aftermath

When the Rolling Stones released their fourth album in 1966, it signaled the start of their most fertile and fruitful musical period. 'Aftermath' marked several firsts for the band: their first album where the Glimmer Twins Mick and Keith wrote all of the songs, their first album recorded in the US, and their first album released in stereo. Brian Jones experimented with several exotic instruments, including slide guitar, marimbas, bells, dulcimer, sitar, koto, harmonica, and keyboards; bringing a new color and depth to their sound with nary a songwriting credit. It was produced by Andrew Loog Oldham and the sessions included Jack Nitzsche and Ian Stewart. The British version topped the album charts and had three more songs than the American release which only made it to number two.





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'Mother's Little Helper' dealt with the increasing overuse of prescription drugs. It was a top ten hit in the US. Keith played the riff with a slide on a twelve-string electric guitar. In the US version of the album it was replaced with 'Paint It, Black'.

"Though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill"

The shimmering dulcimer on 'Lady Jane' evokes the music of a medieval court. Even as it suggests Jane Seymour and Anne Boleyn, it refers to 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'. Marie could be Princess Mary, Marie Antoinette, or even the Virgin Mary. It was released as the b-side to 'Mother's Little Helper' and actually made it to number twenty four on the US charts.

The misogynist marimba moodiness of 'Under My Thumb' is one of the guiltiest pleasures in a career built on shock value. It is hated and revered and completely infectious. The fact that it was the song playing when violence broke out at Altamont only adds to its mystique.

The long version of 'Out Of Time' featured on 'Aftermath' is the only one for me. It's a crime that it was not included on the US version.
"You don't know what's going on
You've been away for far too long
You can't come back and think you are still mine"

'I Am Waiting'

"See it come along and don't know where it's from

Oh, yes you will find out, well, it happens all the time

It's censored from our minds, you'll find out"

'Goin Home' was the last song on the US release. It ended side one on the UK version. Keith reminisces on the lusty rambler: "It was the first long rock and roll cut. It broke that two minute barrier. We tried to make singles as long as we could do then because we just liked to let things roll on. Dylan was used to building a song for twenty minutes because of the folk thing he came from. That was another thing. No one sat down to make an eleven minute track. I mean 'Goin' Home', the song was written just the first two and a half minutes. We just happened to keep the tape rolling, me on guitar, Brian on harp, Bill and Charlie and Mick. If there's a piano, it's Stu."

'Aftermath' 
full album:
U.S. version



All songs written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. 

Side one
1. "Paint It Black"   3:22
2. "Stupid Girl"   2:56
3. "Lady Jane"   3:08
4. "Under My Thumb"   3:41
5. "Doncha Bother Me"   2:41
6. "Think"   3:09
Side two
7. "Flight 505"   3:27
8. "High and Dry"   3:08
9. "It's Not Easy"   2:56
10. "I Am Waiting"   3:11
11. "Goin' Home"   11:13

'Aftermath' 
full album:
U.K. version





All tracks written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

Side one
1. "Mother's Little Helper" 2:44
2. "Stupid Girl" 2:56
3. "Lady Jane" 3:08
4. "Under My Thumb" 3:41
5. "Doncha Bother Me" 2:41
6. "Goin' Home" 11:13
Side two
7. "Flight 505" 3:27
8. "High and Dry" 3:08
9. "Out of Time" 5:37
10. "It's Not Easy" 2:56
11. "I Am Waiting" 3:11
12. "Take It or Leave It" 2:47
13. "Think" 3:09
14. "What to Do" 2:32