{"product_id":"the-rolling-stones-flowers-2023-reissue","title":"THE ROLLING STONES - Flowers (2023 Reissue)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDismissed as a rip-off of sorts by some critics as it took the patchwork bastardization of British releases for the American audience to extremes, gathering stray tracks from the U.K. versions of \u003cem\u003eAftermath\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBetween the Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e, 1966-1967 singles (some of which had already been used on the U.S. editions of \u003cem\u003eAftermath\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBetween the Buttons\u003c\/em\u003e), and a few outtakes. Judged solely by the music, though, it's rather great. \"\u003cem\u003eLady Jane\u003c\/em\u003e,\" \"\u003cem\u003eRuby Tuesday\u003c\/em\u003e,\" and \"\u003cem\u003eLet's Spend the Night Together\u003c\/em\u003e\" are all classics (although they had all been on an LP before); the 1966 single \"\u003cem\u003eMother's Little Helper\u003c\/em\u003e,\" a Top Ten hit, is also terrific; and \"\u003cem\u003eHave You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?\u003c\/em\u003e\" making its first album appearance, is the early Stones at their most surrealistic and angst-ridden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A lot of the rest of the cuts rate among their most outstanding 1966-1967 work. \"\u003cem\u003eOut of Time\u003c\/em\u003e\" is hit-worthy in its own right (and in fact topped the British charts in an inferior cover by Chris Farlowe); \"\u003cem\u003eBackstreet Girl\u003c\/em\u003e,\" with its European waltz flavour, is one of the great underrated Stones songs. The same goes for the psychedelic Bo Diddley of \"\u003cem\u003ePlease Go Home\u003c\/em\u003e,\" and the acoustic, pensively sardonic \"\u003cem\u003eSittin' on a Fence\u003c\/em\u003e,\" with its strong Appalachian flavor. Almost every track is strong, so if you're serious about your Stones, don't pass this by just because a bunch of people slag it as an exploitative marketing trick (which it is). There's some outstanding material you can't get anywhere else, and the album as a whole plays very well from end to end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UMR","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl","offer_id":46704565518681,"sku":"SDZ-37529","price":30.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/The_Rolling_Stones_-_Flowers_-_2023_Reissue.jpg?v=1683221687","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/the-rolling-stones-flowers-2023-reissue","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}