Today we have the Rolling Stones' third studio album The Rolling Stones, Now! Released in February 1965, the album was only released in the US while most of the songs were released on the UK version The Rolling Stones No. 2. Only four of the twelve songs are Jagger/Richards originals.
While the band's songwriting is still slowly developing, the band continues growing instrumentally. The opener "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" and "You Can't Catch Me" are great examples of early rock and roll and I'm not usually one to notice it, but Bill Wyman's bass playing is excellent through the whole LP, particularly with the bass lines on "Down Home Girl" and "Heart of Stone." Jagger's voice is continuing to grow on me and Richards is becoming a stellar guitarist. B+ [Later: A]
