''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' is the 6th British and 8th American studio album by the English rock band

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, released in December 1967 by

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in the UK and by London Records in the US. It is their first to be released in identical versions in both countries. The album's title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires..." text that appears inside a British passport. The band experimented with a psychedelic sound on ''Satanic Majesties'', incorporating unconventional elements such as Mellotron,

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s, string arrangements, and

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. The band produced the album themselves as their manager/producer

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had departed. The prolonged recording process was marked by drug use, court appearances, and jail terms by members of the band. The original LP cover features a lenticular image by photographer

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. ''Satanic Majesties'' received mixed reactions from critics and members of the group itself. The album was criticised as being derivative of the contemporaneous work of

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, particularly their June 1967 release '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'', with the similarities extending to the LP's cover. In subsequent decades, however, it has gradually risen in critical reputation. Following the album's release, the Rolling Stones abandoned their psychedelic style for a stripped-down return to their roots in blues music.

Recording

Recording of ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' began just after the release of ''

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'' on 20 January 1967. Because of court appearances via the Digital Library of the

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. and jail terms, the entire band was seldom present in the studio at one time, making recording of the album lengthy and disjointed. Band members frequently arrived with guests in tow, further interfering with productivity. One of the more level-headed members of the band during this time, Bill Wyman, wary of psychedelic drugs, wrote the song "

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" to parody the Stones' current goings-on. In his 2002 book ''Rolling with the Stones'', Wyman describes the situations in the studio: Jagger and Richards (cropped)

The Stones experimented with many new instruments and sound effects during the sessions, including Mellotron,

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, short wave radio static, and string arrangements by then-future

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bassist

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. Their producer and manager

, already fed up with the band's lack of focus, distanced himself from them following their drug bust and finally quit, leaving them without a producer. As a result, ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' would be the Stones' first self-produced album.

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later opined this was not for the best, while expressing disintegration for some of the tracks. In another interview, Jagger stated: Some of the album's songs were recorded under various working titles, some appearing radically different from the final titles. These working titles include: "Acid in the Grass" ("In Another Land"), "I Want People to Know" ("2000 Man"), "Flowers in Your Bonnet" ("She's a Rainbow"), "Fly My Kite" ("The Lantern"), "Toffee Apple" ("2000 Light Years from Home"), and "Surprise Me" ("On with the Show"). In 1998, a

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box set of eight CDs with

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from the ''Satanic'' sessions was released, and it shows the band developing the songs over multiple takes as well as the experimentation that went into the recording of the album.

Title and packaging

The

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of the album was ''Cosmic Christmas'', or ''The Rolling Stones' Cosmic Christmas'' – in the hidden coda titled "Cosmic Christmas" (following "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)"), Wyman says in a slowed-down voice: "We wish you a merry

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, we wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy

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!'" The album was released in

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and the

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as ''The Stones Are Rolling'' because of the word "Satanic" in the title. One proposed cover, a photograph of Jagger naked on a

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, was scrapped by the record company for being "in bad taste". The initial LP of the album featured a three-

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al picture of the band on the cover by photographer

. When viewed in a certain way, the

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shows the band members' faces turning towards each other with the exception of Jagger, whose hands appear crossed in front of him. Looking closely on its cover, one can see the faces of each of the four Beatles, reportedly a response to the Beatles' inclusion of a Shirley Temple doll wearing a "Welcome the Rolling Stones" sweater on the cover of ''Sgt. Pepper''. Later editions replaced the glued-on three-dimensional image with a photograph, due to high production costs. A limited edition LP version in the 1980s reprinted the original 3D cover design; immediately following the reissue, it was claimed that the master materials for reprinting the 3D cover were intentionally destroyed, implying that faithful recreations of the cover would no longer be possible, but this has since been proven false by numerous re-issues. The 3D album cover was featured, although shrunk down, for the Japanese SHM-CD release in 2010. The original cover design called for the lenticular image to take up the entire front cover, but finding this to be prohibitively expensive it was decided to reduce the size of the photo and surround it with the blue-and-white graphic design. The entire cover design is elaborate, with a dense photo collage filling most of the inside cover (along with a maze) designed by Michael Cooper, and a painting by Tony Meeuwissen on the back cover depicting the

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(Earth, Water, Fire, and Air). In some editions the blue-and-white wisps on the front cover are used in a red-and-white version on the paper inner sleeve. The inner-cover collage has dozens of images, taken from reproductions of old master paintings ( Ingres,

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, among others), Indian mandalas and portraits, astronomy (including a large image of the planet Saturn), flowers, world maps, etc. The maze on the inside cover of the UK and US releases cannot be completed: a wall at about a half radius in from the lower left corner means one can never arrive at the goal labeled "It's Here" in the centre of the maze. It was the first of four Stones albums to feature a novelty cover; the others were the zipper on ''

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'' (1978), and the stickers on ''

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'' (1983). At some point around 1997 rumors were first heard that the album existed as a promo version including a silk padding. A pink padded version was presented by photo accompanied by a letter from the Decca Copyright Department, but it was shown that the letter does not match the album it was intended to authenticate making it almost entirely certain that this was a forgery.

