The Beatles: Albums ranked. by garycottier 
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- (Created: 07/17/2016 16:35).
- Chart size: 13 albums.
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Arguably the greatest album ever made. Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band, was the first album the Beatles recorded after they had given up touring, so for the first time in their career there was no deadline to meet, so they had plenty of time to perfect their art. Preceded by the brilliant double-A-side single of, Strawberry fields forever/Penny lane, the LP was originally to be a concept album about the Beatles childhoods. The childhood theme ended with that single release but a concept theme was still on the cards. Paul McCartney had envisioned that for the new record the band would not this time be the Beatles but Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band. In truth, that idea only lasts the first two tracks(and the reprise) but the feel of a concept or theme does run through the rest of the album. Still, the songs on this glorious LP, although unconnected, are as strong as ever. McCartney dominates the record, though at this time in his career he was probably at the top of his game as a songwriter and his confidence must have been at an all time high. Aside from the Pepper 'title track', he contributes, Getting better, Fixing a hole, and the beautiful, She's leaving home, and that's only on side one, with, When i'm sixty-four, and, Lovely Rita, to come on the second. Although John Lennon is for the first time in the shadow of his band mate in terms of quantity, he is still up there in quality. The psychedelic anthem, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite, and, Good morning, good morning, are all superb, but best of all is the epic closing track, A day in the life. It's a masterpiece, one of Lennon's greatest creations with a little help from McCartney in the middle. As far as George Harrison is concerned, he contributes his greatest ever song to the album(at least in my humble opinion). Love you too, the sitar based track from the, Revolver, album, was decent enough but here on, Within you without you, Harrison absolutely nails it, it's a jaw dropping moment. Even Ringo Starr gets his greatest moment as a Beatle too as 'Billy Shears' on John and Paul's, With a little help from my friends, a perfect Ringo moment. Sgt. Pepper, is a stunning album which changed the way everyone went about making a record. It's influence, for good and bad, is immeasurable. It's a landmark LP.
Favourite three tracks:Within you,without you; She's leaving home; A day in the life. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:Within you,without you; She's leaving home; A day in the life. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
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1967
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If, Rubber soul, was the great leap forward then, Revolver, was a step into the stratosphere. It is the greatest example in the history of popular music of a band making such a drastic departure from everything that they had recordrd before. This was not the sound of Beatlemaia anymore, this was something entirely different. Each Beatle, especially the three writers are on whole different plane here and producer George Martin's role in all of this shouldn't be undervalued either. For the first time in the Beatles recording career Paul McCartney could finally be considered a songwriting equal to John Lennon. Three of his contributions, Eleanor Rigby, Here, there and everywhere, and, For no one, are three of the greatest songs the Beatles, or anyone by that matter, ever produced. Lennon's songs aren't too shabby either. I'm only sleeping, And your bird can sing, and, She said, she said, are all great but the most extraordinary track is the album's closing number, Tomorrow never knows. Sounding unlike anything that came before or even after, it is an absolutely brilliant creation, one of the Beatles most jaw dropping moments. George Harrison too has come on leaps and bounds. Opener, Taxman, is a brilliantly scathing attack on the inland revenue featuring a blistering guitar solo from McCartney, and on, Love you too, Harrison goes the whole Indian hog with this sitar laden track. Even Ringo Starr gets a song worthy of inclusion on a Beatles record with his enjoyable lead vocal on the children's song, Yellow submarine. Revolver, is a stunning album, one of the greatest records of all time and was proof of how far the Beatles were ahead of their contemporaries. How would they ever follow this?
Favourite three tracks:Here,there,and everywhere; Tomorrow never knows; Eleanor Rigby. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:Here,there,and everywhere; Tomorrow never knows; Eleanor Rigby. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
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1966
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Abbey road, is the last album the Beatles recorded together although it was released before the, Let it be, LP. It's also the best sounding Beatles record with the band, especially Paul and Ringo, having grown immensely since the early days, and it's also the most emotional of all Beatles albums as well as being one of their best. One of the most noticeable factors is the quality of the songs written by George Harrison. At last he's writing songs equal to those of Lennon and McCartney and his two contributions, Something, and, Here comes the sun, are two of the best songs on the album and are testament to how far Harrison has progressed as a songwriter. Even Ringo Starr has his best ever song on the record with the wonderfully enjoyable, Octopus' garden. But of course, the majority of the songs come from the pen of John and Paul. Lennon's, Come together, and, I want you(she's so heavy), are two of the best songs on the first side and one of his best contributions to side two is the utterly gorgeous, Beacause, featuring some of the band's loveliest ever harmonies. Paul's, Oh darling, is an underrated gem but most of McCartney's offerings appear on the medley on the second half of the record. Kicking off with, You never give me your money, whose melody is reprised later on, it makes it's way through some of John and Paul's most fun throwaways including, Mean mr. Mustard, and, Polythene Pam. The final part of the medley which features, Golden slumber/Carry that weight/The end, is the most moving of all Beatles moments and the final line of 'the love you take is equal to the love you make', is a wonderful epitaph, a great summing up of the Beatles glorious career. Abbey road, is a superb album, a brilliant way to say goodbye, and I cannot see how any Beatles fan cannot get a bit misty eyed when they listen to the closing medley. Her majesty's a pretty nice girl....
