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"

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.