Home / Music / Their Satanic Majesties Request divided critics between ambition and imitationMusic linernotes album music the-rolling-stonesTheir Satanic Majesties Request divided critics between ambition and imitationReviews were mixed, with some critics praising its psychedelic ambition while others saw it as an unfocused imitation of the Beatles’ contemporary work. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related Notes102 Edith Grove: How a Squalid Chelsea Flat Forged The Rolling Stones2000 Light Years from Home and the Stones' Space-Age Psychedelia‘A Bigger Bang’: A Late-Career Highlight That Doesn’t Reach the 70s PeakA Bigger Bang on 180g Vinyl – How the 2016 Reissue Fixed the CD’s Loudness ProblemA Bigger Bang's Critical Reception: Praised as a Return to Form, but Some Called It FormulaicExploreFleetwood Mac jammed at Chess Studios in 1969Buena Vista Social Club was recorded in six days in HavanaStevie Ray Vaughan cut Couldn't Stand the Weather in 19 daysCount Basie played Newport in 1957Dizzy Gillespie's set at Newport was captured in 1957Previous Their Satanic Majesties Request followed Sgt. Pepper by just weeksNext The Wailers got stranded in the UK, which led to their Island Records deal