Between the Buttons
1967 studio album by the Rolling Stones
Between the Buttons is the fifth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 20 January 1967 in the UK and 23 January in the United States. Reflecting the band's brief foray into psychedelia and baroque pop balladry during the era, the album is among their most eclectic works; multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones frequently abandoned his guitar during the sessions in favour of instruments such as vibraphone, electric dulcimer, banjo, kazoo, theremin and saxophone. Additional keyboard contributions came from frequent contributors Ian Stewart (piano, organ), Jack Nitzsche (piano, harpsichord) and Nicky Hopkins (piano). Between the Buttons would be the band's last album produced by Andrew Loog Oldham, who had, to this point, acted as the band's manager and produced all of their albums.
As with prior albums, the American and British versions contained slightly different track listings. The American version of Between the Buttons, which replaces "Back Street Girl" and "Please Go Home" with "Let's Spend the Night Together" and "Ruby Tuesday", is on the 2003 and 2012 versions of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Between the Buttons reached number 3 on the British album charts and number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Top LPs chart.
Recording and background
On the previous album, Aftermath, Brian Jones introduced a large number of different instruments to the recording sessions, a trend he continued on this album. Jones only contributed electric guitar on one track apiece on the American release and the British version. Bill Wyman plays bass on all except three tracks (which instead feature guitarist Keith Richards on bass), and drummer Charlie Watts and lead singer Mick Jagger appear on all tracks.
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