12. December’s Children (And Everybody’s) (1965)

December’s Children (And Everybody’s) would be the last of the early Stones records that were equal parts covers and originals. As ever, the covers are well-curated and executed. Their speedy take on “Route 66″ feels so natural it almost seems original, and their live version of Hank Snow’s “I’m Moving On” is loaded with energy and promise. But what made all of these early records so remarkable was the original gems that they allowed to dot the landscape — in the case of December’s Children, it’s the no-holds-barred ode to insubordination “Get Off Of My Cloud,” with it’s irrepressibly catchy call-and-response chorus, which proved that the band was capable of taking all of their influences and making them into something that sounded like nothing else that had ever come before.