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Your Favorite Beatles Album?

Posted by mikeny07 • 9/06/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: 60s music, best album ever, the beatles

I got Sgt. Pepper last week and have been playing it all the time here. I love it. It is the most amazing album I have ever listened to. I have it on my blog must-hear-60s-songs.blogspot.com

What does everyone think of it that owns this album? Can any of their other albums top this? I only own two Beatles albums so far. The rest I will buy this year.

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9/06/08

lettershome

I like the White Album the best. Read the book Helter Skelter for a taste of how it twisted Charles Manson and his gang. A scary trip indeed.

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1. 9/06/08
  
  harleyblues
  
  Speaking of Helter Skelter I heard Paul McCartney do this live in Gijon Spain, all our mouths dropped .. for he had never done it live..
  hb~
9/06/08

SweetViolet

I have to agree that Sgt. Pepper was my favourite. The White Album is good, too...love Rocky Raccoon, Obla-di obla da, Happiness is a warm gun, Julia...a really good showcasing of their various talents and quirks.

Abbey Road is another really good one, and for early efforts, Rubber Soul is terrific!

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9/06/08

PetLvr

Best Car Album: RedAlbum (1962-1967)
Best Musically Written Album: Let It Be
My Favorite Album with most hits: White Album
Least Favorite Album with least hits: Revolver

Most played song on all of my personal Playlist: YaYa Song (with Tony Sheridan)

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1. 9/06/08
  
  PotatoChef
  
  Revolver is a great albumn.
  
  Hey.....there are no more albumns...only cd's or downloads.
  
  I miss albumn covers. They were great art.
2. 9/06/08
  
  PetLvr
  
  Yes .. Revolver is a great album .. it's just my least favorite BEATLES album
9/06/08

mikeny07

Thanks everyone. My Christmas list will be full here this year with music. I can't imagine any album topping Sgt. Pepper, but I have not heard their other albums so I will find out I guess soon.

I have not seen anyone mention "1". That album has 27 of their hit 60s songs. I rank it just below Sgt. Pepper.

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9/06/08

harleyblues

I'd say Revolver followed by Abbey Road..
hb~

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9/06/08

mikeny07

Hey someone pick Sgt. Pepper! HA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pepper is ranked #1 on many music list I think. Here is some good info on the album.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band

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9/06/08

witewood

Rubber Soul was a major breakthrough album, I still think it was one of their best. Sergant Pepper still sounds fresh to me, after all this time. Make sure you get Beatles Anthologies, many alternative recordings, Strawberry Fields and Accross The Universe work so much better kept simple.

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9/06/08

mikeny07

Thanks.

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9/06/08

wehireu

I like Rubber Soul, Beep M. Beep Beep Yay.

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9/06/08

drjay1966

Revolver

turn off your mind, relax and float downstream..................

or the oft-unfairly maligned Magical Mystery Tour, on which some of their best songs--"Strawberry Fields Forever," "I Am the Walrus" are sandwiched between some of their worst--"Your Mother Should Know," "Hello, Goodbye."

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9/06/08

creativedreamevent

Sgt. Peppers or Magical Mystery Tour depending on my mood

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9/06/08

ranist22

Let It Be.

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9/06/08

mikeny07

I can't imagine Sgt. Pepper being toped, but I will get these albums and see later this year.

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9/06/08

drjay1966

At the risk of getting a lot of scorn heaped on my head, I think the Beatles had lots of great songs,but it's rare that I listen to any of their albums all the way through without skipping at least a song or two. This is particularly the case with the later ones, which tend to contain my favorite songs, but the members of the band were going in such radically different directions musically that their songs really don't fit well together.

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9/07/08

mikeny07

Really? The Beatles "1" album also? That has 27 songs on it. All are gems. They are one of only groups where I like most every song.

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1. 9/07/08
  
  drjay1966
  
  Yeah, I really don't like a lot of McCartney songs after 1966--he just got too poppy for my taste (though he still had quite a few gems, like "Hey Jude" and "The Long and Winding Road"), and pretty much could do without anything sung by Ringo...but, that's just me.
  
  I didn't get the "1" album, since I have all the songs on other albums.