The Case for Their Satanic Majesties Request

Originally published at https://www.splicetoday.com. The editors chopped up the last paragraph, so this is the full version I submitted to them.

It’s true that Their Satanic Majesties Request is the Rolling Stones’ failed attempt to make their version of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Mick Jagger said “ it’s not very good.” However, Jagger’s wrong; the album isn’t that bad…