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| The Beatles Ranked
Finally got around to hearing the whole discog. Not a bad album out there, and three classics. Exactly why the Beatles are one of the best bands ever. | | 13 |  | The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
Half of it is rehashed singles and b-sides, and the other half is not even the Beatles, just George Martins' film score to the movie. It's good, but you can definitely live without it. | | 12 |  | The Beatles
Beatles for Sale
After their strongest album at that point, Beatles for Sale is a letdown. It contains some very good songs such as "No Reply" and "I'm a Loser," but it reverts to the 8 originals-6 covers formula of the first two albums. That would be perfectly fine, but the covers are not well chosen or done here. "Honey Don't" and "Mr. Moonlight" are easily some of their worst songs, although George's rendition of "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" is quite good. | | 11 |  | The Beatles
Please Please Me
Not bad for a first. It sounds very similar to With the Beatles, but it's just as good, despite the fact that some of their worst songs ("P.S. I Love You," "Please Please Me") are present here. On cover songs such as "A Taste of Honey" and "Anna (Go to Him)," they add their own flair and early experimentation can already be seen. | | 10 |  | The Beatles
With the Beatles
Even as early as their second album their later influences began to come into play, such as in George's mysterious first composition for the band, "Don't Bother Me." The album also features some of their best cover songs such as "Please Mr. Postman" and "Money (That's What I Want)." Some of the finest Lennon-McCartney compositions from this era also reside on the album. | | 9 | | The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Better than most of their earlier albums, but still lacking a certain something. The movie, however, will always be a classic. | | 8 |  | The Beatles
Let it Be
This album was originally planned for the Beatles to "get back" to their roots, and although Phil Spector drooled all over it, it really is similar to their earlier works in many ways, especially in its simple rock sound. Unfortunately, the quality is not as good as previous opuses because of this. | | 7 |  | The Beatles
Help!
The best of the Beatles' early days, help shows them moving towards more experimentation, like a proto-Rubber Soul. In fact, some of the songs on Help! were included on the original American release of Rubber Soul. | | 6 |  | The Beatles
The Beatles
In this case, more does not equal better, but their double album is still a fine effort from them. It's mid-range as a Beatles album, and possibly the weakest of their post-Rubber Soul era, but still worth listening to. | | 5 |  | The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
The less liked counterpart to Sgt Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour is often overlooked in the Beatles catalog, and for my money, it's one of their best, even just for the fact that it contains "I am the Walrus." | | 4 |  | The Beatles
Rubber Soul
At this point, they were just starting to come into their own, resulting in an excellent blend of their older and newer styles. Some of my favorite Beatles tracks are on here, such as "Nowhere Man," "In My Life," "Norwegian Wood" and others. | | 3 |  | The Beatles
Revolver
I have the original American version, which omits "I'm Only Sleeping" and "And Your Bird Can Sing," so I can't comment on the flow of the album as it was meant to be. Regardless, Revolver stands as one of the best Beatles LPs for the same reasons as Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper's; it is very consistent and flows near perfectly. | | 2 | | The Beatles
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Released at the beginning of the summer of love, Sgt Pepper's influenced waves of bands and quite frankly, it has become so cool to hate this album that it's not overrated, it's underrated. Arguably tied for Abbey Road as their best album. The songs flow and fit together all so well despite its diversity. | | 1 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
The medley practically helped invent prog rock, and all of the songs on the entire album work together to form the best, most cohesive album the Beatles could put out. | |
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03.30.10 | 5 is best | Athom
03.30.10 | for me i'd swap 3 and 5. fyi i think Robert Fripp would disagree with your prog rock statement. | Athom
03.30.10 | he was the guy that recorded the best prog album ever 2 months before Abbey Road was released | ninjuice
03.30.10 | Abbey Road
Revolver
Sgt Peppers
Rubber Soul
Help!
White Album
Let it Be
Magical Mystery Tour
Hard Day's Night
With the Beatles
Please Please Me | AnotherBrick1
03.30.10 | woah now...not the best ever | LiquidOnion
03.30.10 | I totally agree with you on 4. | Athom
03.30.10 | ok ok the best prog album ever is Wish You Were Here, but In the Court of the Crimson King is easily number 2. | KILL
03.30.10 | :) | AnotherBrick1
03.30.10 | wow lol, wasnt expecting that to be your response | Athom
03.30.10 | what were you expecting, may i ask? | Sowing
03.30.10 | i think 2 is their best but for the most part, right on | KILL
03.30.10 | umm abbey road will always be the best | AnotherBrick1
03.30.10 | not sure, think this is the first thing we've ever agreed on | EVedder27
03.30.10 | Thank you for getting #1 right. I'd swap 2 and 3 though and would def have Rubber Soul higher. | JWT155
03.30.10 | White Album is probably my favorite. | Edwin
03.30.10 | I could not agree more with what redsky said. | qwe3
03.30.10 | 1 6 3 are my tops |
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