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Aftermath, first released in April 1966, was the fourth UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and sixth US
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
. 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
Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an England rock musician best known as the lead vocalist of the The Rolling Stones. As well as a songwriter, he is an actor, and record producer and film producer....
/Keith Richards
Keith Richards

Keith Richards is an England guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm guitar playing....
 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
Brian Jones

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an England guitarist and founding member of the England rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, fashionable Mod image, Recreational drug use excesses and his 27 Club....
 playing a variety of instruments not usually associated with rock music - including sitar
Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonance chamber to produce a very rich sound with complex harmonic resonance....
 on "Paint It, Black
Paint It, Black

"Paint It, Black" is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, though Brian Jones contributed to the song's signature riff....
", the appalachian dulcimer
Appalachian dulcimer

The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States....
 on "Lady Jane
Lady Jane

"Lady Jane" is a song by The Rolling Stones that featured on their 1966 album Aftermath . It delivers an Elizabethan atmosphere with its lyrics and haunting instrumentation showcasing Brian Jones on Appalachian dulcimer, and was rumored at one point to be about the wives of Henry VIII....
" 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.

As with all the Stones pre-1967 LPs, different editions were released in the UK and the USA.






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Aftermath, first released in April 1966, was the fourth UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 and sixth US
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 studio album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
. 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
Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an England rock musician best known as the lead vocalist of the The Rolling Stones. As well as a songwriter, he is an actor, and record producer and film producer....
/Keith Richards
Keith Richards

Keith Richards is an England guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm guitar playing....
 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
Brian Jones

Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an England guitarist and founding member of the England rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, fashionable Mod image, Recreational drug use excesses and his 27 Club....
 playing a variety of instruments not usually associated with rock music - including sitar
Sitar

The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonance chamber to produce a very rich sound with complex harmonic resonance....
 on "Paint It, Black
Paint It, Black

"Paint It, Black" is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, though Brian Jones contributed to the song's signature riff....
", the appalachian dulcimer
Appalachian dulcimer

The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States....
 on "Lady Jane
Lady Jane

"Lady Jane" is a song by The Rolling Stones that featured on their 1966 album Aftermath . It delivers an Elizabethan atmosphere with its lyrics and haunting instrumentation showcasing Brian Jones on Appalachian dulcimer, and was rumored at one point to be about the wives of Henry VIII....
" 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.

As with all the Stones pre-1967 LPs, different editions were released in the UK and the USA. This was a common feature of British pop albums at that time - the same practice was applied to all Beatles albums prior to Sgt Pepper's - because UK albums typically did not include tracks that had already been released as singles.

The (original) UK version of Aftermath was issued in April 1966 as a fourteen-track LP, and this is generally considered to be the definitive version. Issued between the non-LP single releases of "19th Nervous Breakdown
19th Nervous Breakdown

"19th Nervous Breakdown" is a song by the English rock band The Rolling Stones. It is rumored that the song was written about Mick Jagger then-girlfriend Chrissie Shrimpton....
" and "Paint It, Black
Paint It, Black

"Paint It, Black" is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, though Brian Jones contributed to the song's signature riff....
", Aftermath was a major hit in the UK, spending eight weeks at #1 on the UK album chart.

The US version, released in June, featured different cover art and an alternate (and shorter) running order that eliminated "Out of Time", "Take It or Leave It", "What to Do", and "Mother's Little Helper
Mother's Little Helper

"Mother's Little Helper" is a song by the England rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track to the UK version of their 1966 album Aftermath ....
". 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. In their place, the album substituted their current # 1 hit "Paint It, Black". Although it compromised producer Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham

Andrew Loog Oldham is an England rock and roll record producer, impresario and author. He was manager of The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, taking a Flaming style inspired by Phil Spector....
's and The Rolling Stones' intentions for the album, the revamped Aftermath still reached #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.

In August 2002 both editions of Aftermath were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD
Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a read-only optical disc audio storage format that can provide higher accuracy as well as surround sound compared to the Red Book ....
 digipak
Digipak

Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI Media, a MeadWestvaco resource, which acquired the original trademark holder, IMPAC Group, Inc., in 2000....
 by ABKCO Records
ABKCO Records

ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. is a New York headquartered independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company. It owns and or administers the rights to music by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, The Kinks as well as the Cameo-Parkway Records, which includes recordings...
.

