Aftermath

Despite loving Paint it black, the whole album isn't interesting at all.

Well, it's the rolling stones. I feel obligated to give them a three because they are the Rolling Stones but I'm not going to do it. "Look at that stupid girrrrrrl" get bent

boring, repetitive, weirdly misogynistic

i dont like rolling stones in general

The production and sound are incredible. The unfaltering misogyny is repulsive. When even the Wikipedia introduction says “Women feature as prominent characters in their often dark, sarcastic, casually offensive lyrics,” you know it’s bad. My main concern is that The Rolling Stones are role models who end up normalizing this kind of harmful male dominance/female subordination mindset.

- paint it black on kyllä tuote mutta en tiiä sit näistä muista - pikkasen omituisia nämä naisiin liittyvät sanoitukset - ei tätä jaksa kyllä koko levyä kuunnella

Some songs were catchy but hated some of the lyrics about women. Some songs were just so annoying, wanted to skip. Highlights: Out of Time.

The leg was moving throughout this one. Nothing did in for me in particular.

Arribas muy arriba (paint it black) pero bajos muy bajos (under my thump??)

Har nu plågat mig igenom båda versionerna. Paint It, Black, shoutout GH3 (världens bästa tv-spel genom tiderna) är ju en banger och Under My Thumb är ju en bra LÅT men texten herregud haha. Gubbtrist!

Två låtar in och mer kvinnohat än 50 cent. Spännande. Blir tyvärr lite uttråkad av detta. Den här kom ut samma år som ”revolver” och folk ställer på allvar frågan: ”Stones eller Beatles?” Sjuka, sjuka jävlar.

Går bara ner sig efter Paint It Black som är riktigt bra (Guitar Hero 3 någon?). Resten är okej, rent instrumentellt. Ju mer jag läser texterna, ju mer ogillar jag dessa grabbar. Cringe! Lägligt också nu när Jagger visat sig i Epsteinfilerna. Ännu mer cringe!

Skönt att det inte råder någon större diskrepans mellan aphjärnans och gruppens allmänna inställning till vad som tydligen är ett gubbslems-album. Okej musik med några låtar som är mer än okej.

äntligen har jag förstått! rolling stones är ett misogynt pojkband! de älskar tjejer och de hatar tjejer. det är såå poserande och innehållslöst. och visst! det är lite svängigt. och visst! jag har en väldigt personlig relation till paint it black eftersom det 2008 var min favoritlåt på guitar hero 3. men det räcker tyvärr inte boys.

Mitt förhållande till Rolling Stones och Oasis är rätt lika. Kan bli sugen på deras energi en gång om året och sen tröttna efter två låtar. Samma hände här. Stupid girls

Why on earth did they not include Paint it Black on this album in the UK? What a huge mistake. Without Paint it Black it's a 2, with Paint it Black it is a 3.

i suppose its not bad, just does nothing for me. and am i crazy or are the drums terrible on this

Like the Beatles, their super early stuff is mostly unimpressive. But strong two first tracks

This isn’t a great Rolling Stones album. However it was placed on the list for the significance that the authors had their head up their asses. Once that is realized, you learn that there’s only a very tiny fraction of the albums that you should listen to before you die that they picked.

Hate to say it but I’ve never heard a Rolling Stones song I’ve genuinely liked. Sue me!!! Paint It Black saves this from being a 1 for me. Also Stupid Girl is one of the dumbest songs I’ve ever heard.

no se, bastante aburrido para mi

Its okay. The rolling stones definitely have better albums, i dont think this would have made the list of ‘best albums’ if it didnt have their name attached to it. As a standalone album its pretty mid Also highkey sexist

Paint It, Black is the best song on the album and it wasn’t even on the UK version. Not a Stones album I’ll come back to again

tbh not for me, some songs sounded like a crazed man jamming out on his own in an abandoned garage. others were good but it was all a bit too stripped back for my usual rolling stones taste - i like seeing where they evolved from though

not exactly my vibe. a few songs hit.

Matt man, the first half of this album is just Mick Jagger saying horrible things about women. It has not aged well.

La toune Paint It Black est un banger, mais le reste de l'album est meh, j'ai même pas le goût de faire l'effort de tout écouter. En plus parait que si je m'attardais aux paroles j'entendrais des choses qui ne me plairaient pas ex. de la mysoginie

4/10 This album feels like it’s a bit of a stepping stone for The Rolling Stones. It’s the first album on which they composed all of their own songs, and there are hints towards the sound that I would personally more associate with them, of a more gritty, driven blues rock feel, particularly with songs like Under My Thumb or It’s Not Easy. But it’s also a really mixed bag of a record. They drift from more generic 60s pop-rock akin to the Beatles, the Kinks and the Who to almost folky tunes, and then some way more standard blues tracks, and it never really feels completely coherent. It’s also way too long (I listened to the UK version), particularly the arduous experience of the 11 minute Goin’ Home. If they had trimmed some of the fat here and worked to make it stylistically a bit more coherent, I might have gelled with it a bit more. Some of the stronger elements of the album were not bad, but often felt like fairly generic blues rock. Perhaps the significance is a bit lost to time for me, but it all feels a bit derivative of blues that had come before it, wrapped up in a package of edgy white boys to sell records. The production of the record is a bit all over the place too, with some tracks sounding full and balanced, and others where certain parts of the music was either way too prominent or lost to the background. The musicianship is decent enough, and there are some quality moments in the performances all round, but it’s only when they get into the more driven stuff that it all really connects together for me, particularly Jagger's voice. I’m not generally a massive fan of his vocal style, but with high energy, gritty stuff it can do a good job. Here it was exposed too often for me and that made for a more difficult listen. I came into this not being a big fan of the Stones and they haven’t done much to change that opinion with this record. Perhaps that will change with their later work. Mothers Little Helper - I’ve never really seen the comparison that’s made between the Beatles and the Stones, but here we have it. This is quite similar to the sound of the Beatles at the time, but less good, because frankly Mick Jagger is not as good a singer as any of them. It also lacks the harmonies that thicken up and give interest to the Beatles sound. It’s an ok 60s pop-rock song, and there is a bit of grit. and edge to it, but nothing much more than that. Stupid Girl - Tonally, this sounds exactly like Spinal Tap (back when they were the Thamesmen) doing Gimme Some Money. It’s more fairly run of the mill 60’s British Invasion rock stuff, but It’s a really decent song. I feel like some of the impact of this may be lost to time, because I feel like I could lump this in with a lot of music from the time and, despite it being a well written, catchy song, it doesn’t really do much to stand out. Lady Jane - This is a strangely folk edged diversion from the sound thus far. Jagger is putting on a very deliberate inflection on his vocal which is a bit weird. I mean it’s ok, but it's not particularly exciting. I suppose it’s moderately interesting due to the instrumental choices, but it’s just a bit on the dull side for me. Under My Thumb - This is much more like it. There’s enough of an edge to it that it suits Jagger’s vocal style much, much better. This sounds much more like they’re starting to find their own sound, with a blend of the more bluesy, gritty sound with an edge of the 60s Brit rock in there too. It’s got a good groove to it and the Marimba is nice too. It’s a good blend between slightly more driven sound and the lightness of that Marimba that give it a satisfying tone. Doncha Bother Me - And now we’re on to some more straightforward blues stuff. It’s a pretty good blues track and it’s got a nice bit of grit to it. It builds fairly nicely in intensity, but it is perhaps a bit on the repetitive side. Although at less than three minutes, that hardly matters. Goin' Home - This continues the bluesy vein, but to begin with it’s also got slightly more of the 60s Brit edge to it. The vibe isn’t bad, but it’s a bit on the dull side. And then it drags on. And on. And on. I don’t know why Mick Jagger is trying to filibuster his way through over 11 minutes of this record for, but he’s not very good at making it interesting or engaging. Flight 505 - More fairly generic bluesy rock with a rock and roll edge. Again, the vibe is decent, but there’s nothing particularly hooky about it, it’s just well executed bar band music. The piano and guitar are doing good work here, but it just doesn’t feel like anything that will stick with me. High And Dry - We’re chugging along with more blues here. It feels a bit more engaging, and it’s got a good groove and some nice harmonica playing, but the cymbal splashing from the drums is so, so draining. Out Of Time - Back to something that’s more akin to the other 60’s brit rock of earlier tracks. Jagger doesn’t actually have the chops to pull of some of the lines he tries to on here and it’s all a bit plodding and not that interesting and it goes on for too long. It's Not Easy - There’s a bit more to this. Stylistically it’s pretty similar to the last one, but it’s more hooky and it’s got a bit more zip to it. It feels a lot more fun and engaging. The guitar solo is great too. Much more impressed with this one. I Am Waiting - This is more folky again. It’s got a bit more pace to it than our last folk diversion, but it's quite repetitive, both musically and lyrically, and doesn’t really do anything for me. Take It Or Leave It - Another fairly pedestrian and plodding song that doesn’t have anything particularly hooky or memorable about it. It’s just not musically that interesting and the vibe is nothing particularly exciting here either. Think - Straight off the bat, there’s a bit more zip to this, and the vibe is a bit better. But other than that, I’m not finding it particularly engaging. It just doesn’t really do anything for me. What To Do - I actually know this one. It’s quite a bit more hooky and a nice, full sound, but sits in that land of decent, but fairly generic 60s stuff. It doesn’t have the grit and drive that the Stones do at their best and, while it’s got a more memorable melody to it, it’s still not the most exciting of tracks.

