* ThreeDimensionalEpisode: The cover of this album originally featured a lenticular 3-D image of the band.

Another reason the album got mixed reviews at the time was because it followed in the wake of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' earlier that year and many saw it as a blatant rip-off, both in music as well as design. Music/JohnLennon expressed this opinion too in a 1971 interview, also saying that "She's a Rainbow" was an imitation of "All You Need Is Love" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour''. Which is somewhat a strange opinion, seeing that both Lennon and Music/PaulMcCartney provided uncredited backing vocals on some of the songs from this album and that the Stones themselves saluted ''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]]'' on the album cover. Also, graphic artist Michael Cooper designed the covers of both albums, thus unfavourable comparisons would be unavoidable.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The album was released in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica and UsefulNotes/ThePhilippines as ''The Stones Are Rolling'', because of the word "Satanic" in the title.

Another reason the album got mixed reviews at the time was because it followed in the wake of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' earlier that year and many saw it as a blatant rip-off, both in music as well as design. Music/JohnLennon expressed this opinion too in a 1971 interview, also saying that "She's A Rainbow" was an imitation of "All You Need Is Love" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour''. Which is somewhat a strange opinion, seeing that both Lennon and Music/PaulMcCartney provided uncredited backing vocals on some of the songs from this album and that the Stones themselves saluted ''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]]'' on the album cover. Also, graphic artist Michael Cooper designed the covers of both albums, thus unfavourable comparisons would be unavoidable.

While its generally not remembered for being among the Stones finest albums - several of the songs have become highly popular, including Mick Jagger's own favourites - "She's A Rainbow" and "2000 Light Years From Home", while "Citadel", "In Another Land" and "2000 Man" are also well regarded today.

# "On withh the Show" (3:40)

* CradleOfLoneliness: "2000 Light Years From Home"

* GratuitousFrench: "On With The Show"

* InTheStyleOf: "On With The Show" is done in the style of an old-fashioned English music hall, with sound effects of an attending crowd.
* LastNoteNightmare: "She's A Rainbow" has a good driving beat, Mick sings the praises of a girl who dresses up in colours, underlined with a cheerfully inane 'la la la' chorus, he alternates verses with a sprightly Baroque piano playing the tune...then it ends with strings in a shrill chittering discord with a low-end chord of doom under it bursting through everything else!
* [[LeaveTheCameraRunning Leave The Recorder Running]]: "In Another Land" ends with the sound of Bill Wyman snoring, which was stuck onto the track by Jagger and Richards as a joke.

* OneWomanSong: "She's A Rainbow".

* RainbowMotif: "She's A Rainbow"

** On the album cover the message ''Welcome Music/TheBeatles'' can be read. This is a CallBack to the doll with the text ''Welcome The Rolling Stones'' on The Beatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.

** "On With The Show"

** Also, [[Music/LedZeppelin John Paul Jones]] arranged the strings for "She's A Rainbow".

# "She's A Rainbow" (4:35)

# "2000 Light Years From Home" (4:45)
# "On With The Show" (3:40)

* AlbumSingle: "In Another Land" / "The Lantern" and "She's A Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years From Home". The former was a single released under Bill Wyman's name rather than the Stones.

* CradleOfLoneliness: "2.000 Light Years From Home"

* AmericanEnglish: The female voice heard during "On With The Show" is clearly an American woman.

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[[caption-width-right:340: ''Why don't we sing this song all together? Open our minds let the pictures come. And if we close all our eyes together. Then we will see where we all come from.'']]

''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' is the sixth studio album (eighth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. The album cover is well-known for being one of the very first 3D album covers. ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' remains a BaseBreaker, as it's the Stones at their most [[AvantGardeMusic experimental]]. It was recorded during a tumultuous time in the band's history, when Music/MickJagger, Music/BrianJones and Music/KeithRichards were under threat of prison charges for drug possession. Bill Wyman even got one of his songs ("In Another Land") on the album, and it's the only Stones song with Wyman on lead vocals.

'''''Their Satanic Majesties Request''''' is the sixth studio album (eighth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. The album cover is well-known for being one of the very first 3D album covers. ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' remains a BaseBreaker, as it's the Stones at their most [[AvantGardeMusic experimental]]. It was recorded during a tumultuous time in the band's history, when Music/MickJagger, Music/BrianJones and Music/KeithRichards were under threat of prison charges for drug possession. Bill Wyman even got one of his songs ("In Another Land") on the album, and it's the only Stones song with Wyman on lead vocals.