Favourite three tracks:Come together; I want you; Golden slumbers/carry that weight/the end medley. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:Come together; I want you; Golden slumbers/carry that weight/the end medley. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rubber soul, is the Beatles great artistic leap forward. It still retains a certain sound and feel from the earlier records, but this time around there is a maturity and a sophistication that wasn't there before. John Lennon still leads the way in terms of songwriting with Norwegian wood, Nowhere man, Girl, The word, and, In my life, all fantastic. Musically brilliant, but they also have a lyrical introspection that was rarely there before. Paul McCartney meanwhile was not short on quality material either. The Jane Asher inspired duo, You won't see me, and, I'm looking through you, see Macca singing from a darker, more negative, frame of mind. Still, he does also come up with the fun opener, Drive my car, and the utterly gorgeous, Michelle. George Harrison's songwriting has come on leaps and bounds too with, Think for yourself, and, If I needed someone, while his use of sitar on, Norwegian wood, was a nice sonic touch. The album isn't perfect though, Ringo's vocal spot, What goes on, is a rather forgettable country number and Lennon's closing track, Run for your life, while being musically acceptable is lyrically nasty and ends the album on a sour note. Rubber soul, is a superb album, but the Beatles weren't quite their yet, and while this record would be a masterpiece by any other band's standards, for the Beatles it was merely another stepping stone to the greatness still to come.
Favourite three tracks:In my life; Michelle; Nowhere man. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:In my life; Michelle; Nowhere man. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Year of Release:
1965
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The White album, is the Beatles 'kitchen sink' album. They basically threw everything they had at it. For the first time in the fab four's career it's quantity over quality. That's not to say it's not a brilliant album, it is, there are some of the Beatles greatest songs here, but there's also some of their worst, a lot of material that just would never have made it onto any of their earlier albums. Still, it is possibly the most enjoyable Beatles album, but it really is all over the place. But that's what gives the album it's charm, but it's also the reason for it's failings. Let's start with the great stuff. Back in the USSR, Happiness is a warm gun, While my guitar gently weeps, Blackbird, Julia, Mother nature's son, and, Piggies, are all top notch Beatle tracks as good as any on any album. There's also some fine material in, Dear Prudence, I'm so tired, Martha my dear, Helter skelter, and, Sexy Sadie, but after this it starts to get a little patchy. Tracks such as, Why don't we do it in the road, Cry, baby, Cry, Rocky Racoon, Don't pass me by(Ringo's first sole songwriting contribution to the Beatles) and especially, Revolution 9, would never have even been considered for any other of their earlier albums, with Ringo's track having apparently been waiting since 1963 for a place on an LP. Revolution 9, is just an indulgence too far, as far as i'm concerned, but all these niggles are also the reasons why the album works so well. Yes, it's a mess, yes, it's a total shambles, but that's why it's all so much fun. A single disc album would have been better from a quality point of view, but then it would lose it's special quirky charm. Even after all my misgivings, I will take this total mess of a double record set over a slick and coherent one record album anytime.
Favourite three tracks:Happiness is a warm gun; Back in the USSR; Mother nature's son. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:Happiness is a warm gun; Back in the USSR; Mother nature's son. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Year of Release:
1968
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A hard day's night, is the first Beatles album to consist of entirely Lennon-McCartney compositions. The first side of the record is given over to the seven tracks included in the movie of the same name while the second side consists of six more original songs. Inspite of the Lennon-McCartney credit, eleven of the songs were predominantly written by John and three by Paul, but as far as i'm concerned it's quality over quantity with McCartney's three contributions, Can't buy me love, Things we said today, and, And I love her, all superb. But Lennon brings some fine songs to proceedings too with the beautiful, If I fell, the energetic title track and the closing cut, I'll be back. There is plenty of filler here too, such as, Tell me why, Anytime at all, and, I'll cry instead, but at least they have an energy about them, and a couple of Lennon rockers in, When I get home, and, You can't do that, are both a bit similar to be paired together on the second side. Still, A hard day's night, is a great album, it's full of fun, it fizzes along at a frantic pace, and is the ultimate mop top record, at the time when the Beatles ruled the world.