starts out really strong, and then kind of shit

Tem seus bons momentos, mas não me anima para ouvir em looping. Certas camadas instrumentais são bem interessantes. Com letras de Jagger e Richards, há um claro esforço para alcançar o Rubber Soul, dos Beatles, porém sem muito sucesso. Brian Wilson sozinho conseguiu muito mais com o lado B de Summer Days. E nem estou citando o "pai culposo" do Sgt. Peppers, Pet Sounds. Particularmente, acho uma banda superestimada e ter esse álbum como resposta ao Rubber Soul reforça minha perspectiva.

Realno ovaj album njihov mi nije napet, iako mi je Paint it Black bila jedna od dražih kad sam bila dijete i stvarno je dobra stvar. 2/5, 4/10

One star for Paint It Black on the US release and one star for Mother's Little Helper on the UK release. The rest is pure dreck.

Lady Jane is rubbish.

Some notable golden oldies

In the great Beatles vs. Stone debate this album is highly relevant because the Beatles never made an album this bad. Dull, plodding, repetitive. Totally absent of joy.

Not sure if the whole album is worth being in the top 1001 records just for Under My Thumb, Paint it Black, and Mothers Little Helper. There are better Stones records than this one, but the Paint it Black is a classic for sure.

Gave this album a couple serious listens. Outside of Paint It Black and Under My Thumb, it was not doing it for me. It’s got a good sound but nothing stands out. People often say Beatles or Stones, this album has me wondering why.

Paint it black and mother’s little helper, both great. Under my thumb…great song but creepy and rapey. The rest is a snoozefest

Derivative and uninteresting. White people doing Black music with no credit. Opening track was decent. Some songs were a little sex pest-y too.

Repetitive, to an extent, both in tone and song composition, the opening tracks are fairly weak - Under My Thumb is catchy melodically but questionable lyrically (is this about controlling your partner and celebrating it?). Going Home, Flight 505, High and Dry - most of these are entirely forgettable. Maybe this needs to be listened to with the cultural context in mind but it doesn't really stand on its own. It's scraping a low 2 because it's not terrible.

A couple of great tunes (Under My Thumb, Out Of Time) in an otherwise unremarkable British ‘60s blues swamp. Going Home was a particular boring slog.

Yeah, again I'll say it - I'm just not into The Rolling Stones at all. The era is not my favourite either. Another album that doesn't contain anything great for me, certainly not at their peak here IMO. I really like Keith Richards, amazing guitarist. I think he wasted in TRS.

First problem comes with what bloody version I'm meant to listen to. I stuck with the UK version, because that's what it linked to from here, but not a great first impression - the loss of Paint it Black is particularly annoying. It wasn't really worth it, either. This one is a bit dull, nothing stands out to me. Lyrically it's uninspired, and most of the deep cuts straight-up suck. Way too long, too.

Paint it Black. Great tune. Not so sure about the rest of it. Definitely not a "put it on and let it play" kind of record. Respectfully (cause I'm a huge fan), records like this have a lot to do with the success of Greatest Hits compilations.

Not a massive fan of the Stones, but this was probably considered quite left field at the time

So fängt man ein Album an.

mick jagger is a fking weirdo. feels like he's shouting whatever into the mic, complete separation between the music and singer here... as for the rest of this album, its a basic rock sound which is expected given the year of release and so it feels stale, its no fault of the album that time has led to much better sounds and innovations within the genre, but it has made this album feel obsolete. the lyrics range from mediocre to downright bad as stated above. now as for the instrumentals themselves, i found it alright, i liked the guitar and the drums overall the production for its time was good. but again, i dont see a reason to go back to this. its the first stones album ive listened to from start to finish, but my view on these guys remains the same so far..i dont get their popularity.

I hate to admit it but this is the first Rolling Stones project I have ever listened to in full. And I even further hate to admit that I did not enjoy it all that much. It was not very exciting across the board. But I imagine it hit different in the 60s

Mother’s Little Helper is so good and the rest of the album is so…fine. And then there’s an 11 minute blues disaster that sucks and I just hate this album. It avoids the 1 star for a few bangers and that’s it.

I respect TRS but they’re not my fav. Talented but rarely choose to put them on.

Lyrically interesting - but I just found it a bit dull

This particular album wasn't really for me. I heard both the US and the UK versions. Paint it Black in the US version is a standout. There were some good ideas in the album but I don't really vibe with Jagger.

UK-versjonen. Det er april, 1966. En snau måned senere kommer Pet Sounds. En måned etter det, kommer Blonde on Blonde. Og to måneder etter det igjen, Revolver. Man kan se spor av denne fremtiden på tracks som Mother's Little Helper og Under My Thumb, men det utgjør en veldig liten del av hva som egentlig er en samling forglemmelige blues-låter. Og til alle plateselskaper der ute: hvorfor sitter det så jævlig langt inne å tilgjengeliggjøre mono- i tillegg til stereo-versjon? Hard panned 60-tall er ikke en god vibe, ass.

tapped out. decent window into the time but there's gotta be a thousand other albums i find more interesting

Just two songs were up my alley.

Overall, this was another boring experience brought to you by one of the allegedly best groups of all time. I'm starting to think The Rolling Stones are like The Doors in that they're a better singles band than a producer of comprehensively great albums. My evidence: The two best songs on this album are on two different versions of it. This makes each version inferior to the other and forces the listener to track down the missing single. In that regard, I have yet to hear on this list a must hear ALBUM by this group.

This album is very whimsical-sounding, it's kind of nice but at the same time when the entire album is like this, it gets stale. I am just really under whelmed by this album. It has nice pop melodies and all, but I can't get into it. My second Rolling Stones album (Let It Bleed was first), still not impressed.

Blaha

it's OK. Still don't really like the stones.

It's hard to believe people got tear-gassed over this album, but that's the hard part about looking at albums through a modern lens. Rock has gotten so much harder and abrasive - but considering when this album came out, and the dominant cultural attitudes surrounding it I could see how young adults of the 60s would go wild over it. This album is just as much against the dominant culture as it is *of* it. Songs like "Stupid Girl" don't challenge any wider attitudes about the perception of women at the time, but it is hilarious to listen to that song followed by the much more "loving" song "Lady Jane." (Continuing the tradition of weed being personified as a woman) This album really makes you think about what gets called "counterculture." It certainly sits in contrast to the popular crooners of the time, but what is countercultrual about hypermasculinity? Its interesting when counterculture is looked at during this time it is particularly centered around class, but gender and race are relagated to their own categories of rebellion. Sonically, the album is very interesting - no two songs sound alike but they are still cohesive together. You can hear the band experimenting with different sounds , and the heavy blues influence can be heard especially on songs like "Doncha Bother Me," but they feel a bit bland compared to their inspirations. Songs like "Goin Home" kind of drone on, but eventually get interesting. It is funny to read about band members using "strange" instruments like a sitar or marimbas. This might be particularly harsh but this feels like the Ed Sheeran method - taking "strange" instruments from around the world to serve as seasoning for pretty basic pop tracks, but not doing much else.

