Aftermath (album)

Aftermath
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	15 April 1966 June 20, 1966
Recorded	3 December–8 December 1965 & 6 March–9 March 1966
Genre	Rock
Length	53:20 (U.K.) 42:31 (U.S.)
Label	Decca/ABKCO (U.K.) London/ABKCO (U.S.)
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (U.K.) link All Music Guide (U.S.) link
The Rolling Stones chronology
Out of Our Heads (1965 UK) Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966 US) Aftermath (1966) Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) (1966 UK) Got Live if You Want It! (1966 US)
Alternate cover
American cover

Aftermath is the fourth UK and sixth US studio album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1966. The album proved to be a major artistic breakthrough for The Rolling Stones in that it was the first full-length release by the band to exclusively feature Mick Jagger/Keith Richards compositions. The album is also notable for its musical experimentation, with Brian Jones - possibly inspired by George Harrison's use of sitar on The Beatles' Rubber Soul - playing a variety of instruments which feature prominently in each track, including the sitar on "Paint It Black", and the dulcimer on "Lady Jane" and "I Am Waiting". Once again, two editions of the album were released. The first release of Aftermath appeared in April of 1966 as a fourteen-track long-player, and is considered by many to be the definitive version. Issued between the non-LP single releases of "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Paint It, Black", Aftermath proved a big smash, spending eight weeks atop the UK charts. In the US however, fourteen tracks were considered too many. With a substituted cover art, the American edition of Aftermath, released that June, features a subtly re-shuffled running order that eliminates "Out Of Time", "Take It Or Leave It" and "What To Do" (all later released in the US), while replacing "Mother's Little Helper" with current #1 hit "Paint It, Black". Despite compromising producer Andrew Loog Oldham's and The Rolling Stones' intentions for the album, the revamped Aftermath shot to #2 in the US, eventually going platinum. In 2002, the US edition of Aftermath was ranked number 108 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Aftermath was important in establishing Jagger and Richards as respected songwriters in the same vein as Lennon-McCartney and Bob Dylan and also redefined The Rolling Stones from being R&B enthusiasts to a progressive and artistically-inventive group. In August 2002 both editions of Aftermath were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

Contents 1 Track listings 1.1 UK track listing 1.2 US track listing 2 Musicians 3 Charts 3.1 Album 3.2 Singles 4 External links

Track listings

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

UK track listing

Side 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. "Going Home" – 11:13

Side 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 track listing

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
7. "Flight 505" – 3:27
8. "High And Dry" – 3:08
9. "It's Not Easy" – 2:56
10. "I Am Waiting" – 3:11
11. "Going Home" – 11:13

Musicians

• Mick Jagger - Vocals, Percussion, Lighting, Harmonica
• Keith Richards - Guitar, Vocals
• Brian Jones - Guitar, Vocals, Marimba, Bells, Dulcimer, Sitar, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord, Harmonica
• Charlie Watts - Drums, Percussion, Marimba, Bells
• Bill Wyman - Bass, Marimba, Bells, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
• Jack Nitzsche - Percussion, Piano, Organ, Harpsichord
• Ian Stewart - Piano, Organ, Harpsichord

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1966	UK Albums Chart	1
1966	Billboard Pop Albums	2
1967	Billboard Pop Albums	40

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1966	Paint It Black	UK Top 50 Singles	1
1966	Paint It Black	The Billboard Hot 100	1
1966	Mother's Little Helper	The Billboard Hot 100	8
1966	Lady Jane	The Billboard Hot 100	24

External links

• Fansite for the album
• Link to Patti Smith piece for Creem January 1973 detailing her response to the Stones and Aftermath

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Mick Jagger • Keith Richards • Charlie Watts • Ron Wood Brian Jones • Ian Stewart • Mick Taylor • Bill Wyman • Dick Taylor Chuck Leavell • Darryl Jones • Nicky Hopkins • Bobby Keys • Jimmy Miller • Jim Price • Billy Preston • Don Was
UK studio albums 1964-1967	The Rolling Stones • The Rolling Stones No. 2 • Out of Our Heads • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
US studio albums 1964-1967	England's Newest Hitmakers • 12 X 5 • The Rolling Stones, Now! • Out of Our Heads • December's Children (And Everybody's) • Aftermath • Between the Buttons
Studio albums 1967-present	Their Satanic Majesties Request • Beggars Banquet • Let It Bleed • Sticky Fingers • Exile on Main St. • Goats Head Soup • It's Only Rock 'n' Roll • Black and Blue • Some Girls • Emotional Rescue • Tattoo You • Undercover • Dirty Work • Steel Wheels • Voodoo Lounge • Bridges to Babylon • A Bigger Bang
UK EPs	The Rolling Stones • Five by Five • got LIVE if you want it!
Live albums	Got Live if You Want It! • Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert • Love You Live • "Still Life" (American Concert 1981) • Flashpoint • Stripped • No Security • Live Licks
Compilations	Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) • Flowers (US) • Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) • Made in the Shade • Sucking in the Seventies • Rewind (1971-1984) • Jump Back: The Best of The Rolling Stones • Forty Licks • Rarities 1971-2003
Post-contract ABKCO albums	Hot Rocks 1964-1971 • More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies) • Metamorphosis • Singles Collection: The London Years • The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus • Singles 1963-1965 • Singles 1965-1967 • Singles 1968-1971 • Rolled Gold+: The Very Best of the Rolling Stones
Miscellaneous albums	Jamming with Edward • Brussels Affair
Tours	"American Tour 1969" • "European Tour '70" • "UK Tour '71" • "American Tour '72" • "Pacific Tour '73" • "European Tour '73" • "Tour of the Americas '75" • "Tour of Europe '76" • "US Tour '78" • "American Tour '81" • "European Tour '82" • "Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle Tour" • "Voodoo Lounge Tour" • "Bridges to Babylon Tour" • "No Security Tour" • "Licks Tour" • "A Bigger Bang Tour"
Management	Andrew Loog Oldham • Allen Klein
Related articles	Discography • The Glimmer Twins • Jagger/Richards • Nanker Phelge • Rolling Stones Records • Rock and Roll Circus • Altamont Free Concert • Rolling Stones Mobile Studio • Cocksucker Blues
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