UK track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Jagger/Richards

The songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, known as Jagger/Richards is a musical collaboration whose output is primarily part of the catalogue of their group, The Rolling Stones....
.

Side one

  1. "Mother's Little Helper
    Mother's Little Helper

    "Mother's Little Helper" is a song by the England rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. It first appeared as the opening track to the UK version of their 1966 album Aftermath ....
    " – 2:45
  2. "Stupid Girl
    Stupid Girl (The Rolling Stones song)

    "Stupid Girl" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1966 album Aftermath .Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Stupid Girl" is noted for its apparently degrading lyrics towards women, a charge also made against other Stones songs like "Under My Thumb" and "Brown Sugar "....
    " – 2:55
  3. "Lady Jane
    Lady Jane

    "Lady Jane" is a song by The Rolling Stones that featured on their 1966 album Aftermath . It delivers an Elizabethan atmosphere with its lyrics and haunting instrumentation showcasing Brian Jones on Appalachian dulcimer, and was rumored at one point to be about the wives of Henry VIII....
    " – 3:08
  4. "Under My Thumb
    Under My Thumb

    "Under My Thumb" is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for The Rolling Stones. Its first appearance was as an album track on 1966 in music's Aftermath , and though it was never released as a single, it is one of the band's more popular songs from the period, appearing frequently on best-of compilations....
    " – 3:41
  5. "Doncha Bother Me" – 2:41
  6. "Goin' Home" – 11:13

Side two

  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
    Take It or Leave It (The Rolling Stones song)

    Take It or Leave It is a song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards recorded from December 3-6, 1965 at RCA Studios in Los Angeles, California and first released on their album Aftermath ....
    " – 2:47
  7. "Think
    Think (The Rolling Stones song)

    "Think" is a Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' composition that first appeared as a Chris Farlowe single which made it to #37 on the British charts in January of 1966....
    " – 3:09
  8. "What to Do" – 2:32


US track listing

All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Jagger/Richards

The songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, known as Jagger/Richards is a musical collaboration whose output is primarily part of the catalogue of their group, The Rolling Stones....
.

Side one

  1. "Paint It, Black
    Paint It, Black

    "Paint It, Black" is a song recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1966, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, though Brian Jones contributed to the song's signature riff....
    " – 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

Side two

  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

  • Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger

    Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an England rock musician best known as the lead vocalist of the The Rolling Stones. As well as a songwriter, he is an actor, and record producer and film producer....
     - Vocals, percussion, lighting, harmonica
  • Keith Richards
    Keith Richards

    Keith Richards is an England guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is mostly known for his innovative rhythm guitar playing....
     - Guitar, vocals
  • Brian Jones
    Brian Jones

    Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones was an England guitarist and founding member of the England rock group The Rolling Stones. Jones was known for his use of multiple instruments, fashionable Mod image, Recreational drug use excesses and his 27 Club....
     - Guitars, marimba, bells, dulcimer, sitar, harpsichord, harmonica
  • Charlie Watts
    Charlie Watts

    Charles Robert "Charlie" Watts is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. He is also a jazz bandleader and commercial artist. Watts is sometimes referred to as "The Wembley Whammer" when introduced by Mick Jagger during a concert....
     - Drums, percussion, marimba, bells
  • Bill Wyman
    Bill Wyman

    Bill Wyman is the former bass guitarist for the England rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1992. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings....
     - Bass, marimba, bells, piano, organ, harpsichord


  • Ian Stewart
    Ian Stewart (musician)

    Ian Andrew Robert Stewart was a Scottish keyboardist and cofounder of The Rolling Stones. He was dismissed from the line-up in May 1963 but he remained as road manager and piano player....
     - Piano, organ, harpsichord
  • Jack Nitzsche
    Jack Nitzsche

    Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an arranger, producer, songwriter and Academy Award-winning film score composer....
     - Percussion, piano, organ, harpsichord


Charts


Album

YearChartPosition
1966UK Albums Chart1
1966Billboard Pop Albums2


Singles

YearSingleChartPosition
1966"Paint It, Black"UK Top 50 Singles1
1966"Paint It, Black"The Billboard Hot 1001
1966Mother's Little HelperThe Billboard Hot 1008
1966Lady JaneThe Billboard Hot 10024


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