Today we have the Rolling Stones' fifth studio album December's Children (And Everybody's). Released in 1965, the album was only available in the US and complies mostly of songs that were already released in the UK, but not yet in the US. Because of this, it is usually ignored as an important part of the band's discography. Side one of the album consists entirely of covers except one song, while side two is all originals except for one song.
While side one of this album doesn't contain songs of poor quality, it says something that the best song is "You Better Move On," which was recorded in the band's early days. On side two, "I'm Free" is a good original and the acoustic "As Tears Go By" is easily the best song on the whole album, although I could do without the addition of the strings. Outside of these, there's half-assed covers, mostly uninteresting originals, and two decent live performances. C+ [Later: B-]
