Aftermath

Repetitive and boring, very sexist.

1. helper - 2 2. ztupid - 1 3. lady - 1.5 4. thumb - 1 5. bother - 1 6. home - 2 7. flight - 1 8. dry - 1.5 9. time - 1.5 10. eazy - 1.5 11. uuaiting - 1 12. leave - 1.5 13. think - 1 14. uuhat - 1

I AM WHITE AND IT IS 1945

Okay, standard 60s rock album- still not too fussed on the stones.

Horrible - songs have such unimaginative lyrics with poor, low complexity melody

Whether you're in the market for blatant misogyny (stupid girl, under my thumb) or absolute snore-fests (going home, I am waiting), the Stones have you covered Fuck all the way off

Wasn't it enough that Britain had to colonize the world in search of spices just so they could prepare the most unseasoned food? Did they also have to steal everyone's instruments to make this album?

I have no interest in this, dull as fuck, there's an 11 minute song in the middle and Paint It Black isn't even on this version

Did not enjoy.

They have some serious tunes but this may be one of the dullest albums I've ever listened to

Very one paced and boring. The lyrics are really something

Really quite dull, never thought of them as an album band

Absolutely pants start. Got bored about halfway through so not gonna finish this one.

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Probably this is the first time that I listen to a complete Rolling Stone album. I'm going to sound ignorant ASF but I didn't know that Paint it black was from this album. WTF with this song: Stupid Girl. I kind of get it but I'm not a big fan of Rolling Stones. So, 2 stars for this album. XOXO Maggie

I know this is supposed to be a landmark album and all, but, um....no. I can't believe this album is mentioned in the same breath as Rubber Soul.

no songs struck me in particular, and misogynistic lyrics + repetitive boring rock had me literally not paying attention. already had 2 songs off the album liked from previous attempt to listen from a while ago but even those i'm not particularly fond of or feel a desire to listen to again. could be attributed to limitations of personal taste, but subjectivity is the essential core of this whole project anyway

There's something about this era of mid-60s production that always sets my teeth on edge, you can tell this was EQ'd for FM radios that didn't pick up high frequencies very well. I found myself having to listen to this in shorter chunks just because that keith richards telecaster sound as recorded is really only palatable in small chunks. This album is a combination of things to me that both song quite modern, and also stark reminders that this album is 10 years removed from the "doo-wop" era (and only about 30 years removed from the peak of delta blues). "Out of Time" is straight out of some righteous brothers recording, while "Mother's Little Helper" borrows modes from turkish café music to make some exceedingly bitter and wry commentary about class hypocrisy in drug usage (albeit with still dated conceptions of mental health and sexism). Such is the appeal of a lot of this era of music to me, where you can hear the new guard alongside the old guard and be forced to take part in a little bit of the same shock that contemporary audiences probably held. My favorite track on this album is probably "Sweet Lady Jane", a surprisingly tender mixolydian ode (supposedly to cannabis) that is really performed with a lot of delicacy and control by Mick and crew. I think the Rolling Stones are at their best when they're forced out of their stylistic and thematic comfort zones, and Brian Jones inspired use of extended instrumentation here really makes a lot of the counterpoint come alive. As Tears Go By and Wild Horses are the eventual results of this more tender and reserved kind of exploration. Now I'm admittedly not a lyricshead, unless the words are really clear and foregrounded in the mix I'm really going to only ambiently notice them, but this album is just really obnoxious and annoying conceptually in a way that's just unavoidable. On a long list of things that make this album a tough hang, that manages to be at the top of the list. It ages even more poorly next to the other transformative albums that came out at the same time, Pet Sounds and Revolver sound like brilliantly modern classics especially in comparison to this, both textually and compositionally. Overall this is a really unpleasant listen. The bracing reminders of acrid sexism here are a good reminder of how awful large parts of the counterculture were at the time (a fact that IMO gets glossed over when the era is described fatuously by boomers as a utopian vision of anti-authoritarianism). This could have safely been left off the list with nothing of value lost, and this is coming from a person that's deeply partial to music from the 60s. Ordinarily with albums I don't like I can abstract my way out to finding some compositional features I like or find interesting, but I have no real interest in doing that here. Beyond being caustic and stupid, this album is also exceptionally boring.

FFFFFFFFFffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff................................ I've heard Mother's Little Helper so many times before, didn't even register the name of the song let alone register the content of the lyrics before just now. The rest of it just drags on after that. This is the band? This is iconic? This is in the cannon of our Collective Cultural Achievement? [Clay Davis says 'Sheeeeiiit' (10 hour edit)]

