Released - 1967, on London/Decca Records (now ABKCO Records) Produced by Andrew Loog Oldham.

Personnel:

Mick Jagger - Lead & Backing Vocals.
Keith Richards -  Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Acoustic Guitar; Backing Vocals, Vocal Harmony.
Brian Jones - Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars; Sitar; Recorder; Piano; Trumpet; Trombone; Tuba; Clarinet; Banjo; Kazoo; Violin; Backing Vocals.
Charlie Watts - Drums & Percussion.
Bill Wyman - Bass; Cello; Backing Vocal.

Additional Personnel - Ian Stewart, Jack Nitzsche, Nicky Hopkins.

(Click on song for lyrics and song personnel)

REVIEW

A little bit of everything on Between the Buttons, including some real nice vocals throughout.

Contains one of their best ever ballads in "Ruby Tuesday". This song has Brian Jones all over it. Brian co-wrote it with Keith Richards (although he wasn't credited), he sings back up vocals with Keith and his fine piano and even more so his beautiful recorder, along with a great lead vocal by Mick Jagger, takes this song to the top. "Miss Amanda Jones" is another fine number, with some fine guitar weaving between Keith and Brian.

"Complicated" is such a simple song, yet it sounds great! There's a lot more to "Something Happened To Me Yesterday", a non rock song in the genre of vaudeville/music hall songs - and a duet at that, sung by Mick & Keith, with Brian on trombone, trumpet and other brass instruments. "Cool Calm & Collected" is a very uplifting song with a nice piano - the first time Nicky Hopkins would supply his talented fingers on the keys to the Stones.

"Lets Spend The Night Together" is the second best song on the album, totally full of gusto thanks in part to Jack Nitzsche's piano playing. All in all, a great flow to this album!

*Old Ratings vs. New Ratings

The oldest ratings that you see here are from back in 1998 when I first rated the album for this site. Since time does change one's point of view, I decided to listen to and rate the album again, doing so in late 2005. In April, 2018, 20 years after the first ratings were made, I rated all of the songs for a third time. Also note that I did not look at the old ratings from 1998 until after I placed my new ratings here in both 2005 and 2018.

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