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Powerstars 05-26-2013 03:17 PM

Said it before, I'll say it again: "Abbey Road" is, imo, the single best album ever released. e got the melody, which makes experimental concepts very accessible, and some all-time classics on here like "Come Together."

Aperture Science 07-12-2013 05:37 PM

self-titled, and revolver are closely tied

Quzi 07-13-2013 12:43 AM

Abbey Road has an air of manufacturedness and fracture that leaves me cold. I could look past it when I was younger, and it was my favourite Beatles album then, but now? I'd say with ease that Rubber Soul is the unsung hero of the Beatles' catalogue by a country mile.

Farewell 07-13-2013 02:50 AM

Love 'em all. It's tough for me to pick a favorite, but in no particular order, these are the 5 albums I tend to listen to the most, front-to-back:

Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's
White Album
Abbey Road

Alice in Chains 07-13-2013 03:23 AM

I am having the toughest time right now choosing this. I think it's a real tie for me between Rubber Soul, The White Album, and Revolver.

So, here goes nothin'.

Rubber Soul
White Album
Revolver
Help!
A Hard Day's Night (This is tough because this could be my number one just because of "And I Love Her" but that'd be biased)
With the Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
Abbey Road
Please Please Me
Sgt. Peppers
Beatles for Sale
Let It Be
Yellow Submarine

Jesus Christ, that's hard.

Nurse Duckett 07-13-2013 05:34 AM

I can ever decide which Beatles album is my favourite, and I've given up trying to.

I could be wrong but I don't think Let It Be Naked has been mentioned on this thread, it's a remixed and remastered version of Let It Be and it was released in 2003. To cut a long story short its been totally de-Phil Spectorised, and the track listing is slightly different. A much better album that the original release in 1970, if you've got a spare 36 minutes give it a listen and see what you think.


Aperture Science 07-14-2013 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Nurse Duckett (Post 1343903)
I can ever decide which Beatles album is my favourite, and I've given up trying to.

I could be wrong but I don't think Let It Be Naked has been mentioned on this thread, it's a remixed and remastered version of Let It Be and it was released in 2003. To cut a long story short its been totally de-Phil Spectorised, and the track listing is slightly different. A much better album that the original release in 1970, if you've got a spare 36 minutes give it a listen and see what you think.



I disagree.

I think the Let it Be...Naked album has any character. I find it to be dull. The original album has the raw, live album type feel, and the studio chatter in between songs gives it added character.

For the most part, stripping away Spector's stuff makes little to no difference.."One After 909", "For You Blue", and "Two of Us" are more or less the same


I would argue that songs like Dig a Pony, I Me Mine, Don't Let Me Down, and I've Got a Feeling worked better in their raw, gritty album versions..etc

The only example of a song being comparable to the original imo is "Across the Universe"


When you get down to it, the only reason this album even exists, is so Paul could make it clear (again) that he hated what Spector did to "The Long and Winding Road" and "Let it Be"..which again is dumb, because Paul already got his "preferred" version out on Anthology 3.

It's a Beatles.."album" of sorts, so of course the songs are all great, but i find Naked rather useless, dull, and boring.

Cuthbert 08-16-2013 06:05 PM

Going through their discography atm. Heard Revolver before. Please Please Me is my favourite so far.

My favourite song so far is In My Life.

Taxman 10-06-2013 12:02 AM

it's hard to choice favourite Beatles album since all of them are so frigging great. I mean, they were the greatest band ever and there are no fillers in their records. (Don't count Yellow Submarine or Revolution #9). But I'm gonna try anyway...

1. White Album: The quintessential album. The most diverse album. Hell, how many genres they covered?? Plus the melodies rule.
2. Probably Revolver.
3.Pepper, although I like MMT as much as Pepper.
4. Magical Mystery Tour
5. Abbey Road, B-side is the best album side ever but a-side includes some weaker songs (in Beatles' standards).
6. Please Please Me. THIS ONE ROCKS.
7. Rubber Soul, a good album but somewhat overrated, but includes In My Life which is their best song ever
8. Hard Days' Night. A silly pop masterpiece to end all the silly pop masterpieces, you know.
9. Help. Very great but somewhat boring.
10. Let It Be. Good album, great songs, but too much throwaways and bad production.
11.With The Beatles. An amazing record in 1963 standards.
12. Beatles For Sale, originals rule, but too many covers although they rule too.

NovasoniC 10-15-2013 10:48 AM

Got everything, like them all.

Revolver is an album that I have always seen as their transition album. Along with the cover art and concept, it has to be one of their more profound albums. In the bigger picture, Sgt. Pepper.


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