Aftermath

The sheer brilliance of Paint it Black brought this up to a 3, and the deeply rapey energy of Under My Thumb pushed it right back down.

Not a fan of the beatles but fine

If Mick Jagger has million number of haters i am one of them . if Mick Jagger has ten haters i am one of them. if Mick Jagger have only one hater and that is me . if Mick Jagger has no haters, that means i am no more on the earth . if world for the Mick Jagger, i am against the world. i hate #MickJagger till my last breath.. .. Die Hard hater of Mick Jagger . Hit Like If you Think Mick Jagger Worst singer & Dumb In the world

Shame that some of the more exciting instrumentals from the Stones have to be paired with their most alarmingly misogynistic lyrics

i mean it’s the rolling stones so of course they’re influential but not their best work. the songs were just incredibly repetitive to a very obnoxious point. nothing much to say other than that.

I would love to suck on the vinegar tits of Mick Jagger. All that leathery goodness. Ooooh mama. Pour a bottle of Head and Shoulders shampoo on my thighs and slap me silly. Yee haw!

The beginning of the Stones really sounding like the Stones. Recording is still a little rough, although Brian Jones' use of whatever instruments were around lifts the sound into something fresher than most of their contemporaries. Going home is waaaaay too long, just a noodly blues jam. It shows the beginning of their dynamic playing style and playing off each other, but I'm not sure we needed 11 minutes of a under baked idea. I think I prefer either their earlier less polished and more bluesy records, or their later material where they are more confident in their own thing. And the misogyny is staggering. Women are either berated and belittled, subjugated, or raised onto pedestals (setting them up for failure?) I'm really not sure I could listen to this frequently.

Repatative and boring. Maybe they should have stuck with the covers. And why is this so long? And how are the stones considered as big as the Beatles? This is all I thought about while listening to this creepy to underage girls snoozefest of a record.

The stones are awful when they’re bad and decent when good. I never want to hear a stones album again please and thank you. mick jagger and his mates made shit music and went “oi lets tribute this to all the fathers out there”

No. 227/1001 Paint It, Black 4/5 Stupid Girl 3/4 Lady Jane 3/5 Und er My Thumb 3/5 Doncha Brother Me 3/5 Think 3/5 Flight 505 3/5 High And Dry 3/5 It's Not Easy 3/5 I Am Waiting 3/5 Going Home 3/5 Average: 3,09 Another okay album by the Stones. I'm a bit disappointed that all their albums so far have been this way. Some incredible songs, but the albums Overall aren't that great.

The Rolling Stones might be the most overrated band in the world. 1

This is where the Stones really start to step it up and creatively branch out in the recording studio. Undoubtedly inspired by The Beatles "Rubber Soul" doing the very same thing the year before. I mean, The Stones started recording this album 3 days after "Rubber Soul" was released. I don't think that was a coincidence. They were in a sort of musical "space race" with The Beatles at the time. Beatles comparisons aside, this is a great album, and where they really start to come into their own as songwriters. They certainly have a distinctly darker perspective - which can sometimes come across as overbearing and sometimes as refreshing, depending on my mood. Although "Mother's Little Helper" was one of the first Stones songs I really fell in love with, I think I prefer the US version for its inclusion of "Paint It, Black." What a way to open an album.

Between the feeling that this is the best Stones album I've listened to so far and my recent turnaround on Steely Dan, I've a suspicion that I'm simply getting back into a rock mood. But a couple songs into the B side (of the UK release, Paint It Black is a great song but not worth shortening the tracklist for marketing [I listened to it after finishing the UK version]) I was nodding my head to Out of Time. This one doesn't blend in the same way I complained Beggars did, and seems more interesting than Sticky Fingers in every category.

it's the stones - what more can i say? vocals go from playful to calming, incredibly solid guitar played in interesting ways. lots of awesome harmonica! great song structures and writing in general. very warm sounds, obviously a sense of nostalgia stemming from how timeless and iconic this band's sound is. "lady jane" is beautiful and i love the harpsichord. "under my thumb" has a great lead melody and a driving rhythm that immediately causes foot-tapping. "out of time" is great. the vocals are great and the harmonies make me smile. cute bell sound and great bassline. fun rolling drums and off-beat guitar, a really nice song. really consistent and easy to listen to - to the point where some songs blur together, although perhaps with repeated listens they might start to stand apart. first impressions led to no immediate stand-out songs.

