Flowers (Rolling Stones album)

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Flowers
Compilation album by The Rolling Stones
Released	26 June 1967
Recorded	3 December 1965 - 13 December 1966
Genre	Rock
Length	37:20
Label	London/ABKCO
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Rolling Stones chronology
Between the Buttons (1967) Flowers (1967) Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Flowers is the eighth U.S. studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1967. The album is a mishmash of previously recorded tracks. The songs either appeared as singles, had been omitted from the American versions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons, were collected from studio sessions dating back several years, or are simply reissues of songs recently released on other albums.

Three tracks had never been released. "My Girl" from the Out of Our Heads and Between the Buttons sessions, and "Ride On, Baby" and "Sittin' On A Fence" from the Aftermath sessions.

The title refers to the album's cover, with flower stems underneath the portrait of each band member. Bassist Bill Wyman claims that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards deliberately arranged the stem of Brian Jones's flower so that it had no leaves, as a prank. He later stated that "I didn't get the joke". The portraits are from the UK version of Aftermath.

Flowers reached #3 in the US during the late summer of 1967 and went gold. In August 2002 it was remastered and reissued on CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

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All songs by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, except where noted.

1. "Ruby Tuesday" – 3:17
   • A January 1967 single release also featured on the US edition of Between the Buttons
2. "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" – 2:34
   • A September 1966 single release
3. "Let's Spend the Night Together" – 3:36
   • A January 1967 single release also featured on the US edition of Between the Buttons
4. "Lady Jane" – 3:08
   • Originally released on Aftermath in 1966
5. "Out of Time" – 3:41
   • An abridged edit of the version originally released on the UK edition of Aftermath in 1966
6. "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson/Ronald White) – 2:38
   • Previously unreleased. Recorded in 1965
7. "Back Street Girl" – 3:26
   • Originally released on the UK edition of Between the Buttons
8. "Please Go Home" – 3:17
   • Originally released on the UK edition of Between the Buttons
9. "Mother's Little Helper" – 2:46
   • Originally released on the UK edition of Aftermath
10. "Take It or Leave It" – 2:46
    • Originally released on the UK edition of Aftermath
11. "Ride On, Baby" – 2:52
    • Previously unreleased. Recorded in 1965
12. "Sittin' On A Fence" – 3:03
    • Previously unreleased. Recorded in 1965

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