NewBilf

1. Abbey Road
2. Revolver
3. White Album

Personally Rubber Soul is one of my least favorite albums by them.

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Davey Moore

I really like The White Album. The only song I really don't like is Don't Pass Me By.

On a semi-related note, am I the only one who likes Wild Honey Pie and Revolution 9?

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Rainard Jalen

I like Wild Honey Pie a lot. Revolution 9, not so much. Why? Because it's an avant garde jam but 2 years after everybody else did the same thing, and aside from that (i.e. being a ripoff) it's not a very good take on the jam. It's unimpressive. It reminds me of Tool's bad ambient filler tracks that they needlessly put on albums.

On the topic of Rubber Soul and Revolver, it's hard to compare them really because they are basically different genres. Rubber Soul was folk rock, while Revolver pretty much abandoned rock'n'roll to get closer to pop - more specifically, the kind of pop inspired by the Brill Building. Revolver's considered the best of the best within that particular pop genre, and I'd go along with that. Rubber Soul on the other hand is interesting in that the strongest tracks are not the rock'n'roll ones (which the Beatles were trying to seek success in) but rather the more melodic ones like Michelle, which is in the style of 50s vocal groups, and Girl. I think this point serves to highlight where the Beatles' strengths really were. On Revolver they utilize those strengths to the absolute max, delivering the best record of straight-out beautiful pop music that they could muster.

Pow R. Toc H.

there's a difference between honey pie and wild honey pie.

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Rainard Jalen

Yes, my bad. I meant Wild Honey Pie. "Honey Pie" kinda sucks. It's a silly vaudeville dittie.

Piss Me Off

Hehe i like Wild Honey Pie, it's quite sweet, though if you're going to rate it along with their other songs of course you're going to be disappointed.
Pixies did a great cover of it too.

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Hmmm... I'm beginning to enjoy Rubber Soul and Revolver more and more. I still can't seem to grasp the importance of their first 4-5 albums, but at least they achieved fame from them. Without that, who knows if they would have ever made the music that immortalized them?

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Rainard Jalen

Wrong. They achieved fame from the singles.

People never seem to remember the point that the LP was NOT the important or dominant format in the early 60s. Albums simply were not how pop bands gained reputation back then. It was a purely singles-driven music world.

The first 5 albums aren't even supposed to be stand-alone masterpieces or great achievements in music. They are full of filler tracks for one. Between 4 of the albums there are 20 cover songs, with Hard Day's Night being the only one with 100% originals. Furthermore, Help and Hard Days Night are actually film soundtracks. If those albums' importance is hard to fathom, then it's because they are simply not important.

So yeah, the Beatles' popularity was built on the success of their massive Beatlemania-era singles. And it's easy to see why - those songs were just simply great catchy pop, and they were able to make a lot more of it than anybody else.

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Uh, no?

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Please Please Me - More then half the songs are covers, but Twist and Shout is a hit and "Saw her standing there" shows great song writing potential.

With the Beatles - Pretty average Lp, maybe the most dated sounding album.

Hard Days Night - First Soundtrack and a significant album. All original compositions and the first evolution in their sound.

Beatles for Sale - Another cover heavy LP with some classic originals. Introduction to folk music influence by the Beatles.

Help! - Another Soundtrack, my opinion their best one. Lots more Harrison on the song writing then in the past and a more poppy sound then the previous two albums.

Rubber Soul - Beginning of "new" Beatles a divisive album. For me it's a dud comparatively speaking, but it's very much beloved by fans especially folk\Beatles Fans.

Revolver - The Album that made me a Beatles fan, I was maybe 10 when it was released but when i finally "listened" to it 2 or 3 years later it hit me. Most electric and experimental Beatles album up to that point.

Sgt. Peppers - Sometimes considered the preeminent Beatles LP. Very good but that claim is debatable. Very few if any weak tracks, "When i'm 64" draws the most criticism in my experience.

The Beatles - Self titled often referred to as "the White Album" is the double side opus maximus for the fab-four. Though there are a number of average to slightly above average tracks it's an over all astounding compilation.

Yellow Submarine - Soundtrack and often times the harshest reviewed Beatles album and with good reason i suppose, it falls way short of anything else from the prolific 1966-1970 era.

Abbey Road - Could have and maybe should have been the Beatles final album. The pinnacle of consistency and creativity as the singles are great, Harrison and Starr have solid contributions, their are love songs, and the medley ending side two steals the show.

Let it Be - Very good album, originally planned to be released prior to Abbey Road, then scrapped and re-released in early 1970. Several nods to the end of the band within the album including final spoken line..."I hope we passed the audition"