so, discuss. are you an early or late beatles fan? i myself hold both beatles eras in high esteem and love magical mystery tour and abbey road. a hard day's night track for track is indeed a good one though.
which brings another poll topic to mind . . .

I love the Beatles. They're my favorite band of all time. I really do like all of their material, but the early albums, in my opinion, aren't as loaded with amazing songs as the middle and later ones are. A lot of those early songs just don't get in my soul like so many of the later ones do.

My favorite album of theirs is the White Album. I consider it a bona fide masterpiece - one of those rare intersections of flawless songwriting and perfect production. And it's funny, since it seems (from interviews, the Anthology, etc) that the Beatles and George Martin consider it kind of weak, and say it should have been cut to a single disc.

My Beatles Top 5:

1. the White Album
2. Revolver
3. Abbey Road
4. Magical Mystery Tour
5. Rubber Soul

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 9:37 pm on Jul. 30, 2003)

1. abbey road
2. revolver
3. white album
4. sergeant pepper's blah blah blah band
5. a hard day's night

My traditional answer has always been Abbey Road. It's got so many wonderful songs on it, and the medleys on side 2 are perfection. However, as time goes on I like side 1 less and less. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer," "Oh Darlin," and to a lesser exent "Octopus's Garden" just sceam "skip me please!" these days.

So recently I have been leaning to Revolver. Not a bad song on that one, except maybe "Good Day Sunshine." Stupid cheesy Paul.

uh oh...watch out for sadie's hammer now...

my favorite song from abbey road is you never give me your money.

(Edited by damon at 2:41 pm on Jul. 31, 2003)

magical mystery tour

white album

rubber soul

revolver

Albums
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1. Abbey Road
2. Revolver
3. Sgt Pepper's
4. White
5. Magical Mystery Tour


Songs
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1. Golden Slumbers -> Carry That Weight -> The End
2. A Day In The Life
3. Dear Prudence

It gets too hard after that...

Will

1. Rubber Soul
2. Abbey Road
3. Revolver

because
in my life
blue jay way
something
hello goodbye


i worship the medley on side 2 of abbey road.

at the moment, these are a few of my favorite beatles songs.

and hey, don't forget please please me. its def. a good record.

Oh, you have crossed the line, man. "Good Day Sunshine" is pure beauty. One of the best songs ever, in my opinion.

This is a very hard subject for me. I've gone through it a million times, but I usually end up with:

1. The White Album
2. Revolver

It gets really fuzzy after this.

3. Abbey Road
4. Hard Day's Night
5. For Sale
6. Sgt. Pepper's
7. Rubber Soul
8. Magical Mystery Tour

The above is stated very loosely and changes every time I think about it.

I agree with Stalker that Please Please Me is a great album. I love it, and I went through a phase several years ago where that was all I listened to. I have had a phase for each Beatles album and one for almost every song, too.

I think my favorite song of all time is probably "Eleanor Rigby"...or "Rocky Raccoon". They're both perfectly beautiful. At one time "I am the Walrus" was my favorite, then "Norweigan Wood", then "Hello Goodbye", then "Sexy Sadie", then "No Reply", then "Something", and so on and so on.

The only Beatles song I cannot take is "Don't Pass Me By". I hear the first two seconds, and I cringe and push skip.

I could go on forever.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 11:55 am on Jul. 31, 2003)

Being a new listener to the Beatles, (I never really liked them before I heard the I Am Sam soundtrack, pathetic, I know)...

Revolver.

Actually, it's really the only one to which I have listened. I bought Rubber Soul and can only remember liking at the most 5 songs. So, I guess I'll come back after hearing some of your picks and give a more informed opinion. I know you guys can't wait.

people like to think that it's cool to bash paul just because he supposedly wrote only sappy songs, ummmmmm......i wouldnt call helter skelter (the obvious one) sappy ......paul is an amazing songwriter.......granted, he did write a few mediocre songs, but didnt john do this as well (he is responsible for the bar-none worst beatles song "what's the new mary jane") or what about george and the 17 year writing slump that he had after "all things must pass"....

top 8 beatles albums:

1. revolver
2. white album
3. abbey road
4. rubber soul
5. beatles for sale
6. a hard day's night
7. magical mystery tour
8. sgt pepper

revolver
magical mystery tour
abbey road

these have always had a profound effect on me.

i never understood something. when i was in the 5th grade i started listening to the beatles mostly because i saw paul mccartney on the new world tour back in 1993. i was told the beatles sucked and was made fun of and blah blah blah until around 8th those people began to come around and all of sudden everyone is the biggest beatle fan in the world! a real i told you so. especially to a few my good freinds who were rabid green day fans back then. the beatles are one of those bands that everyone can and will learn to like.

man, those are like the saddest songs ever in my opinion.

"i look at all the lonely people . . .(dee dee dee dee dee dee dee)" i get depressed everytime i hear it, man.

and rocky raccoon? whats up with that, man?! how SAD!

oh yeah and norweigen wood! great song, but man, what a bitch!

blackbird is another favorite of mine. beautiful song.

here's a bit of trivia. "the long and winding road" is the only beatles song to hit number 1 starting with the word "the"

i learned that from trivial pursuit a few years ago.

(Edited by stalker on skates at 11:18 pm on Jul. 31, 2003)

Hmmmm....I've never really thought of them as being all that sad, just beautiful. I mean, they are sad, I guess that just doesn't matter to me.

I know I'm in the minority, but I love Let It Be. The movie helps to make it better. There's something about the cold wintry-ness of all the songs and the setting.

I'd say the only Beatles album I don't love is With The Beatles.

i prefer all of "get back sessions" material that is on Anthology 3 to the Let it Be album......Sadie's get back sessions bootleg that she has is amazing as well......

I've only seen it once, but if I ever see the GetBack journals (8 CDs) from that session, Token will have to hold me back to keep me from shelling out the 200+ to buy it. The Get Back bootleg I had was average. The anthology stuff is really really good.

I almost bought that about three years ago on ebay, but got the 7-CD Unurpassed Masters set instead for about the same price, and I adore it. I'm always hoping to find the Get Back Journals again.