Best Beatles Album

[Va Lefty]

Poll question: Best Beatles Album

In terms of the Album with the best music not social importance, What's your favorite?

[ForrestGump]

1. "Abbey Road"

And I think side B is perhaps the best sequence of songs ever released on LP. "Abbey Road" is sheer perfection, with the Beatles going somewhat back to basics in terms of the roots quality of some of the tracks but retaining the technical wizardry and layers they worked so hard on for "Sergeant Pepper."

I'd probably pick the 'white album' as my second favorite from the Beatles.

[jpgray]

16. "Mean Mr. Mustard" -> "Golden Slumbers" sounds like aimless filler to me

But to each his own. :D "You Never Give Me Your Money", however, rules.

[datasuspect]

2. rubber soul

then abbey road

[YankeyMCC]

3. I can't choose between most of them

St Peppers might seem the cloche choice but there's damn good reason for choosing it.

I think I play the White Album the most out of my own collection.

But part of me really likes the return to more primal harder rock style in Rubber Soul.

And I love everything on Let it Be

[Joe Fields]

8. I echo those sentiments.

I listen to all of the Beatles albums quite frequently, because, in their time, when each was produced, they were master works of art. Each album showed a progressive bent artistically, and really, what more can you ask for? In short, I could not choose. I love them all.

[Alexander]

4. The Beatles

AKA "The White Album"

[Callalily]

5. Rubber Soul

Sure wish my turntable was set up. I'd go play it right now.

[MorningGlow]

6. Rubber Soul

And Revolver (but I voted for Rubber Soul). It's my favorite Beatles "era"--when I started going from vinyl to CD, I bought those two first.

[asthmaticeog]

7. Another for Rubber Soul.

Seems like a bit of a sea-change here, I always thought the most widely preferred mid-period Beatles was eternally Revolver. Huh.

[Le Taz Hot]

9. Rubber Soul

Any debate on this subject is a useless waste of time. :evilgrin:

[begin_within]

10. Rubber Soul is the best pop music album, period.

[tool_of_the_people]

11. The White Album

Disc 1. Back in the U.S.S.R., 2. Dear Prudence, 3. Glass Onion 4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, 5. Wild Honey Pie, 6. Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, 7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps, 8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun, 9. Martha My Dear, 10. I'm So Tired 11. Blackbird, 12. Piggies, 13. Rocky Raccoon, 14. Don't Pass Me By, 15. Why Don't We Do It in the Road?, 16. I Will, 17. Julia

Disc 2. 1. Birthday, 2. Yer Blues, 3. Mother Nature's Son, 4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey, 5. Sexy Sadie, 6. Helter Skelter, 7. Long, Long, Long, 8. Revolution 1, 9. Honey Pie, 10. Savoy Truffle, 11. Cry Baby Cry, 12. Revolution #9, 13. Good Night

A LOT of good stuff there. BTW- Is there such a thing as a BAD Beatles album?

[GCP]

12. Revolver - no contest

Track Listing
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm only sleeping
4. Love you to
5. Here there and everywhere
6. Yellow submarine
7. She said she said
8. Good day sunshine
9. And your bird can sing
10. For no one
11. Dr Robert
12. I want to tell you
13. Got to get you into my life
14. Tomorrow never knows

[Lindsey]

13. There are too many I love-I'm still an obsessed Beatles fan....:-)

[jpgray]

14. While Revolver has higher points, Rubber Soul doesn't have "Yellow Submarine"

[wildhorses]

15. rubber soul

:thumbsup:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

17. Revolver.

[mulsh]

18. Beatles on the BBC

live radio broadcast no overdubs pretty much shows why they were such a great band. The broadcasts ended right around the time the boys adopted what Lennon always called " that dead Beatle sound" - see numerous post-Beatle interviews.