I like that this ranking breaks away from the "critical consensus." Other than the original Yellow Submarine being the worst (which is pretty much a universal opinion), you could flip the list entirely and someone would agree with the ranking. It shows how good they were for 8 years.
You said Revolver was the start of the experimental phase, NUP. Honestly that started way back on their first album. The Beatles were always experimenting. Weird how so many people never understand this.
You are right. The Beatles were always experimenting. That’s why they became the best rock/pop band ever. But if you dig a little deeper and try to understand their development from Please Please Me to Abbey Road, you have to divide their progress into phases. To me, The Beatles must be divided into at least three phases. The first phase runs from PPM to Help. This is the phase where they refine the rock’n’roll template they inherited from their own idols like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley among others. This is also the phase with the beatles mania. The second phase runs from Rubber Soul to Sgt. Pepper. Here they break free of the rock’n’roll template and create something completely new. Here they write themselves into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame forever! If you liste to their albums back to back chronologically as they were recorded you can clearly tell that each album stands on the shoulders of the previous one. But the distance from Help to Rubber Soul is amazingly huge. It’s two different worlds. The third phase runs from the white album to Abbey Road. Here they become true kings of pop. A little laid back feeling sets in, as is the case for all proficiency, but everything they touch becomes gold, and it just seems so effortlessly. So, yes, they were always experimenting. Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster for that!
I love watching rankings that differ from the general consensus! 13. Yellow Submarine 12. With the Beatles 11. Please Please Me 10. Magical Mystery Tour 9. A Hard Day's Night 8. The White Album (I agree, too much filler, would have been a killer single album) 7. Help! 6. Abbey Road 5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 4. Beatles For Sale (yes I love this album lol) 3. Revolver 2. Let It Be 1. Rubber Soul
Discorison O please, please me with the hard day’s night for sale: help a rubber soul revolve round the peppering of lonely hearts to find the magical mystery: a yellow submarine ascending full-speed-ahead from the flooded abbey. Let it be. Amen. --- Walter S. Boxx 13. Sub 12. Sale 11. Be 10. With 09. Tour 08. Night 07. Please 06. Help! 05. Abbey 04. White 03. Soul 02. Pepper 01. Revolver
Great to see the earlier albums ranked highest. Love me The Beatles, but their earlier (roughly 1962-1965) songs are my favorites. It seems like if you are a Beatles fan you get brow-beaten into compliance by most everyone else to rate the later Beatles music higher. Glad you didn't succumb to peer pressure to do that.
#1. White Album. It has every style of music, including the first metal song. McCartney's peak. #2. Revolver. Classical, psychedelic, children's, ballads, rock and pop. All very good songs. #3. Sgt Pepper. Pretending to be another band gave them more exploratory territory to enter. #4. Abbey Road. The weave of throw away songs. Harrison's peak and Ringo's cool ditty. #5. Magical Mystery Tour. The extreme psychedelic album. Good trip. And weird too. #6. Rubber Soul. Best folk-rock album. The beginnings of the flower power sound. Lennons peak. #7. A hard day's night. Best pop rock album. Light & fun. Good film for its day. #8. Help. Powerful tunes as well as some weak ones too. Great videos from the film. #9. Please, please Me. Straight from the club, simple rock tunes. Fun stuff. #10. Beatles For Sale. New territory, showing their love for Dylan and paying tribute to their favorites. #11. Let it be. Spiritually sad and trying to find their roots. Great songs with a lot of filler. #12. With the Beatles. Kid stuff. Fun but dumb. Couple great song with not much else. # 13. Yellow Submarine. It's a soundtrack to a great film. It's not a real album.
