Aftermath - The Rolling Stones

This is the first album featuring all Jagger/Richards compositions and therefore to many I suppose the first true Rolling Stones album. Like so many of the Stones 60s albums, the British and American releases differ greatly. Despite the American version having 'Paint It Black', the English version is superior. The American version only has eleven songs while the other has fourteen. Including great songs like 'Mothers Little Helper', 'Out of Time', 'What To Do' and 'Take It or Leave It'. All of these were released on the Flowers compilation in America. Aftermath contains surely one of the most perfect Stones songs with the downbeat ...