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100
Approach this album with an open mind ... and you'll find it to be one of their strongest, most eclectic LPs, with many fine songs that remain unknown to all but Stones devotees.
13y
100
Between the Buttons is lighter and thinner, heavy on piano and a Kinks-like touch of ye olde Englandisms; having belatedly discovered pop melody, Jagger and Richards were suddenly overdosing on the stuff.
10y
90
An addicting and exciting offering from The Rolling Stones that will have you singing long after the music stops playing
2y
79
In many ways, Between the Buttons was the line of demarcation between The Rolling Stones’ career as a mainstream pop act and the evolution as rock and roll pioneers.
2y
60
Between The Buttons hinted at the ever-expanding songwriting scope of Jagger/Richards.
2y
(31/12/2025) : 80
1967, my favorite year in music history. The Beatles & Jimi Hendrix with their insane breakthroughs across two albums, the biggest what if in music if The Beach Boys had released SMiLE, the debut of Pink Floyd, The Doors, and The Velvet Underground. In that same year, The Rolling Stones released, Between the Buttons.
Damn. This is where they start exploring different sounds, especially what was popular at the time, psychedelic. And they actually made a great psychedelic ... read more
'67 would be the year that The Stones really tried to expand upon their style of rock, and rolled into the realm of psychadellic pop. "Between the Buttons" is a careful, but pretty neat attempt, that delivers a good handful of enjoyable deep cuts.
THE ROLLING STONES DEEP DIVE: BETWEEN THE BUTTONS
The first song “Yesterday’s Papers” provides us a mildly interesting opener but really it left me wanting quite a bit more. However, I liked the rhythm section of this song as well as the vibraphone accompanying it. In fact, Brian Jones plays a multitude of instruments on this album that help to give everything a pretty unique sound. Despite all of that, the songs still seem to miss the mark for me on a grand scale. I ... read more
Not what the Stones are known for, but man is it solid work. It sounds like them, it doesn't sound like their contemporaries - but it DOES sound very British-Invasiony, and I'm here for that all of the way.
Favorites - Yesterday's Papers, Back Street Girl, She Smiled Sweetly, Cool, Calm & Collected, Who's Been Sleeping Here?, Complicated, Something Happened to Me Yesterday
Least Favorite - All Sold Out
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Track List
| 1 | Yesterday's Papers 2:05 | 80 |
| 2 | My Obsession 3:18 | 79 |
| 3 | Back Street Girl 3:28 | 85 |
| 4 | Connection 2:10 | 80 |
| 5 | She Smiled Sweetly 2:45 | 80 |
| 6 | Cool, Calm & Collected 4:19 | 81 |
| 7 | All Sold Out 2:18 | 76 |
| 8 | Please Go Home 3:18 | 78 |
| 9 | Who's Been Sleeping Here? 3:57 | 78 |
| 10 | Complicated 3:16 | 80 |
| 11 | Miss Amanda Jones 2:48 | 81 |
| 12 | Something Happened to Me Yesterday 4:54 | 81 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