I listened to the US Version with "Paint it Black" as the leadoff track. This is probably the least impressive Stones album I've heard so far, but that's not to say it's doesn't carry some merit. This is definitely a transitional album, as they are beginning to stray from the typical 60's British rock sound and incorporating elements of what would come on later albums. Highlights: "Under My Thumb"

Interesting. Not any of the mainstream hits, But it's easy listening jams for some old rock n roll

Stupid girl is so old school mean lol DNF

Can pretty safely say I am not a Stones fan. Jagger keeps singing about little girls

Paint it black is great. Otherwise, it doesn’t feel like they’ve arrived quite yet.

Didn't find it that interesting and a little shit

gostei nao

not horrible just extremely mid, disappointing and boring at times paint it, black is good but thats about it, forgot the rest already

I haven't listened to the Stones aside from their biggest singles, but it's surprising to me to read that Paint It, Black came out around this same timeframe. None of the songs on this are all that interesting to me.

si ok sono gli stones, lo so... solo che son molto più abituata a let it bleed

Dey aight

The that this album is mentioned in the same breath as Rubber Soul is an absolute travesty.

not as bad as i expected

Bro lmao what, ok, Paint it Black and Under My Thumb are alltimer songs but the album itself is, well, it’s the Stones

The Rolling Stones have quite a few hits (none on this album though) that I enjoy but since Its from a generation before me (and almost before my parents) I don't have any nostalgia for it. While I can understand what they did historically for music as a whole and all the artists they inspired its not something I enjoy listening to. While not bad I just like other artists in the genre better, perhaps because they learned from this band when they got started.

This kind of sucks? I listened to the UK version, so I missed paint it black, which I like, and instead got a bunch of organ tooting and baroque rock and dumbass lyrics? I keep being unimpressed by the stones average output while still quite liking the big hits, and this one has the hit missing! I thought I liked Under My Thumb thanks to a social distortion cover I discovered on Kazaa years ago, but there's still a bunch of tooting and shit on it? Seems like a lot of people hate Going Home but it might be the best thing on this album, feels less fake blues than their other stuff. I gotta say, this album was kind of a slog. No wonder the velvet underground made waves.

Stones from long ago. They still sound the same, yeah? Listened before? N Saved tracks? N Favorite tracks? Paint It, Black, It's Not Easy ⭐⭐ didn't hate it

Paint it black, alright good start...........then came the rest of the album. Felt like I was in a smokey bar that just needed background music that no is really listening to.

001 review Originally I was shocked at how little Rolling Stones I have in my record collection. Then these songs reminded me of the grand Stones VS Beatles debate and my house has always a Beatles house and remains so. Starting with Paint It, Black makes me understand why people in this era were on a crazy amount of drugs falling into a hole with this as a soundtrack. Complete side note: I was trippin on the punctuation and tried to figure out what was being implied by the comma before black - apparently it was just a typo on original records they removed later. Second side note: I guess that’s just the American version! Then I immediately get ripped out of it with Stupid Girl. Apparently Keith Richards stated this song was written about the girls they met on tour and how shallow and vain they seemed. He’s seems fully unaware of his place in this dynamic. Then the vibes shift again with the super melodic Lady Jane. Just don’t listen to the lyrics because again they seem fully unaware they are any piece of the problematic puzzle. Or maybe they think Going Home balances it? Though that is all about her making him feel good so the scales are still tipped for sure. What To Do is a song 100% written by drugs. The instrumental parts of this album vary greatly and are generally fun. I get some of why the Beatles and Stones are compared so much. You get soft and melodic, wild and dancy, and more rock and rolly. I enjoyed that part. You guys are all musical and can dissect that part way better than I can so I’ll leave that to you. This entire album is just oozing good ol’ gross misogyny. It’s a common theme in many of these songs we’ve heard in this project. This record made me want to go on a feminist rampage. Then to add fuel to the fire I was informed I listened to the American version and I had to go back and listen to the UK version and it’s not an album I’ll return to. This just is not my jam.

Might be a controversial opinion but I think 95% of stones songs are filler at best. This album is a great example of that. Going Home is possibly the worst 10+ minute song I’ve ever heard.

Eka oli hyvä ja olihan tää musiikillisesti ihan monipuolista, mutta sitte kyllästyin. En jotenki pysty kuunnella kauaa putkeen tällasta rolling stones beatles tyylistä musiikkia. Se on tää lauluääni. Se käy mun hermoille ja ärsyttää jos kuuntelen liian pitkään. Ja mitkä on nää sanotukset🤨

Didn't like

So much misogyny! And this album pretty much cements my opinion that Hot Rocks is the most effective and complete greatest hits album in rock history, since it actually makes the Rolling Stones an interesting and enjoyable band...which is the opposite of what this album does.

2/5 - I didn’t need to hear this, because the album tracks were fairly repetitive and the misogyny was gross. There’s better Stones albums than this.

Some see the Rolling Stones as the greatest rock band of all time. Anybody not in that bucket can't help but feel like they're the most overrated rock band of all time. I can't help but find myself in the latter group.

In which the Stones continue to chase the coat-tails of the Fab Four, conspicuously failing to escape their shadow. Stealing their clothes does not turn you into Lennon/McCartney. Two stars: unconvincing, and mostly just boring.

Bleh

Paint It Black and a bunch of generic rock songs

++: Stupid Girl, Under My Thumb, Goin' Home, Flight 505, High and Dry, It's Not Easy, What to Do +: Doncha Bother Me, Think +-: Mother's Little Helper, I Am Waiting, Take It or Leave It -: Lady Jane, Out of Time 5,4/10

some of these songs suck ass lol

This starts off well with "Mother's Little Helper," one of the best songs from their early period. It's perfectly dark despite sounding cheery. And then it goes straight into a goofy pop song that almost sounds like a joke and a sappy ballad. At least after that one "Under My Thumb" has the catchiest melody on the album (if you can ignore the lyrics). From there there's very little that's worthwhile. The main problem is that it's too long, both because of the interminable, unchanging "Goin' Home" and because there are too many songs on the second side that don't add anything new in terms of songwriting. If this was trimmed down it might be pretty good, because the additions of new instruments and inclusion of some psychedelic elements make even the least interesting songs listenable.

Grand

paint it black is ok, the rest of it is doo doo lame ass boring blues rock

There was definitely a theme with the first few songs. “Going Home” probably one of the worst songs I’ve ever listened to in full.

Paint it black is so good. The rest of this is pretty boring and bad.

This is my first time listening to a Stones album that wasn't their greatest hits and it'd fine? I know they have some classics under their belt but I don't think this should be one of them. Paint it Black slaps though

It's OK, some good stuff on here but also just kind of washed over me.

Camarero! Pongame un poco de LSD y con un toque de acido, y de postre un porrito. Pintaba bien hasta que llegó Cletus con la armonica, pero luego se pira. Aptobado raspado por las primerqas canciones que son mas psicodelicas, no entiendo la mezcla de estilos no tienen mucho sentido.

Really only liked a couple songs here (Out of Time was the highlight). Decent guitar riffs but Jagger’s vocals really irritate me, especially in the first half.

Paint It Black followed by blues-y 60’s rock garbage, accompanied by Mick Jagger’s drunkest performance yet. Under My Thumb will give you momentary reprieve, offering style and creativity, before you’re thrown back to the wolves with Doncha Bother Me. That is assuming of course that you’re willing to ignore all the lyrics.

Paint it, Black is good, but the rest are kinda meh. Under my thumb has...questionable lyrics.

Glad to get more Rolling Stones. First impressions, pretty boring, and surprisingly so. Lyrics also pretty shitty. Surprisingly unimpressed by this. ‘Under my Thumb’ hitting the home run on the shittiness. Skipped ‘Going Home’ 11 mins 😬😬😬 Hard to separate from my view of Rolling Stones but if this was a new band, I’d say they haven’t got a future 😬

Starting off with Paint it Black... Awesome Following it up with Stupid Girl and Lady Jane....WTF?! Also why and I getting beach boys vibes from this? Who was copying who at this point?

listened to it twice, hadn't realised I'd left it on loop, totally passed me by without anything of note on both runs

Stupid girl is so so bad, it’s kinda embarrassing Rating this 2 stars solely because of Paint It, Black

So they really have just one single banger huh

Why am I having to listen to this instead of Sticky Fingers or Exile on Main Street? This seems to follow the pattern of most of their albums. One or two decent songs surrounded by glaring mediocrity. When they're hot they're hot but here they are not.