It’s hilarious I’m listening to this after everyone has aired their grievances, lol. Reading into this a bit it’s objectively hilarious that they picked this as part of the Stones’ canon. This feels like them desperately trying to find their voice. I actually love “Mother’s Little Helper” as a satire of how much speed had saturated normal life, it’s genuinely good and a decent tune. And then, abject idiocy. This band wrote some legitimately great tunes what are they doing with “Stupid Girl”? “Lady Jane” is begging for someone other than Mick to sing this song. I feel like Brian Jones thought this was a good idea but Mick is the absolute wrong person to sing this tune. The music is kinda gorgeous though - almost gives the same impression as “Golden Brown” by The Stranglers. “Under My Thumb” still slaps with the overfuzzed bass and the marimbas, which is the only saving grace cause yeah what in the actual fuck were you thinking, Mick. Some of this is almost worse than the more objectively criminal lyrics because it’s sung like it’s absolutely ok. Blurf. “Doncha Bother Me” is just the Stones doing their early blues schtick with a few more bells and whistles but like - they did so much better just two years later, why is *this* seminal listening? “Going Home” is a snoozefest after the first verse and there’s 11 minutes but OK. I’ll just go listen to Ten Years After jam on “I’m Going Home” for 11 minutes at Woodstock instead. Anyway while they’re fucking around I will say - there is an element of this that is fascinating to hear a band figuring out their sound. However I would not call it something that’s required listening; just interesting for fans of the band itself. Brian Jones is doing so much heavy lifting here. They’re still going with this bullshit jam god bless them. What trash. “Flight 505” isn’t terrible, though it’s way overproduced with the organ - it’s indicative of a ton of the problems with overproduction on this album. They don’t have a George Martin to tell them “no that will sound bloody awful boys”. Also lol they just wrote a song about crashing a plane into the ocean. Cool, great ending. The fucking rich irony of writing a song like “High and Dry” after being an absolute fucking monster the rest of the album. “Out of Time” is the second legitimately good song on the record, the doo-wop skewering works and the harmonies actually work. Mick’s range is actually on display here. Even if it is about telling a woman she’s frumpy and bad because that seems to be the theme of the album. Boys. The song ended a minute and a half ago. C’mon now. Again THE IRONY OF SINGING THAT IT’S HARD TO BE ALONE. GEE I WONDER WHY. I do love “I Am Waiting”, a genuinely beautiful song with incredible harmonies and a gorgeous sentiment. “Take It or Leave It” is also incredibly solid, damn did you figure some shit out? Some legitimately great tunes here at the end. Nope there we go with another gaslighting song. Fuck off man. I can think back to what a fucking sack of donkey shit you were the rest of this album. Christ what a spiteful album, except for a handful of gorgeous tunes.

I tried listening to this, but I just can't get into it. This older stuff just feels so dated at this point.

it was not for me. i didn’t really like it, it’s not my type

I think this might be the worst collection of songs I've ever listened to. No exaggeration.

Die Musik ist repetitiv und eher langweilig. Meh.

Just didn’t like it.

So unbelievably boring.

paint it black gets a 3. the rest. meh. Nope this is one star. its catchy but I think I'd rather go to the dentist than listen to this music. I'd rather do mandatory HR Training than listen to this music. If I never hear another Rolling Stones album I will be fine.

Paint it black good. Everything else so so so so so so so so bad. 1/10

I will never understand the love for this band. It’s the stones and Aerosmith that just make no sense to me. How are these bands so highly regarded? This album was not good. This band is not good.

Hm, two versions of this album, going with UK version. This sounds nothing like any famous RS song I've heard before. It's not very good at all, even if different for the RS. Inclined to 2* (1.5 rounded up) 3 tracks in. Maybe I should have listened to the US version with paint it black, and that would have earned it another 0.5 star.

Hated this one. First few songs were terrible. Couldn't pull myself to do the last few tracks. Not for me.

Mäßig interessanter Pop Rock.

Not good. I don’t get it.

It was probably the shit at its' time, but it's either the rolling stones, or this album, but this kind of music is really not my thing. Although i can imagine some hippies in the 60s tripping their balls to the 11 minute closer

One dug one track, Under my Thumb

i got around a quarter of the way through before i decided to cut my losses, i don't think i'll ever care that much about 90% of 60s rock

Ahh..The Rolling Stones. Two songs on this album had millions of views which made sense since they’re so well known. Now, it also make sense why the other songs had less than a million. They ALL sounded the same. I didn’t know when one song started and another one ended. All just blended together. Also, the lyrics were repetitive and never changing. It was especially repetitive when we got to the 11 minute song. Just kept going and going with nothing new added. 2/10 only because of the two popular songs.

this aint it

недоебанные битлы

Guess I just like paint it black

Not a fan of this band.

ehh

non!!!!

06/09/2022 The Rolling Stones – Aftermath 1.5/5 The Rolling Stones is one of those groups that, because of their impact on the music world and general culture in general; I’ve been always tented to listen to deeply, but I have never had the real intentions to. I like most of their more known songs, but their general musical aspect has never attracted me. Well, after listening to this album, I have lost all my interest. I don’t know if it’s because it’s one of their first albums and they evolve their sound later in their career, but for me it sounded terrible, both musically and in terms of production and quality. As some people have said in their reviews here, they sound like a way worst version of The Beatles, and not contemporary to this album exactly (Revolver was released on 1966 too and it’s the beginning of the better Beatles era, in my opinion). There is only one exception (and only in the U.S. version of the album), and it’s Paint It, Black, probably my favourite song of theirs. The rest sound kind of awful for me. Favourite tracks – • Paint It, Black: great track. Atmospheric, highly authentic sound that pairs incredible with the lyrics, and quite original. I wish the rest of the album sounded like this. Less favourite tracks – • Lady Jane: I can’t stand the sound of the instrumentation of this song, and how it is so disconnected from the voice. • Going Home: who thought that making this track 11 minutes long was a good idea?

I found it hard to get through. Mediocre singing, no depth in lyrics, dragged out tunes - not my cup of tea!

This album ranged from cheesy and repetitive to downright painful to listen to. The vocals really grate on some tracks and in quite a few cases the lyrics are bloody awful. Paint it black was a highlight, but nothing special and it was downhill from there.

Besides the 2-3 classics, it sucks

I enjoy the Rolling Stones, but this album was not good.

Blah blah thumb blah

Meh? Soooo not my kind of music. Nothing to write home about at all.

I do not like the rolling stones...

-beatles were better -production feels sloppier than Rubber Soul/Revolver which were the same years -"going home" would probably be fun live but not sitting at a desk for 11 minutes

i havent heard of this band yet but their songs are so dopeee why did i not know this band before lol

Sixties Stones, Great