Aftermath (The Rolling Stones album)

Aftermath
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released 15 April 1966 (UK)
20 June 1966 (US)
Recorded 3–8 December 1965 and 6–9 March 1966
Genre Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Length 53:20 (UK)
42:31 (US)
Label Decca (UK)
London (US)
Producer Andrew Loog Oldham
Professional reviews
  • Allmusic 5/5 stars (UK)[1]
  • Allmusic 5/5 stars (US)[2]
  • Blender 5/5 stars[3]
The Rolling Stones British chronology
Out of Our Heads
(1965)		 Aftermath
(1966)		 Between the Buttons
(1967)
The Rolling Stones American chronology
December's Children (And Everybody's)
(1965)		 Aftermath
(1966)		 Got Live If You Want It!
(1966)
American cover

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 Rolling Stones, 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 United States, at the legendary RCA Studios in Hollywood, California at 6363 Sunset Boulevard, and 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 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 2002, the US edition of Aftermath was ranked number 108 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[4]

In August 2002 both editions of Aftermath were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

Contents

Release history

As with all the Stones pre-1967 LPs, different editions were released in the United Kingdom and the United States. 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 #1 on the UK album chart.

The American version featured different cover art and an alternate, 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 #8 on the Billboard charts.[5] In their place, the album substituted their current # 1 hit "Paint It, Black". The revamped Aftermath still reached #2 in the US, eventually going platinum.[6]

British track listing

All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. 

Side one
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
No. Title Length
1. "Flight 505"   3:27
2. "High and Dry"   3:08
3. "Out of Time"   5:37
4. "It's Not Easy"   2:56
5. "I Am Waiting"   3:11
6. "Take It or Leave It"   2:47
7. "Think"   3:09
8. "What to Do"   2:32

American track listing

All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. 

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Paint It, Black"   3:45
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
No. Title Length
1. "Flight 505"   3:27
2. "High and Dry"   3:08
3. "It's Not Easy"   2:56
4. "I Am Waiting"   3:11
5. "Goin' Home"   11:13

Personnel

The Rolling Stones
Additional musicians

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
1966 UK Albums Chart 1[7]
1966 Billboard 200 2[8]
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1966 "Paint It, Black" UK Singles Chart 1[7]
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[7]
2007 "Paint It, Black" UK Singles Chart 70[7]
2010 "Paint It, Black" Billboard Rock Digital Songs 25[5]

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review (UK)
  2. ↑ Allmusic review (US)
  3. ↑ Blender review
  4. ↑ "List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/2. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:aifoxqr5ldje~T51. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  6. ↑ "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 2010-03-23. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "UK charts rchive". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=730. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  8. ↑ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:aifoxqr5ldje~T5. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 

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UK studio albums
1964–1967

The Rolling Stones (1964) · The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965) · Out of Our Heads (1965) · Aftermath (1966) · Between the Buttons (1967)
US studio albums
1964–1967

England's Newest Hit Makers (1964) · 12 X 5 (1964) · The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965) · Out of Our Heads (1965) · December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965) · Aftermath (1966) · Between the Buttons (1967)
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1967–present

Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967) · Beggars Banquet (1968) · Let It Bleed (1969) · Sticky Fingers (1971) · Exile on Main St. (1972) · Goats Head Soup (1973) · It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) · Black and Blue (1976) · Some Girls (1978) · Emotional Rescue (1980) · Tattoo You (1981) · Undercover (1983) · Dirty Work (1986) · Steel Wheels (1989) · Voodoo Lounge (1994) · Bridges to Babylon (1997) · A Bigger Bang (2005)
UK EPs

The Rolling Stones (1964) · Five by Five (1964) · Got Live If You Want It! (1965)
Live albums

Got Live If You Want It! (US only) (1966) · Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert (1970) · Love You Live (1977) · "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) (1982) · Flashpoint (1991) · Stripped (1995) · No Security (1998) · Live Licks (2004) · Shine a Light (2008)
Compilations

Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966) · Flowers (US) (1967) · Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) (1969) · Made in the Shade (1975) · Time Waits for No One: Anthology 1971–1977 (1979) · Sucking in the Seventies (1981) · Rewind (1971–1984) (1984) · Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones (1993) · Forty Licks (2002) · Rarities 1971–2003 (2005) · The Rolling Stones Box Set (2009) · Exile on Main St. (Rarities Edition) (2010)
Post-contract
ABKCO albums

Hot Rocks 1964–1971 (1971) · More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) (1972) · Metamorphosis (1975) · Singles Collection: The London Years (1989) · The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) · Singles 1963–1965 (2004) · Singles 1965–1967 (2004) · Singles 1968–1971 (2005) · Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (2007)
Post-contract
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Stone Age (1971) · Gimme Shelter (1971) · Milestones (1972) · Rock 'n' Rolling Stones (1972) · No Stone Unturned (1973) · Rolled Gold: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones (1975) · Solid Rock (1980)  · Slow Rollers (1981)
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