What a glorious mess of r&b, blues and pop that manager Allen Klein compiled to make a quick buck specially for the North American market. The Rolling Stones are not about perfection and this pot pourri of leftover tracks captures that feeling to its core. The surefire single by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, "Get Off Of My Cloud", is their most attitudinal yet. Mick wants nobody nagging or clawing at him doing his thing because "two's a crowd on my cloud, baby". The music's exciting too with the ultimate weaving between Keith and Brian Jones's guitars only to be outstripped when Charlie Watts drops the beat with his drum rolls. In "I'm Free", Mick expressly states that he won't take no for an answer. It bears a brand new way of living where Keith's trippy harmony brings home the point. The other two great pop originals, "Blue Turns to Grey" and "Gotta Get Away" are ruminations of Mick's vulnerability hence his complex nature.
01 She Said Yeah 1:35 02 Talkin' About You 2:31 03 You Better Move On 2:40 04 Look What You've Done 2:16 05 The Singer Not The Song 2:23 06 Route 66 2:40 07 Get Off Of My Cloud 2:56 08 I'm Free 2:24 09 As Tears Go By 2:46 10 Gotta Get Away 2:07 11 Blue Turns To Grey 2:29 12 I'm Moving On 2:13