Popular but not for me

Annoying album

Just a typical Rolling Stones album. "Aftermath" was released before they became great. The songs sound nice for a 60s record. "Going Home", despite being lengthy, is the best track on "Aftermath". A slightly disappointing end to the week. 2 stars for "Aftermath".

On the Beatles Stones debate I‘m definitely team Beatles. Stones are just rebellion without innovative songwriting and only life recordings with bad equipment. So far my prejudices regarding stones. Let’s see. 1966. That’s the same year as Rubber Soul Track by track (uk version) Mothers helper: sitar stolen from Beatles Stupid girl: that’s early Beatles just with anti romance lyrics Lady Jane: ok this is original, great instrumentation. and sung with emotions. Only the chorus is a bit dull. Under my thumb: oh it gets more and more original. The stones sound seems to emerge somehow. Marimba is a nice addition. And Jaggers ahs add a lot of texture. Duncher Bother Me: great blues song. Bet this works great live! Even though the genre is totally different from previous songs it somehow fits the album. Going Home: more blues! The home bome bome thing gets on my nerves. Should have been 2m but it’s, 10 minutes!!? Ah it’s a giant jam session. Not many good ideas in there though. Could have been a lot shorter. Flight505: Boogie woogie standard scheme High and Dry. Gospel standard scheme It’s not easy. Rock n roll standard I am waiting. Oh some original songwriting again with great instrumentation. Even some non common time parts. Nice Take it or leave it. Lovely. But not special. Sounds like Phil Spector wall of sound. Think. Again some good songwriting and great instrumentation. But a bit sketchy still. I see how they grew their songwriting skills with this album What to do. Sounds like a Beach Boys ripoff. But not bad. Overall it sounds they trained their songwriting skills with this album. The middle part (Going home-High and dry) they should have left out. Then it would have been a decent album.

Nope, still don't like The Rolling Stones

Second RS album. I still don't care about them.

Like, whatever Mick. Some of these songs really fantastic. Paint it Black (US version) is such a standard bearer for excellence. Songs like Stupid Girl really seem to erase any good will The Stones built up with me for Paint It Black. Cool bluesy stuff, but the stones just feel kinda gross in this album. I feel a bit gross for listening.

I do not think, the Stones and I will come together any time… Fav: Paint it black

Heard the US version of the album before and the UK version's main problem is that Paint It Black (my favourite Rolling Stones song) isn't on it. The album is a mixed bag really, some nice tunes and others I completely don't care for or straight up dislike 2/5

Tregt, uinteressant

Under My Thumb og Paint it Black er nydelige. Ellers veldig dølt. Stupid Girl er en grusom låt jeg håper jeg aldri hører igjen.

Tafatt, tregt og kjedelig. Tre Stones-album er vel nok til å konkludere at dette bandet ikke er for meg. Overbevist om at "Going Home" på repeat er det verste man kan bli utsatt for i Guantanamo Bay. Urgh. Trodde Out of Time var en godlåt, men den slutter jo aldri.

Not a huge stones fan. But I listened.

I'm a Rolling Stones fan, and I was excited to listen to listen to this as it is not an album I'm familiar with. "Paint it Black" sets a lovely tone, but then....eh. It's not bad, it's just ...eh. I listened a second time as a satirical drama/concept album and it was better but it shouldn't be that much work. If you want to get a Rolling Stones album there is better out there. "Let it Bleed" was my gateway and I would recommend it to anyone.

The US version begins with paint it black which I believe everyone has heard at least a hundred times. Might be I never heard with any sound quality because it felt new and better than I remembered. But then you go and spoil it all by singing something stupid like the rest of this misogynic trash record. Stupig girl was an awful song, Lady Jane was boring, Under my thumb is of course alright musically but deeply problematic lyrically. The rest must have been pretty forgettable until the last song where Mick does his thing and just freestyles ang grunts for several excruciating minutes.

Not a fan really. Paint it black banger tho

Helper, Thumb and Going Home were really good, but the rest was one big slug.

Before they really got good.

eh not my type

Despite being a monolith in the rock world, I’ve never been a fan of The Rolling Stones. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is that irks me about them; whether it’s Mick Jagger’s raw voice (when compared to someone like McCartney), or Keith Richard’s guitar playing (which ive never particularly liked). While I can’t deny that there’s interesting instrumentation on this record, for the most part it doesn’t hit me like listening to Revolver or Pet Sounds did the first time. There are certainly tracks I vibe to: Mother’s Little Helper and Doncha Bother Me both made it onto my playlist after this, but everything just falls into the realm of mediocrity that most of the 60s does for me. Ultimately, I just found it boring. Most of the tracks being under 3 minutes made it more tolerable, but why in the everloving fuck is Going Home 11 minutes long? It just drags and drags and made me wanna turn off the record halfway through. If you’ve never heard 60’s rock and roll then maybe it’d be better, but it just ends up sounding bland to me

The Rolling Stones are boring. Maybe 3 songs in their whole catalogue I’ve ever liked. This is a 1 and 1/2 star really, but I’m feeling generous so I’ll round it up to 2.

The rating is due to Under My Thumb's terrible lyrics. While this record holds some great songs (Under My Thumb is musically great), it still bears that filler quality of all Stones records. Some killers, too many fillers.

Not my favorite Stones effort. This isn't the confident, bluesy swagger of the Rollers. It's almost like they're seeking something pop rock that their contemporaries had found. "Mother's Little Helper" and "Under My Thumb" appear here.

Mediocre. Many of the tracks sound the same and the lyrics are poor.

Paint It Black is the best song the Stones ever wrote and they've written a lot of good ones. Mother's Little Helper is great too off the UK version. After that Lady Jane is interesting and Under My Thumb would be good if it didn't feel so gross. The rest is typical sloppy blues. The atrocity that is Going Home really destroys this one. Closing out side one of the UK version and the album on the US version, it's an okay instrumental vamp with Jagger moaning for 11 minutes. I wish I was being hyperbolic, but it's literal moaning for so much of the song. I'd love to scrub my ears out after that one. I have a strong bias against the Stones in that I don't really respect anything they do. It's commercialized rock and roll garbage that waters down the actual gritty music of American blues to be palatable for those middle class white families who will spend the money. I've been generally giving every album a begrudging 3 due to the sheer brilliance of Moon and Jagger's songwriting. When those boys hit, they sure do hit. Luckily, on this album, I just get to be a curmudgeon and give it a two.

Legends, but nothing except 'Paint it Black' for me.

While it has my second all-time favorite Stones song, the rest of the album is really forgettable.

Some interesting ideas, but so far from a coherent, complete album. The country tunes in partictlar were ill advised.

They have numerous better albums. Not worth the time.

When it comes to The Rolling Stones, I'm usually very particular about what I like, and so far I've not found an album of theirs that really draws me in in its entirety. Same goes for this album. I found certain songs enjoyable, but overall, I was just bored. I'm giving this a fairly low score because I know there are better albums by them out there, and I know that ultimately, this isn't going to be one I remember when looking back.

boring. lowkey one of their worst i don't get it

These Rolling Stones albums just get worse and worse.

So diverse in musical styles - while not the best example of each style, certainly credible and enjoyable. However, the misogyny is hard to take. I wish I hadn’t read the lyrics. Without reading them it’s 4 stars. After reading them 1.

May be one of the most overrated bands of all time idk I just wasn’t rocking with it

Good songs, but wouldn't feel the need to own this one.

Die Aufnahmen zu Aftermath fanden in den RCA Studios in Hollywood statt. Die Rolling Stones, eine britische Rockband, produzierten das Album in zwei Sessions, in denen zum ersten Mal alle Songs von Mick Jagger und Keith Richards selbst stammten. Das Album bewegt sich musikalisch zwischen Rock, Bluesrock, Folkrock und psychedelischen Einflüssen. Auffällig ist der Einsatz ungewöhnlicher Instrumente wie Marimba, Sitar, Dulcimer und Cembalo, was dem Klangbild eine experimentelle Note verleiht. Bekannte Titel sind „Paint It Black“, das durch die Sitar eine markante Klangfarbe erhält, „Under My Thumb“ mit prägnanter Marimba, sowie „Lady Jane“, das durch seine ruhige, fast höfische Anmutung heraussticht. Mit „Goin’ Home“ enthält das Album außerdem ein überlanges Stück, das durch seine spontane Struktur auffällt. Die Produktion zeigt die Band auf dem Weg zu größerer stilistischer Eigenständigkeit. Besonders die instrumentalen Erweiterungen tragen dazu bei, dass sich Aftermath von früheren Veröffentlichungen der Band abhebt. Das Album ist ein wichtiger Entwicklungsschritt für die Rolling Stones. Es verbindet klassische Rockelemente mit neuen klanglichen Ansätzen und gibt einen Einblick in die Wandlungsfähigkeit der Band.