Favourite three tracks:If I fell; And I love her; Things we said today. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:If I fell; And I love her; Things we said today. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Year of Release:
1964
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The Beatles second album at first glance is more of the same, a collection of covers and originals, but this time there is a bit more swagger and confidence about it and is probably even more energetic than the first. As for the covers, the best being a superb version of, Please Mr.postman, Roll over Beethoven and a more than competent take on, Til there was you. Of the originals the opening, It won't be long, gets the album of to a breathless start, one of the great openers in the whole of the Beatles career, there's Ringo's version of, I wanna be your man, a Lennon-McCartney track that the Rolling Stones had recently covered. Unfortunately Ringo doesn't bring any of the raw sexuality that Mick Jagger does to the track. George Harrison contributes his first song to the fab four with the moody, Don't bother me, but the biggie is Paul McCartney's superb, All my loving, a true Beatles classic. The album's icing on the cake is the brilliant black and white shot by Robert Freeman for the album cover. With the Beatles, is an extremely enjoyable record, it's fun and fresh and full of all the frenzy of Beatlemania.
Favourite three tracks:All my loving; It won't be long; Please,Mr. Postman. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:All my loving; It won't be long; Please,Mr. Postman. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Year of Release:
1963
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2,174
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The Beatles fifth album is similar to a, A hard day's night, in the way that the first side is given over to songs from the respective film soundtrack and the second, tracks(seven this time) unrelated to the movie. As an album it has one foot firmly in the past but the other stepping tentatively towards the future. There are four out and out Beatles classics on the record; Ticket to ride, You've got to hide your love away, the title track and Paul McCartney's great leap forward with his timeless, Yesterday. Best of the rest are the country skiffle of, I've just seen face, and the underrated, You're going to lose that girl. There are a few covers including Larry Williams', Dizzy miss Lizzy, which can be seen as the fab four's farewell to their rock'n'roll past and Ringo's amiable attempt at Buck Owens, Act naturally. Help!, is a slightly uneven album, a little bit unsure of which direction it want's to go in, but it can also be seen as the Beatles acoustic folk rock album. It's also, like the, Beatles for sale, album, a transition between what's gone before and the great artistic shift to come on the next record, Rubber soul.
Favourite three tracks:Ticket to ride; Help; Yesterday. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:Ticket to ride; Help; Yesterday. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
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1965
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After an album full of Lennon-McCartney originals on, A hard day's night, Beatles for sale, felt slightly regressive with the inclusion of six cover versions. In truth, the boys were shattered, a mood that's openly on display on that tired but lovely Robert Freeman shot of the band on the album sleeve. On the record itself the mood was just a gloomy and again like that record cover the music has an autumnal melancholy about it. Songs like, No reply, I'm a loser, and, Baby's in black, reveal a darker, more folky, even country feel to the tracks. Elsewhere, there's the U.S. number one single, Eight days a week, the underrated, Every little thing, and, I don't want to spoil the party. Of the six covers the best ones are a blistering version of Chuck Berry's, Rock and roll music, Paul's lead vocal take on, Kansas city/Hey hey hey, and George's on Carl Perkins', Everybody's trying to be my baby. Beatles for sale, is one of the band's least essential albums but it also shows the band starting a transitional period that would lead to the artistic leap to come.
Favourite three tracks:No reply; I'm a loser; Rock and roll music. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:No reply; I'm a loser; Rock and roll music. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
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1964
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This is where it all started. The Beatles debut album has the feel and sound of Hamburg and the Cavern about it. Ten of it's songs were recorded in one eleven hour session with one song(Hold me tight) held back for the next album. The other tracks, added with both sides of the Fab four's first two singles, make the fourteen songs that represent their first LP release. Eight originals and six covers, it has an energy about it, with all four members having their chance to shine. Of the self penned numbers, I saw her standing there, Ask me why, and the title track are the standouts, but the best performance is held back for a barnstorming version of the Isley brother's, Twist and shout, recorded at the end of the mammoth session so not to damage John Lennon's voice before he recorded the rest of his vocal tracks. Obviously, the best was yet to come from the Beatles, but it is an enjoyable album and it is as historically important as any other of their records.
Favourite three tracks:I saw her standing there; Twist and shout; Ask me why. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
Favourite three tracks:I saw her standing there; Twist and shout; Ask me why. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2016]
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1963
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The Beatles: Albums ranked. composition
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