Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)

Aftermath is a studio album by the Rolling Stones. The Rolling Stones are an English rock band. It was released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 1966 by Decca Records. It was released in the United States in late June or early July 1966 by London Records. It is the band's fourth British studio album, and sixth American studio album. The band made the album in December 1965 and March 1966. The album was released after the band had many hit singles that made them more popular.

Aftermath
Studio album by the Rolling Stones
Released	15 April 1966 (1966-04-15)
Recorded	6–10 December 1965 3–12 March 1966
Studio	RCA (Hollywood)
Genre	Hard rock pop rock blues rock art rock
Length	52:23 (UK) (US)
Label	Decca (UK) London (US)
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
Singles from Aftermath
"Paint It Black" / "Stupid Girl" Released: 7 May 1966 (US) "Mother's Little Helper" / "Lady Jane" Released: 2 July 1966 (US)

It is the band's first album that is made up of only original music. All of the songs on Aftermath were written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Brian Jones also helped make many songs. He used musical instruments that were not common in rock music, such as the sitar, dulcimer, and castanets.

UK edition

All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Side one

1. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:40
2. "Stupid Girl" – 2:52
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:06
4. "Under My Thumb" – 3:20
5. "Doncha Bother Me" – 2:35
6. "Goin' Home" – 11:35

Side two

1. "Flight 505" – 3:25
2. "High and Dry" – 3:06
3. "Out of Time" – 5:15
4. "It's Not Easy" – 2:52
5. "I Am Waiting" – 3:10
6. "Take It or Leave It" – 2:47
7. "Think" – 3:10
8. "What to Do" – 2:30

• ABKCO's 2002 remaster of the UK edition was released with an new stereo mix of "Mother's Little Helper".

US edition

All tracks are written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Side one

1. "Paint It Black" (first released as "Paint It, Black") – 3:20
2. "Stupid Girl" – 2:52
3. "Lady Jane" – 3:06
4. "Under My Thumb" – 3:20
5. "Doncha Bother Me" – 2:35
6. "Think" – 3:10

Side two

1. "Flight 505" – 3:25
2. "High and Dry" – 3:06
3. "It's Not Easy" – 2:52
4. "I Am Waiting" – 3:10
5. "Goin' Home" – 11:35

Aftermath (Rolling Stones Album) Media

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  Mick Jagger (left) and Keith Richards (right), the band's chief songwriters, and Brian Jones (back, center), who contributed to Aftermath as a multi-instrumentalist

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  An Appalachian dulcimer, one of several instruments Jones introduced to the Stones' sound for the album

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  Carnaby Street, 1968. Aftermath captured the Rolling Stones' engagement with the burgeoning Swinging London youth scene.

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  The preliminary title and cover were rejected by the Stones' record label for alluding to Jesus walking on water. (Christ Walking on the Water by Julius von Klever, c. 1880, shown above)

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  Seated left to right: Bill Wyman, Jones, Richards and Jagger, interviewed by music press in Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport while on tour shortly before Aftermath's release

Books

• Bockris, Victor (1992). Keith Richards: The Unauthorised Biography. London: Hutchinson. ISBN 0-09-174397-4.
• Miles, Barry (1980). The Rolling Stones: An Illustrated Discography. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-86001-762-2.
• Walsh, Christopher (24 August 2002). "Super audio CDs: The Rolling Stones Remastered". Billboard. 
• Greenfield, Robert (1981). The Rolling Stone Interviews. St. Martin's Press/Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 978-0-312-68955-1.