Out of Our Heads

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Out Of Our Heads is The Rolling Stones' third UK album and their fourth in the US. It was released in 1965 through their original distributors (Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US), but with significant differences in both territories.

Initially issued in July 1965 in America (featuring an alternate shot from the same photo session that graced the cover of 12 X 5 and The Rolling Stones No. 2), Out of Our Heads was a mish-mash of studio recordings over a six month period, including recent hit single "The Last Time" and current worldwide smash "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as well as a sampling from the UK-only live EP got LIVE if you want it!. Riding the wave of "Satisfaction"'s success, Out of Our Heads became The Rolling Stones' first US #1 album, eventually going platinum. In 2002, this US edition was listed as number 114 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

With the benefit of new songs being recorded that September, the British Out of Our Heads - with a different album cover - dropped the live track and recent hit singles (as singles rarely featured on albums in the UK in those times), and added exclusive songs that would surface later in 1965 in the US on December's Children (And Everybody's), in addition to songs that hadn't been released in the UK thus far. Issued later that September, Out of Our Heads reached #2 in the UK charts behind The Beatles' Help!. It would also be The Rolling Stones' last UK album to predominantly feature R&B covers, with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards becoming far more prolific writers before 1965 was out.

In August 2002 both the UK and US editions of Out of Our Heads were reissued in a new remastered CD and SACD digipak by ABKCO Records.

UK Track listing

1. "She Said Yeah" (Sonny Christy/Roddy Jackson) – 1:34
2. "Mercy, Mercy" (Don Covay/Ronnie Miller) – 2:45
3. "Hitch Hike" (Marvin Gaye/William Stevenson/Clarence Paul) – 2:25
4. "That's How Strong My Love Is" (Roosevelt Jamison) – 2:25
5. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 1:58
6. "Gotta Get Away" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:06
7. "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Chuck Berry) – 2:31
8. "Cry To Me" (Bert Russell) – 3:09
9. "Oh Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')" (Barbara Lynn Ozen) – 2:08
10. "Heart Of Stone" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:50
11. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:07
    • The last Rolling Stones song to use the pseudonym of "Nanker Phelge"
12. "I'm Free" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 2:24

US Track listing

1. "Mercy, Mercy" – 2:45
2. "Hitch Hike" – 2:25
3. "The Last Time" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 3:41
4. "That's How Strong My Love Is" – 2:25
5. "Good Times" – 1:58
6. "I'm All Right (Live)" [(Nanker Phelge)] – 2:23
   • Recorded live in March 1965 in England and first released that June on the got LIVE if you want it! EP
7. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 3:43
8. "Cry to Me" – 3:09
9. "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" (Nanker Phelge) – 3:07
10. "Play with Fire" [(Nanker Phelge)] – 2:14
    • Released as the B-Side of "The Last Time" in the UK and US
11. "The Spider and the Fly" [(Nanker Phelge)] – 3:38
    • Released as the B-Side of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in the UK
12. "One More Try" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) – 1:58
    • This track would not be released in the UK until 1971

Personnel

• Mick Jagger - Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion
• Keith Richards - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, backing vocals
• Brian Jones - Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Harmonica, Organ on {"That's How Strong My Love Is"} and backing vocals {U.S. Album only; on "I'm Alright [briefly]}
• Charlie Watts - Drums and Percussion
• Bill Wyman - Bass guitar

with

• Ian Stewart - Piano, Organ and Marimbas {on "Good Times"}
• Jack Nietzsche - Piano, Organ, Percussion and Harpsichord {U.S. album only; on "Play With Fire"}
• J. W. Alexander (musician) - Percussion
• Phil Spector - Guitar {U.S. album only; on "Play With Fire"}

External links

• Out Of Our Heads