Flowers (The Rolling Stones Album)
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| Compilation album by The Rolling Stones | ||||
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Publication |
June 26, 1967 (USA) |
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| Label (s) | London | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
37:20 |
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| occupation | Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Charlie Watts , Brian Jones , Bill Wyman | |||
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Flowers is the Rolling Stones' third US compilation album . It was released on June 26, 1967.
The LP contains single releases from the past twelve months, songs that were missing from the American edition of Aftermath and Between the Buttons , and three previously unreleased tracks.
According to the album title, flowers are depicted on the cover, the flowers have been replaced by portraits of the band members, taken from the British cover of Aftermath . From bassist Bill Wyman it is said that the missing petals on Brian Jones ' flower were a joke by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The artistic director of the cover design was Tom Wilkes .
The compilation was a huge commercial success, peaking at number 3 in the US. The LP was also released in Germany and reached number 7 on the album charts.
Track list
With the exception of My Girl, which was written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, all songs are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards .
Page 1:
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Ruby Tuesday - 3:17 am
- Released as a single in January 1967 and on the US version of Between the Buttons
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Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow? - 2:34
- Released as a single in September 1966
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Let's Spend the Night Together - 3:36
- Released as a single in January 1967 and on the US version of Between the Buttons
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Lady Jane - 3:08
- Published in 1966 on the UK version of Aftermath
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Out of Time - 3:41
- An abridged version of the song first published in 1966 on the UK version of Aftermath
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My Girl - 2:38
- Previously unreleased cover version of the No. 1 single released by the Temptations on December 21, 1964; recorded in 1965
Page 2:
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Back Street Girl - 3:26
- First published in 1967 on the UK version of Between the Buttons
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Please Go Home - 3:17 am
- First published in 1967 on the UK version of Between the Buttons
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Mother's Little Helper - 2:46
- First published in 1966 on the UK version of Aftermath and as a single on July 2, 1966
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Take It or Leave It - 2:46
- First published in 1966 on the UK version of Aftermath
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Ride on, baby - 2:52
- Previously unpublished recording from 1965
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Sittin 'on a Fence - 3:03
- Previously unpublished recording from 1965