Everybody Needs Someone To Love/Down Home Girl/You Can’t Catch Me/Heart Of Stone/Mona/Down The Road Apiece/Off The Hook/Pain In My Heart/Oh Baby/Little Red Rooster/Surprise Surprise
The Rolling Stones third US album The Rolling Stones Now! continued the largely R & B based material of the first two albums. Includes the UK No. 1 single Little Red Rooster and the US No. 19 Heart Of Stone. (US:5)
"The lack of progression The Rolling Stones appear to be making is deceptive because of the cut up nature of the US album releases and the short time span during which these first three albums were released. It sounds to me, listening to these albums many years later that the group were actually going backwards."
"The Rolling Stones Now! is one of the most deeply rooted in R & B albums the Stones have ever done. Songs ranging from Chuck Berry's You Can't Catch Me to Bo Diddley's Mona to Otis Redding's Pain In My Heart, the band wear their R & B influences on their sleeves. Heart Of Stone is an excellent Jagger-Richards original and Little Red Rooster is tailor-made for Jagger's strutting persona. Now! was one of the least commercial albums the band released, but they put their blood and guts into it."
"I find it to be a step down from the previous two. It seems as if the band limited their style to blues and three chord rock. However, Down Home Girl is one excellent tune. Love those lyrics; Heart Of Stone and a few others are somewhat interesting as well."
"To understand the impact Mick had on the British scene, all you have to do is listen to Everybody Needs Somebody To Love. His command is impressive and this is really the first time you get to glimpse the superstar he was to become."
"Now! captures the pure essence of The Rolling Stones. This would be the last Stones album comprised solely of blues, rhythm & blues and soul music."
"Like most of the other early Stones albums, there's good music here, but not enough of it. A couple of excellent singles: Little Red Rooster is by far the best of their early blues covers, thanks to Brian's slide and harp and Mick's dead-on bluesman vocals; and Heart Of Stone, a sullen R & B infused rocker."
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