A lovingly contrarian list, I love it! Lol Here’s my ranking! 😊 13. Yellow Submarine (1969) 12. Beatles for Sale (1964) 11. With the Beatles (1964) 10. Please Please Me (1963) 9. Rubber Soul (1965) 8. Help! (1965) 7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 6. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) 5. Let it Be (1970) 4. Revolver (1966) 3. Magical Mystery Tour (1967) 2. The Beatles [The White Album] (1968) 1. Abbey Road (1969)
13. Yellow Submarine 12. Beatles For Sale 11. With The Beatles 10. Please Please Me 9. A Hard Day’s Night 8. Help! 7. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 6. Magical Mystery Tour 5. White Album 4. Let It Be 3. Abbey Road 2. Revolver 1. Rubber Soul
My top 1. The Beatles 2. Sgt Pepper 3. Rubber Soul 4. Revolver 5. Abbey Road 6. MMT 7. Let It Be 8. Help! 9. A Hard Day's Night 10. With The Beatles 11. Please Please Me 12. Beatles For Sale
Well tonight my spouse and I were watching the news like we do every evening from 7pm - and ALL that we kept hearing about was the Gucci Bag John Fetterman. BUT WAIT !!! I received an alert on my cell and it what fantastic news ! Sean has a Beatles album ranking ! My spouse favorite band. That's it ! Perfect timing ! Perfect Review ! Great Feedback ! For us we would reverse number 1 and 2. Hard Days night is her favorite followed by Let it be. Top Notch Sean and keep on rocking !
The earlier albums are often discounted. But they were a powerful statement and progressive for their time. I enjoy all Beatles ratings and value yours as much as any other. Cheers.
Yeah, I agree with what you said about all the members singing. That really did appeal to me with kiss, and I reckon with the beatles doing it that appealed to kiss as well
Very original ranking. You take another dimension😀. Let It Be number 1 is awasome! Every Beatlesalbum is spectacular to me so I love it when people shift the albums every way in the top 13. I am waiting for someone to put Yellow Submarine at number 1.
It’s cool to see some very different opinions. But man I cannot see how someone does not have Abbey Road in at least the top half. So many great songs and then the medley.
My list: 1. The White Album 2. Revolver 3. Rubber Soul 4. Let It Be 5. Sgt. Pepper’s 6. Please Please Me 7. Abbey Road 8. Magical Mystery Tour 9. Help 10. A Hard Day’s Knight 11. With the Beatles 12. Beatles For Sale
Refreshing rating of the Beatles Lps for a change.Agree with the low rating of the White Album and Abbey Rd and the high rating of A Hard Day's Night ( my favourite) and Let it Be.Would like to see Rubber Soul higher though..
For the most part, I agree with you on SOME of these? HOW-EVER, I'm a HUGE Beatle fan so nothing to me is a bad song especially by them? There is some filler on those records, but still very good. I don't really have a favorite "Beatles" album! I love them all, but really dig your opinion.
That's the most ridiculous theory I've ever heard. Boy, are you naive. Billy Shears didn't replace Paul! Billy Shears replaced Ringo. David Pepper, a Sergeant in the UK Air Force, replaced Paul. If you read my 400 page expose, I prove....
I know people have different favourite Beatles albums but surely this is a put on. Beatles for Sale better than The Beatles, Abbey Road, Rubber Soul and Magical Mystery Tour? ...say what? and Let it be the best ... come on this has to be a joke
Here’s my list 13 Yellow Submarine 12 With The Beatles 11 Hard Day’s Night 10 Beatles For Sale 9 Please Please Me 8 Help! 7 Magical Mystery Tour 6 Let It Be (Naked) 5 Sgt Peppers 4 Rubber Soul 3 The White Album 2 Revolver 1 Abbey Road
Revolver Rubber Soul The White Album AHDN Sgt. pepper Abbey Road Please Please Me Let It Be Help! With The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Yellow Submarine
I knew Yellow Sub would be the worst. Hey Bulldog is in my top 10 Beatles songs, but the rest of the album pales in comparison to the actual movie. Yellow submarine the movie was my introduction to the band when I was like six.
I'm only three minutes in, but I have to commend you. That absolutely is an original take. I haven't met a single person that places the white album outside the top 5. It's top 2 for me. I disagree with you wholeheartedly, but I respect that you have an unpopular opinion.
Hola Sean, saludos desde México,es interesante tu ranking,poniendo el álbum Let It be,con todo y que fue manipulado por Spector y años más tarde se publicó la versión Naked que era la visión que tenía Paul para ese álbum Todos sus albums fueron geniales menos el Yellow Submarine,y creo los tres mejores fueron Revolver,Sgt. Pepper y Abbey Road
Ehh, White Album, Abbey Road & Sgt Pepper at the bottom? Are you sure this isn’t a mock ranking just to attract attention?😂 how can anyone with human ears hear it like that?
It’s not the greatest album of all time. It’s an imperfect album and hasn’t aged as well as albums like Abbey Road or Revolver or even The White Album.
