Aftermath (studio album)
by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones bestography
Aftermath is ranked 5th best out of 102 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 45 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,702.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 36 hours ago | robertoveltri | 775 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 01:34 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,139 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 05:17 | colabunga | 586 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 13:22 | Arnio | 16 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/11/2025 04:29 |  MadhattanJack | 5,393 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.
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Under My Thumb is one of their finest moments. This album starts strong with the first 4 tracks, but then there's a massive lull (especially with the 11-minute borefest of Goin' Home), but then picks up again at the end. Other highlights are I am Waiting, Mother's Little Helper and Out of Time. Could have been another great Stones album, but there's too much filler.
Brandon8 03/22/2024 23:50 | #302629
This comment is for the US version. First album of all original material and when they begin to come into their own. This starts off with a classic as did many Stones albums to follow Paint It Black. Under My Thumb is another sure fire classic and has one of their great deep cuts I Am Waiting. The best of the rest is Stupid Girl and Lady Jane but I don’t feel the need to skip any songs. I think the next 2 albums were a bit of a regression and this was the true path to Beggars Banquet and beyond.
1 and 4 are masterpieces ??
Paint it Black is probably their best song and Under My Thumb has a melody so good even The Beatles were probably envious, but overall not super consistent.
Like mv3k I have the US version which, IMO, is a slightly better release than the UK version listed here. Both great albums though whichever one you get. Side one is great with paint it black as one of the best side one, track ones’ ever. Follow that with stupid girl and the wonderful lady Jane and it’s pretty much perfect up to that point.
The US version is great start of fairly good Stones 60s run. The best tracks are Paint It Black and Under My Thumb.
Cuando apareció este disco, los Stones ya habían publicado álbumes excelentes, pero este es, en mi opinión, su primera obra maestra.
This was the first Stones that I ever heard, and it wasn't until way later into their discography that I came to appreciate what this was. A bluesy-er offering, and slides nicely into the discography.
I love the exotic instrumentation on this record
strong bluesy Stones offering.
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