bluefox4000 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 hmmm scores. Please Please Me-8/10With The Beatles-6/10A Hard Day's Night-10/10Beatles For Sale-5/10Help!-9/10Rubber Soul-10/10Revolver-10/10Sgt. Pepper-7/10Magical Mystery Tour-9/10The White Album-10/10Yellow Submarine-4/10Abbey Road-8/10Let it be-6/10Let it Be....Naked-8/10 Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I think "Because" is immaculate. The arrangement and the harmonies are freakin' great! I can't give Abbey Road a 10/10 because of "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and "Octopus's Garden" both being on the album. They are fun songs, but two novelty songs is too much, especially with all the great unrecorded songs they had available at the time. It still a breath of fresh air album, especially side two flawlessly threading together so many odds and ends. It's simply so fun to listen to. ReRushed...I absolutely love the bones of you sometimes! Now I am going to say something you will find ridiculous: Octopus's Garden is one of my favourite songs. But...this is because of sentimental value. So I agree, these two songs make little sense amongst the rest of the album. In fact, Let It Be and Don't Let Me Down would have been so much better. Even Across The Universe...bits and pieces of Let It Be (the album) could (and should) have been polished up for this record!As I pointed out, I like both songs and I always thought it took balls to release them. But they had so many unreleased songs, great songs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I won't list top 10 songs but my favorite Beatles album is Revolver. It was the beginning of the experimental trippy stage. Everything after that is massively overexposed IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) Alright, I'm moving on from song rankings. Album ranking time (much easier for this band IMO, though still harder than for most) My Top 10 Beatles albums:: 1) Magical Mystery Tour. Love everything on it, even the stuff considered "filler" by a lot of people (Blue Jay Way, Flying) 2) Abbey Road. Amazing. Not crazy about Maxwell but I can't really picture this album without it. And Side 2 is PERFECT. 3) Revolver. John's songs on this are mostly incredible (She Said She Said, Tomorrow Never Knows, I'm Only Sleeping) 4) Hard Day's Night. My favorite of the early records. 5) Sgt. Pepper. A Day in the Life--need I say more? 6) Rubber Soul. Torn between preferring the US or UK versions, as they are both unique in certain ways. 7) The White Album. So damn diverse. Only risen in stature with me over the years. I'll even not skip Rev 9 sometimes now! :D 8) Let It Be. So many great songs here...The version of Across the Universe on "Naked" is amazing. 9) Meet The Beatles. For me, this US version of the early stuff works better than both Please Please Me and With The Beatles. 10). Help! I gotta get the US version just to have that cheesy cool James Bond intro. Edited August 9, 2016 by Mystic Slipperman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) I made a tailgate playlist for the Paul show last weekend. Here are the first Beatles songs from the list so I'll put these up. Tell Me Why You Can't Do That Another Girl Doctor Robert Magical Mystery Tour Fixing A Hole Paperback Writer If I Needed Someone She's A Woman Old Brown ShoeBest Beatles Album... White Album Favorite Beatle: George Edited August 9, 2016 by custom55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 I made a tailgate playlist for the Paul show last weekend. Here are the first Beatles songs from the list so I'll put these up. Tell Me Why You Can't Do That Another Girl Doctor Robert Magical Mystery Tour Fixing A Hole Paperback Writer Hold Me Tight She's A Woman Old Brown ShoeBest Beatles Album... White Album Favorite Beatle: George TELL ME WHY!!!!!!!! Easily a permanent top ten song for me! First time I heard it I couldn't believe it wasn't a major hit! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) I made a tailgate playlist for the Paul show last weekend. Here are the first Beatles songs from the list so I'll put these up.Tell Me WhyYou Can't Do ThatAnother GirlDoctor RobertMagical Mystery TourFixing A HolePaperback WriterHold Me TightShe's A WomanOld Brown ShoeBest Beatles Album... White Album Favorite Beatle: George TELL ME WHY!!!!!!!! Easily a permanent top ten song for me! First time I heard it I couldn't believe it wasn't a major hit! I remember hearing/seeing Tell Me Why in the Hard Day's Night movie. Permanently burnt in my brain all these years... and I saw the movie when it first came out. :codger: http://youtu.be/y_BNnF0Kz1I Edited August 10, 2016 by custom55 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Hm, first time I heard Tell Me Why it kinda grated on my nerves. The chorus sticks for sure, but it also sounds a touch whiny to me. I tend to view the song as more annoying than most. I love every track on Abbey road except Because, cuz it just never really appealed to me more than it bored me. I love the playful whimsical nature of Maxwell mixed with the cynically dark lyrics. Genius there. And then Octopus' Garden is just good fun to me, and a better (though not catchier) song than Yellow Sub. Guess I'm the outlier today, hehe. I listened to the start of the white album once back when the Beatles weren't on Spotify but we're still on YouTube, sounded like my kind of album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Relistening to Revolver on Spotify rn. I remember my issues with it. The songs seem pretty much impeccable, it really must be praised for writing, both musically and lyrically, and it's experimentalism is welcome though old at this point. However, I really am not a fan of the mixing and production. Everything sounds small and difficult to listen too, the bass seems muddy, and I especially loose one of the most important aspects of experimental music: the space. There's no room for these tracks and atmospheric elements to breath or create much of an atmosphere. Perhaps I'm exaggerating, but I really loose some necessary atmosphere in many of the tracks. But then I had that prob with Sgt. Peppers and I got past it eventually, so what else do I have an issue with on here? Well speaking of spaces some of the most important spaces are between songs, and they sequence this and treat those spaces as if it were an average pop record, or like any of their past albums, when they level of difference between their songs and styles and sounds on the album really justifies more attention to making the songs sound like they fit together. I'm missing flow, blend, atmosphere, and a few basic production skills. Songwriting can't be knocked though, and all of those complaints can be explained by noting this was kind of the first time anyone had attempted an album that nowadays people would have the knowledge and ability to pay better attention to these details. They can be forgiven for really not having the ability to know better at the time, but I still find fault. IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS Indeed...I think I'll listen to it today, too. Been a few months. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Album rankings eh. Such a consistent high quality that the best I can do is group them. My favorite is Revolver but I think any of these have a legitimate claim for #1, depending on what you like: Rubber SoulRevolverSgt PeppersThe Beatles/White AlbumAbbey Road Second Tier: Hard Day's NightHelp!MMT (album, not EP)Let it Be... Naked The rest, apart from Yellow Submarine, which doesn't really count as proper Beatles album IMO (though it has a couple classics of its own in Hey Bulldog and It's All Too Much): Please Please MeWith the BeatlesBeatles for SaleLet it Be Edited August 10, 2016 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS I don't agree with your opinion. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS I don't agree with your opinion. :P It's OK Queen suck. :P Edited August 10, 2016 by Segue Myles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 (edited) I was thinking on Abbey Road and my 8/10. i'd love that to be a 10....but Maxwell and Octopus's Garden. Mick Edited August 10, 2016 by bluefox4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS I don't agree with your opinion. :P It's OK Twenty One Pilots suck. :P My thoughts exactly :P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS I don't agree with your opinion. :P It's OK Twenty One Pilots suck. :P My thoughts exactly :P At least they don't spend months working on rubbish songs. They just spend minutes! (Well I'm just gonna accept I did not defend my band at all really...and let this post on the forum as I am quite proud at my lack of achievement here). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Oh my days REVOLVER IS LITERALLY FLAWLESS I don't agree with your opinion. :P It's OK Twenty One Pilots suck. :P My thoughts exactly :P At least they don't spend months working on rubbish songs. They just spend minutes! (Well I'm just gonna accept I did not defend my band at all really...and let this post on the forum as I am quite proud at my lack of achievement here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The Beatles wanted to record Revolver with Steve Cropper at Stax Studio. That would have been something. I think Brian Epstein nixed it out of security concerns. As for the actual production on Revolver. It's magnificent. ADT. Tape loops. Using the leslie speaker for vocals. The freakin' drum sound on "Tomorrow Never Knows". All of it recorded on a 4-track. I don't know. It find the album has great pacing and a unifying sound. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The Beatles wanted to record Revolver with Steve Cropper at Stax Studio. That would have been something. I think Brian Epstein nixed it out of security concerns. As for the actual production on Revolver. It's magnificent. ADT. Tape loops. Using the leslie speaker for vocals. The freakin' drum sound on "Tomorrow Never Knows". All of it recorded on a 4-track. I don't know. It find the album has great pacing and a unifying sound.Every aspect of that album is perfection. Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe I just need to listen to a better master on better headphones on vinyl... But if I have to do all of that just to hear my complaints fixed then my complaints stand for good reason...though it could just be Spotify that sucks...and the version on CD at the library where I first heard it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe I just need to listen to a better master on better headphones on vinyl... But if I have to do all of that just to hear my complaints fixed then my complaints stand for good reason...though it could just be Spotify that sucks...and the version on CD at the library where I first heard it...To each his own. Nothing is required. You might not like how the album sounds, but it still helped push music recording into a very fertile era. For instance, I'm not the biggest fan of Pet Sounds, but it's still an album in the same pantheon of record producing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segue Myles Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe I just need to listen to a better master on better headphones on vinyl... But if I have to do all of that just to hear my complaints fixed then my complaints stand for good reason...though it could just be Spotify that sucks...and the version on CD at the library where I first heard it...To each his own. Nothing is required. You might not like how the album sounds, but it still helped push music recording into a very fertile era. For instance, I'm not the biggest fan of Pet Sounds, but it's still an album in the same pantheon of record producing. I've gone right off Pet Sounds. Not sure why... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefox4000 Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Maybe I just need to listen to a better master on better headphones on vinyl... But if I have to do all of that just to hear my complaints fixed then my complaints stand for good reason...though it could just be Spotify that sucks...and the version on CD at the library where I first heard it...To each his own. Nothing is required. You might not like how the album sounds, but it still helped push music recording into a very fertile era. For instance, I'm not the biggest fan of Pet Sounds, but it's still an album in the same pantheon of record producing. I've gone right off Pet Sounds. Not sure why... cause i was right it sucks, lol kidding kidding......it doesn't suck. it bores me though. Mick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Abbey Road side two is the greatest Beatles song ever. And don't any of you try to tell me that "Because" is not part of that medley. :madra: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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