So... Which version should be rated here? The US album, with the iconic "Paint It Black"? Or the UK L.P., which doesn't have that hit single, yet harbors the equally iconic "Mother's Little Helper" and "Out Of Time"? Fortunately, both versions include the bittersweet melody of "Lady Jane", the long yet fascinating blues dirge of "Goin' Home" and the stellar hooks of "Under My Thumb". I guess I should probably take a star away from the LP because of the misogynistic lyrics of that latter song. Yet I always take the contentsof those lyrics content as the self-delusion of the immature male protagonist singing them. And so I refuse to take those words very seriously. Maybe I'm in the wrong here. And maybe it's because the album is so good musically speaking that I can't face the truth. In that case, I'm probably as self-deluded as the young man in that song. 4.5 stars, rounded up to 5, then. Number of albums left to review: 463 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 254 (including this one). Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 125 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 160

"Aftermath" is the fourth British and sixth US studio album by The Rolling Stones. It was recorded in California and with their previous success allowed The Stones more recording time. It is also considered their artistic breakthrough with all original compositions credited to Jagger and Richards. Many think artistically influenced by what The Beatles were doing. Lots of background on this album. The music itself goes outside of their previous Chicago Blues and R&B styles into pop, folk, country, pyschedelic, baroque and Middle Eastern especially with Brian Jones' use of the sitar, dulcimer, Japanese koto and marimbas. Lyrically, Jones and Richard explore themes of love, sex, desire, power, dominance, hate obsession and modern society. Some of the lyrics, even at that time, were viewed as misogynistic. One of the reasons was the women with whom Jagger, Richards and Jones were involved with and included love triangles, bad relationships and drugs. There were two different versions of the album released; due the US market, the US version is shorter. It also contains the song "Paint It Black" which the UK version does not. This album was also a big commercial success both in the UK and US. Since the randomizer showed the UK album cover, I listened to that version. The album begins with "Mother's Little Helper" about a housewive's dependence on drugs to get her through the day. Needless to say not the last drug song The Stones would write. That Eastern guitar riff. Rolling bass. "Stupid Girl" is about a bad relationship Jagger had and some put in the misogynistic category. The organ and electric piano are prominent. The third song "Lady Jane" continues the change of styles with this one more baroque pop. Jones' dulicer and Richards' acoustic guitar at the forefront. Hey, a romantic courtship..something positive. And then we come to one of the more challenging drinking game-songs around in "Under My Thumb." One must take a drink of their cocktail of choice every time Under My Thumb is said, which is 14 times. No, I didn't do it today....yet. Great groove. Jones' marimbas. Jagger still seeking revenge from a bad relationship. The first two songs on the second side, "Flight 505" and "High and Dry" return The Stones to more of the blues form. Poor Mick as he continues his women misery in "Out of Time." Brian Jones also continues his brilliance with the use of marimbas and a vibraphone. Maybe my favorite song on the album. I don't know exactly what Jagger is singing about but "I Am Waiting" is another great example of The Stones going into different styles: folk, baroque pop of sorts. I don't remember hearing "I Think." I must have. It is probably their most simple and straight-forward rock-pop song on the album. Great song and actually charted in the UK. I once owned (the US version) this on cassette, long gone now. I need to own this again. I know I didn't appreciate it at the time but the change of styles and especially Brian Jones are both fantastic. A must listen.

Love this album. Hadn’t listened to it in awhile.

Can't go wrong with the stones!

The beginning of something special

"Going Home" made me love the album. I can hear how the musicians feel the pleasure of playing the song. It's interesting to read about the history of the Aftermath. I didn't know that there were such big differences between UK and US markets.

Amazing that this album came out around the time of Rubber Soul. It shows a similar experimental style and has such breadth while staying distinctly Stones. Jagger and Richards wrote all these songs (no covers) and this album shows how good they were.

The Stones at their best, a golden age far much better than their later career from the 80s on.

