EMI's Parlophone label released "Rubber Soul" on 3 December 1965 in Britain, with "Think for Yourself" sequenced as the fifth track, between "Nowhere Man" and "The Word". The album was a commercial and critical success, although initially some reviewers in the UK were confused by the band's more mature approach. The release also marked the start of a period when other artists, in an attempt to emulate the Beatles' achievement, sought to create albums as works of artistic merit, with a consistently high standard of original compositions and with increasingly novel sounds. Among the albums influenced by "Rubber Soul" was the Rolling Stones' "Aftermath", which included fuzz-toned bass parts on the songs "Under My Thumb" and "Mother's Little Helper".