The Rolling Stones album Jerry Garcia and Frank Zappa both agreed was their best

A 1967 Rolling Stones album, *Between the Buttons*, is presented as an important turning point in the band’s move towards original songwriting and more ambitious records. The article says its eclectic sound also resonated with Jerry Garcia and Frank Zappa, linking it to the era’s psychedelic music.

Garcia admired Brian Jones’s use of instruments such as the marimba and organ, and later performed songs from the album with his bands. Zappa also praised the record as an inspiration; Mick Jagger recalled that approval, although he felt the lengthy recording process had left the album “spoiled”. Released alongside landmark records by the Beatles and the Velvet Underground, it remains a notable work despite the Stones’ own mixed view of it.