CinisterCee said:

From what I understand, they're are a collection of all the singles that were never on any of the official British album releases.

Or another way to look at it...



...(would probably be easier if you had a set of these.)


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

CinisterCee said:

They say it wasn't considered proper to put singles on the albums in England, making people buy the same songs twice (people bought lots of singles then).

In America it was different and they butchered the original albums.

NDRU said:

From what I know about the differences in UK and American tracklistings, this all makes sense now.

AlexdeParis said:

The strings I could live with, but he also tampered with the speed of the song to make it slower. I just think the untouched version has a nice soulful edge to it that was taken away when Spector got his mits on it. I see your point though.

CinisterCee said:

Just to elaborate, when the Beatles discography was released on CD, they decided to only release the original British albums. That meant they had to find a way to release all of the non-album singles (including huge hits like "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "I Feel Fine," "Day Tripper," "We Can Work It Out, "Rain," "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Don't Let Me Down"). They ultimately decided to collect all of those singles on two albums.

My favorite Beatles albums are

Revolver
Magical Mystery Tour
The White Album
Rubber Soul

A Hard Day's Night
Help!
Magical Mystery Tour

coincidentally, their are all soundtrack albums. It seems their soundtrack albums are better than their regular studio albums.
[Edited 4/13/07 3:43am]

NDRU said:

No, Revolver is from '66. Despite what Harrison said in the Anthology I think they're 2 completely different albums. Revolver is more a predecessor of Sgt. Pepper, with the semi-psychedelic songs Tomorrow Never Knows (my alltime favourite), I'm Only Sleeping and She Said, She Said. Rubber Soul reminds me more of some parts of Help than Revolver.

Anyway tznekbsbfrvr, just get The White Album and Revolver, if you like them you can get Magical Mystery Tour, wich is more a singles collection but a great one!

Hi, I have been a Beatles fan for 20 years. Of course I have all their albums but my favorites are Let it be (naked vesrion), Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's and the White Album.

Enjoy them ...

Happiness is a warm gun ....

A Hard Day's Night
Rubber Soul
Revolver

White Album
Sgt Pepper
Let it Be

AlexdeParis said:

CinisterCee said:

I never bother to read anything other than the thread title, life's too short

LittleSmedley said:

Since you had Paul as an avatar, I am wondering what you would recommend for a third album besides Sgt Pepper (and Abbey Road).

CinisterCee said:

u remembered my old avatar, nice one C!

It's hard to say, i'll go with revolver

LittleSmedley said:

Yeah I dig ya. We like the same era of Beatles.

i'm loving all the conversation that's going on. so far... i'm hearing alot of votes for

Rubber Soul
Revolver
White Album

I might decide to buy four(maybe A Hard Day's Night)....since I can't break up Revolver and Rubber soul. I always thought those 2 went together or something. Man, I cannot wait for my scholarship check to come in. And I have yet to buy the imported CDs of my fave Italian artists. Oh.... the troubles of a music lover....

BT11 said:

You're right Rubber Soul was released in Dec of 65. I agree Revolver was a huge step forward.

NDRU said:

step forward from what? what was the step behind them?

Apart from 'Sgt Pepper' and 'Abbey Road', I would try 'Rubber Soul', 'Revolver' and 'The Beatles' ( aka 'The White Album').'Magical Mystery Tour' was not considered an album release in he UK by the band themselves and was issued as a double 7' EP in the UK in 1967 and an LP in the UK in 1976, however it does stand up as an excellent LP.

Scooter said:

You know your Beatles my friend

For me, they are as follows

1. Abbey Road
2. Let it Be
3. Revolver


The "B" side of Abbey, has got to be the greatest B sides in history. From the first side to the last every song just flows....

For me, they are as follows

1. Abbey Road
2. Let it Be
3. Revolver


The "B" side of Abbey, has got to be the greatest B sides in history. From the first side to the last every song just flows....

tznekbsbfrvr said:

the previous step, silly!

I just think the songs on Revolver are more creative and original and complex and bold than the ones on Rubber Soul (with a few exceptions)

Rubber Soul is great too, but The Beatles are about progression, and Revolver is the next step in that progression.
[Edited 4/15/07 0:30am]

NDRU said:

I might agree that the Revolver songs are all those things, but the bottom line for me is that the Rubber Soul songs are just better (IMO, of course). As good as Revolver is, I'd have to say it's easily the most overrated of their albums. And don't even get me started on "Yellow Submarine."

AlexdeParis said:

I only mention Yellow Submarine in terms of originality, not necessarily quality.

Rubber Soul's one of their best, most consistant, records
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NDRU said:

I like Yellow Submarine. And Octupuses Garden for that matter! I thought the "Love" version of octopuses garden was one of the best things on it

LittleSmedley said:

I actually like it too. I just understand why others don't.

But to me it's a classic children's song, and is way ahead of its time in terms of using outside sounds and going outside of Rock & Roll.

Octopus' Garden just shows the greatness of the Beatles. It's not a tremendous song by itself, but they perform & arrange it so damn well it's become a classic.

NDRU said:

ppl don't like Octopus' Garden? i like the song very much. granted, its not my fave, but its cool. Is the Love album worth getting? i mean i'm not into Cirque du Solei, so I wanna know if its worth it and what exactly is it.
[Edited 4/16/07 15:53pm]