LP

 

ARTIST: ROLLING STONES

 

TITLE: FLOWERS

 

LABEL + YEAR: DECCA ROYAL SOUND SKL16487-P; GERMAN PRESS 1967

 

CONDITION VINYL: VG+ DUE TO A COUPLE OF SMALL FEINT SURFACE MARKS, PLEASE NOTE: ALL PLAYS VERY CLOSE TO EX WITH A BRIGHT CLEAR SOUND

 

CONDITION SLEEVE: EX FULLY LAMINATED SLEEVE, CLASSIC COVER

 

DESCRIPTION: All Music Review by Richie Unterberger 

 

Flowers was dismissed as a rip-off of sorts by some critics, since it took the patchwork bastardization of British releases for the American audience to extremes, gathering stray tracks from the U.K. versions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons, 1966-1967 singles (some of which had already been used on the U.S. editions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons), and a few outtakes.

 

Judged solely by the music, though, it's rather great. "Lady Jane," "Ruby Tuesday," and "Let's Spend the Night Together" are all classics (although they had all been on an LP before); the 1966 single "Mother's Little Helper," a Top Ten hit, is also terrific; and "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?,"

 

making its first album appearance, is the early Stones at their most surrealistic and angst-ridden. A lot of the rest of the cuts rate among their most outstanding 1966-1967 work.

 

"Out of Time" is hit-worthy in its own right (and in fact topped the British charts in an inferior cover by Chris Farlowe); "Backstreet Girl," with its European waltz flavor, is one of the great underrated Stones songs.

 

The same goes for the psychedelic Bo Diddley of "Please Go Home," and the acoustic, pensively sardonic "Sittin' on a Fence," with its strong Appalachian flavor.

 

Almost every track is strong, so if you're serious about your Stones, don't pass this by just because a bunch of people slag it as an exploitative marketing trick (which it is).

 

There's some outstanding material you can't get anywhere else, and the album as a whole plays very well from end to end.  

 

Side 1:

RUBY TUESDAY

HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR MOTHER, BABY, STANDING IN THE SHADOW?

LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER

LADY JANE

OUT OF TIME

MY GIRL

Side 2:

BACK STREET GIRL

PLEASE GO HOME

MOTHERS LITTLE HELPER

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT

RIDE ON, BABY

SITTIN’ ON A FENCE

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