The algorithm has brought this not longer after ‘Let it Bleed’ and ‘Bring it all back home’, and has me thinking about what makes a record dated, like this one, and near-contemporaries, like the other two, not. It’s the difference between being planted into a past moment by a work, where it feels live, and looking back at that moment - it’s the distance. Forgive me; this doesn’t explain why I think ‘Aftermath’ is a relic, whereas ‘Let it bleed’ is resurrection on tape (sorry Ian Brown). Might be a materialist matter: this record contains novelty techniques that few would use now: stereo flourishes that do little other than call attention to themselves, dulcimer faux-baroque, recorded-in-an-oil-drum echoes, and unrelenting misogyny. The fuzz-bass on ‘Under My Thumb’ is brilliant, though! Still a great album. And once I start concentrating on Watts’ drumming, it’s happy trance time!

Lest tounes connues sont très bonnes, mais le reste est juste dun bon rock bien simple.

Les Rollign Stones sont surcôtés, mon ouvrage publié aux editions Demery, est toujours disponible dans toutes les librairies. Une réedition est d'ailleurs dans les tuyaux.

Ça nasille du début à la fin, et ce n'est pas pour me déplaire. J'ai d'ailleurs beaucoup aimé cette fin d'album où l'on découvre Mick Jagger et David Bowie tout nus dans le même lit, nous affirmant à maintes reprises que ce n'est pas ce que nous croyons.

Listened to the UK version and then realized the US version has Paint It Black as the opener and the UK has Mother's Little Helper and those are both of my favorite songs from this album. Too bad they weren't both on the same album. I knew several of the other tunes here (I am waiting, under my thumb, stupid girl). A lot of the songs here felt way too long (Out of Time made me stop what I was doing and look to see how much was left). A lot of good sounds in here, but I probably would've preferred to listen to the shorter US version, which means I would've liked to hear a little less of this album.

I’ve never had a very high opinion of The Rolling Stones and this album did little to change that. Who actually wants to hear Mick Jagger free-style for 11 minutes. [I listened to the UK version]

I have such a heavy bias against The Stones - I find Mick Jagger insufferable and the music uncompelling. Misogynistic at best and unlistenable at worst. I appreciate the innovation to the scene but I’ll leave it there.

Listening to this entire album in one go confirms a long held suspicion that The Rolling Stones suck. Paint it Black was the only outlier on this album.

I subjected myself to less than half of this album. It's terrible. Stupid Girl especially is probably in my bottom 10 songs. The Rolling Stones have some good songs in their discography but it seems like they were mostly singles. The two albums I've heard from them on this list so far were some of the worst entries.

This is also outside of my comfort zone. I really just don’t get these classic rock bands. Old music mixes and recordings are mostly jarring and these songs in particular just sound annoyingly repetitive so far (I’m on track 6 of UK edition) I did listen to the US exclusive Paint It Black first and I honestly like that one. I’m halfway through the album and Paint It Black is the only song I like. Yeah, I hated this. The singing is nasal and everything is annoyingly repetitive. 1/10

really boggles the mind that people try to argue the stones are better than the Beatles. annoying, misogynist, repetitive. at least the beatles paired their misogyny with good music

Bullshit. Terrible album. Terrible band

So good! Great early Stones!

UK version > US Version

Great album. Love it!

I've never considered myself a Stones fan, but that may have changed after listening to this album. I loved it all. Obviously, I was familiar with Paint it Black, but I also feel like that song in particular was a bit ahead of its time. I had no idea the song was that old. And it certainly stands out on this album, IMO. That said, the whole album was quite enjoyable. I'll probably listen to this again.

great album Paint It Black !!!!!!!!!

I also want to paint it black.

Easy 5, pas besoin de trop réfléchir. C'est bien d'un bout à l'autre, c'est varié, vraiment absolument rien à redire.

really good album. It aged very well!

Some of my favorites

Such a great and innovative album of solid stones.

A mix of 60’s pop shuffles with some delta style blues.

Good

This is one of those albums I've kind of heard already, because it's full of bangers that have appeared *everywhere* over the years. Heard in the order they were designed to, it becomes even more apparent just what a revelation this must have been upon release. The Stones have always been cool to me, and this just cements that coolness even further.

A classic

Pure Stones. Breakthrough album. THank you.

good

Wonderful album! I was raised on Beatles records, not Rolling Stones records, so it's great discovering an early Rolling Stones classic. I listened to the U.K. version as well.

