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Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. Having spent a lot of creativity with the Hard Day’s Night album the band rushed to complete enough tracks for the next release to hit in time for Christmas sales and the result is Beatles For Sale. Solid enough in the songwriting department the endless…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. In the United States this album was broken apart into separate releases, including a soundtrack with some of the songs written specifically for the film along with some instrumental score. Some of these other songs would appear on miscellaneous releases. The album, as intended by…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. I grew up listening to the American version this album which included the song “I’ve Just Seen A Face” originally on the Help! album but left off of the United States version which was a soundtrack for the film. My affection for Rubber Soul has…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. The Beatles were really beginning to stretch what could be done in the studio and their songwriting had begun to evolve at this point. Individually I like the songs, but as an album I am tired of Revolver. It was one of the first albums I ever…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. This was one of the more difficult albums to rank because this album is so spectacular. The ranking on this album is the most volotile, depending on my mood when I listen to it, so this entry in particular is the most subjective (and subject…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. This might be my 2nd favorite Beatles album. The band had already stretched the concept of what a rock and roll album could be and what was possible in the studio, so what to do next? While there are a couple of weaker numbers on…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. The Beatles, or The White Album, was the only double record the band released during their career. Past Masters is a compilation that was released well after the band broke up. Not only does this album fall into many of the typical trappings of a…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. For this entry I am not using the officially released soundtrack as in the box sets, but instead the Yellow Submarine Songtrack. Because I can. With Help! and Hard Day’s Night being full albums and not the soundtrack albums that Yellow Submarine was, I figured…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. At times I absolutely love Abbey Road as one of my favorite Beatles albums, and other times I simply can’t listen to it. Interestingly, Abbey Road was recorded after the sessions for Let It Be, but released ahead of what would be the film’s soundtrack. While…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. Beatles Week 2016 continues with what is probably my least favorite album in the Beatles catalog – Let it Be. It’s not that the songs are bad, it’s that I just don’t enjoy this record as much as any of the others. And that includes the…