Had its good moments here and there but through most of it I felt like the sound and lyrics are too outdated to enjoy. A lot of albums age well but for me this wasn't one of them.

A couple of bangers and a lot of filler. Going Home is eleven minutes I'm not getting back.

I feel like The Rolling Stones just never hit for me on the level I want. They’re not the Beatles 4/10

You aren't always good on your first try. Or second or third or fourth. But they got there eventually. Just not on this album. I couldn't finish it.

The first four songs would make a notable EP but the rest mostly filler. My guess its popularity is due to this being the first album the Stones showed song writing potential. I am a bit confused on why this is a 1001 album when I can name seven Stone's albums that are superior.

I thought I would like this more than I did. 1 good song out of 11 does not equal a good album imo.

Ich hatte nicht das Gefühl, dass das Album rund ist es wirkte eher als hätte man einfach 12 random Songs genommen für ein neues Album. Außerdem finde ich Mick Jaggers Stimme auf Dauer etwas anstrengend. Beste Songs: Paint It Black, Going Home

espero que nao seja o melhor que os rolling stones tenham para oferecer

Couldn’t even finish. If someone introduced me to the Stones with this album I’d never think of listening to them again.

I didn't find this album to be anything special. I know the Stones are very critically acclaimed, often in the same sentence as the Beatles. My favorite track was "Paint It, Black", but even that was an independent single that they threw onto the US release of the album to sell more copies.

I found the lyrics uninteresting and the music wasn't engaging me.

Really just not that great. This was clearly before most rock songwriters actually got good at rock songwriting. The 11-minute track is the only thing dragging this above a 4/10 for me.

Against all odds, the Stones have rolled in for a third time this week, and I am once again underwhelmed. 3 tracks out of the first 4 were pretty decent, but everything that followed was ehhhh. Special mention to the bad trip that is Gone Home: the 11 minute experience of Mick Jagger grunting. Even if I were to rate this by the US version, which has Paint It Black (🔥) and an all-around tighter tracklist, this is once again a miss from the Rolling Stones.

OK so I had to look this up. Apparently Aftermath was the first RS album to be mostly original compositions and where they kind of really came into their sound. So, it makes more sense in context why this would be on here (like Pink Floyd's Pipers) but the album as it stands is super boring and I KNOW the Stones have better releases later on - I can understand now why Beatles fans had kind of a superiority complex over the Stones fans around the mid 60s. Plus, US release eliminated and reordered a few tracks and replaced the opener with Paint It Black, which remained a non-album single in the UK. PIB's inclusion I think would've really done a lot to establish this album's sound, but getting rid of Mother's Little Helper for the US release was a mistake, as it's one of the better tracks. I think mucking around with it a little more (having both PIB and MLH on there for a start) would create a slightly better album, but even then most of the thing would be 40+ minutes of the same tempo in 4/4 with Jagger talk-singing over it with little variation.

I just have a hard time liking TRS

The arc of this album seems completely off? Opens very strong, then dips into a silly ditty, then into a fairly horrific simp. Not too impressed. The singles are okay I guess, but nothing here will remain lodged in my mind. Going Home is the most useless waste of record space I've encountered in ages.

overrated misogyny fest

Not enthused by this. This felt … forced. I can’t really explain where this notion comes from but that’s the impression I got. Going Home did not come off as genuine impro. This album was repetitive in the sense of the songs sounding very similar to one another and I did not like how often the lyrics kept repeating in every song. The song It‘s Not Easy was annoying …. „Not easy…. haaaAAArd“. The best song is obviously Paint It Black.

Oh dear, not for me! Didn’t like one song I’m afraid. Lyrics very dodgy at times and very repetitive. Boring stuff

Dusty mon. Paint it Black is a banger though.

I grew up with a dad who's part of the Silent Generation era. This album really shows up the kind of music he used to listen to and the musical references that many artists from his time evoked through it. However, I got really bored through it and yet I can say The Rolling Stones have a je ne sais quois that makes their music so unique.

One great first tune for me then the rest isn’t memorable (but still easy to listen to)

Unremarkable. Uninteresting lyrics. Annoying vocalist for most songs. Stand out - under my thumb

It was all right. Nothing exciting or terrible. Easy to listen to. Under my Thumb is very unsettling. No thank you.

Early rs. Never been too into them for a whole album

I went for the US version as it was shorter and had "Paint it Black" on it, which was the only song title I recognised. I've never liked The Rolling Stones, and I still don't after listening to this album. They seem like relics from a bygone era, too hard to relate to. PIB is a tune though, and I realised I also knew "I Am Waiting" from the film Rushmore, which is also a nice tune. More of the rest just sounds like fairly ordinary rhythm and blues to me though.

I mean it’s The Rolling Stones so of course they’re influential but this is not their best work (the best is yet to come). The songs were just incredibly repetitive. I don't understand the Beatles rivalry...it isn't close imo. This isn't bad. The vocal style is fun at times and the instrumentals are cool. Sometimes Mick Jagger's voice gets on my nerves tho. The instrumental in "Mother's Little Helper" is really cool. Liked Songs: "Mother's Little Helper" , "Under My Thumb" , "Flight 505" , "It's Not Easy" , "Think" , "What To Do"

The music itself is alright I suppose, but the terrible misogynistic lyrics really bring this one down. I hated "Stupid Girl" and "Under my Thumb" the most. The only reason I give this one a 2 instead of a 1 is because I liked "Paint it Black".

франкоязычная версия Paint It, Black от Мари Лафорет в разы лучше)

Too mannered. To think this was the same year that revolver was released. This album sounds like trying to catch up with rubber soul, but the Beatles had already moved on. Two good tracked under my thumb and out of time which sound almost interchangeable. The stones got better than this but mostly at playing rock n roll.

The US version has Paint it Black, which would have bumped this up slightly. But I listened to the UK version, which was longer and had far more clunkers than stand out songs. I liked Lady Jane and a few of the hits, but the rest dragged this down to a 2. For an album that came out in the mid-60s to be judged as a little bit nasty about women by contemporary media is quite an achievement. Indeed, some of these songs have not aged well at all.

to start an album with "Paint It Black" is absolutely incredible. I can't imagine what it must have felt like on a vinyl record at the time, as a first listen. the rest of it .... really not my thing.

Paint it Black was the highlight. Musically, I can totally see why people got into the Stones. Until Jagger sings - very easy to listen to. Musically very talented.

Paint It Black is an incredible song. But, this album has confirmed for me that I really only like a handful of Stones songs.

Never a fan, and creepy attitude to women 👎

Why is the UK version excruciatingly longer and doesn't even have Paint It Black and why does this site link you to the UK version which is excruciatingly longer and doesn't even have Paint It Black?

Paint It, Black - 5/5 Stupid Girl - 1/5 Lady Jane - 3/5 Under My Thumb - 2/5 Doncha Bother Me - 1/5 Think - 2/5 Flight 505 - 2/5 High And Dry - 3/5 It's Not Easy - 1/5 I am Waiting - 3/5 Going Home - 1/5 (too fucking long and bad) Average score: 2.18/5 author of this list must've only listened to Paint It, Black cuz that's one of the ONLY good songs on this album. after that song, it's pretty much all downhill from there their influence in music is not lost on me and i've liked some of their other albums, but man this wasn't good. Jagger's vocals were... Jagger's vocals, many of the songs sounded like they were dicking around with *concepts* of a blues song (wtf was that 11-minute track?) and the misogynistic tones of Stupid Girl and Under My Thumb? ew. i'm cool off hearing the majority of this album ever again

I like quite a lot of the Rolling Stones' work. But not this. Maybe the most sexist opening few tracks to a record imaginable, and I was in no mood for that bullshit today. Yes, they're trying to do some interesting-for-the-time stuff with instrumentation and so on but I don't think it compensates for the fundamentally rotten core of this album. Add to that, the bluesy jam stuff like 'Going Home' drags on horrendously and you have a recipe for a pretty crappy record. It's a wonder their career not only survived this but went supersonic.

