![]() This time, some actually work, like “Till There Was You” and “Money (That’s What I Want).” Add to that a famous Beatles classic, “All My Loving,” and a strong opener, “It Won’t Be Long,” and you have the beginnings of a good album. It’s never good to release two albums in a year, but that’s what the Beatles did with their quick follow-up to Please Please Me. This time, to fill the songwriting void, they added seven cover songs. John Lennon later called Martin’s orchestral songs “all this terrible shit.” I’ve deleted them from my music library, and Yellow Submarine is now a mediocre EP. “Hey Bulldog” has its moments, but the rest is thrown together, with George Martin composing almost all of the songs on Side 2. There’s nothing really here except if you don’t have a copy of “All You Need Is Love.” Even the title track can be found on Revolver. Yellow Submarine is an album that was needed for a cartoon, and the four had to rush to get something together. Instead, the Fab Four threw together six cover tunes to round out the tracklist, and their inclusion hurts the album, which is anchored with strong songs such as “Eight Days a Week,” which is simply perfect, and “I’ll Follow the Sun.” 11. Recorded quickly following an exhausting tour, Beatles for Sale easily could have been an EP. To start our search for the best Beatles album, let’s go through each of their 12 studio albums, ranked from worst to best: 12. Even Rolling Stone agrees, for three of the four Beatles albums in their Top 10 are in this era, and all four of their selections were ones after the Beatles smoked marijuana.Įnough about drugs. I definitely prefer the stoned Beatles, especially after they discovered LSD (about the time of the Revolver sessions). One can definitely sense a change in their songs they became more mellow, more complex, with more obscure lyrics. Others prefer one Beatles over another - the one before they smoked pot with Bob Dylan (before Help!) and the one after they smoked pot. Some people are Beatles purists, liking everything they’ve done from the first album all the way through Let It Be. So how does one choose from such jewels as Please Please Me, A Hard Day’s Night, Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club? That’s tied with the Rolling Stones and second only to Bob Dylan. The Beatles have four - count ’em, four - albums in Rolling Stone‘s Top 10 Albums of All Time, and 10 in the Top 500. There are too many to name, and to choose one would be tantamount to treason. ![]() What’s the best Beatles album? That’s like picking your favorite child. ![]()
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