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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"A title for"....etc., 26 Oct 2003
Vastly different from its American counterpart (only half of the twelve tracks are the same), the UK version of "Out Of Our Heads" actually came out a few weeks later than the US LP, and it opens with the roaring, frenetic "She Said Yeah" rather than the soulful slowie "Mercy Mercy" (which follows it here). The classic hit single "Satisfaction" was never an album track in the US, and neither was "The Last Time" or "Play With Fire". Instead, listeners get "Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Going)", "Heart of Stone" (which had already appeared in America on "The Rolling Stones Now!"), and "I'm Free" and "Talkin' 'Bout You", which would turn up in America on "December's Children". To add to the confusion, the menacing Gerard Mankowitz black-and-white cover shot used here would turn up in America three months later, also on the December's Children LP. But there is certainly nothing wrong with the album; it's all good, solid, first-rate soul, rock & roll and R&B, with a certain developing sophistication on songs like "I'm Free", and some truly superb soul covers ("Mercy, Mercy", "That's How Strong My Love Is" and "Good Times"). 4 1/2 stars. Highly recommended. And the serious fan has to have both versions, of course.
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