''Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request'' is the fourth studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on June 18, 1996, by record label Tangible and distributed by Bomp! Records, and is the second of three full-length albums released by the band that year.

Recording

''Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request'' was recorded in 1995 at Bloody Angle Studios.

Content

The album's title and music is influenced by

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' 1967 album ''

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''. ''Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request'' reveals vast experimentation with Indian drones, sitars, mellotrons, farfisas, didgeridoos, tablas, congas, and glockenspiels. Following in the footsteps of

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and

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, BJM capture and explore the psychedelic rock sound of the late 1960s. The opening track, All Around You (Intro), pays tribute to the showmanship of the Stones, calling one and all to the psychedelic trip that they are about to experience. The song "Donovan Said" is itself a tribute to

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's "The Fat Angel", mimicking the vocal patterns of the verse at about a 3/4's of the speed.

Critical reception

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's Jason Ankeny wrote: "their music is too rich to be merely retro, and too knowing to be merely slavish – the Stones themselves haven't made a record this strong or entertaining in years." According to

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in ''

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'',

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told him that "Anemone" was his favorite song.

Track listing

All songs on the album were written by

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, except for "No Come Down" and "Miss June '75", written by

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. ;Side A #"All Around You (Intro)" – 5:35 #"Cold to the Touch" – 3:20 #"Donovan Said" – 4:42 #"In India You" – 3:40 ;Side B #"No Come Down" – 5:48 #"(Around You) Everywhere" – 0:56 #"Jesus" – 6:30 #"Before You" – 1:59 #"Miss June '75" – 7:33 ;Side C #"Anenome" – 5:34 #"Baby (Prepraise)" – 0:30 #"Feelers" – 5:27 #"Bad Baby" – 8:22 ;Side D #"Cause, I Lover" – 1:17 #"(Baby) Love of My Life" – 1:06 #"Slowdown (Fuck Tomorrow)/Here It Comes" – 6:46 #"All Around You (Outro)" – 4:48

Personnel

– guitar, sitar, organ, vocals *

– bass, guitar, vocals, backing vocals * Dean Taylor – guitar *

Joel Gion Joel Gion (; born ) is an American musician, best known as the tambourine player for the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre. He was a guest star on the U.S. television show ''Gilmore Girls'', where he played the tambourine in the ...

– percussion *Brian Glaze – drums *Mara Keagle – guitar, percussion, vocals ("Anemone"), backing vocals The liner notes also contain a list of instruments appearing on the album: :"acoustic guitar, sitar, clavs, mellotron, tambora, echoplex-feedback-generator, electric guitar, dumbek, tablas, flute, farfisa, recorder, tape loops, drums, acoustic bass, shinni, chanter, didgeridoo, vox jaguar, French horn, viola, tuba, SMS serge, 12-string electric guitar, harmonium, tambourines, cabasa, conga, jimbe, accordion, celeste, glockenspiel, bells, fish, piano, hammond, cello, wolf horn, maracas, weird-fucking-Chinese-shit, tyco drum, vibes, woodwinds and other top secret crap."

References

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