Which is the best Beatles album?

It’s Revolver. It’s got all the best bits of each Beatle on and it finishes with Tomorrow Never Knows and it’s all done in 35 minutes.

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White Album
Revolver
Rubber Soul

(in that order)

I think the mess of it is part of its brilliance for me. First three tracks are :fire: - killer opening!

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Band on the Run

Magical Mystery Tour EP is my favourite era. Not sure if the expanded LP edition counts as its more of a compilation but there are some great songs on it.

Revolver.

Revolver and A Hard Day’s Night are the only 2 Beatles albums I properly love.

The early ones have too many wishy-washy love songs on them. As was the style at the time.

The last 3 are too disjointed I find. Abbey Road’s the best of them.

Rubber Soul’s half incredible half dull I think. Sgt. Pepper is overproduced to the hilt (I know that’s the point but doesn’t mean I have to like it).

That said all Beatles albums are worth owning because all of them contain songs/moments etc. that remain almost untouchable.

Abbey Road for me.

I agree re Rubber Soul. Too many songs that aren’t brilliant.

Yeah and Run For Your Life of course… eeep.

I think the album’s sort of a victim of its own greatness. I mean you put it on and you get Drive My Car > Norwegian Wood > You Won’t See Me > Nowhere Man and you’re like “this is about as good as music’s ever been” and then you realise the 2nd half’s got its fair share of filler. But I can imagine hearing that first half for the first time in '65 and having my mind fairly blown by the experience.

Ah, You Won’t See Me is amazing.

Fuck it, let’s have some ratings polls.

Please Please Me

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With The Beatles

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A Hard Day’s Night

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Rubber Soul

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Revolver

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Magical Mystery Tour

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The Beatles

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