Track Listing

1. Yesterday's Papers
2. My Obsession
3. Back Street Girl
4. Connection
5. She Smiled Sweetly
6. Cool, Calm And Collected
7. All Sold Out
8. Please Go Home
9. Who's Been Sleeping Here?
10. Complicated
11. Miss Amanda Jones
12. Something Happened To Me Yesterday

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9253 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 38 minutes

Customer Reviews

Great Change Of Direction From The Stones
'Between The Buttons' is a little lighter and possibly a little more uneven than the Stones previous album 'Aftermath'. However it still contains some very inspired moments although its style is less than typical for the Stones.
'Between The Buttons' fits very well into the timeframe it was recorded (late 1966) as its musical direction is quite typical for a number of groups from around that time (for example The Kinks). There is a certain vaudeville influence on one or two of the songs as well as a real Old English flavour to virtually all of the songs.
On the whole the songs work extremely well with Brian Jones once again making his mark playing some unusual instruments. I particuarly love his accordian playing on the waltz influenced 'Back Street Girl'. It's a little like 'Lady Jane' with its slight aristocratic associations. 'Yesterday's Papers', 'Connection' and 'Who's Been Sleeping Here? are all great - the latter featuring a cast of characters is very reminiscent of Bob Dylan's in its style of writing. 'She Smiled Sweetly' is another unusual sounding song - this time resembling a church sermon.
The only times the album sounds less convincing is when the Stones put more emphasis on the vaudevillian influences ('Cool Carm And Collected' and 'Something Happened To Me Yesterday') yet these songs are still very enjoyable.
'Between The Buttons' is a long way from the Stones more celebrated style of music yet it contains a number of real treasures. It's just a shame the Stones today seem to neglect so much this rich part of their musical legacy.

Rolling Stones going Merseybeat
If you like Hollies, Kinks and so on then this is the Stones album to get. More melodic than their otherwise more rock'n'roll based albums. As we all know there are two versions of this:
The UK version contains "Backstreet girl" (a nice ballad) and "Please go home" (a pointless rockier song). The US version instead contains their two hits "Let's spend the night together" and "Ruby tuesday". So all in all, the US version has more good songs. But if you own "Singles collection" or any similar compilation it's of course better to purchase the UK version since it contains only non-single tracks.

When Brian ruled.
This is an album when Brian Jones heavily influenced the Rolling Stones output. More lyrical, less rock. If you were around at the time you'll know whether you like it or not, if you weren't then you can find out that the Rolling Stones weren't always just a vehicle for Mick's pout.