Release and reception

Released in December 1967, ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 in the US (easily going gold), but its commercial performance declined rapidly. It was soon viewed as a pretentious, poorly conceived attempt to outdo

and '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (released in May 1967), often explained by drug trials and excesses in contemporary musical fashion, although

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and

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did provide backing vocals (uncredited) on "

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" (recorded during the ''Satanic Majesties Request'' sessions, but released as a single three months before the album). The Wyman-composed "In Another Land" was released as a single, with the artist credit listed as Bill Wyman, rather than the Rolling Stones (the B-Side, "

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", was credited to the Rolling Stones). The production, in particular, came in for harsh criticism from

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in the fifth issue of ''

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'', and

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(recommended by the album's engineer,

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) was asked to produce the Stones' subsequent albums, on which they would return to the hard driving blues that earned them fame early in their career. In an April 1968 album review,

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of the ''

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'' was also critical of the production value stating "... their imagination seems to have dried up when it comes to some of the arrangements. While still better than their previous ones, the arrangements are often ragged, fashionably monotonous and off-key." Despite this he gave the album an overall positive review, going as far as calling it a better concept album than '' Of Cabbages and Kings'' (1967, by

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), '' The Beat Goes On'' (1968, by

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) and even ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1967, by

). In a 1970 ''Rolling Stone'' interview, Lennon commented on the album: "''Satanic Majesties'' is ''Pepper''. 'We Love You'... that's '

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Legacy and reappraisal

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himself has been critical of the album in later years. While he likes some of the songs ("

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", "Citadel" and "

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"), he stated, "the album was a load of crap." Mick Jagger disavowed the album in 1995, saying: "it's not very good. It had interesting things on it, but I don't think any of the songs are very good. There's two good songs on it. The rest of them are nonsense." There are only two songs from the album which the Stones performed live, "2000 Light Years from Home" (1989–90 world tour, 2013 Glastonbury Festival), and "She's a Rainbow" (1997–98 Bridges to Babylon Tour and occasionally on concert tours in the late 2010s.) ''Satanic Majesties'' has been reassessed positively by critics. In a retrospective 1977 review, Robert Christgau of the ''

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'' stated that the album "no doubt contains several great songs" despite negative reception from some. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of ''

'' wrote that "Perhaps

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wasn’t a natural fit for the earthbound Stones, but the dissonance between their gritty rhythms and ornate, precocious arrangements is enthralling, not in the least because there’s no other record—by the Stones or anybody else—that sounds quite like this."{{cite web, title=Their Satanic Majesties Request review, url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-rolling-stones-their-satanic-majesties-request/, website=Pitchfork, access-date=23 September 2017, archive-date=23 September 2017, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923103554/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-rolling-stones-their-satanic-majesties-request/, url-status=live

's Bob Eder called the mono mix of the album a distinct improvement over the stereo version, describing it as transforming the maligned album into "superb, punky psychedelia."

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writes: {{blockquote, Without a doubt, no Rolling Stones album – and, indeed, very few rock albums from any era – split critical opinion as much as the Rolling Stones' psychedelic outing. Many dismiss the record as sub-''Sgt. Pepper'' posturing; others confess, if only in private, to a fascination with the album's inventive arrangements, which incorporated some African rhythms, Mellotrons, and full orchestration. What's clear is that never before or after did the Stones take so many chances in the studio…In 1968, the Stones would go back to the basics, and never wander down these paths again, making this all the more of a fascinating anomaly in the group's discography.{{AllMusic, class=album, id=r16807 , title=''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' , publisher=

, first=Richie , last=Unterberger , access-date=19 November 2007 ''Their Satanic Majesties Request''{{'s opening song "Sing This All Together" was featured in the stage and television productions of '' Paul Sills' Story Theatre'' (1970–71), in particular appearing as the TV version's theme song. This song was also covered by the Swedish band "Shakers" as early as March 1968 on a vinyl single, as the A-side. In 2008 it was included on a CD with "Shakers" entire catalog of songs titled "Samlat Skrammel".{{citation needed, date=February 2020

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released a proto-cyberpunk version of "2000 Light Years From Home" in 1975. Punk/Goth pioneers The Damned covered "Citadel" on their 1981 ''

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''; guitarist

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wanted to cover the entire album but singer

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thought a single song was enough. California's

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also covered "Citadel" on their 1984 ''Teen Babes from Monsanto'' EP.

