Rolling Stones, The – Out Of Our Heads (UK)

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By 1965, when the bulk of this album was recorded pop acts of the day were accustomed surfing an alternating tidal wave of hormonal acclaim and establishment distaste. Yet the pop market was a fickle thing with no guarantees about how long there success might last. We look at The Stones, now in their dotage and still managing to scare the horses, and look back on their rise as being inevitable.

What began to put distance between The Stones and their lightweight package-tour companions was their growing ability to write their own material. Whilst the Jagger and Richards team had penned a few ditties there was nothing that they could really call their own, as the rabble-rousing R&B potboiler “It’s Alright” “The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man” and “One More Try” ably demonstrate.