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Their Satanic Majesties Request is een album van de Engelse rockband The Rolling Stones, uit 1967.

De leden van de band, die experimenteerde met heroïne en andere genotsmiddelen, zeiden de blues en rock-'n-roll tijdelijk vaarwel en maakten hun eerste en tevens laatste psychedelische album. Het album is vaak genoemd als het antwoord van de Rolling Stones op Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band van The Beatles maar het uitstapje werd niet door alle fans gewaardeerd. Naast de van het album getrokken single "She's a Rainbow" / "2000 Light Years From Home" bevat het album het acceptabele debuut van Bill Wyman "In Another Land". Over de kwaliteit van de op Afrikaanse beat gebaseerde psychedelische sessie "Sing This All Together (See What Happens)" zullen voor- en tegenstanders het nooit eens worden.

Their Satanic Majesties Request is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released in December 1967 by Decca Records in the UK and by London Records in the United States. It was the first Rolling Stones album released in identical versions in both countries. The title is a play on the "Her Britannic Majesty requests and requires" text that appeared inside a British passport.

The band experimented with a psychedelic sound, incorporating unconventional elements such as Mellotron, sound effects, string arrangements, and African rhythms. The band members produced the album themselves as their manager/producer Andrew Loog Oldham had departed. The prolonged recording process was marked by drug use, court appearances, and jail terms by members of the band. The original LP cover features a lenticular image by the photographer Michael Cooper.

Satanic Majesties initially received mixed reviews. It was criticised as being derivative of the contemporaneous work of the Beatles, particularly their June 1967 release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with the similarities extending to the LP's cover. In subsequent decades, however, it has gradually risen in critical reputation. Following the release, the Rolling Stones abandoned their psychedelic style for a stripped-down return to their roots in blues music.