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'' (1997). The Ohio punk band Sister Ray included "Citadel" in many of their live sets. Sheffield new wave band

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also covered "Citadel" for BBC ('' Time Considered as a Helix of Precious Stones'') and Dutch (''Unravelled'') radio sessions, and released it as a bonus 12" to "I'm Falling", and on their fifth album, '' 7 Day Weekend''. The Yugoslav band

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covered the song "Citadel" in 1983 on their cover album ''

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''. American neo-psychedelic band

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paid tribute to the album with their fourth album ''

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on their 1979 album ''

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'' featuring lead guitarist

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on lead vocals. In August 2002, ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'' was reissued in a new remastered CD, LP and DSD by

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release, the original 3D cover was recreated. In 2018, the album was reissued as part of the

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. The release contained a remastered stereo version of the album pressed on transparent colored vinyl (180g) and also featured the 3D-style sleeve.

Track listing

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and

, except "In Another Land" by Bill Wyman , headline = Side one , title1 = Sing This All Together , length1 = 3:46 , title2 = Citadel , length2 = 2:50 , title3 =

, length3 = 3:15 , title4 = 2000 Man , length4 = 3:07 , title5 = Sing This All Together (See What Happens) , note5 = hidden track "Cosmic Christmas" starts at 7:54 , length5 = 8:33 , total_length = 21:31 {{Tracklist , headline = Side two , title6 =

, length6 = 4:35 , title7 =

, length7 = 4:24 , title8 = Gomper , length8 = 5:08 , title9 =

, length9 = 4:45 , title10 = On with the Show , length10 = 3:40 , total_length = 22:32

Personnel

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– lead vocals {{small, (all but 3), backing vocals {{small, (3), percussion {{small, (8),

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s {{small, (2, 9, 10), tambourine {{small, (6) *

– electric guitar {{small, (1, 2, 4–10), backing vocals {{small, (3, 7–9), acoustic guitar {{small, (3, 4, 6, 7), bass guitar {{small, (1, 2, 9, 10) *

Brian Jones Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English multi-instrumentalist and singer best known as the founder, rhythm/lead guitarist, and original leader of the Rolling Stones. Initially a guitarist, he went on to prov ...

– Mellotron {{small, (1–3, 5–7, 9, 10), flute {{small, (5), saxophone {{small, (1, 2),

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{{small, (5), jew's harp {{small, (5), organ {{small, (7),

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{{small, (8), harmonica {{small, (10) * Bill Wyman – bass guitar, lead vocals {{small, (3), organ {{small, (3) * Charlie Watts – drums {{small, (1–7, 9, 10),

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Nicky Hopkins Nicholas Christian "Nicky" Hopkins (24 February 1944 – 6 September 1994) was an English pianist and organist. Hopkins performed on many popular and enduring British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, most notably ...

– piano {{small, (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), organ {{small, (4), harpsichord {{small, (3, 6) *

– string arrangement {{small, (6) *

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– backing vocals {{small, (3) *

Steve Marriott Stephen Peter Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded and played in the rock bands Small Faces and Humble Pie, in a career spanning over two decades. Marriott was inducted pos ...

– backing vocals {{small, (3) *

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– claves {{small, (9)

Charts

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{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025234857/http://www.everyhit.com/ , date=25 October 2015 Type "Rolling Stones" under ''"Name of Artist"'' , align="center", 3 , - , align="left", 1967 , align="left", French SNEP Albums Chart{{cite web, url=http://infodisc.fr/Album_R.php, title=InfoDisc : Tous les Albums classés par Artiste > Choisir Un Artiste Dans la Liste, language=fr, publisher=infodisc.fr, url-status=dead, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126084927/http://infodisc.fr/Album_R.php, archive-date=26 January 2016'' Note: user must select 'The Rolling Stones' from drop-down.'' , align="center", 1 , - , align="left", 1968 , align="left", ''Billboard'' 200{{AllMusic, class=artist, id=p5298, label=The Rolling Stones , align="center", 2 , - , align="left", 1968 , align="left",

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, align="center", 1 , -

Certifications

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Notes

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References

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External links

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