History Music / BetweenTheButtons

''Between the Buttons'' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' from 1966, and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' from the same year. It is best remembered for the hits "Let's Spend the Night Together" (later covered by Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/AladdinSane'' from 1973) and "Ruby Tuesday", which were both nevertheless only featured on the American version.

It was listed at #357 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

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* IntercourseWithYou: "Let's Spend The Night Together".

* LastNoteNightmare: "Cool, Calm And Collected" has a jolly, jaunty music-hall vibe to it - then after the last verse, the beat starts quickening, slowly at first, getting more and more reckless as the piano gets more and more frantic, until it all collapses into a big reverberating noise.
* LeftHanging: We never find out ''what'' exactly happened in "Something Happened To Me Yesterday".

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Something Happened To Me Yesterday".

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Music/KeithRichards sings co-lead vocals on "Connection" and "Something Happened To Me Yesterday", the first Stones songs where he sings any lead vocals.

* TextlessAlbumCover: On the original vinyl release, although CD versions add the same band and title graphics (albeit in white) used on the back cover.

[[caption-width-right:320:''We could have fun just groovin' around!'']]

-->--'''Music/FrankZappa''' naming ''Between The Buttons'' his third favourite album of all time in "Faves, Raves and Composers in their Graves", ''Let It Rock'' magazine, June 1975.

''Between The Buttons'' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' from 1966, and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' from the same year. It is best remembered for the hits "Let's Spend The Night Together" (later covered by Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/AladdinSane'' from 1973) and "Ruby Tuesday", which were both nevertheless only featured on the American version.

# "Something Happened To Me Yesterday" (4:55)

# "Let's Spend The Night Together" (3:38)

# "Something Happened To Me Yesterday" (4:55)

-> '''Music/FrankZappa''' naming ''Between The Buttons'' his third favourite album of all time in ''"Faves, Raves and Composers in their Graves"'', Let It Rock Magazine, June 1975.

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'''''Between The Buttons''''' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' from 1966, and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' from the same year. It is best remembered for the hits "Let's Spend The Night Together" (later covered by Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/AladdinSane'' from 1973) and "Ruby Tuesday", which were both nevertheless only featured on the American version.

''Between the Buttons'' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' from 1966, and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' from the same year. It is best remembered for the hits "Let's Spend The Night Together" (later covered by Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/AladdinSane'' from 1973) and "Ruby Tuesday", which were both nevertheless only featured on the American version.

It was listed at nr. #357 in ''Magazine/RollingStone'''s [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].

'''''Between The Buttons''''' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' from 1966, and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' from the same year. It is best remembered for the hits "Let's Spend The Night Together" (later covered by Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/AladdinSane'' from 1973) and "Ruby Tuesday", which were both nevertheless only featured on the American version.

It was listed at nr. #357 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]].

-> ''"The American release -- I don't like the English version so much because it contains a totally different set of tunes. I understand that they don't like the album very much but I thought that it was an important piece of social comment at the time. I remember seeing Music/BrianJones very drunk in the Speakeasy one night and telling him I like it and thought it superior to ''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sergeant Pepper]] ... whereupon he belched discreetly and turned around."''

[[caption-width-right:320:''We could have fun just groovin' and groovin' around!''.]]

-> ''"The American release -- I don't like the English version so much because it contains a totally different set of tunes. I understand that they don't like the album very much but I thought that it was an important piece of social comment at the time. I remember seeing Music/BrianJones very drunk in the Speakeasy one night and telling him I like it and thought it superior to Sergeant Pepper ... whereupon he belched discreetly and turned around."''

-> '''Music/FrankZappa''' naming "Between The Buttons" his third favourite album of all time in ''"Faves, Raves and Composers in their Graves"'', Let It Rock Magazine, June 1975.

'''''Between The Buttons''''' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' (1966), and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' (1967). It is best remembered for the hits "Let's Spend The Night Together" (later covered by Music/DavidBowie on ''Music/AladdinSane'' (1973)) and "Ruby Tuesday", which were nevertheless only featured on the American version.

