The Rolling Stones' 1967 recordings are a matter of some controversy; many critics felt that they were compromising their raw, rootsy power with trendy emulations of the Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, and psychedelic music. Approach this album with an open mind, though, and you'll find it to be one of their strongest, most eclectic LPs, with many fine songs that remain unknown to all but Stones devotees. The lyrics are getting better (if more savage), and the arrangements more creative, on brooding near-classics like "All Sold Out," "My Obsession," and "Yesterday's Papers." "She Smiled Sweetly" shows their hidden romantic side at its best, while "Connection" is one of the record's few slabs of conventionally driving rock. But the best tracks were the two songs that gave the group a double-sided #1 in early 1967: the lustful "Let's Spend the Night Together" and the beautiful, melancholy "Ruby Tuesday," which is as melodic as anything Jagger and Richards would ever write.
[The Rolling Stones' London/ABKCO catalog was reissued in August of 2002, packaged in digipaks with restored album artwork, remastered and released as hybrid discs that contain both CD and Super Audio CD layers. The remastering — performed with Direct Stream Digital (DSD) encoding — is a drastic improvement, leaping out of the speaker, yet still sounding like the original albums. This is noticeable on the standard CD layer, but is considerably more pronounced on the SACD layer, which is shockingly realistic in its detail and presence, yet is still faithful to the original mixes. Even if you've never considered yourself an audiophile, have never heard the differences between standard and gold-plated CDs, you will hear the difference with SACD, even on a cheap stereo system without a high-end amplifier or speakers. And you won't just hear the difference, you'll be an instant convert and wish, hope and pray that other artists whose catalog hasn't been reissued since the early days of CD — Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, especially the Beatles — are given the same treatment in the very near future. SACD and DSD are that good.]

1. Let's Spend the Night Together (Jagger/Richards) - 3:29
2. Yesterday's Papers (Jagger/Richards) - 2:20
3. Ruby Tuesday (Jagger/Richards) - 3:12
4. Connection (Jagger/Richards) - 2:13
5. She Smiled Sweetly (Jagger/Richards) - 2:42
6. Cool, Calm and Collected (Jagger/Richards) - 4:15
7. All Sold Out (Jagger/Richards) - 2:15
8. My Obsession (Jagger/Richards) - 3:20
9. Who's Been Sleeping Here? (Jagger/Richards) - 3:51
10. Complicated (Jagger/Richards) - 3:18
11. Miss Amanda Jones (Jagger/Richards) - 2:48
12. Something Happened to Me Yesterday (Jagger/Richards) - 4:58