OUT OF OUR HEADS

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Total Tracks: 12   Total Length: 33:28

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Yancey Strickler

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04.22.11
A sometimes clumsy transition from covers band to songwriters extraordinaire. Oh, and it birthed that "Satisfaction" song, too.
2005 | Label: ABKCO (US)

The Out of Our Heads headline reads: "From Whence 'Satisfaction 'Came," but truth is, there's so much more to recommend this 1965 album, their third in the UK in just one year, and their fourth in the US. And it gets even more complicated from there, as "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is only available on the US version, one of numerous variations between the two packages due to timing and marketing. For instance: while the UK version got "Heart of Stone," a prominent early ballad, the US got "Play with Fire," a fine equivalent. Fairer trades rarely get made. (On the other hand, the US got "The Last Time" while the UK was stuck with "I'm Free," which is currently a banking anthem.)

Still, the bulk of Out of Our Heads is comprised of R&B covers, a familiar sight to any early Stones connoisseur. And while none are exceptional, they exhibit an exquisite taste for choice American R&B and blues, including Otis Redding's incredible plea "That's How Strong My Love Is," the Atlantic Records classic "Mercy Mercy" and the herky-jerked "Hitch Hike," enjoyable listens no matter who is playing them, with "Hitch Hike" being particularly Stones-appropriate.

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Mercy Mercy

NoName137

Mercy Mercy is a amazing song. Stones had so many hits that so many songs can get overshadowed and Mercy Mercy is worth price of admission. How cliche is that?

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My First Album

dsnyderman

This was the first album I ever bought and it was worth every penny I spent. Great to be able to get these songs from emusic! The covers are all great and it has 2 of my favorite Stones songs in Satisfaction, Last Time and Play With Fire.

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Love this album

suzq

I own this album! Good songs on this one!

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Thank you emusic

americant85

Thank you emusic for successfully adding the best Rolling Stones albums to your libary. Play With Fire may be the best Stones song ever written.

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HARD TO BLIEVE

WVMMRH

IT WAS 1964!! i consider this an awesome collection and in my opinion ,the stones were continuing this direction til sometime in the 80's(remember dancing in the street by jagger and bowie???a horrible mainstream sell out by both of them .emotional rescue LP was a good example of how they began to fall apart (why oh why would the stones EVER stoop to doing reggae material?? but out of my heads and MOST OF THE others that are available here are too good not to download .and the price??? i'm having a heart attack!! ie,awesome

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In 1965, the Stones finally proved themselves capable of writing classic rock singles that mined their R&B/blues roots, but updated them into a more guitar-based, thoroughly contemporary context. The first enduring Jagger-Richards classics are here — “The Last Time,” its menacing, folky B-side “Play With Fire,” and the riff-driven “Satisfaction,” which made them superstars in the States and defined their sound and rebellious attitude better than any other single song. On the rest of the album, they largely opted for mid-’60s soul covers, Marvin Gaye’s “Hitch Hike,” Solomon Burke’s “Cry to Me,” and Sam Cooke’s “Good Times” being particular standouts. “I’m All Right” (based on a Bo Diddley sound) showed their 1965 sound at its rawest, and there are a couple of fun, though derivative, bluesy originals in “The Spider and the Fly” and “The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man.” – Richie Unterberger

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