Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Sing This All Together" 3:46
2. "Citadel" 2:50
3. "In Another Land" 3:15
4. "2000 Man" 3:07
5. "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)" (hidden track "Cosmic Christmas" starts at 7:54) 8:33
Total length: 21:31
Side two
6. "She's a Rainbow" 4:35
7. "The Lantern" 4:24
8. "Gomper" 5:08
9. "2000 Light Years from Home" 4:45
10. "On with the Show" 3:40
Total length: 22:32
The Rolling Stones Band Members / Musicians
Mick Jagger – lead vocals (all but 3), backing vocals (1, 3–9), percussion (1, 5, 8), maracas (2, 9, 10), glockenspiel (2), tambourine (6)
Keith Richards – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–10), backing vocals (1, 3–9), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 6, 7), bass guitar (9)
Brian Jones – Mellotron (1–3, 5–10), flute (2, 5, 10), backing vocals (1, 5, 6), percussion (1, 5, 6), güiro (1, 5, 10), saxophone (1, 2, 10), sound effects (3, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 7), electric guitar (6), vibraphone (5), glockenspiel (1, 5), theremin (5, 9), jew's harp (5), brass (1, 5, 7), organ (1, 7), electric dulcimer (2, 8, 9), recorder (8), sarod (8), shehnai (1, 8), harp (10)
Bill Wyman – bass guitar (1–8, 10), percussion (1, 5), lead vocals (3), piano (3), organ (3), Mellotron (5)
Charlie Watts – drums (2–7, 9, 10), tambourine (5, 10), percussion (1, 5, 6), congas (5), tabla (8), claves (10),
Nicky Hopkins – piano (1, 5–7, 9, 10), organ (4, 8), harpsichord (2, 3), celesta (6)
John Paul Jones – string arrangement (6)
Ronnie Lane – backing vocals (3)
Steve Marriott – backing vocals (3)
Eddie Kramer – claves (9)
Their Satanic Majesties Request is the 6th British and 8th American studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1967 by Decca Records in the UK and by London Records in the US. It is their first to be released in identical versions in both countries. The album's title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires..." text that appears inside a British passport.
The band experimented with a psychedelic sound on Satanic Majesties, incorporating unconventional elements such as Mellotron, sound effects, string arrangements, and African rhythms. The band produced the album themselves as their manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham had departed. The prolonged recording process was marked by drug use, court appearances, and jail terms by members of the band. The original LP cover features a lenticular image by photographer Michael Cooper.
Satanic Majesties received mixed reactions from critics and members of the group itself. The album was criticised as being derivative of the contemporaneous work of the Beatles, particularly their June 1967 release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with the similarities extending to the LP's cover. In subsequent decades, however, it has gradually risen in critical reputation. Following the album's release, the Rolling Stones abandoned their psychedelic style for a stripped-down return to their roots in blues music.
