Favorite Beatles album?

ElephantSack · 11-18-2009, 06:27 AM

One more for Sgt. Pepper's.

After that, I would have to go with Rubber Soul.

By the way, has anyone here heard the reggae retake on Sgt. Pepper's by the Easy Star Dub All-Stars? ****in' awesome.
They also did reggae versions of Dark Side of the Moon and OK Computer.

sgtpepper11 · 11-19-2009, 02:49 PM

Really tough choice, but my rankings would have to go:
Abbey Road
The White Album
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper
Revolver

Mojo · 11-19-2009, 04:47 PM

^ Im not the only one seeing the irony, surely?

captaincaptain · 11-19-2009, 06:28 PM

Of the albums I've hear front to back

Rubber Soul
Sgt Pepper
The White Album
Abbey Road
Revolver
Let It Be
Magical Mystery Tour

loveissucide · 11-19-2009, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

The White Album is great?

That's 5 words!

Do I win a prize?

The White Album is a staggering mess of a record!

storymilo · 11-19-2009, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sgtpepper11

Really tough choice, but my rankings would have to go:
Abbey Road
The White Album
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper
Revolver

How is it a tough choice? You basically just picked their 5 most famous and successful albums.

Axiomatic Wiki · 11-20-2009, 12:25 AM

Rubber Soul is easily my favorite. Norwegian Wood, Think For Yourself, In my Life, I'm Looking Through you, Wait, If I needed Someone, Run for your life, all incredible songs. Besides being my favorite for having my favorite compilation of Beatles songs, it also is when the Beatles really stated to evolve out of the mold they had only began to crack with Help!. It was also when Harrison(My favorite Beatle) began to really shine and show that he, maybe not on a quantity basis, but on a quality bases, compete with John and Paul.

I really dig most of their works from Hard Days Night onward. Second and third favorite would be Revolver and Help!

Yon Troper · 11-20-2009, 02:45 AM

Revolver, hands down. Firstly, it was musically innovative as hell, with stuff like "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the backwards guitar in "I'm Only Sleeping". It also showed George Harrison really coming into his own as a songwriter, with "Taxman", "Love You To" and "I Want To Tell You", and Paul McCartney contributed some of his best lyrics with "Eleanor Rigby" (my favourite Beatles song, by the way) and "For No One". They were all at their creative peak, musically and lyrically, and its influence on psychedelic rock was huge. If that's not the mark of the Beatles' best album, I don't know what is.

ElephantSack · 11-28-2009, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mojopinuk

^ Im not the only one seeing the irony, surely?

Eh, what're you gonna do?

TheCunningStunt · 11-30-2009, 06:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by loveissucide

The White Album is a staggering mess of a record!

That's 10 words. We needed to do it in 5! And how's it a mess? There's some absolute brilliance on there.

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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11-18-2009, 06:27 AM	#361 (permalink)
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11-19-2009, 04:47 PM	#363 (permalink)
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11-19-2009, 06:28 PM	#364 (permalink)
captaincaptain I Am Become Death Metal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Stankonia Posts: 695	Of the albums I've hear front to back Rubber Soul Sgt Pepper The White Album Abbey Road Revolver Let It Be Magical Mystery Tour __________________ LAST.FM RYM

11-20-2009, 12:25 AM	#367 (permalink)
Axiomatic Wiki Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Souvlaki Space Station Posts: 99	Rubber Soul is easily my favorite. Norwegian Wood, Think For Yourself, In my Life, I'm Looking Through you, Wait, If I needed Someone, Run for your life, all incredible songs. Besides being my favorite for having my favorite compilation of Beatles songs, it also is when the Beatles really stated to evolve out of the mold they had only began to crack with Help!. It was also when Harrison(My favorite Beatle) began to really shine and show that he, maybe not on a quantity basis, but on a quality bases, compete with John and Paul. I really dig most of their works from Hard Days Night onward. Second and third favorite would be Revolver and Help! __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/AxiomaticWiki

11-19-2009, 02:49 PM	#362 (permalink)
sgtpepper11 Groupie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 2	Really tough choice, but my rankings would have to go: Abbey Road The White Album Rubber Soul Sgt. Pepper Revolver

11-20-2009, 02:45 AM	#368 (permalink)
Yon Troper Groupie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 32	Revolver, hands down. Firstly, it was musically innovative as hell, with stuff like "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the backwards guitar in "I'm Only Sleeping". It also showed George Harrison really coming into his own as a songwriter, with "Taxman", "Love You To" and "I Want To Tell You", and Paul McCartney contributed some of his best lyrics with "Eleanor Rigby" (my favourite Beatles song, by the way) and "For No One". They were all at their creative peak, musically and lyrically, and its influence on psychedelic rock was huge. If that's not the mark of the Beatles' best album, I don't know what is.