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DisgruntledPorcupine 
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The only Beatles album I find more than just kinda good is Revolver. They just have so many bland tracks I find it hard to take a full album of them in every case other then that one.
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 12:43 |
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This album is often heralded the same way as The Stones' Exile on Main Street is - an eclectic loosely assembled record which offers up a multitude of different styles. That said, I don't think either of the two come close to being the peak of their respectable careers.
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 11:20 |
 Anthony wrote:
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(Magical Mystery Tour was not an album, it was a double single.) |
In the UK it was a double EP, in the USA it was a full album with the same tracklist as the CD version. |
It wasn't an LP where The Beatles come from until 1976. Capitol Records did it, one of those cash-in hybrids
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 10:49 |
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Rubber Soul to Abbey Road for me. I think The White Album was one of their better albums, though I'm reluctant to call it their best since, let's face it, that honor could apply to a large chunk of their output - particularly A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album and Abbey Road.
Edited by KingCrInuYasha - March 29 2013 at 10:50
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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tszirmay
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 09:15 |
ExittheLemming wrote:
The White Album can be considered a very elaborate homage to a wide variety of popular music styles from Blues, Calypso, Soul, Metal, Folk, Pop, Rock'n'Roll, Chanson etc
However, as brilliantly executed as these expert homages are, the very nature of pastiche means the Beatles are deliberately cribbing from existing styles and will of course be less groundbreakingly original than some of their other albums. That said, the likes of Julia, Dear Prudence and Sexy Sadie have no precedent in popular music in my view and represented freshly minted originals.
Let It Be ain't a great Beatles album but it's certainly not their worst (Yellow Submarine might qualify?)
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Strange about Yellow Submarine, as it is a rather "orchestral" album but it does contain one of my all-time favorite song "Hey Bulldog"  I guess there is no such thing as a poor Beatles album
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 07:41 |
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Their best period was from Revolver to Abbey Road. I think the white album is my second or third favourite, after Revolver and maybe Abbey Road.
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 07:38 |
Stool Man wrote:
(Magical Mystery Tour was not an album, it was a double single.) |
In the UK it was a double EP, in the USA it was a full album with the same tracklist as the CD version.
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Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 06:42 |
Stool Man wrote:
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So who isn't on Back in the USSR? |
Ringo. Paul drums on it |
Oh good.
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 06:36 |
Snow Dog wrote:
So who isn't on Back in the USSR? |
Ringo. Paul drums on it
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:47 |
So who isn't on Back in the USSR?
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Dean
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:46 |
Stool Man wrote:
Back In The USSR, Dear Prudence, I Will, Long Long Long, Savoy Truffle - 3 Beatles
Don't Pass Me By, Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Revolution 9 - 2 Beatles
Wild Honey Pie, Martha My Dear, Blackbird, Julia, Mother Nature's Son, Goodnight - 1 Beatle
Almost half the songs on the album were lacking all four Beatles, and 1-in-5 only had a single Beatle.
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Also, the tracks that feature all four Beatles were not recorded "ensemble" but were overdubs - Let It be and Abbey Road were a return to the Beatles being "a band".
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What?
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:43 |
Back In The USSR, Dear Prudence, I Will, Long Long Long, Savoy Truffle - 3 Beatles Don't Pass Me By, Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Revolution 9 - 2 Beatles Wild Honey Pie, Martha My Dear, Blackbird, Julia, Mother Nature's Son, Goodnight - 1 Beatle Almost half the songs on the album were lacking all four Beatles, and 1-in-5 only had a single Beatle.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:38 |
Maybe Sgt Pepper was more groundbreaking, because it was more unified. Or Rubber Soul, because then they were really entering a new phase in their music. Critics sometimes single out Revolver as their best album, their most unified effort and also very artistic. Me, personally, I'd say Sgt. Pepper. (But my personal favorite is Abbey Road)
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:29 |
Stool Man wrote:
ok then, only half of Yellow Submarine was George Martin's album |
I mean The Beatles album
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:20 |
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I think there is merit in Stewart's thumbnail analysis if you just look at production, but for song-writing and playing I don't think it is that accurate. Most of the material that appears on those last four albums was pretty much contemporaneous (Let It Be was originally recorded between Yellow Submarine and Abbey Road).
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What?
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:20 |
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ok then, only half of Yellow Submarine was George Martin's album
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:08 |
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I disagree on your analasys.
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Stool Man
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 05:02 |
After Sgt Pepper, their albums went like this: Yellow Submarine - George Martin's album. White Album - effectively a compilation albums by four solo acts, sometimes playing on each other's pieces. Abbey Road - a great Beatles album. Let It Be - Phil Spector's album. I love the white album. (Magical Mystery Tour was not an album, it was a double single.)
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Posted: March 29 2013 at 04:45 |
smartpatrol wrote:
Finnforest wrote:
My version of the White album - a single album.... |
Personally I think it's just fine how it is. Almost every song is great
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I like it as it is too. It is the variety and the little gems here and there I like.
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smartpatrol
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Posted: March 28 2013 at 21:56 |
Finnforest wrote:
My version of the White album - a single album.... |
Personally I think it's just fine how it is. Almost every song is great
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