What are your Top 3 Beatles Albums and your least favourite

Posted by: Steve J on 09 November 2012

With the release of The Beatles box set on vinyl I thought this would be a good opportunity to gauge peoples opinions of which of the 13/14* Beatles albums they think are the best, and worst. I thought a list of your top 3 plus your least favourite.

My Top 3 would be:

1. Revolver- I know Sgt Pepper was supposed to be the revolutionary album but I think this album took the Beatles to another level before SP. There isn't a dud track on it.

2. Abbey Road - with songs like Come Together, Something, Here Comes the Sun this is a no brainer.

3. With the Beatles - for me this has alway's been one of my favourite early Beatles LPs, just beating A Hard Day's Night.

My least favourite:

If I have to choose one it would have to be Let It Be, let down by Phil Spectres (over) production.

And Yours?

ATB

Steve

* 14 if you include Magical Mystery Tour which was originally released in the UK as an EP.

Posted on: 14 November 2012 by Quad 33

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

Originally Posted by BigH47:

Not huge fan don't know what all the fuss is about, but favs

White album , Sgt P and Abbey Rd

Worst MMT what a load of toss, well the film was, kind of colours ones view.

MMT is an amazing film in my view ... i've watched it about 30 times and am still finding hidden depths. Ivor Cutler is worth the entrance fee alone.

+1 with Guido.

Songs you’ll never forget. Fabulous supporting cast of character actors and performers, including Ivor Cutler, as Guido rightly points out " worth the entrance fee alone" the late great Victor Spinetti, Jessie Robins, Nat Jackley, Derek Royle, and the inimitable Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. There was never any question as to the quality of the songs but the received wisdom at the time was that the film was a dreadful mistake, which only goes to show what do critics know!

Regards Graham.

Posted on: 14 November 2012 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by Prubast:

Originally Posted by Paul@HiFi Lounge:

now let's talk Springsteen

No let's not

Definitely NO Brooooooce x 10 grillion

Posted on: 14 November 2012 by fasterbyelan

Originally Posted by Guido Fawkes:

Originally Posted by Paul@HiFi Lounge:

I was always more of an Elvis fan to be honest, I really never got into the Stones at all, I still don't get what all the fuss is about, but all these bands really were before my time, now let's talk Springsteen

I don't get Springsteen at all. Comes across as a nice guy, but never understood his appeal.

However, I'm with you on Elvis. I don't want to go to Chelsea, Watching the detectives, Oliver's Army, Shipbuilding ... a catalogue of great songs.

+1 ref Springsteen. Tristan, no 2 son, has been playing through a box set of his recently so I've been exposed to him rather more than normal - still hasn't click with me.

Karl