The Rolling Stones, Now!
by The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones, Now! by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-02-13
Overall rank: 5,612th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 162 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (45th)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (431st)
Award Best albums of all time (5,612th)

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The Rolling Stones bestography

The Rolling Stones, Now! is ranked 26th best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,246.

The Rolling Stones album bestography « Higher ranked (5,254th)
Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)
This album (5,612th)
The Rolling Stones, Now!
Lower ranked (5,968th) »
A Bigger Bang

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The Rolling Stones, Now! rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,612th | 1960s rank: 431st | 1965 rank: 45th  Overall chart history
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09/03/2026 08:51 dikkiepay  Ratings distribution  684/100
 
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From kokkinos 09/22/2022 21:19 in I'm going back to the start
“(and its US counterpart) The – admittedly confusing and annoying – tendency to differentiate between the UK and the US versions of their records keeps going strong. Another thing that’s repeated from their previous efforts is their focus on covers, three originals out of twelve in the UK versions…”
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75/100
You can hear the beginnings of later Stones in What a Shame. Heart of Stone is a favorite. Down The Road Apiece shows how amazing Keith was even early on. Some of the best guitar playing I've heard that early... almost beats out Chuck Berry.
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I love the rhythm and blues feel of this album.
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65/100
Odd collection of songs with the production quality constantly fluctuating. Couple of good tracks but nothing much to go out of your way to hear or relisten.

Best song(s): Down Home Girl; Surprise, Surprise
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An American release to clean up some tracks that were issued in the UK but not the US. A few classics here and some filler.
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More of the confusion between releases across the pond. These rarely make satisfying entities and this is no exception.
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