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The covers on this 1965 gem are a bit more obscure than on the Stones'  first two long-players, not a bad thing for a band still getting its writing  chops together (if admirably; "Heart of Stone" and "Surprise,  Surprise" are particularly strong). If there were still doubts that these  London kids had any business playing this music, a casually scorching "Down  the Road Apiece" should have allayed them; the stomp they lay on Bo  Diddley's "Mona" and Jagger's lazy drawl on the New Orleans obscurity  "Down Home Girl" make for canny mood changes.--Rickey Wright