Great review, and an even better album

Funny thing about this album, for me, was that I downloaded this, Abbey Road, and Revolver all around the same time, and I liked Abbey Road the most, then Revolver, and then this. Now that I've been listening to them for a couple of months it goes this, Revolver, and then Abbey Road.

Album Rating: 3.5

"they did it first. Whether some did it better is a different matter"



I think this is why the Beatles are so highly regarded. If you forget that they're the most innovative and influential

rock band of all time they're just above average compared to all the great music that's built on what they started.

Album Rating: 4.5

Pre rubber soul is great especially a hard days night. Also I must say pet sounds is maybe better than all beatles albums

hey bulldog

I like a number of pet sounds' songs, but to me many of them just blend in together and sound too alike.

The thing with The Beatles that I find is that a lot of those similar artists are blatantly copying their style, as they did it first. Whether some did it better is a different matter, but it's still lacking in innovation if they did anyway. That's a lot of the reason why i say The Beatles were better, not to mention being way more consistent than those bands in comparison over their discography. The beach boys really had some god awful albums, much worse than those worse of the beatles imo

I'm not trying to detract from its influence, and I understand why it's held so high in regard, but in my opinion, the pioneers of a particular style or sound aren't always quintessential listening material. The beatles' discography bores at so many points, I think people are forgetting just how many boring albums they had, and a lot of their albums (this one in particular) seem inconsistent and filler-laden. One of my favorite albums is a Beatles album- Revolver- but that is peak Beatles material, and nothing else they've put their name to is anywhere near as good as that, in my opinion.

I guess it just boils down to preference, and a lot of their material has been overplayed on radio stations, and by me; regardless, their psychedelic appeal is totally lost on me these days.

You ever give The Millenium's Begin a shot? Think you'd love it.

Also Blossom Toes - We Are Ever So Clean and Billy Nichols - Would you believe

Not familiar.

the millenium are p good

Yeah, and I can see where you're coming from. Give those albums a shot if you have time though, especially Begin. People say its the beach boys doing sgt pepper, so if that gives you any idea. Excellent stuff

Album Rating: 3.5

"The beatles' discography bores at so many points, I think people are forgetting just how many boring albums they had, and a lot of their albums (this one in particular) seem inconsistent and filler-laden"



This is more or less my take on the Beatles. Most of their albums have 1 great song to 2 or 3 dull ones, although I haven't heard Revolver.

Fantastic review. I like Revolver and especially Abbey Road more though.

It sounds interesting, I'll look for it now as I'm trying to find some good albums to listen to on my upcoming train ride. Also, your review was pretty great.

Schizo: Cheers. You should pick up Revolver though, it's their best by a mile.

Album Rating: 3.5

Thats good to hear, I'll definitely check it out.

Thanks mike, im planning to give abbey road another try at some point, but its always been one of my least favorites.

and thanks gyro, hope you like what you find. Especially pay attention to their harmonies and recording techmiques there, way ahead of its time

You need to fix the title for "Fixing A Hole" on the second to last paragraph. Great review, by the way.

Excellent, excellent review. I was just listening to this today and marveling at it. I was pretty surprised when I saw your review up on the front page, and was more than a little bit happy to find that you perfectly summed up my feelings on this album. Really excellently done.
Album is just brilliant. I'm constantly fascinated when I read about how they experimented with the production in the studio to get the sounds they did...that's so rare in modern music. Honestly, it's just another reason why this album/band will always and forever be held dear to my heart.

Album Rating: 4.0

Let me introduce to you the greatest album of all time

Aren't you from the uk anyway shouldn't this totally be ur shit

Last song is the only one I can tolerate on this album.
I like Revolver though.