 11:13
"Flight 505" – 3:27
"High and Dry" – 3:08
"Out of Time" – 5:37
"It's Not Easy" – 2:56
"I Am Waiting" – 3:11
"Take It or Leave It" – 2:47
"Think" – 3:09
"What to Do" – 2:32
US track listing
"Paint It, Black" – 3:45
"Stupid Girl" – 2:55
"Lady Jane" – 3:09
"Under My Thumb" – 3:41
"Doncha Bother Me" – 2:41
"Think" – 3:09
"Flight 505" – 3:27
"High and Dry" – 3:08
"It's Not Easy" – 2:56
"I Am Waiting" – 3:11
"Goin' Home" – 11:13
Personnel
Mick Jagger - Vocals, percussion, lighting, harmonica
Keith Richards - Guitar, vocals
Brian Jones - Guitars, marimba, bells, dulcimer, sitar, harpsichord, harmonica
Charlie Watts - Drums, percussion, marimba, bells
Bill Wyman - Bass, marimba, bells, piano, organ, harpsichord
Ian Stewart - Piano, organ, harpsichord
Jack Nitzsche - Percussion, piano, organ, harpsichord
Charts
Album
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1966 |
UK Albums Chart |
1 |
| 1966 |
Billboard Pop Albums |
2 |
Singles
| Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
| 1966 |
"Paint It, Black" |
UK Top 50 Singles |
1 |
| 1966 |
"Paint It, Black" |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
1 |
| 1966 |
Mother's Little Helper |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
8 |
| 1966 |
Lady Jane |
The Billboard Hot 100 |
24 |
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