What is the best Beatles album and why is it Rubber Soul?
why do we keep getting threads like these everyday when we know that abbey road is the best beatles album
>rubber soul
Magical mystery tour is actually there best album friendo
>>63244059
pls
>>63244016
The fact that so many books still name the Beatles as "the greatest or most significant or most influential" rock band ever only tells you how far rock music still is from becoming a serious art. Jazz critics have long recognized that the greatest jazz musicians of all times are Duke Ellington and John Coltrane, who were not the most famous or richest or best sellers of their times, let alone of all times. Classical critics rank the highly controversial Beethoven over classical musicians who were highly popular in courts around Europe. Rock critics are still blinded by commercial success. The Beatles sold more than anyone else (not true, by the way), therefore they must have been the greatest. Jazz critics grow up listening to a lot of jazz music of the past, classical critics grow up listening to a lot of classical music of the past. Rock critics are often totally ignorant of the rock music of the past, they barely know the best sellers. No wonder they will think that the Beatles did anything worthy of being saved.
>>63244024
but it's not though
and we have these threads because everyone has their own opinion
>>63244059
MMT and rubber soul are god tier but white album takes the cake famalam
White album>Abbey Road>Sgt Pepper>MMT>Rubber Soul
>>63244059
true, by the way.
>>63244126
nahhh rubber soul is better than all those except white album
>>63244059
>>63244121
>>63244126
>>63244142
(not true, by the way)
>>63244108
kek
>>63244016
Everyone knows 1967-1970 is the best Beatles album fucking faggot
Jesus chrissstt
>>63244155
(not true, by the way)
God damn Rubber Soul and Revolver are such contrarian answers. Theyre good albums but Abbey Road is objectively the greatest Beatles album.
>>63244252
FUCKING THIS
>>63244252
I will agree with Revolver but Rubber Soul is miles ahead of Abbey Road, which is, of course, still a great album.
>>63244312
how is Rubber Soul miles ahead of Abbey Road? I really want to know
>>63244252
Fucking hell man im so tired of this Rubber Soul shit. Half the songs on it are garbage.
Abbey road > white album > let it be > please please me > magic mystery > the rest, scientifically
Abbey Road > Sgt. Pepper's > White Album > Revolver > Magical Mystery Tour > Let It Be > Rubber Soul
>>63244357
>let it be
Abbey Road > Sgt Pepper > White Album > Revolver > Magical Mystery Tour > Rubber Soul > A Hard Days Night > Let it Be > Help > Beatles for Sale > With the Beatles > Please Please Me > Yellow Submarine
>>63244354
I agree the only songs I like are no where man, I'm looking through you and in my life
>>63244398
>AHDN over LIB
>BFS over anything
>Yellow Submarine last
that's some shit taste right there
>>63244407
Id add norweigan wood and girl to that list but thats it
>>63244420
>A hard days night is bad
>let it be is good
>yellow submarine is good
Jesus dude
Can we all agree that A Hard Days Night is the peak of their early pop music and is actually a pretty solid album
>>63244024
Because people are too afraid to post Abbey Road because they know theyll get responses like
>gb2 rolling stone
>lol pleb
but we all know its true.
>>63244465
yup
>>63244390
I think maybe yeah
>>63244465
Help! is pretty good too but some might argue it's when they started becoming good.
Because Revolver is overrated
>>63244440
>Let It Be is bad
wow, you're such a special snowflake
>implying i implyed that ahdn is bad
never said such thing
>yellow submarine is bad
get your ears cleaned and listen to side A again
Revolver > Abbey Road > Rubber Soul > Sgt. Pepper's > White Album > MMT > Let It Be = Hard Day's Night > PPM > Beatles For Sale > With the Beatles >>> Yellow Submarine
>>63244338
It doesn't have Maxwell's Silver Hammer on it, for one.
Who was the better songwriter. John or Paul
>>63244549
COS IM THE RUSEMAN
>>63244592
I have to go with paul
>>63244585
well abbey road doesn't have the word on it
>>63244592
Paul, but only by a slim margin.
>>63244592
john was better for words and feels, paul was better as an actual composer
>>63244556
The b side is the problem though
And the a side isnt even that good
>>63244633
you know that golden slumbers was wrote by paul, right?
>>63244592
John but i still love Paul
>>63244660
and julia, norwegian wood, im a loser, strawberry fields forever, girl, etc were written by john
it gets even worse if you take into account their solo careers
>>63244585
Rubber soul has
>michele
>the word
>run for your life
>you wont see me
>>63244619
Tragically missed opportunity to call out What Goes On, the only true lacking song on the album.
>Drive My Car
>Norwegian Wood
>You Won't See Me
>Nowhere Man
>Michelle
>Girl
>In My Life
>Has pop sensibilities but is undeniably experimental and branching out
>Helped inspire Brian to make Pet Sounds
Abbey Road also has Octopuses garden, lel.
Abbey Road is close 2nd but no, Rubber SOul is the true god tier Beatles record
>>63244719
Fuck that I love the guitar work on octopus garden
>>63244708
those are all
>good songs
>>63244719
are you trying to say octopus's garden was bad?