There are so many familiar songs on this album, that I feel like I've already heard it. While I've never been much of an Stones fan, I can appreciate their music. To me they always felt a little safe, while their public image was not (not sure if that was conservative press doing that or what). I can hear the familiar Stones sound on this record, already second song "Stupid Girl" has all the elements I've heard in their songs all the wasy to 80's and 90's, wasn't expecting to hear them on a recording from 1966.

It's not a great Rolling Stones album. Not sure why is this on the list

I have always felt The Rolling Stones go from rock gods to corny in the blink of an eye. The first two songs here are such a strong example of that. Mick Jagger should not be allowed to write songs while horny. It’s just whack ass lyrics and misogyny. He also probably shouldn’t be allowed to be horny in general because he’s got a litany of accusations against him. I remember clocking “Under my Thumb” as weirdly abusive in high-school and I stand by that. “Stupid Girl” is an insane track to write as well. As a lyricist Jagger seems to rely on repetition a lot, and if Keith Richards isn’t going off then a lot of their music is just meh. Greatest hits band. I’d take a Beatles album any day.

Ya know i just have never been that into the stones 🤷‍♂️

I see from its extensive Wikipedia entry that a variety of unusual instruments were used while recording this album, but if you had told me that the sounds were achieved on guitars with some minor adaptations and effects, I would have believed that. Otherwise another forgettable and boring album which sounds dated to me and just makes me appreciate the Beatles more.

Really did not enjoy this at all. The quality of the recording was very poor, and I just don't like Mick's vocals on any of this. Don't think I'll come back to this.

This was way worse than I hoped it would be. I liked the blues-y "Doncha Bother Me" but overall did not enjoy this record. Maybe it's in part because I am sick today, but not a fan. "Stupid Girl" and "Under My Thumb" get particularly low marks.

Plus for Paint it Black and the fact that this is all originals rather than the pedestrian blues covers from earlier work. Mostly bad and lyrically horrid. Stones are overplayed.

Meh Rating: 2.3

Wow at the misogyny.

Great background music, and Paint It Black bangs.

One well known song. Others are unfamiliar to me.

Paint It Black is probably my favorite song by the Rolling Stones but this album was a 2 overall.

"what a drag it is getting old," sings the man who won't die over one of the most annoying guitar lines of the 60's played by a man who won't die even harder. Most of this is extremely boring but you can at least see how it's the bones for rock and roll to get good some day.

I’ve always felt that the Stones are best represented by a greatest hits collection, and this album does nothing to change my mind. A really rather dull collection of tracks (I listened to the UK release so I didn’t even get the joy of Paint It Black). Under My Thumb is a great track as always, but I found everything else on this record very generic; the fact that The Beatles released Revolver around the same time and somehow people compare the two is baffling to me. I’m docking a star purely for the self-indulgent wankery that is Going Home. 11 minutes of a basic sketch of a generic blues riff, just awful.

If anyone says this is one of their favourite albums check on the women in their life. A distractions off, lyrics on album. A story of a man trying to get a woman and then treating her awfully. I think he gets what he deserves in the end.

Some incredibly repetitive and not particulary interesting blues. (UK version.)

Not to be the too woke friend but I think misogyny is bad and I don’t care for 50 minutes of it. Okay - maybe calling it “50 minutes of misogyny” is a gross oversimplification; however, the lyrics on so much of the album bring it down from “yeah, it’s fine” to outright unenjoyable for me. Favorite: Goin’ home

Sheesh, this is rough lyrically. A lot of interesting things musically. I just can’t see myself ever really sitting down and listening to this all the way through again.

Not the best Rolling Stones album. I liked around 3 songs.

My comments didn’t save but I didn’t love this. Back from a work conference so missed last week.

Two Stones albums in a week really put a damper on my perspective here. Maybe I’m bored of them or maybe I just liked last week’s album more.

It's only rock n roll

I understand that the Rolling Stones, and this album in particular are considered to be wildly influential and important to a lot of music that can afterward. I also understand that I just don’t care for it at all. “Under My Thumb” is the only redeeming part of this record, and that’s mostly because of Streetheart’s unreal cover of it. Maybe there’s some Canadian bias in my preference of the cover, but that’s the way she goes. 2*

On the plus side, this album is musically more interesting than 'Let It Bleed', though there's still a bit of a hokey blues cosplaying here. I do like "Paint It Black" as far as Stones songs go. The use of a wider range of instruments than guitar, bass, drums is appreciated. Generally, I am not a believer in holding people to modern standards when evaluating their beliefs from another time societally, but the misogyny on this album goes well beyond the casual sexism du jour. To sandwich a love ballad ("Lady Jane") in between songs about hating ("Stupid Girl") and controlling ("Under My Thumb") women is... rich, to be charitable. These songs are only the most egregious examples of a general contempt for women that seems to run through the whole album. I just really hate Mick Jagger, his dumb voice, and the very dumb words that come from his dumb face. 4/10 for being a better and more interesting album, musically, than 'Let It Bleed'.

It was OK, but a bit boring except for the first track.

One of the many mysteries of Martin Scorsese is his ability to make these guys sound cool as hell.

There are a couple really great songs on here, a few truly bad ones, and some very forgettable filler. It is funny going back to see how unremarkable the stones really are.

Et par bangers, paint it black og under my thumb, men mye ræl i så jævlig stereo ass. Trodde Philip overdrev, men nei, stereo må ha blitt funnet opp uken før. Typ det årets ChatGPT

Disappointing!!

It's okay. I love "Paint It Black," the first track on the album. The rest of the album falls flat for me. I'm sure for my dad, who grew up in this generation, the album was significant. Just not for me. 2/5.

credit to the Stones, if i built my career around playing these songs over and over again for 60 years i would fucking kill myself

listened to the US version instead of the UK version, and I think that was the right decision. leading off with Paint it Black set a great tone that was absolutely not matched by the rest of the album. did you know these guys LOVE to fuck and disrespect women? it's most of the album, which gets old pretty quick. Flight 505 slipped in between the misogyny sandwich made me laugh though, "I got bored of my life and went to escape and the plane crashed and I DIED. anyways, this girl I know SUCKS." if they had to keep Going Home, I'm glad they ended the album with it, because GOD does that song go on and on and on and on... listening to the UK exclusives, Mother's Little Helper and Out of Time are pretty enjoyable, even if Out of Time gets a little repetitive and runs ~2 min too long. Take It or Leave It? sure, I'll leave it, thanks standout songs: Paint it Black, Mother's Little Helper, Out of Time 2.5 rounded down

Okay, so both the US and UK versions have all time great opening tracks. Paint it Black is a classic and Mothers Little Helper is one of my personal favorite Stones songs, but most of the fun kind of ends there for me. Both versions just lack the fun, rock & roll element of a Stones record. Based on timing of the release, it sort of makes sense that it was still very early on and they were in the midst of finding their sound, but this feels like they were stuck in 60s psychedelia. Under My Thumb is a track that stands out musically. It’s one that I assume most have heard at some point, but boy those lyrics don’t really hold up, huh? Even if it’s sort of a tongue-in-cheek jokey presentation, the song itself feels gross. I’d never paid too much attention to the lyrics because my mind was always drawn to the marimba and the unique sound that Brian Jones was adding. His playing throughout the album stands out. My personal favorite track is High And Dry. It’s honkin and tonkin and feels like it could have charted on the Billboard Country charts in any era, but again they played around with their sound so much on the record as a whole that there was nothing else that even sounded similar. Overall, not a great album front to back because of the lack of consistent sound. I’d much rather listen to one of the classic Stones records where as the few highlights from this album and era are best thrown into their 64-71 comp. I’d give 2.5 stars if I could but we’re going to round down today.

the first of the "formative" Stones albums i've gotten around to (anything before Beggars Banquet)! being someone who's only checked them out via similar album challenges, it's hard to stop myself from looking at their music in the context of their contemporaries. especially with this album drawing comparisons to Rubber Soul, i struggle to find many thematical or musical similarities other than both of them being released in the same six-month window. the few uncommon instrumental choices, while interesting, don't do a whole lot to reshape the Stones' identity as a blues rock band, though it is a style that fits their skillset. Jagger's vocals & the rhythm section at large (the organ parts are cool!) do a lot to individualize the group's sound, i've just never understood the perception of them as pioneering anything that wasn't already being done by the Bob/Beach/Beatle/Kink sector of mid-60's rock innovation. the acoustic moments interspersed throughout are a nice change of pace & generally my favorite songs of theirs; Brian Jones is just as vital an ingredient to their sound as Jagger/Richards imo. the runtime is a liiiiittle much for the lack of variety (Going Home does not help) but i can appreciate that as some element of statement-making! if we could award half-star ratings this would be a perfect candidate for 2.5, i don't actively dislike anything besides the misogyny but i doubt i'd find myself repeating any of these tracks except Paint It Black (which isn't even on the version of this i listened to) invasion by association

US release had Paint it black, huge miss not having this on UK version (a point deduction on its own). Out of time was good. Otherwise pretty repetitive

I was going to rate this a 1 but it has Paint it Black on it so.. it's a 2. I still don't understand their popularity.

