The Rolling Stones, Now! Songwriting Credits by The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones, Now! captures the band mid-transition: of its twelve tracks, the majority are still covers of American R&B and rock and roll sources, including Chuck Berry ('You Can't Catch Me'), Willie Dixon ('Little Red Rooster'), and Bo Diddley ('Mona'). Against that backdrop, the four Jagger/Richards and Nanker Phelge originals, most notably 'Heart of Stone,' signal a writing partnership beginning to assert itself. Producer Andrew Loog Oldham pushed the band toward self-composed material, and Brian Jones colors the record with slide guitar, harmonica, and electric guitar. The album still leans on interpretation rather than authorship, but the original-songs ratio is climbing.