Flowers

Dismissed as a rip-off of sorts by some critics as it took the patchwork bastardization of British releases for the American audience to extremes, gathering stray tracks from the U.K. versions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons, 1966-1967 singles (some of which had already been used on the U.S. editions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons), and a few outtakes. Judged solely by the music, though, it's rather great. "Lady Jane," "Ruby Tuesday," and "Let's Spend the Night Together" are all classics (although they had all been on an LP before); the 1966 single "Mother's Little Helper," a Top Ten hit, is also terrific; and "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" making its first album appearance, is the early Stones at their most surrealistic and angst-ridden. A lot of the rest of the cuts rate among their most outstanding 1966-1967 work. "Out of Time" is hit-worthy in its own right (and in fact topped the British charts in an inferior cover by Chris Farlowe); "Backstreet Girl," with its European waltz flavor, is one of the great underrated Stones songs. The same goes for the psychedelic Bo Diddley of "Please Go Home," and the acoustic, pensively sardonic "Sittin' on a Fence," with its strong Appalachian flavor. Almost every track is strong, so if you're serious about your Stones, don't pass this by just because a bunch of people slag it as an exploitative marketing trick (which it is). 

这时还是滚石追随披头士的迷幻时代，真正找到自己的风格还要等到1968年的Jumpin' Jack Flash了，从此滚石开始了自己最辉煌的时期

还好，差一点就成披头士了

这张精选集里《Have You Seen Your Mother,Baby,Stading in the Shadow》《My Girl》、《Ride On,Baby》、《Sittin' On A Fence》是未收录任何专辑的新单曲

这张主要是美版专辑未收录的曲目

这真是我见过最草率的专封了

收集的都是英版<Aftermath><Between the Buttons>有的曲目而美版没有的曲目，所为补充。

滚石第一首带有滚石标志性乐段和吉他特色的是The Last Time，当然距离你所说真正找到自己的风格可能还差点意思，再之后的Satisfaction可以说是滚石的标志性和代表作品，这首Fuzz音色的单曲也成为全球榜单的榜首。我认为是从这首开启滚石时代，JJF还是很后面的事情了。

滚石和披头士都是迷幻风潮的领军人，虽有个别歌曲跟风，但说不上追随。