So what? It was still released as an LP regardless if The Beatles intended it or not, that shouldn't mean it dosen't count.

Even if it was Capital, they made a great LP, it should have been an LP in the first place, the songs fit together perfectly.

It's an LP in no more of a sense than any compilation is.

But that's what an album is. It is a compilation of songs that have been pre-mixed and a producer decides which songs should go where. I'm not saying there isn't some cohesive theme in the writing of any album. But it's not like they said, "Hmmm. This song sounds good. Which song should we write to follow it up with on the album?" And in the case of MMT, it was a bunch of songs that actually FIT together. Isn't that what an album is?

But overall, I really think it's hard to try and argue one Beatles album's strengths over another. They were mostly amazing albums. I say mostly because (apart from petulant teenagers) who the **** actually enjoyed early Beatles? Please Please Me made me cry (and no, not in the good way).

A studio album is an album which was A, recorded in connected studio sessions, and B, has a set of songs that were intended by the band to appear on one record. That is a distinct difference. I can't actually believe it if you are trying to break down the barrier between studio albums and compilations of songs that weren't intended for one record. What's more, a band too might well decide upon the order of tracks, not just the producer.

But the most crucial distinction is that a studio album is one on which a number of songs appear that were intended to belong together on a single record. This is not the case with MMT LP.



As for early Beatles, the originals on Please Please Me are good; With The Beatles is trash; Hard Day's Night has some excellent ballads and beat numbers on it; Beatles For Sale has a number of pretty good originals on it; Help is mostly filler but the filler is pretty good and catchy, and the strong songs on it are excellent.

Which is why Past Masters Vol 1 & 2 also should have been added to the poll.

What? Since when is greatest hits and best of albums included in polls like these?

How can you seriously compare the two, do you really think that Magical Mystery Tour is a greatest hits album?

Go read the rest of the discussion. And Magical Mysery Tour LP on the second side IS somewhat of a "greatest hits compilation" for 1966-1967.

Rubber Soul>The White Album>Revolver>Abbey Road>Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band>Magical Mystery Tour>Let It Be>Help!>The rest

Rubber Soul...It doesn't have enough songs to justify the filler (White album).

You know...I never really fell in love with Rubber Soul. Girl, Nowhere Man, In My Life, and Norwegian Wood are all splendid songs, but Wait and You Won't See Me are throwaways. The rest of the songs are very solid, Think For Yourself is a personal favorite of mine. Now that doesn't sound like a bad album, but when you compare it to Revolver, I think Revolver passes it lyrically, vocally, and instrumentally.

- George works much more on the sitar (Love You To) and releases two other great songs.
- All of McCartney's numbers are much stronger
- Lennon experiments much more