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    Posted: September 25 2011 at 08:56
The winner will go into the final Beatles poll in a week or so.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 10:26
Revolver.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 10:47
sargent pepper's.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 11:22
Revolver
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 12:44
Sgt. Pepper has always been my favorite.  It's brilliant, especially from a progressive point of view.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:07
I have to go with Rubber Soul on this one.  The Word, Girl, In My Life...these are remarkable performances.  Some days I think The Word is the best song they ever recorded, given that it sort of encapsulates everything Beatle-y.  The vocals, the bass, the beat.  Where'd they come up with this? Seriously, how did they come up with it? Yeah, Motown etc. I know.  But listen to those guitars, listen to Mc and Ringo locked in to the rhythm.  Fine song on a fine album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:23
ROLL UUUUUUUUP!




No. I voted for the obvious.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:27
Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

ROLL UUUUUUUUP!




No. I voted for the obvious.

But Sgt Pepper's little brother does have some wonderful songs on it. It's just overshadowed among all those giant masterpiece albums.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:31
Originally posted by thehallway thehallway wrote:

Originally posted by topographicbroadways topographicbroadways wrote:

ROLL UUUUUUUUP!




No. I voted for the obvious.

But Sgt Pepper's little brother does have some wonderful songs on it. It's just overshadowed among all those giant masterpiece albums.



This is true. I really like all the albums in this list. It's not an easy choice but Sgt. Peppers is too important not to have my vote.


Although Magical Mystery Tour would have my vote if Sgt. Peppers wasn't here.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 13:44
Magical Mystery Tour for me. 
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 25 2011 at 14:56

The one that ends on a 1:00 minute sustained E Major Chord played on a Piano.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2011 at 03:15
They're all good, but Revolver is 5 stars.
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2011 at 10:42
I've broken the tie with a Sgt Pep vote!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2011 at 11:26
Revolver. I won't argue here, as I am arguing over on your other thread, Hallway. Evil Smile 
 
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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2011 at 06:10
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2011 at 07:13
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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 01 2011 at 18:33
As an album, Revolver is my favorite. But Magical Mystery Tour has the best individual songs 
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