>>63244719
god damn, why is octopus's garden so fucking underrated
>>63244736
Nope they're incredibly shit bland songs
Nice shit taste though
>>63244731
It's fun but I just wish all of Ringo's songs while in the Beatles hadn't paled so hard in comparison to Don't Pass Me By. His solo career is where it's at, though.
>>63244719
This is the most contrarian post ive read today
Well done
Why no love for George. If anything while my guitar gently weeps is their best song.
>>63244750
baka
>>63244797
Long, Long, Long > It's All Too Much > While My Guitar > Within You, Without You > Something > Here Comes The Sun
>>63244797
Because while george is good hes the special snowflake answer. But that said he did write some really good stuff.
>>63244823
What about savoy truffle and for you blue
Ok, you have a choose to have one song play before you die. What's is it? Mine is Don't let me down.
>>63244846
For you blue is underrated af
>>63244797
Only a northern song is also a great song by george
>>63244846
...> Here Comes The Sun > I, Me, Mine > Love You To > For You, Blue > Think For Yourself > If I Needed Someone > Savoy Truffle
>>63244880
oh, forgot about a northern song
>>63244881
... > Savoy Truffle > Only A Northern Song
done
Best Lennon-McCartney song: A Day In The Life
best Harrison song: Something
best Starr song: Octopus's Garden
Tbh i feel like Sgt Pepper is the peak of their cohesion. Everything after it, while great, just doesnt have they same feel of unity as sgt pepper. You can just feel all the tension and disdain for eachother in the white album and especially abbey road and let it be.
>>63244398
1. The Beatles
2. Revolver
3. Abbey Road
4. Help!
5. A Hard Day's Night
6. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
7. Rubber Soul
8. Let It Be
9. Magical Mystery Tour
10. Beatles For Sale
11. With The Beatles
12. Please Please Me
13. Yellow Submarine
>>63245083
>sgt pepper at fucking 6
Am i being memed
>>63245102
>help and hard day's above peppers
yeah, it's just a meme
>>63245102
>>63245120
>not loving early Beatles
Are you even fans?
Do people on /mu/ actually hate the Beatles or just being a contrarian
>>63245131
>loving early Beatles
are you even a fan?
>>63245133
They're just tsundere for them
>>63245131
I love everything except their cover albums but i think mid - late beatles were way better than early beatles
>>63245140
a bigger fan than someone who doesn't
>>63245148
for the most part, me too
>>63245133
I dont think many people actually HATE the beatles but liking them doesnt give you a lot of cred so some people like to shit talk them
Plus with anything big and popular comes memes like scarufis copypasta
Is Day in the Life their best song?
>>63245208
yes
>>63245208
Dude lsd lmao
>>63245208
Dat fucking bassline
>>63245208
Fuck I love it but my favorite is don't let me down.
Fuck anyone else gonna feel when Paul and ringo eventually go?
>>63245285
Yeah I'll be devastated if either one dies
>>63245083
1. Rubber Soul
2. The Beatles
3. Abbey Road
4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Revolver
6. Please Please Me
7. Magical Mystery Tour
8. With The Beatles
9. A Hard Day's Night
10. Let It Be
11. Help!
12. Beatles For Sale
13. Yellow Submarine
>>63245302
If? It sucks but it's gonna happen
>>63245285
Yeah when all 4 beatles are dead its gonna be a huge bummer
>>63244126
>revolver not even mentioned
opinion discarded
>>63244059
MMT is a 6-song EP with the back 6 tacked on to the American release. not an album.
>>63245083
Edgy.
>>63245500
How?
revolver. moving on.
>>63244633
This is the correct answer.
>>63245208
Bluejay Way is their best
>>63244702
>doesnt like Ram, Band On The Run, Plastic Ono Band, McCartney II, Imagine..
opinion discarded
>>63244390
Scaruffi fan?
>>63244846
>not Sour Milk Sea
>>63245788
I never said I didn't like them in the slightest, I said John was better at words and feels than McCartney and McCartney was better at composing. Every album you listed backs up this claim.
Best Pre-Sgt. Pepper's album: Help!
Best Post-Sgt. Peppers album: Abbey Road
Honorable mentions: Every other album they ever made, because they're literally all fantastic.
>>63244016
Are we talking about the U.S. or British version?
I actually like the U.S. version a little bit more, but both are great. (And I hate to disappoint you, but I think Revolver is slightly better)
>>63244539
Help is their most cancerous album.
So much paul shite
>>63244633
>For No One
>Eleanor Rigby
>Yesterday
>Golden Slumbers
wew lad
>>63247519
>implying that was paul
>>63246206
my nigga
>>63245208
Really annoyed by this song and really all of Sgt Pepper. Maybe it's just too psychedelic for me, but it's too much. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is their worst song after Why Don't We Do It in the Road.
>anyone putting revolver anywhere but the bottom
That album had taxman. Which is by far the laziest song in the history of music.
>>63247862
Pepper is incredibly acid, even the McCartney songs are surreal and toytown in a way that they feel like druggy illusions and daydreams
>>63244252
I don't know, Abbey Road is a good record but it never hit me the same way their earlier albums did.
>>63244592
They're both great in different ways and I find it hard to decide which one's better. I often find Harrison's songs to be among the best tracks on the albums too even though there aren't too many of them.
Sgt Pepper desu
Best album is Let It Be
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>>63245496
>contrarians will keep saying this even 50 years later
