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Post by jk on Dec 19, 2022 20:01:13 GMT
So we've moved on to Revolver? And Revolver's track list is the same, minus I'm Only Sleeping, And Your Bird Can Sing, and Dr. Robert? Is that correct? Revolver's track list: Side one:1. "Taxman" 2. "Eleanor Rigby" 3. "I'm Only Sleeping" 4. "Love You To" 5. "Here, There and Everywhere" 6. "Yellow Submarine" 7. "She Said She Said" Side two:1. "Good Day Sunshine" 2. "And Your Bird Can Sing" 3. "For No One" 4. "Doctor Robert" 5. "I Want to Tell You" 6. "Got to Get You into My Life" 7. "Tomorrow Never Knows" I love this album all the way through. It's the only Beatles album I bought pretty well at the time. Most memorable? How about a George track -- not the Indian one or the political one, but the wonderfully laid-back "I Want To Tell You". Least memorable? It's a toss-up between "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine", only (ONLY) because I heard them too often at the time. Okay, "Yellow Submarine" then. Both these tracks make so much more sense in the context of the album.
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 19, 2022 20:15:59 GMT
So we've moved on to Revolver? And Revolver's track list is the same, minus I'm Only Sleeping, And Your Bird Can Sing, and Dr. Robert? Is that correct? Revolver's track list: Side one:1. "Taxman" 2. "Eleanor Rigby" 3. "I'm Only Sleeping" 4. "Love You To" 5. "Here, There and Everywhere" 6. "Yellow Submarine" 7. "She Said She Said" Side two:1. "Good Day Sunshine" 2. "And Your Bird Can Sing" 3. "For No One" 4. "Doctor Robert" 5. "I Want to Tell You" 6. "Got to Get You into My Life" 7. "Tomorrow Never Knows" I love this album all the way through. It's the only Beatles album I bought pretty well at the time. Most memorable? How about a George track -- not the Indian one or the political one, but the wonderfully laid-back "I Want To Tell You". Least memorable? It's a toss-up between "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine", only (ONLY) because I heard them too often at the time. Okay, "Yellow Submarine" then. Both these tracks make so much more sense in the context of the album. I believe you've posted the UK track list, but isn't lonelysummer doing US versions? (I know you said you'd chime in when the versions were the same, but this is still in the two-version era.) That US version, from what I can see, would be:
Side one: 1. "Taxman" 2. "Eleanor Rigby"
3. "I'm Only Sleeping" 4. "Love You To" 5. "Here, There and Everywhere" 6. "Yellow Submarine" 7. "She Said She Said"
Side two: 1. "Good Day Sunshine"
2. "And Your Bird Can Sing" 3. "For No One"
4. "Doctor Robert" 5. "I Want to Tell You" 6. "Got to Get You into My Life" 7. "Tomorrow Never Knows"
An absurd edit that puts Harrison above Lennon in terms of representation.
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 19, 2022 20:30:15 GMT
So we've moved on to Revolver? And Revolver's track list is the same, minus I'm Only Sleeping, And Your Bird Can Sing, and Dr. Robert? Is that correct? yes.
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 19, 2022 20:33:18 GMT
Revolver is arguably the best rock and roll / pop album in history, so this is awfully difficult to pick either best or worst. I'll have to listen more and think about it.
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Post by kds on Dec 19, 2022 20:46:58 GMT
Best - For No One - For as much love as Eleanor Rigby gets, and rightfully so, I don't even think it's Paul's best song on Revolver.
Worst - Yellow Submarine - It's a fun song, and one of my son's favorites, but the other ten are just better IMO.
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Post by jk on Dec 19, 2022 22:51:59 GMT
So Pepper is the first in the single-version era -- ye gods. Thanks for the correction.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Dec 20, 2022 0:41:42 GMT
Side one: 1. "Taxman" 2. "Eleanor Rigby" 3. "I'm Only Sleeping"4. "Love You To" 5. "Here, There and Everywhere" 6. "Yellow Submarine" 7. "She Said She Said" Side two: 1. "Good Day Sunshine" 2. "And Your Bird Can Sing"3. "For No One" 4. "Doctor Robert"5. "I Want to Tell You" 6. "Got to Get You into My Life" 7. "Tomorrow Never Knows"
BEST SONG: I'll go with "Eleanor Rigby". Haunting melody, great arrangement, good Paul vocal. Obviously it's a classic. Special mention to "For No One" for all of the same reasons.
WORST SONG: "Tomorrow Never Knows". It gets my vote for the "worst", but, well, you know...it's not bad. The song starts out really cool and then goes nowhere. Repetitive actually. A few points for psychedelia. Sometimes I like "Yellow Submarine", sometimes I don't. I actually like some of Ringo's solo live versions a lot.
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 21, 2022 19:49:58 GMT
Are we done with Revolver? Should we move on to A Collection of Beatles Oldies? lol. Attachments:
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 23, 2022 2:44:38 GMT
I guess we could rate tracks on The Beatles' Christmas Album...
