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Floydoid 
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 Posted: January 07 2009 at 06:18 |
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Abbey Road - considering that at the time it was recorded the band was falling apart, it feels very polished and together... not a naff tune on it (even Octopus's Garden can be excused)... and the second side ( on the CD from Here Comes the Sun, onwards) is sublime.
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Philip
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 06:55 |
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Abbey Road, with good advantage!
Edited by Philip - January 07 2009 at 06:55
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 07:37 |
 Floydoid wrote:
Abbey Road - considering that at the time it was recorded the band was falling apart, it feels very polished and together... not a naff tune on it (even Octopus's Garden can be excused)... and the second side ( on the CD from Here Comes the Sun, onwards) is sublime. |
No, it can't.
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 11:28 |
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Even though The White Album has some great songs, there's a fair amount of filler, too; no, for me, Abbey Road is by far my favorite Beatles album despite Octopus's Garden, which is thankfully (almost) eclipsed by the sheer quality of the rest of the songs.
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Malve87
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 12:57 |
this was though...in the end I voted for Sgt. Pepper's... "A day in the life" alone is worth the vote
Anyway Abbey Road is very close...
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JLocke
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 14:32 |
Heheh . . . thank you for posting this; it's gotten be back into my Beatles-listening phase. 
I tell ya, my 'favorite' Beatles album always changes. Whenever I listen to Revovler all I can do is think: "Ahhh! There's nothing like this!", but if I then put in the white album, I have the same thoughts, then with Sgt. Pepper, Abby Road, and so forth . . .
But I suppose my true favorite Beatles album resides somewhere within those four.
Currently, I voted for the white album, because thinking about Dear Prudence, Rocky Raccoon, Piggies, Helter Skelter, Revolution, etc. I'm in musical heaven. Can't get much better than these songs, can you? Simple but complex, beautiful yet trippy all at the same time.
Though, you won't hear George Martin praising the white album. He basically thinks like Wakeman does about Topographic oceans: that there wasn't enough substance to warrant a double-lp release.
I couldn't dissagree with Mr. Beatle #5 more on this view, but oh well. He's entitled to his opinion.
Edited by p0mt3 - January 07 2009 at 14:32
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PJaypt
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Posted: January 08 2009 at 19:43 |
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Can't you people make easy polls? LOL
I haven't voted yet, I've got to listen to them again! Gooooooood!
Today, I'm going for the WA, but from Help to Abbey Road, they're all a must (and I have them all).
Can I vote again tomorrow, please?
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Abrawang
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Posted: January 08 2009 at 21:53 |
For me it's Sgt Pepper's by a mile. No weak cuts and plenty of great ones. Lucy in the Sky, She's Leaving Home, Mr. Kite, Within You Without You and that closing collection of Good Morning, Sgt Pepper's and A Day in the Life; just can't be beat.
I agree with the poster who said that only Side 2 of Abbey Road is a classic. No need to say much of Octopus Garden, and Come Together always struck me as unremarkable and boring. Even She's So Heavy, my fave Beatles song when it came out, graudally seemed too repetitious over the years.
A single Greatest Hits version of the White Album would have been interesting. Cuts I Iike a lot are Guitar Weeps, Bungalow Bill, Happiness Gun, USSR, Piggies, Rocky Racoon, Glass Onion, Cry Baby Cry, Long Time & Savoy Truffle. I was less impressed with some of their popular numbers like Helter Skelter, Yer Blues, Ob-la-di, Me & My Monkey & Birthday. Then there's junk like Do It in the Road and the phenomenal amusical void of Number 9.
Revolver is also very good. I just don't think it's best songs stand up to the best of Sgt Pepper's, plus it has cuts I'm not crazy about like Yellow Sub, Dr Robert & I'm Only Sleeping.
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Casting doubt on all I have to say...
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Posted: January 08 2009 at 23:34 |
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yeah, Abbey Road , with White and Pepper not far behind. Special mention to Hey Bulldog on Yellow Submarine
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 06:56 |
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Magical Mystery Tour is dreadfully underrated. The biggest concentration of their best songs, I think.
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jimidom
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 12:17 |
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OK... I noticed that Let It Be wasn't getting any love. So I cast my vote for it. Talk about underrated! The title track as well as "Across the Universe" and "The Long And Winding Road" are more than enough to make this a great album, but throw in gems like "Dig a Pony", "I've Got a Feeling", "One After 909", and "Get Back", and it becomes a classic.
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Carlos
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 15:02 |
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dougiezerts
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:00 |
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The White Album. All over the place, musically. I've heard that it was basically several side projects the guys were doing, and I believe it.
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:46 |
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Abbey Road, the last thing they recorded together and a great way to go out. I could just as easily have voted for Revolver or Magical Mystery Tour. Was never a big fan of the White Album as too many of the songs sound like half-arsed pastiches.
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 20:54 |
Syzygy wrote:
progrocker2244 wrote:
I'm glad to see that no one voted Let It Be yet...
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It's worth listening to Let It Be ... Naked, which is a big improvement on the Spector version. It's still a rather dismal addition to an otherwise splendid discography, though - Abbey Road should have been the final release. |
Let It Be Naked is better, but it still doesn't hide the fact that the music isn't all great.
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 21:11 |
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None. I'm not questioning their importance when it comes to the history of music but I am one of the few that have never gotten into them. |
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Intruder
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 04:13 |
The Mystery Tour.......roll up!
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I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....
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peskypesky
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 07:11 |
This is a hard one. Picking my favorite is a little easier than ranking them though. I chose the White Album because of the vast range of material....it covers just about the entire range of rock music....from the most delicate beauty (i.e. "Julia", "Mother Nature's Son", "Blackbird") to primal savagery (i.e. "Helter Skelter", "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?", "Yer Blues") and everything in between.
As for ranking them...I give up.
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peskypesky
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 07:15 |
Avantgardehead wrote:
Magical Mystery Tour is dreadfully underrated. The biggest concentration of their best songs, I think.
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You're right about that. It is dreadfully under-rated. It has more great songs than Sgt. Pepper, that's for sure.
As we all know, Sgt Pepper is not one of the strongest Beatles albums in terms of song-writing. It's the over-all concept and the production that gives it such a legendary status.
Magical Mystery Tour is almost wall-to-wall masterpieces of songwriting.
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Floydian42
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 14:12 |
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I haven't listened all through Let it Be or Magical Mystery tour, but I've heard the rest and my favorite is Abbey Road. I love so many songs on that album, the best being "Because." That song is just so good.
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