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The Rolling Stones No. 2 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones No. 2

The Rolling Stones

1965

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The Rolling Stones No. 2 is the second studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on January 15, 1965, following the success of their debut album. It largely mirrors their first album, featuring mainly covers of American R&B and rock and roll songs, but includes three original compositions by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The album was a significant hit in the UK, spending 10 weeks at No. 1 and becoming one of the year's best-selling albums. On Dutch and German pressings, the album was titled "The Rolling Stones Vol. 2" on the front cover, though the back listed it as "The Rolling Stones No. 2". A Dutch pressing also exists under the title "The Rolling Stones No. 3". The album's tracklist heavily influenced the US release of "The Rolling Stones, Now!".

Recording Info

The album was recorded between June and November 1964 in various studios, including Chess Studios in Chicago, Regent Sound in London, and RCA Studios in Hollywood. Andrew Loog Oldham took full production duties.

Track Highlights

  • Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (Solomon Burke) — A cover of Solomon Burke's song, it opens the album and was also featured on the US album 'The Rolling Stones, Now!', though in a shorter version.
  • Time Is on My Side (Norman Meade) — The UK version features a guitar intro by Keith Richards, which is more popular than the US version with the organ intro.
  • I Can't Be Satisfied (Muddy Waters) — A cover of Muddy Waters, it wasn't released on any original American album and only appeared on the 1972 compilation 'More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies)'.
  • What a Shame — An original Jagger/Richards composition featuring blues harp playing from Mick Jagger and boogie-woogie piano from Ian Stewart.
  • Down The Road Apiece (Don Raye) — The Stones' version is faster and more aggressive than Chuck Berry's.

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Significance

The Rolling Stones No. 2 solidified the band's success in the UK, spending 10 weeks at the top of the charts in early 1965. While the album largely consisted of covers, it showcased the band's growing confidence and ability to make American R&B their own. John Lennon reportedly said of the album, "The album's great, but I don't like five-minute numbers". Despite its UK success, the album was overlooked for CD release in 1986 and during its remastering in 2002 due to ABKCO's preference for the American albums. This led to it being out of print and widely bootlegged. It was later re-released as part of a limited edition vinyl box set in 2010 and digitally and was reinstated as part of The Rolling Stones in Mono box set in 2016.

Early pressings of the album featured liner notes with a controversial "blind man text" that caused outrage and was later censored. The text read: "If you don't have the bread, see that blind man knock him on the head, steal his wallet and low and behold you have loot, if you put in the boot, good, another one sold!".

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