Christmastime is Here Again...ain't been 'round since you know when...
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Post by lonelysummer on Dec 23, 2022 21:00:03 GMT
Okay, it's the holidays, for most people that means they are busier than ever. For me, it means time to slow down, catch my breath. So here goes:
Best: A Day in the Life. I remember getting this album at the library when I was in 5th or 6th grade. I played this song over and over. Same visit, I got Bob's John Wesley Harding, and played All Along the Watchtower endlessly. A Day in the Life is a masterpiece. I love how it starts off sounding like a folk song, with John strumming his guitar. Ringo's drum fills...what can I say...can anyone listen to this and not admit he was a great drummer? Then the middle section, suddenly we're in another song, and hey, who does the "ahh...ahh...ahh" at the end of that section? Sure sounds like John's voice, but it could be Paul. It's pretty high. Well, I guess everyone was in the Summer of Love. Then back to the original song, at a slightly faster tempo. Good thing they weren't using a metronome. And then the final chord that goes on forever.
Worst: this is a tough one, cause there isn't a bad track on here. I could pick George's Indian track, it sure took a long time for me to appreciate it, and I know some will say Paul's granny music song; I'm gonna say Good Morning, Good Morning. This was a song I never fully appreciated until I heard the stripped down mix on Anthology 2. Not a bad song, but it's one I rarely go for outside of the album.
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Post by jk on Dec 24, 2022 9:10:40 GMT
Here you go... Side one:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band With A Little Help From My Friends Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Getting Better Fixing A Hole She's Leaving Home Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! Side two:Within You Without You When I'm Sixty-Four Lovely Rita Good Morning Good Morning Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) A Day In The Life Most memorable track: Actually, it's a moment rather than a track, namely the magical transition form "When I'm Sixty-Four" to "Lovely Rita". A track? Either "Rita" or "Getting Better"… Darn it… "Lovely Rita" -- it has a wonderful loose feel to it. Least memorable: "A Day In The Life". I find this a throughly depressing track, not least that interminable final chord. Takes all sorts, I suppose.
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Post by kds on Dec 24, 2022 13:53:41 GMT
Best - A Day in the Life - Quite possibly my all time favorite Beatles song (I go back and forth with this and Strawberry Fields).
Worst - Within You Without You - Funnily enough, I actually prefer the mash up with God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman by the tribute band The Fab Four.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Dec 24, 2022 15:33:47 GMT
BEST SONG: For a long time it was "A Day In The Life", and it very well might still be my favorite/the best song on the album. But, today, for this exercise, I think I'm going with "With A Little Help From My Friends". I just really love everything about it.
WORST SONG: Easy one here - "Within You Without You". Maybe if it were shorter. By a lot. For those "what if" albums where you add "Penny Lane" and "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Within You Without You" is the first song to go. "When I'm Sixty-Four" is the next.
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Post by carllove on Dec 24, 2022 16:24:02 GMT
Least memorable: "A Day In The Life". I find this a throughly depressing track, not least that interminable final chord. Takes all sorts, I suppose. I thought I was the only one who felt this way, jk …. Best: “She’s Leaving Home” - One of my favorite Beatles songs ever. Heartbreakingly beautiful - It’s draws you in with the gorgeous orchestration and Paul’s emotional, perfect vocals as you begin to listen to the story and feel the effect of the perfect combination of everything that makes a song memorable. Worst: “A Day In The Life” - From the first time I heard this song, I hated it. One of the most depressing songs I have ever heard. It takes you on a journey - and not a good one. I guess because it’s Artsy Fartsy - Beatles fans love this song - but I never have. It’s like a Munch painting. It is art, sort of brilliant and something I never want in my house.
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 24, 2022 16:29:58 GMT
I'm in that ever-shrinking camp that still believes Sgt. Pepper may well not only be the best Beatles album ever, but the best album ever. (Certainly that camp that, while it might not be better than the other candidates, it's certainly no worse.) So that makes this difficult for the "worst" side of things. I say that because...
Best: "A Day in the Life." It's a masterpiece on a masterpiece album of masterpieces. It's as good as there is, from the understated and somber opening to the cacophanous climax and eternal dissolve. (That lengthy chord would only bother me if it weren't the final song. But it is, so it's great.) If it's depressing, as jk says, so be it. So's life, much of the time. People sing the blues to deal with the blues! Of course, I also love the great 19th century Russian novelists and existentialists, so a little depressing art never turned me off.
Worst: Here the trouble begins. I will go with the general opinion and say "Within You, Without You," but I don't dislike the song at all. It isn't necessarily a great fit, but it's not as bad of one as I think it is sometimes thought to be. It is vivid, technicolor, psychedelic, and fits in those respects perfectly well. And some sharp turns in an album are often great palette cleansers. It's just the least great. Another common pick, "When I'm Sixty Four," is another one I champion to the end. Every song here, and more, every arrangement and recording here, is absolutely great. The album is to me as perfect as Pet Sounds or the other tippity-top of all time.
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