Flowers (Rolling Stones album)

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Flowers
London
ProducerAndrew Loog Oldham
The Rolling Stones US chronology
Between the Buttons
(1967) 		Flowers
(1967) 		Their Satanic Majesties Request
(1967)

Flowers is the second compilation album by

Aftermath and Between the Buttons
.

The title refers to the album's cover, with flower stems underneath the portrait of each of the band members. Bassist

digipak by ABKCO Records
.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Retrospective reviews
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Tom HullA−[4]

Because of its assorted compilation, Flowers was originally disregarded by some music critics as a promotional ploy aimed at American listeners.

Sergeant Pepper itself, as if to say, 'Come off this bullshit, boys. You're only in it for the money."[6] He wrote in 1970 in The Village Voice
:

With its dumb cover art (as bad as the

London Records exploitation. Only later did we realize how strong and unflowery the new songs were.[6]

In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Richie Unterberger gave Flowers four-and-a-half out of five stars and said that the music it compiles is exceptional enough not to be dismissed as a marketing "rip-off": "There's some outstanding material you can't get anywhere else, and the album as a whole plays very well from end to end."[5] Tom Moon gave it five stars in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004) and wrote that "it holds together as one of the Stones' best records, a concept album about the social scene that gathers around five rich young men with an appetite for sex, drugs, and gossip."[3]

Many American fans consider "Flowers" to be a proper studio album as all but three of the tracks had never been released on an album in the USA before. The issue of different tracks on UK vs USA album versions was common in the 60's and plagued many bands including The Beatles. The Rolling Stones' next studio album "Their Satanic Majesties Request" and all subsequent studio albums have the same tracks on them regardless of where it was released.

Track listing

All songs by

My Girl" by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
.

Side one
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."
My Girl
"		Recorded May 1965, with strings added in autumn 19662:38
Total length:19:54
Side two
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."
Please Go Home"
Between the Buttons (UK)3:17
3."Mother's Little Helper"Aftermath (UK); US single July 19662:46
4."Take It or Leave It"Aftermath (UK)2:46
5."Ride On, Baby"Recorded during the 1965 sessions for Aftermath2:52
6."Sittin' on a Fence"Recorded during the 1965 sessions for Aftermath3:03
Total length:18:10

Personnel

  • Mick Jagger – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion
  • Keith Richards – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals; double bass on "Ruby Tuesday"; bass guitar on "Let's Spend the Night Together"
  • Brian Jones – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass guitar; koto on "Take It or Leave It" and "Ride On, Baby"; dulcimer on "Lady Jane"; recorder on "Ruby Tuesday"
  • Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals, organ, percussion; double bass on "Ruby Tuesday"
  • Charlie Watts – drums, percussion

Charts

Chart performance for Flowers
Chart (1967) Peak
position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 5
Finland (
The Official Finnish Charts)[8]
 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 7
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 3
US Billboard 200[11] 3

Certifications

Certifications for Flowers
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Show 46 – Sergeant Pepper at the Summit: The very best of a very good year. [Part 2] – All TracksDigital Library". Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. AllMusic
    . Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-7432-0169-8
    .
  4. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Grade List: The Rolling Stones". tomhull.com. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Flowers - The Rolling Stones". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1970). "Album of the Year". The Village Voice. No. 8 January. New York. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 10091a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5
    .
  9. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Rolling Stones – Flowers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  11. ^ "The Rolling Stones Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ^ "American album certifications – The Rolling Stones – Flowers". Recording Industry Association of America.

Further reading

External links

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