Favorite Beatles album?

sleepy jack · 07-08-2008, 11:52 AM

The only Beatles song I've ever gotten sick of is Come Together. It seems to be all american radio stations play by them. I mean occasionally you get Hey Jude or Help! but that's very very very rare.

Pow R. Toc H. · 07-08-2008, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

They are not. Compared to what came later on, both are filled with mediocre tracks with only a small number of essential cuts. Help! is the biggest culprit in this regard with probably about 70% work songs with the absolute most utterly pointless banal subject matter.

...unless you mean "important" in the evolution of the Beatles, in which case they are. Neither are important albums in the sense of music history, though.

you're a moron

Urban Hat€monger ? · 07-08-2008, 12:44 PM

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Enough of that. It was deleted the first time for a reason.

thedaytripper · 07-08-2008, 02:29 PM

Abbey Road is musically enhanced and more advanced than some of what comes out today. every track on that album is meaningful

Double X · 07-08-2008, 02:36 PM

Except 'Her Majesty'

thedaytripper · 07-08-2008, 02:38 PM

yeah, that one is pointless, the end is such a captivating ending, and then comes her majesty. haha

Son of JayJamJah · 07-08-2008, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pow R. Toc H.

you're a moron

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

^
Enough of that. It was deleted the first time for a reason.

I don't know that's a pretty compelling counterpoint...

How about explaining why you disagree...?

Rainard Jalen · 07-08-2008, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pow R. Toc H.

you're a moron

Um...do you have any objection to the claim? If so, it might be more useful to give some indication of what it might be, in which case we might be able to discuss it.

boo boo · 07-08-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Let It Be is a drastically bad record. Often diehards make excuses saying "it may be sub-par by Beatles' standards but still, the worst thing recorded by the Beatles is way better than almost anything recorded by any other artist". Seriously. I really hate that kind of bias. If the Beatles record a generally mediocre set of songs, then let it be recognized as such.

No, absolutely not. The Beatles had one mediocre album in Yellow Submarine and their first two albums were average at best. But Let It Be was a pretty damn good album dispite it's flaws.

It's not a bad album by any means. The only thing I don't like about it is the inclusion of Maggie May and Dig Me, which are pretty awful and some of the orchestration Phil Spector added to certain tracks sound very out of place, and thats why they made Let It Be Naked to fit The Beatles original vision. And it corrected everything that was wrong with the original album.

It was a bit of a patch job, not much care went into the production of it. But c'mon. Two of Us, Across the Universe, Let it Be, Don't Let Me Down, I Me Mind and Long and Winding Road are all great songs, the only other song I don't like at all is For You Blue, and just about every other Beatles album has a worse song than that.

Molecules · 07-08-2008, 05:15 PM

I think Let It Be is only matched for cringe-factor by some of the early knock-off cover versions, it's just so mediocre by the standards set by the albums bookending it (am I right in remembering that Abbey Road was recorded after Let It Be or is that just bollocks?). You can't argue with Across the Universe or Don't Let Me Down though.
Anyway Phil Spector gets on my tits, and I think shoegaze would have managed just fine without him

View Poll Results: Well?
Please Please Me (1963)	6	1.18%
With the Beatles (1963)	0	0%
A Hard Day's Night (1964)	7	1.38%
Beatles for Sale (1964)	2	0.39%
Help! (1965)	10	1.96%
Rubber Soul (1965)	55	10.81%
Revolver (1966)	99	19.45%
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)	81	15.91%
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) - US release only	29	5.70%
The Beatles ("The White Album") (1968)	84	16.50%
Yellow Submarine (1969)	7	1.38%
Abbey Road (1969)	100	19.65%
Let It Be (1970)	12	2.36%
No opinion	17	3.34%
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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	^ Enough of that. It was deleted the first time for a reason. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

07-08-2008, 05:15 PM	#70 (permalink)
Molecules daddy don't Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: the Wastes Posts: 2,577	I think Let It Be is only matched for cringe-factor by some of the early knock-off cover versions, it's just so mediocre by the standards set by the albums bookending it (am I right in remembering that Abbey Road was recorded after Let It Be or is that just bollocks?). You can't argue with Across the Universe or Don't Let Me Down though. Anyway Phil Spector gets on my tits, and I think shoegaze would have managed just fine without him __________________ [SIZE="1"]Eff em tumble her

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thedaytripper Groupie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 30	Abbey Road is musically enhanced and more advanced than some of what comes out today. every track on that album is meaningful

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Double X sleepe Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: boston Posts: 1,140	Except 'Her Majesty'

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thedaytripper Groupie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 30	yeah, that one is pointless, the end is such a captivating ending, and then comes her majesty. haha