I've heard 2 or 3 Stones albums before this list and I've mostly liked what I've heard, but I've never heard this one. This seems to be where they really found their footing and established themselves, but I was disappointed by it. I'm sure it was pretty notable when it released, but most of the album felt like second rate Rolling Stones, the sort of thing they would do later and do better. I always liked when the Stones do the country/southern rock sort of thing elsewhere so Doncha Bother Me is pretty decent. Paint It Black is a classic but I'm a bit tired of hearing it now. The lyrics on Stupid Girl are fucking shite. Gone Home was good for the first 5 or so minutes but it just kept going and felt like rambling nonsense at a point Overall a letdown. I have higher hopes for the others on the list. 2.5 (I listened to the US version) Highlights: Doncha Bother Me, Paint It Black

not my fav rolling stones I had so far. a bit boring

I listened partway through the UK version before I realized that I could be working through an album that was 10 minutes shorter and had a track that was better than anything else on the album. I guess the Rolling Stones just aren't for me.

It starts with the banger 5/5 Paint it Black. But there are a few skippable tracks for me—Lady Jane for sure—and the last track, Going Home, was painful, so overall, it can only be a 3 at most. UPDATE - I realise now that I listened to the US version. The UK version does not have Paint it Black. I listened to the additional 4 songs. Out of Time was good. But the album drops to 2 stars without Paint it Black.

Odd album because it had some of the best stones songs but also really a lot of songs I would skip.

Grandpa music ;(

Lemme guess, this is one of MANY Stones albums on this list, because we need to cHarT tHEiR pRogGrEsS or sEe wHeRE tHey CaMe fRoM. Can't we just have the good albums??

eu não aguentoOoOo mais rolling stones

Highlights: Paint It Black, Flight 505 I don't think this album is for me

Hum drum and laaaaaaaame

I just can’t get into The Stones. I’ve tried and it’s all just very forgettable

2 booms BOOM 💪 BOOM 💪

Too bad their lyrics suck this much. Musically, it starts with a strong hit, Paint It Black is still one of their best song. It continues with interesting instrumentals, experimentations, interesting sounds from a wide range of instruments. When I think of experimentation from this era, their rival comes directly in my mind but I don't think of the Stones, and that was my mistake. But everything is tainted by their awful, offending lyrics. Might have been 4 of 5 stars.

Okey, not my cup of tea.

Listened to UK version.

I like The Stones but with such a huge catalogue I think their best albums are greatest hits. This one is a bit early for me.

I just sure do dislike the sound of Mick Jagger’s voice. Have I said that before?

Has some good songs, but I’ve never been impressed by the Stones

If a man says this is his favorite album I'd suggest his date start stuffing breadsticks.

Just a bit bored by it. They seemed to be exploring loads of different music but it was all so surface level to me that it never did anything interesting

eh, okay

The link here took me to the UK version of the album, which has Mother's Little Helper in place of Paint It Black 😒 Best: Under My Thumb (!) Worst: Going Home

I love the stones but the 60s production curse strikes again.

This album represents The Rolling Stones before they were The Rolling Stones. A lot of the elements of their signature groove are there, as shown in the long outro, but it’s missing something. Painted Black was cool, but doesn’t shine particularly bright against its peers of that time period. Ultimately, I left this a little uninspired.

Meh.

A few good ones but it’s okay. Love the 60’s sound but would’ve liked a-bit more psychedelia

I thought the Rolling Stones were meant to be good 😭

Letteralmente terribile. Noioso fino allo sfinimento e quando non è ripetitivo è raccapricciante. Stones, so che potete fare di meglio

Paint it Black is such a good song but it all goes downhill from there

I'm hoping some rock and roll will allow me to finally rate something above a 2 Paint It Black - This has never been my favorite song, but it's not bad. I just hate the whole "blah blah blah paint it blaaackkk" part. Stupid Girl - Can't say I'm gonna love this one from the first minute. This sounds like a child wrote it. Like it just sounds basic and boring. (going back to this, for 1966, this was probably pretty wild. So I give it a pass) Lady Jane - So far we're off to a poor start. Not gonna like this song I just know it. I was right Under My Thumb - ok a little funky start, I dig it. I think in the context of 1966, this music was probably super sick. And for that, I can respect it. But I don't really love listening to it in 2025. The bassline is really cool on this, love the way it sounds. These sounds are just pretty repetitive so far. Doncha Bother Me - I'm gonna be disappointed in this album too...sigh...it's just not that interesting to me Think - Oh wow, another song I don't really care for. Flight 505 - Back half of the album, can it redeem itself? Probably not. I also should mention that I'm not a big fan of Mick's vocals. High And Dry - I just know I won't like this song. Fuck me. This song stinks. The drum pattern is so fucking annoying. Sorry, I'm still salty that 1001 Albums Generator has given me shit i dont likeeeee ugh im trying!!!!!!!!!!! It's Not Easy - I do regret giving a bunch of albums 2/5 though. Because I do think I like this album marginally better than the rest of the 2/5 I gave. But there's no way I'm giving this a 3/5. This song is alright, I would never choose to listen to it again though. I Am Waiting - I'm waiting for a good fucking song. Little did I know that Paint It Black would probably be my favorite song off this thing. Do not like this one. Going Home - Cmon, end it strong. (they won't). As i suspected. Another song I don't like. Overall - Super disappointing.

4/10 - The Rolling Stones are boring.

Think Not really for me

Really didn't like a few songs (eg: Lady Jane), the rest were okay.

Outside of Paint It, Black and Under My Thumb this was just sort of sleepy and uninteresting to me. I was very excited to listen and discover a new deep cut or two, but it just didn't happen for me.

Listened to the US version solely because of "Paint It Black", which is utterly brilliant. Unfortunately it was immediately followed by "Stupid Girl", which I just hated so much because of its misogynistic lyrics. "Under My Thumb" wasn't much better, and the rest of the album kinda blended together.

Never been a Stones fan. Most of their songs are mediocre at best. This album is not the exception to the rule. That would normally mean 3 stars but unfortunately Going Home is so irritating that it loses 1 star just for that track.

By that time, The Beatles had already released Rubber Soul and Revolver was on the way. Meanwhile the Stones were writing songs like Doncha Bother Me and High and Dry.

Blues rock... Yanowatimean

By chances they have 2 or 3 huge hits on this one, because after that, we're falling into the great land of the generic blues rock fillers. Man, this band is overrated to a point that is almost unbelievable.

I consider myself a fan of the Rolling Stones. However, the sheer douchebaggery of this album was a little hard to stomach.

Not my favorite Stones record. But interesting, nonetheless.

its classic stones its probably good

Paint it black and Under my thumb are good songs, but the rest of this album is quite dull.

