Step inside the strangest room in the Rolling Stones’ catalogue.
Their Satanic Majesties Request remains one of the most debated albums the band ever made: colourful, chaotic, ambitious, excessive, beautiful, flawed, and unlike anything else in their career. Released during the psychedelic explosion of 1967, it found the Stones drifting far from their blues and R&B roots into a world of studio experimentation, fantasy imagery, cosmic distance, strange textures, and theatrical disguise.
This book explores the album in depth, placing it within the turmoil of 1967, the shadow of Sgt. Pepper, the band’s legal pressures, Brian Jones’ instrumental imagination, Mick Jagger’s psychedelic role-playing, Keith Richards’ temporary move away from the riff, and the uneasy balance between genuine experiment and fashionable excess.
Across detailed chapters, the book examines every track, including “She’s a Rainbow,” “2000 Light Years from Home,” “Citadel,” “In Another Land,” “The Lantern,” “2000 Man,” and “On with the Show,” while also exploring the album cover, title, recording atmosphere, commercial success, critical reputation, cult following, and legacy.
More than a simple misstep or imitation, Their Satanic Majesties Request stands as the Rolling Stones’ great psychedelic fever dream — not their most disciplined album, not their most natural album, but one of their most revealing.
For fans of the Rolling Stones, 1960s rock, psychedelic music, classic albums, and the strange turning points that shape legendary bands, this is a deep dive into the moment the world’s most dangerous blues band briefly floated far from home.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Step inside the strangest room in the Rolling Stones' catalogue.Their Satanic Majesties Request remains one of the most debated albums the band ever made: colourful, chaotic, ambitious, excessive, beautiful, flawed, and unlike anything else in their career. Released during the psychedelic explosion of 1967, it found the Stones drifting far from their blues and R&B roots into a world of studio experimentation, fantasy imagery, cosmic distance, strange textures, and theatrical disguise.This book explores the album in depth, placing it within the turmoil of 1967, the shadow of Sgt. Pepper, the band's legal pressures, Brian Jones' instrumental imagination, Mick Jagger's psychedelic role-playing, Keith Richards' temporary move away from the riff, and the uneasy balance between genuine experiment and fashionable excess.Across detailed chapters, the book examines every track, including 'She's a Rainbow,' '2000 Light Years from Home,' 'Citadel,' 'In Another Land,' 'The Lantern,' '2000 Man,' and 'On with the Show,' while also exploring the album cover, title, recording atmosphere, commercial success, critical reputation, cult following, and legacy.More than a simple misstep or imitation, Their Satanic Majesties Request stands as the Rolling Stones' great psychedelic fever dream - not their most disciplined album, not their most natural album, but one of their most revealing.For fans of the Rolling Stones, 1960s rock, psychedelic music, classic albums, and the strange turning points that shape legendary bands, this is a deep dive into the moment the world's most dangerous blues band briefly floated far from home. Artikel-Nr. 9798183906073
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