Aftermath (album)

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Aftermath
The Rolling Stones studio album

Publication
(s)

April 15, 1966 (England),
June 20, 1966 (USA)

Label (s) Decca (UK) / London (US)

Format (s)

LP, CD, SACD

Genre (s)

Rock , pop

Title (number)

14/11

running time

53:20 / 42:31

occupation Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Charlie Watts , Brian Jones , Bill Wyman ; other musicians: Jack Nitzsche , Ian Stewart

production

Andrew Loog Oldham

Studio (s)

RCA Studios, Hollywood
(sound engineer: Dave Hassinger)

chronology
Out of Our Heads (1965, UK) /
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
(1966, USA) 		Aftermath Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)
(1966, UK) /
Got Live If You Want It!
(1966, USA)

Aftermath (English; German about "aftermath" or "shard pile") is the fourth in Great Britain and the sixth in the United States released studio album by the Rolling Stones . It was issued in Great Britain on April 15 and in the United States on June 20, 1966. Andrew Loog Oldham was the producer .

The album, which for the first time only contained pieces by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , marked the musical breakthrough for the band. With the release of this album Jagger and Richards were recognized as composers; they were able to catch up with the greats of the scene like Lennon / McCartney and Bob Dylan and show that they are not just talented rhythm and blues musicians, but a viable band with musical ambitions.

history

The album was recorded from December 3-8 , 1965 at the RCA studios on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood . It was the second Rolling Stones album after Out of Our Heads , which was made exclusively in the USA and the first album by the band to be released in (real) stereo .

Aftermath is known for its musical diversity; Brian Jones in particular experimented with numerous instruments. He can be heard on a dulcimer , a kind of zither , with Lady Jane ; in Paint It Black he used a sitar , in Under My Thumb he used a marimba . The end title of the first LP side, Goin 'Home, is one of the first rock pieces to exceed the 10-minute mark.

Once again, the American version of a Rolling Stones album differed from the British one. The list of tracks was shortened ( Mother's Little Helper , What to Do, Out of Time and Take It or Leave It are missing; the latter two were published a year later on the Flowers compilation ), but the number one hit Paint It Black opens the American edition of the LP.

Andrew Oldham was responsible for the cover design under the pseudonym Sandy Beach, the cover photo was taken by photographer Guy Webster, the photos on the back by Jerry Schatzberg . An alternative cover was designed for the American market, an alienated portrait of the band, designed by Steve Inglis.

Regardless of all the differences, the album was a great commercial success for the band in the USA (No. 2), England (No. 1) and in Germany (nine weeks at No. 1 on the album charts). The American magazine Rolling Stone chose the album in their list of the 500 best albums of all time at number 109.

Track list

British version

page 1

  1. Mother's Little Helper - 2:45
  2. Stupid Girl - 2:55
  3. Lady Jane - 3:08
  4. Under My Thumb - 3:41
  5. Doncha Bother Me - 2:41
  6. Goin 'Home - 11:13 am

Page 2

  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

US version

page 1

  1. Paint It Black - 3:45
  2. Stupid Girl - 2:55
  3. Lady Jane - 3:09
  4. Under My Thumb - 3:41
  5. Doncha Bother Me - 2:41
  6. Think - 3:09

Page 2

  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 am

Text editions / translations / scores

  • The Rolling Stones. Songbook. 155 songs [1963–1977] with sheet music. German by Teja Schwaner, Jörg Fauser and Carl Weissner . With 75 alternative translations by Helmut Salzinger . Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1977, pp. 93-131, 509-544 and 932-934.

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Remarks

  1. ^ The Rolling Stones. Songbook. 155 songs [1963–1977] with sheet music. German by Teja Schwaner, Jörg Fauser and Carl Weissner . With 75 alternative translations by Helmut Salzinger . Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1977, p. 94 f.
  2. ^ Bill Wyman with Richard Havers: Bill Wyman's Rolling Stones Story , p. 232. Dorling Kindersley, 2002. ISBN 978-3831003914
  3. ↑ Levy, Joe (Ed.): Rolling Stone. The 500 best albums of all time . (Original edition: Rolling Stone. The 500 Greatest Albums of all Time . Wenner Media 2005). Translation: Karin Hofmann. Wiesbaden: White Star Verlag, 2011, p. 106
  4. ↑ For speculations about "Flight 505" see Songfacts: Flight 505 by The Rolling Stones.
  5. ↑ high and dry (translatable as "on dry land") comes from the nautical language and originally meant "accrued during high water". See The Rolling Stones. Songbook. 155 songs [1963–1977] with sheet music. German by Teja Schwaner, Jörg Fauser and Carl Weissner . With 75 alternative translations by Helmut Salzinger . Two thousand and one, Frankfurt am Main 1977, p. 112 f.