Rolling Stones begynder at udfordre kraftigt til titlen som mest overvurderede band i historien. Jo jo, jeg kan da sagtens finde en håndfuld sange (eller mere) i deres diskografi der er topklasse. Men gud hvor er der også meget middelmådighed på de (efterhånden mange) albums jeg har fået fra 1001 listen. Dette album hørte jeg i UK versionen, da det må betragtes som den originale. Så ikke engang Paint It Black kan trække op for vurderingen. Og det siger ikke så lidt da det langt fra er det Stones hit jeg vurderer stærkest. Nogle af sangene her virker decideret amatør agtige. I Am Waiting og Take It Or Leave It ikke mindst.

a nostalgic throwback to the days when mick jagger wasnt the smarmiest sleaziest most self satisfied piece of shit frontman on the planet, and merely a guy with an extremely annoying voice and singing sensibilities. could do a lot worse for a rubber soul equivalent made by a band that sucks ass, id say im even into the A side here more then im not...its nothing if not a very distinct lineup of songs, strong central musical and lyrical ideas, and its fun to map the View Of Women thru each track which fluctates wildly from sympathetic (and horrifying) observations of married women addicted to happy pills to at least one straightforward love song to Stupid Girl and Under My Thumb which are hilarious (on purpose) misogyny classics. ofc the arrangement creativity keeps popping up even tho im less into the second half. cant stand this band but how can i hate an album with multiple marimba parts on it??? u cant go wrong with a marimba. also this is actually my first time listening to the UK tracklisting lmao, only heard the US version as a teen, had to hunt down the other songs on the Flowers compilation

welp, that sure was the soundtrack for my midday zone out... EXCEPT for whatever the hell was going on with that 11 minute song. stop it. get some help.

meh. another crappy album by an overrated band of misogynists. seriously, i think every track on here was about some perceived slight or personal failing by a woman. mick jagger even sang in one song that a woman was only in it for the money, but in another song later he/the narrator tried to do the exact same thing. unfortunately this album doesn't hit any of the standards for good music, despite all the standards being double. *airhorn noises* i can only assume the US version of this album would've been a better listen since it was mercifully shorter and replaced four filler tracks with the actually decent single paint it black. instead i had to listen to the stones' 11-minute take on an endless, nameless-style cacophony track. i about lost it around 9 1/2 minutes in when someone started clapping arhythmically. what the fuck guys. favorites: mother's little helper, under my thumb, and out of time were the least bad tracks. under my thumb is kind of a jam despite its intense misogyny... ugh

Meh, I'm more of a Beatles fan

For such a popular band, this was such an underwhelming album. Just more white bias on this list.

A couple of great songs, then seemingly like every other RS lp nothing but basic filler. The definition of a greatest hits band vs full discography. 2 songs added to 1001 Playlist Experience Playlist and the rest was fairly forgettable

Jagger heard "Run for Your Life" close Rubber Soul and was like I can be WAY more misogynistic than that! "Stupid Girl" is a stupid song. And there's plenty more. But also lots of vintage mid-60s Stones, as they were just finding out what that meant. Not just a white blues rock band, but that magic that would peak in the late-60s and early 70s with Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile, et al. If you dig what's good here, and loathe what isn't, some advice: the UK version has a couple more great tunes, including "Out of Time" and "Mother's Little Helper". Make a playlist of both the UK and USA versions, cut the shit (including the pointless "Going Home"), and you have a fine little album that's at least marginally less objectionable lyrically, and excellent otherwise. Track list: Paint it Black, Mother's Little Helper, Lady Jane, Under My Thumb (gross lyrics but it bangs), Doncha Bother Me, Flight 505, High and Dry, Out of Time, I am Waiting. Four stars for those, but just two for the original.

I don't care much for this 60s rock nonsense, but I can't deny the cultural impact the Stones have had. This is a great example of an album that I'm positive has resonated with millions of people worldwide that I just don't care for. Under My Thumb is my pick for high point of this album, and it's so early on.

Not a fan of pre mid 60s Stones . but still a few great tracks , just not enough for a whole album best track - under my thumb 2.5

I’m sure this is a classic album that i would get shit for but I don’t care much for it. The first song Paint it Black I knew. This song was featured in a Kevin Bacon movie Stir of Echos. The rest was whatever. I know little Rolling Stones album but the ones I do know I like. This one is a pass for me.

High-key mid.

Listened to the UK Version which is longer and doesn't have "Paint it Black" on it. I think overall it is a mediocre to boring album. This album is 52 minutes of similar sounding blues rock that one could expect of an early Stones record, which is surprising to me because this album is generally referred to as some of their first good output which confuses me a little. Other than the first side, which features a few good tracks, it really doesn't take long for it to start to drone on. By the end of it, I was quite done with Jagger's lethargic vocals after the amusement of the offbeat instrumentation wore off.

These lyrics are terrible. 2.4

Actually insane people like this band more than the beatles.

прямо скажем, не очень внимательно один раз прослушала, общее впечатление что какой длинный хонки-тонк…

Wankers

I was not impressed by this album. 2/5

lowkey making paint it black the first track is clickbait. everything about paint it black is otherworldly and ahead of its time and the rest of the album seems to get somewhat stuck in that same period. Still some interesting instrumentation but somewhat of a let down. 1.) paint it black 2.) under my thumb 3.) lady jane

Some great songs, but also a lot of boring repetitive ones

very meh

Nothing special to me.

Like many of the Stones albums, one good track. But it's a great one.

We’d call under my thumb coercive control these days and mother little helper would have had the social workers in. Still finding their feet.

Okay, but like, misogyny.

2.5☆/5 06.27.2024 How much male chauvinism can you fit in 52 minutes

Wanted to handwave this, Stones, I don't care, 3, next. But see? This, kids, is why we don't pay attention to lyrics! Jesus Christ. Bonus: there's also some truly shit music on here. 2 but only because of Paint It Black.

It’s been a minute since The Rolling Stones have shown up for me. And truthfully I haven’t been complaining about that. Funnily enough I started with the debut, and what a weak start it was. I’m aware of what this band would go on to do, but it seems like other people also agreed that their first record wasn’t all that interesting. I had hoped that maybe Aftermath, which from what I had seen, is supposed to be the first noteworthy record they released would be better. Hilariously, I found it to be even less interesting than their debut. I want to preface this by saying that none of their music has ever really stuck out to me, even before I heard entire albums. Paint It, Black is the only song I’ve ever found enjoyable. And although that song technically is on this, that’s only the US version. Based on the cover I was shown, I was supposed to listen to the UK version, which seems to be the original intended version. That’s unfortunate, because without that previously mentioned song, the only other good track here is Lady Jane. And that barely sits above average in terms of other blues rock music I’ve heard. There is just nothing on this album that sticks out to me as cool or engaging. What are they doing here that I couldn’t find two dozen other bands doing from the same time period? Plus I think hearing this is what really cemented my opinion on Mick Jagger. I kinda can’t stand the guy. He’s not even like an amazing singer. If we are talking big legendary bands of the 60s, he is no Jim Morrison or John Lennon. He’s not even comparable to someone like John Fogerty. Maybe this is a sign that the Stones are just not for me. But now that I can put the two lackluster ones behind me, it’s supposed to be only good albums from them from here on out. I hope I can be proven wrong, and my opinions can be changed. Rating: 3/10

I have yet to find an album by the stones where the deeper tracks are anything special. Love the tracks I was already familiar with from this album, but everything else is more or less boring. And that “Going Home” song… Who could possibly have the patience to make it to the end of that travesty?

Well…. If this doesn’t backup Bill Hicks’ theory that drugs do/did some good things for our culture than I don’t know what does. Listen to “Stupid Girl” and “Lady Jane” and you’ll experience the approximately longest 6 minutes of your entire life. Drivel horseshit. Derivative sexist crap. And then there’s Paintbut Black, Under my Thumb, Think and a few others. I’ll take the mind altered drug induced 70s Stones thanks.

3 was too high for this album. 2, and I was nice. Wannabe Beatles

Outside of Paint it Black this is pretty shit. The Stones have much better albums

bloated as helllll why is there an 11 minute long track in the middle of this 😭

I don’t find this remarkable.

A few good songs and then the rest is pretty boring. Live this band was amazing, but this album isn't.

Not for me

At their most musical when they’re at their most misogynistic, which is to say I’m not gonna be coming back to this one too often.

How to write an Aftermath song: - Jingle Jangle - Say something that won’t age well - Tambourine I feel like this is included because of the t-shirts.

Over rated. I remember why I don't like the Stones all that much. They always sounded a little out of tune and like they were phoning it in (except for Charlie Watts, of course). Weirdly ironic to criticize your middle class peers while engaging in the very behavior you're criticizing. Oh wait, I forgot,you're writing about "characters." Sorry. I KNOW I'm SUPPOSED to LOVE the Stones as anti-establishment heroes, but they were always pretty representative of the establishment in Rock, weren't they? Minus one star for Critical Acclaim®.