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* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Stones were forced to change the lyrics of "Let's Spend The Night Together" in "Let's Spent Some Time Together" when performing in the Ed Sullivan Show. Jagger agreed to change the lyrics but ostentatiously rolled his eyes at the TV camera while singing them, as well as Bill Wyman. When the Rolling Stones, following their performance of the song, returned on stage, they were all [[ThoseWackyNazis dressed up in Nazi uniforms with swastikas]], which caused Sullivan to angrily order them to return to their dressing rooms to change back into their performance clothes, at which they left the studio altogether. As a result of this incident, Sullivan announced that the Rolling Stones would be banned from performing on his show again. However, the Stones did appear on the show again and performed three songs on 23 November 1969.

* QuestioningTitle: "Who's Been Sleeping Here?"

--> ''(...) Yes, there's the noseless old newsboy, the old British brigadier''

** In the album cover art of Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' (1968), inside the booklet, a text balloon has Zappa say: "Between the buttons!" This is a reference to the Rolling Stones album of the same name, which Zappa even deemed superior to ''Sgt. Peppers''.

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-->-- Music/FrankZappa naming ''"Between The Buttons"'' by The Rolling Stones his third favourite album of all time in ''"Faves, Raves and Composers in their Graves"'', Let It Rock Magazine, June 1975.

'''''Between The Buttons''''' is the fifth studio album (seventh American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. It is the second of three Stones albums that dabbled in psychedelia, coming after ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'', and before ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest''.

# "Yesterday's Papers"
# "My Obsession"
# "Back Street Girl"
# "Connection"
# "She Smiled Sweetly"
# "Cool, Calm & Collected"
# "All Sold Out"
# "Please Go Home"
# "Who's Been Sleeping Here?"
# "Complicated"
# "Miss Amanda Jones"
# "Something Happened To Me Yesterday"

# "Let's Spend The Night Together"
# "Yesterday's Papers"
# "Ruby Tuesday"
# "Connection"
# "She Smiled Sweetly"
# "Cool, Calm & Collected"
# "All Sold Out"
# "My Obsession"
# "Who's Been Sleeping Here?"
# "Complicated"
# "Miss Amanda Jones"
# "Something Happened To Me Yesterday"

* AlliterativeTitle: "'''B'''etween The '''B'''uttons", "'''C'''old, '''C'''alm and '''C'''ollected."
* {{Bowdlerize}}: The Stones were forced to change the lyrics of "Let's Spend The Night Together" in "Let's Spent Some Time Together" when performing in the Ed Sullivan Show. Jagger agreed to change the lyrics but ostentatiously rolled his eyes at the TV camera while singing them, as well as Bill Wyman. When the Rolling Stones, following their performance of the song, returned on stage, they were all dressed up in Nazi uniforms with swastikas, which caused Sullivan to angrily order them to return to their dressing rooms to change back into their performance clothes, at which they left the studio altogether. As a result of this incident, Sullivan announced that the Rolling Stones would be banned from performing on his show again. However, the Stones did appear on the show again and performed three songs on 23 November 1969.

* MisogynySong: "Yesterday's Papers", "Back Street Girl".
* NewSoundAlbum: The only baroque pop album made by the Stones.

* ShoutOut: In the album cover art of Music/FrankZappa's ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' (1968), inside the booklet, a text balloon has Zappa say: "Between the buttons!" This is a reference to the Rolling Stones album of the same name, which Zappa even deemed superior to ''Sgt. Peppers''.

* Mick Jagger - lead vocals, percussion, tambourine, bass drum, maracas, truncheons

* DisposableWoman: "Yesterday's Papers", where women are described as useful as yesterday's newspaper.

-> ''"The American release -- I don't like the English version so much because it contains a totally different set of tunes. I understand that they don't like the album very much but I thought that it was an important piece of social comment at the time. I remember seeing Brian Jones very drunk in the Speakeasy one night and telling him I like it and thought it superior to Sergeant Pepper ... whereupon he belched discreetly and turned around."''
-->-- Music/FrankZappa naming ''"Between The Buttons"'' by The Rolling Stones his third favorite album of all time in ''"Faves, Raves and Composers in their Graves"'', Let It Rock Magazine, June 1975.

* Brian Jones - guitar, piano, organ, vibraphone, recorder, saxophone, dulcimer, percussion, oscillator, harmonica, organ pedals, tambourine

* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Music/KeithRichards sings co-lead vocals on "Something Happened To Me Yesterday", the first Stones song where he sings any lead vocals.