Best Stones' record and one of best rock albums of all time. Just perfect, from start to finish

Mega!!!

Can listen at any time. All great. All.

love several songs on it, it's not boring, pretty good album

Vinilo, sin duda.

Gran disco.

first truely great stones record

Favourite Rolling Stones album so far

a bit too easy

A really enjoyable album, I liked the style of music. My favourite songs from the album were Paint it black and Doncha Bother Me.

The first super solid stones album with wonderful Brian Jones contributions.

Cool album, with some of the Stones darker more experimental stuff on there.

A 5 for the UK version ("Mother's Little Helper" & "Out of Time") & a 5 for the US version ("Paint It Black.").

For me great combination of their bluesy-music they started with and the later style as in Beggars' Banquet.

Classic

Paint It Black and Under My Thumb you say? Yes, of course I am giving it a 5. Bet Charlie Watt hated it though, absolutely hated the Stone that fella, absolutely loved the jazz.

Pegou-me totalmente ao começar com Paint it, Black. Melhore expressão do rock produzido pelos Stones.

4.5/5

4.5 stars. Fantastic album. Classic rock defined. Standouts are "Paint It Black" and "Under My Thumb".

This is quintessential 1960's rolling stones The opening with Paint it Black in the US version is widely different with Mother's Little Helper in the UK version. I think I like the UK version better.

Crazy how much they sound like The Rolling Stones from the get go

Excellent. Love the stones.

cool

Such a killer record. Always worth coming back to this one.

Aftermath shows a much more mature Rolling Stones who have found their sound and are moving beyond their roots as a straight blues band. The songwriting is better, the playing is tighter, the music is more exploratory, and the album is incredibly cohesive. Even their long jams are better structured and more interesting.

Legendary album, wasn't sure if I should listen to the U.K. or U.S. version, so I listened to them both. A lot of the Stones' best known songs are on here, and the rest could be blues classics in their own right.

Album 148 of 1001 Rolling Stones - Aftermath Rating : 5 / 5 Favorite Track : Paint It, Black I like the classic Stones. Their early years are my favorites. This is the first with all original tracks, including 2 of their bigger hits. Never go wrong with early Stones.

Some classic songs here. Some exotic instruments. Nice sound.

Good stones album some of my favorite stones songs

The Stones have always been the bad boys against the Beatles loveable mop-tops image. I'm finding i'm steering more to the dark side now......... This album is full-force and full of powerful hits, sneering lyrics, cold dark imagery. All these years later it can still evoke anger and controversy. The album begins with the newer progressive works and then finishes with the older style blue/pop numbers they were known for. This was a turning point.

excellent sound, great masterpiece.

Love most of the Stones music and this album has some greats for sure! The production of this recording has some fun stereo imaging emphasizing instrumental separation! Cool stuff!

What good enjoyed

Never listened. Some meh songs in there but love the sound. You can def see the jazz and blues "influence" they borrowed from here.

The Stones become the stones. The evolution is almost complete on the Aftermath of the British Invasion album. You can hear the American soul and R&B influence, the British cool of Brian Jones and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' rage and energy. All bundled up and ready to go. Great songs that set them apart from the other British acts and catapult them into the land they will occupy and dominate.

Never listened to the Stones much, but this was great! Old school rock and roll

Innovative, an instant classic with so many signature and hummable hooks. The opening track with it's eastern influence is arresting to the ear.

Fantastic album, so many good tracks, catchy lyrics, great melodies

Sonzao massa dale

Classic Stones

Great, the ending song "Going Home" made me give five star.

Uit de tijd dat het nog een stel jonge gasten met een boel branie waren. Het klinkt na meer dan 50 jaar nog altijd fris. Het heeft stijl, het rockt, het is creatief, het komt aan. Goed gedaan van de heren.

Vinilo, sin duda.

Love it…60’s music at it’s finest, and it only gets better

loved it

6th May 2022 Listened while working in the front room before going camping for the weekend with sav and sally in tonbridge. Classic, blues roots on their shoulders with Jagger yelping and squealing at his best.

Its probably top6 Stones albumes 4 m3

5/5 - Classic stones

I really liked the album. Chill but upbeat music, cool music!