Out of Our Heads

Out of Our Heads
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	24 September 1965
Recorded	2 November 1964 – 6 September 1965
Genre	Rock and roll rhythm and blues
Length	29:36
Language	English
Label	Decca
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones British chronology
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (1965)The Rolling Stones No. 21965 Out of Our Heads (1965) Aftermath (1966)Aftermath1966

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
NME	7/10[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
BBC	Positive[4]

Out of Our Heads is the Rolling Stones' third British album and their fourth in the United States. It was released in 1965 through London Records in the US on 30 July 1965 (in both mono—catalogue number LL3429; and in stereo—PS429), and Decca Records in the UK on 24 September 1965 (mono—LK 4733; stereo—SKL 4733), with significant track listing differences between territories.

Music

Most of Out of Our Heads comprises rhythm and blues cover songs.^[5] According to music critic Richie Unterberger, the album's US release largely had soul covers and its "classic rock singles", including "The Last Time", "Play with Fire", and "Satisfaction", still drew on the band's R&B and blues roots, but were updated to "a more guitar-based, thoroughly contemporary context."^[1] Kent H. Benjamin of The Austin Chronicle wrote that the album was "the culmination of the Stones' early soul/R&B sound".^[6] In his review of the album's UK edition, Allmusic's Bruce Eder characterised it as rock and roll and R&B.^[7]

Recording and releases

The British Out of Our Heads – with a different cover – added songs that would surface later in the US on December's Children (And Everybody's) and others that had not been released in the UK thus far (such as "Heart of Stone") instead of the already-released live track and recent hit singles (as singles rarely featured on albums in the UK in those times). Issued later that September, Out of Our Heads reached No. 2 in the UK charts behind the Beatles' Help!. It was The Rolling Stones' last UK album to rely upon R&B covers; the forthcoming Aftermath was entirely composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

In August 2002 both the US and UK editions of Out of Our Heads were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.^[8]

Track listing

American release

Out of Our Heads
Studio album by The Rolling Stones
Released	30 July 1965
Recorded	2 November 1964 – 12 May 1965
Genre	Rock
Length	33:24
Language	English
Label	London
Producer	Andrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones American chronology
The Rolling Stones, Now! (1965)The Rolling Stones, Now!1965 Out of Our Heads (1965) December's Children (And Everybody's) (1965)December's Children (And Everybody's)1965
Singles from Out of Our Heads
"The Last Time" / "Play with Fire" Released: 13 March 1965 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / "The Spider and the Fly" Released: 6 June 1965

Initially issued in July 1965 in the US Out of Our Heads (featuring a shot from the same photo session that was used for the cover of 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2) was a mixture of recordings made over a six-month period, including the Top 10 hit "The Last Time" and the worldwide number 1 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" with B-sides as well as a track from the UK-only live EP Got Live If You Want It!. Six songs would be included in the UK version of the album. "One More Try" is an original that was not released in the UK until 1971's Stone Age. Riding the wave of "Satisfaction"'s success, Out of Our Heads became The Rolling Stones' first US No. 1 album, eventually going platinum.

In 2003 the US edition was listed as number 116 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^[9]

Track listing

"Nanker Phelge" was a pseudomyn used by the Stones for group compositions.

Personnel

The Rolling Stones

As per the American release:

• Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1-3, 5, 7, 12), harmonica (11, 12), tambourine (10)

• Keith Richards – electric guitar (all but 10), backing vocals (1-3, 5-7, 12), acoustic guitar (3, 7, 10)

• Brian Jones – electric guitar (1-3, 6, 8, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (5), harmonica (9)

• Bill Wyman – bass guitar (all but 10)

• Charlie Watts – drums (all but 10)

Additional personnel

• Jack Nitzsche – percussion (3, 7, 10), piano (7), organ (8), harpsichord (10)

• Phil Spector – tuned-down electric guitar (10)

• Ian Stewart – piano (3, 4, 8, 9, 12), marimba (5)

Chart positions

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

External links

• Out of Our Heads at Discogs (list of releases)