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Post by The End on Nov 8, 2007 13:17:12 GMT
A simple poll to choose your favourite Beatle album! If you'd like to include the reasons for your choice, that would be great!
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Post by cremetangerine on Nov 8, 2007 20:39:29 GMT
This is kind of hard- but I have to go with The White Album
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BlueMeanie
For A Number Of Things
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Post by BlueMeanie on Nov 9, 2007 12:00:36 GMT
For a long time it was Revolver, but I've recently come to realise how much AHDN means to me. It was the first album I ever owned (bought by me mum), and perfectly portrays the nation during the height of Beatlemania when they were truly Fab. It is also, the only Beatles album that doesn't have a single duff track on.
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Post by Bobber on Nov 9, 2007 12:07:45 GMT
Though call, but I go for Rubber Soul in the end. A Hard Day's Night, as Paul describes, is another all time favourite.
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Post by The End on Nov 14, 2007 13:41:04 GMT
John was on a roll with A Hard Day's Night wasn't he! That is a huge favourite of mine although With The Beatles still tops my poll
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Post by The End on Nov 14, 2007 13:41:49 GMT
Everyone has chosen a different album so far - very interesting
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Post by Michelle Revolution on Nov 15, 2007 1:01:24 GMT
Revolver for me.
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alexis
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Post by alexis on Nov 15, 2007 5:01:02 GMT
I've been on a Beatles on the BBC kick for quite some time ... can I do a write-in for that?
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Post by The End on Nov 15, 2007 8:06:53 GMT
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EuanB
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Post by EuanB on Dec 8, 2007 20:36:45 GMT
Abbey Road
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Post by The End on Dec 9, 2007 2:00:48 GMT
A great mix of favourites - so far no more than one vote has been received for any Beatle album!
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Post by beatlestone on Mar 21, 2008 14:51:44 GMT
The White Album is the Beatles ultimate masterpiece creatively, musically & artistically. Ringo agrees with me as well, I saw in an interview & it's above Sgt. Pepper any day of the week. My favorite era of the band is during the late 60's with their longer hair, more outspoken attitude & kick butt rock & roll.
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Post by shadyharrison on Mar 21, 2008 22:09:08 GMT
Abbey Road-
reasoning is simple.
'Something' and 'Here Comes the Sun'
What more does a Beatles fan need?
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Post by Bobber on Mar 22, 2008 8:28:16 GMT
What more does a Beatles fan need? Well, I can think of one or two things.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2008 8:39:37 GMT
What more does a Beatles fan need? Well, I can think of one or two things. Gimme money, that's what I want (donations accepted through Paypal!)
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Post by nyxfreyja on Apr 1, 2008 4:58:01 GMT
We voted Revolver, but ...
A Hard Day's Night has got to be THE most exciting rock and roll album ever. From start to finish, it bristles with energy and excitement.
Revolver, though, for us is a masterpiece. John in frontier-pushing form (both in writng and singing), Paul is now a mature writer - and as a musician one of the very very best. George's song writing is coming on apace, and HIS musicianship is top notch. And Ringo remains the rock - especially in his drumming, which around this time was technically great AND had touches of the creative.
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woodbine
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Post by woodbine on Apr 3, 2008 11:46:10 GMT
I voted for their debut, in part because it had zero votes (which surprises me). It's actually impossible to pick one record, they're all great in their own way, but that first one is special for lots of reasons.
It's the closest to "live" of all their records (Let It Be included), was recorded in 12 hours (hey, the length of a night's worth of Hamburg sets), and is chock-full of great instrumental and vocal performances. George's solo on "I Saw Her Standing There" is an all-time fave of mine, not to mention Paul's screams in same.
John's lead vocal on "Baby It's You" is another long-time favourite of mine. I think it's Ian MacDonald who says that John sounds here like a boy singing a man's song, but I heartily disagree.
"Boys" is one of Ringo's finest moments. I don't think, vocally, he ever rocked harder than he does here. And the lead break is phenomenal. The atmosphere is thick enough to cut with a knife. George's moody note-clusters and the space he leaves between them, Paul's banshee screams in the background, the reverb washing over everything... extraordinary.
It's also got two songs that, prior to the late 80's cd releases, I'd only ever heard on the "Rarities" lp: "There's A Place" and "Misery". (As a Canadian I grew up with the US album configurations, and the equivalent record to PPM was "The Early Beatles" which didn't include those songs).
Then there's "Ask Me Why" which in some indefinable way, for me, epitomizes the sound and feeling of early Beatles.
One of my favourite Beatles moments ever is at the tail end of the fade in "Chains". They do that descending vocal harmony line which just kills me.
Yes, this album pleases me mightily.
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Post by The End on Apr 3, 2008 12:28:11 GMT
And that's without even mentioning Twist And Shout!
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Geoff
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Post by Geoff on Apr 3, 2008 13:25:21 GMT
Revolver. I first heard this at a friend's party back in the late seventies, and even though I was in a less than optimum state (only bloody thing I remember from that night, in fact), it made me what's turned out to be a fan for life. And that was the US version, no less....
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woodbine
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Post by woodbine on Apr 3, 2008 20:22:43 GMT
And that's without even mentioning Twist And Shout! That is the icing on the cake, isn't it! T&S is right up there with "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "A Day In The Life" as one of the all-time jaw-droppingest LP-closers. (And they're all Lennon numbers, what a coincidence.)
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