* WordSaladLyrics: "2000 Light Years From Home"

* LastNoteNightmare: "She's A Rainbow" has a good driving beat, Mick sings the praises of a girl who dresses up in colors, underlined with a cheerfully inane 'la la la' chorus, he alternates verses with a sprightly Baroque piano playing the tune...then it ends with strings in a shrill chittering discord with a low-end chord of doom under it bursting through everything else!

'''''Their Satanic Majesties Request''''' is the sixth studio album (eighth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. The album cover is well-known for being one of the very first 3D album covers. "Their Satanic Majesties Request" remains a BaseBreaker, as it's the Stones at their most [[AvantGardeMusic experimental]]. It was recorded during a tumultous time in the band's history, when Music/MickJagger, Music/KeithRichards and Music/BrianJones were under threat of prison charges for drug possession.Bill Wyman even got one of his songs ("In Another Land") on the album, and it's the only Stones song with Wyman on lead vocals.

Another reason the album got mixed reviews at the time was because it followed in the wake of Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand (1967)'' earlier that year and many saw it as a blatant rip-off, both in music as well as design. Music/JohnLennon expressed this opinion too in a 1971 interview, also saying that "She's A Rainbow" was an imitation of "All You Need Is Love" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour''. Which is somewhat a strange opinion, seeing that both Lennon and Music/PaulMcCartney provided uncredited backing vocals on some of the songs from "At Their Satanic Majesties' Request" and that the Stones themselves saluted "Sgt. Peppers" on the album cover. Also, graphic artist Michael Cooper designed the covers of both albums, thus unfavorable comparisons would be unavoidable.

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--> ''There's a lot of rubbish on "Satanic Majesties". Just too much time on our hands, too many drugs, no producer to tell us, "Enough already, thank you very much, now can we just get on with this song?" Anyone let loose in the studio will produce stuff like that. There was simply too much hanging around. It's like believing everything you do is great and not having any editing.''
* AlbumSingle: "In Another Land" / "The Lantern" and "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years from Home"

* AvantGardeMusic: This is the most psychedelic and experimental album the normally not so avantgardistic band ever recorded. As a result the general audience don't like it that much, but fans of experimentation like it a lot more.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: The album was released in UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica and UsefulNotes/ThePhilippines as "The Stones Are Rolling", because of the word "Satanic" in the title.

* DreamWithinADream: "In Another Land", according to Bill Wynan:

* [[LeaveTheCameraRunning Leave The Recorder Running]]: "In Another Land" ends with the sound of Bill Wynan snoring, which was stuck onto the track by Jagger and Richards as a joke.

--> ''Coming, colors in the air''
--> ''Oh, everywhere she comes in colors''
--> ''She comes in colors everywhere''

** The American neo-psychedelic band the Brian Jonestown Massacre called their fourth album "Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request" (1996).

[[caption-width-right:340:''Their Satanic Majesties Request''.]]

'''''Their Satanic Majesties Request''''' is the sixth studio album (eighth American album) by Music/TheRollingStones, released in 1967. This album remains a BaseBreaker, as it's the Stones at their most experimental. It was recorded during a tumultuous time in the band's history, with the threat of prison for Music/MickJagger, Music/KeithRichards and Music/BrianJones looming over them. Bill Wyman even got one of his songs ("In Another Land") on the album, and it's the only Stones song with Wyman on lead vocals.

Despite popular opinion, the album's not a rip-off of Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand. The cover of Satanic Majesties is well-known for being one of the very first 3D album covers.

While its generally not remembered for being among the Stones finest albums - several of the songs have become highly popular, including Mick Jagger's own favourites - "She's A Rainbow", "2000 Light Years From Home" (The latter was used in [[Film/MenInBlack Men In Black 3]]) while "Citadel", "In Another Land" and "2000 Man" (The latter was used in Creator/WesAnderson's ''Film/BottleRocket'') are also well regarded today.

# "Sing This All Together"
# "Citadel"
# "In Another Land"
# "2000 Man"
# "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)"
# "She's A Rainbow"
# "The Lantern"
# "Gomper"
# "2000 Light Years From Home"
# "On With The Show"

* ConceptAlbum
* EpicRocking: "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)".

* ForDoomTheBellTolls: "The Lantern"
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle

* OneWomanSong: "She's A Rainbow".
* PsychedelicRock: One of the most famous examples of it.
* ShoutOut: On the album cover the message ''Welcome Music/TheBeatles'' can be read. This is a CallBack to the doll with the text ''Welcome The Rolling Stones'' on The Beatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand''.

* TextlessAlbumCover