Released in the UK in January 1967 by Decca Records and February by London Records in the US - 'Between The Buttons' was the Stones' fifth British and seventh US studio album. Released as the follow-up to 'Aftermath', this album marked a high point in the band's career, continuing their ventures into psychedelia and baroque pop balladry, it is among the band's most musically eclectic works. Brian Jones sidelined his guitar on much of the album, instead playing a wide variety of other instruments including organ, marimba, vibraphone, and kazoo. Piano contributions came from two session players: former Rolling Stones member Ian Stewart and frequent contributor and studio legend Jack Nitzsche. It was the last album produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, the band's manager and producer of all of their albums to this point. The US version includes contemporaneous hits - the two songs that gave the group a double-sided number one in early 1967: the shameless and controversial 'Let's Spend The Night Together' and the beautiful, melancholy 'Ruby Tuesday'.
Track Listing:
1. Yesterday's Paper - The Rolling Stones (2.05)
2. My Obsession - The Rolling Stones (3.18)
3. Back Street Girl - The Rolling Stones (3.28)
4. Connection - The Rolling Stones (2.1)
5. She Smiled Sweetly - The Rolling Stones (2.45)
6. Cool, Calm and Collected - The Rolling Stones (4.19)
7. All Sold Out - The Rolling Stones (2.18)
8. Please Go Home - The Rolling Stones (3.18)
9. Who's Been Sleeping Here? - The Rolling Stones (3.57)
10. Complicated - The Rolling Stones (3.16)
11. Miss Amanda Jones - The Rolling Stones (2.48)
12. Something Happened to Me Yesterday - The Rolling Stones (4.55)
13. Let's Spend the Night Together - The Rolling Stones
14. Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones
Year of Production: 1967
