The Rolling Stones "Between The Buttons" 1967 (Mono Edition)

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. But the best tracks were the two songs that gave the group a double-sided number one in early 1967: the lustful "Let's Spend the Night Together" and the beautiful, melancholy "Ruby Tuesday," which is as melodic as anything Mick Jagger and Keith Richards would ever write. - Richie Unterberger, AMG

trax:
01. Yesterday's Papers 02. My Obsession 03. Back Street Girl 04. Connection 05. She Smiled Sweetly 06. Cool, Calm and Collected 07. All Sold Out 08. Please Go Home 09. Who's Been Sleeping Here? 10. Complicated 11. Miss Amanda Jones 12. Something Happened To Me 13.Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In the Shadow (Original 7" Mono Mix) 14. Get Yourself Together Aka 'I Can See It' (Unreleased) 15. If You Let Me ('Between The Buttons' Outtake, released only on 1975 Rarities Comp 'Metamorphosis') 16. Let's Spend The Night Together (Original Single Mono Mix) 17. Ruby Tuesday (Original 7'' Single Mono Mix) 18. Who's Driving Your Plane? ('Have You Seen...' UK Single B-Side) 19. Yesterday's Papers (Backing Track Unreleased)
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