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With over 32 studio albums across more than 60 years of rock and roll rebellion, it must be rather tricky for The Rolling Stones<\/a> to keep track of all their records. For Mick Jagger, though, it is the more disappointing efforts that tend to stand out from the rest. <\/p>\n Inevitably, with the sheer number of studio albums boasted by the blues-rock heroes, there are more than a few regrettable, forgettable, or plain bad albums among them \u2013 even the most blindly devoted of Stones fanatics must surely concede that. If you were to ask those fans for their favourite LPs produced by the group, though, there is a not-insignificant chance they would select one of the multiple fan-favourite records that Mick Jagger himself would sooner forget about. <\/p>\n While Jagger is on record as citing the likes of Beggars Banquet and Sticky Fingers as the greatest Rolling Stones albums (an argument that is, admittedly, difficult to argue against), he has also rallied against the likes of Their Satanic Majesties Request<\/a>. Despite typifying the sound of the psychedelic age and featuring some of the band\u2019s most innovative compositions of the 1960s, neither Jagger nor the rest of the group holds that 1967 effort in the esteem that it perhaps deserves.\u00a0<\/p>\n It isn\u2019t the only underappreciated effort in their discography, either. Back in 1995, for instance, Jagger shared in an interview that he had always been quite disappointed<\/a> with The Rolling Stones\u2019 1966 record, Between the Buttons.\u00a0<\/p>\n On paper, that LP was something of a triumph for the group, reaching number three in the UK album charts and two in the US, and producing one of the band\u2019s most iconic singles in the form of \u2018Let\u2019s Spend The Night Together\u2019. For Jagger, though, commercial success takes a back seat to artistic accomplishment. \u201cFrank Zappa used to say he really liked it,\u201d he said in that 1995 interview. \u201cIt\u2019s a good record, but it was unfortunately rather spoiled.\u201d <\/p>\n According to the frontman, the LP was a victim of being over-developed, to the point of losing the spontaneity and energy that made The Stones so revolutionary. \u201cWe recorded it in London on 4-track machines,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWe bounced it back to do overdubs so many times, we lost the sound of a lot of it.\u201d<\/p>\n If the sound of that album truly was lost, then mass audiences certainly didn\u2019t notice. Even Jagger himself, in fact, can admit that the record has a few highlights. \u201c\u2018Connection\u2019 is really nice,\u201d he affirmed. \u201c\u2018My Obsession\u2019, that\u2019s a good one. They sounded so great, but then, later on, I was really disappointed with it.\u201d <\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n \u201cIsn\u2019t \u2018Ruby Tuesday\u2019 on there or something? I don\u2019t think the rest of the songs are that brilliant,\u201d he continued. \u201cI don\u2019t think I thought they were very good at the time, either.\u201d Given that \u2018Ruby Tuesday\u2019 wasn\u2019t included on the UK version of the album, despite being one of only three tracks from that period that Mick Jagger seemed to like<\/a>, his disappointment with Between the Buttons is easy to understand.\u00a0<\/p>\n Along with the quality of the material itself, it is worth remembering just how busy The Rolling Stones were back in 1966, constantly on the road or in the recording studio, all the while being hounded by the tabloid press. With that background, it is perhaps no wonder that Jagger doesn\u2019t look back upon Between the Buttons with the kind of rose-tinted view with which most ordinary people recall their youth. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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