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progistoomainstream 
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 Topic: The Middle Beatles
Posted: October 16 2011 at 21:25 |
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Tie between Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour and Rubber Soul. No vote.
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jean-marie
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Posted: October 11 2011 at 16:20 |
Hard to choose, give my vote to Pepper but Revolver and Magical mystery are so .......Magical 
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FAIS QUE TON REVE SOIT PLUS LONG QUE LA NUIT HAVE YOUR DREAM LASTING LONGER THAN THE NIGHT
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Moogtron III
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Posted: October 07 2011 at 11:04 |
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One more vote for dr. Pepper.
Even though Abbey Road is my favorite overall Beatle album, I realised that some of my top favorite Beatle songs are on Sgt. Pepper: She's Leaving Home, For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite and A Day The Life.
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earlyprog
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Posted: October 07 2011 at 06:00 |
All 4 albums represent their most experimental period.
The 3 periods (early, middle, late Beatles) shows how music evolved from a naive, somewhat childish approach to music (up to Rubber Soul) over an experimental, "growing up" / teenagerish, maturing period (ending with Magical Mystery Tour) to adult, modern rock.
Pepper is the pinnancle of the experimental period showing maturation on many levels (production, composition (A Day in the Life), concept (or attempt at)). And then it is representative of a cultural phenomenon that was flower power, Summer of Love.
Pepper for me. But I like the salt of the other albums.(I guess Magical Mystery Tour is the Chili in comparison - too strong for my taste and maybe they went a little over the top with Strawberry Fields Forever - from a production point of view, which wasn't realistic in the long run. Well they did abandon that approach future recordings but I appreciate the attempt.
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TheLionOfPrague
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Posted: October 06 2011 at 15:36 |
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Revolver.
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I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place
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Phideaux
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Posted: October 03 2011 at 23:14 |
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Mystery Tour!!! That's THE album for me from the Beatles. That, plus Rubber Soul, The Beatles, Abbey Road and Hard Day's Night ... Oh, and Sgt. Pepper is really very good too.
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rod65
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Posted: October 03 2011 at 20:22 |
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Sgt. Pepper. Historically speaking, I think this album is the most important on the list.
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thehallway
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Posted: October 02 2011 at 15:42 |
^ It could have been a different story, due to changes in people's opinion, who actually votes, etc.
Anyway, Revolver wins.....
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earlyprog
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Posted: October 02 2011 at 05:23 |
The results of this poll - like its two campanion polls - are perfectly consistent with the albums' ratings on PA.
Could we expect otherwise?
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mongofa
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Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:33 |
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As an album, Revolver is my favorite. But Magical Mystery Tour has the best individual songs
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fromtheashes
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Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:28 |
They're all good but only one album has 'A day in the life'
It's nice to find fellow fans of A day in the life as I'm used to people who say they like the Beatles but not really being aware of this song!
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rogerthat
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Posted: October 01 2011 at 07:13 |
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I find Revolver the most consistent of the bunch though Sgt Pepper has the best SONG - no prizes for guessing - from the whole bunch.
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: September 28 2011 at 06:10 |
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: September 27 2011 at 11:26 |
Revolver. I won't argue here, as I am arguing over on your other thread, Hallway. 
I'll merely say that three of the most amazing Beatles' tunes can be found on Revolver: "Eleanor Rigby" (a double string quartet playing a composition influenced by Bernard Herrmann's Psycho is quite extraordinary for rock music), "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Lennon referencing the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and multiple studio innovations on this quintessential psychedelic piece are notable), and "Love You To" (the first fully Indian composition in both instrumentation and chordal structure ever produced on a pop album).
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology...
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thehallway
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Posted: September 27 2011 at 10:42 |
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I've broken the tie with a Sgt Pep vote!
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TODDLER
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Posted: September 26 2011 at 10:30 |
Rubber Soul. This was a huge leap musically and very unusual to everyone around me during that time. At first...people didn't know what to think and then in a few months it seemed everyone was loving it.
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someone_else
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Posted: September 26 2011 at 03:15 |
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They're all good, but Revolver is 5 stars.
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Fox On The Rocks
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Posted: September 25 2011 at 14:56 |
The one that ends on a 1:00 minute sustained E Major Chord played on a Piano.
Edited by Fox On The Rocks - September 25 2011 at 14:57
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jammun
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Posted: September 25 2011 at 14:44 |
Ha, how good is a band when Sgt. Pepper's and MMT are their weak albums from this era? Only my opinion obviously... Thanks for the poll as it got me listening to those remasters. She Said She Said is in a class of it's own.
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Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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irrelevant
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Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:44 |
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Magical Mystery Tour for me.
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