5 Things to Know About The Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request

It was released in December 1967, just weeks after the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The timing was not coincidental—the Stones were responding directly to the psychedelic trend.

The album was issued on Decca Records in the UK and London Records in the US. This was the standard arrangement for the band’s releases at the time.

Its sound is heavily influenced by psychedelic rock, with experimental studio effects and orchestration. The album is often seen as the Stones’ attempt to match the Beatles’ studio innovation.

The cover features a 3D lenticular image, a costly and unusual production choice for 1967. It was one of the first pop albums to use this technology.

Critics and fans remain divided on its quality, with many considering it a misstep. The band themselves largely abandoned this psychedelic direction on subsequent albums.