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Old 19-05-2012, 11:55
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In your opinion, which Beatles album was superior?

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Old 19-05-2012, 12:56
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Well IMO of course my favourite Beatles album is Revolver

It is such an arty and different kinda album in vibe...cannot put my finger on it.
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Old 19-05-2012, 12:59
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Revolver.No question.
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Old 19-05-2012, 13:10
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Depending on the day, hour, or mood I'm in, it's between Rubber Soul, The White Album or Abbey Road.
For years I'd have plumped for the White Album but I've wavered reccently.
Hell, everything from Rubber Soul on is pretty 'gear'.
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Old 19-05-2012, 13:39
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I'd go for the White Album. The vast range of styles is amazing.
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Old 19-05-2012, 13:47
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I think I'd have to say... The Best Of The Beatles
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Old 19-05-2012, 13:53
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Revolver.
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Old 19-05-2012, 14:02
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Revolver without a doubt.
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Old 19-05-2012, 14:06
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I would say Abbey Road, Revolver or Sgt Pepper. Followed by Rubber Soul, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album and Let It Be. I quite like A Hard Day's Night and Help! too. Also now that I think of it Please Please Me, Beatles For Sale and With The Beatles are quite good too.

P.S Not forgetting the singles, e.p's and Yellow Submarine songs either.
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Old 19-05-2012, 14:10
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It changes all the time At the moment I've started wavering towards the Revolver side but before that my faves were Rubber Soul and White Album.
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Old 19-05-2012, 15:21
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Hard question, but I like The White Album's unpredictability.

Next Revolver.
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Old 19-05-2012, 15:35
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It's between Revolver, The White Album and Abbey Road depending on how I feel. The White Album probably is the strongest but the weaker tracks and the fact that it sounds like a bit of a hotchpotch and doesn't flow as well as the other albums spoils it.
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Old 19-05-2012, 16:37
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As I've got older I've tended to like the earlier more pop albums best.............so Help and Hard Days Night for me.
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Old 19-05-2012, 16:51
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Rubber Soul has the best selection of songs-including many John Lennon classics. Sergeant Pepper is the most original,however, and is my own personal favourite. To be honest, with the exception of Let It Be, every album was brilliant.
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Old 19-05-2012, 16:52
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Either Rubber Soul, The White Album or Sgt Pepper. Never understood the love for Revolver.
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Old 19-05-2012, 17:13
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Rubber Soul has the best selection of songs-including many John Lennon classics. Sergeant Pepper is the most original,however, and is my own personal favourite. To be honest, with the exception of Let It Be, every album was brilliant.
Let it Be is pretty solid.
Two of us is cracking
I've got a Feeling is a cracker.
I Me Mine, Get Back, Dig A Pony all crackers. It's a pretty solid album it just lacks some of the inventiveness of prior albums. And it had to follow Abbey Road.
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Old 19-05-2012, 18:24
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It changes from week to week.

Currently it's "Hard Day's Night".
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Old 19-05-2012, 18:26
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Let it Be is pretty solid.
Two of us is cracking
I've got a Feeling is a cracker.
I Me Mine, Get Back, Dig A Pony all crackers. It's a pretty solid album it just lacks some of the inventiveness of prior albums. And it had to follow Abbey Road.
I agree but only the newer Let It Be Naked is the version I like. I hate all the Phil Spector overdubs.

BTW you do know that it was recorded before Abbey Road?
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Old 19-05-2012, 19:42
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I think a list from favourite to least favourite would go something like this:

1. Abbey Road
2. Revolver
3. Rubber Soul
4. Magical Mystery Tour
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Help!
7. The White Album
8. A Hard Day's Night
9. Please Please Me
10. With the Beatles
11. Beatles for Sale
12. Let It Be
13. Yellow Submarine
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Old 19-05-2012, 19:43
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I think I'd have to say... The Best Of The Beatles
Has someone seen I'm Alan Partridge?
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Old 19-05-2012, 20:37
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I agree but only the newer Let It Be Naked is the version I like. I hate all the Phil Spector overdubs.

BTW you do know that it was recorded before Abbey Road?
Yeah.
I'm a saddo that when putting my Beatles albums in order puts Let it Be before Abbey Road.
If you put it in that order it actually makes Abbey Road an even better album, if that's possible.
It also gives Her Majesty the pride of place it deserves. Joking.
But if you treat Abbey Road as the last album the second side is the greatest goodbye anyone could ever hope for.
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Old 19-05-2012, 20:41
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Yeah.
I'm a saddo that when putting my Beatles albums in order puts Let it Be before Abbey Road.
If you put it in that order it actually makes Abbey Road an even better album, if that's possible.
It also gives Her Majesty the pride of place it deserves. Joking.
But if you treat Abbey Road as the last album the second side is the greatest goodbye anyone could ever hope for.
i too put Let It Be before Abbey Road in my collection
That last side of Abbey Road does indeed make for a great ending.
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Old 19-05-2012, 20:56
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i too put Let It Be before Abbey Road in my collection
That last side of Abbey Road does indeed make for a great ending.
When they reprise You Never Give Me Your Money's horns in Carry That Weight, I'll be honest I well up.

The Naked version of Let it Be is pretty brilliant.
It adds Don't Let Me Down which is a smart move. And you don't miss the Spector overdubs at all.
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Old 19-05-2012, 21:02
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1. Abbey Road
2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3. The White Album
4. Revolver
5. Magical Mystery Tour
6. Rubber Soul
7. A Hard Day's Night
8. Let It Be ... Naked (much prefer it de-Spector-fied)
9. Help!
10. With the Beatles
11. Please Please Me
12. Beatles for Sale
13. Yellow Submarine
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Old 19-05-2012, 23:17
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Abbey Road
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