Posted on 08/05/2016 5:35:44 AM PDT by Mariner
In the spring of 1966, riding high on the artistic success of ‘Rubber Soul,’ the Beatles went into the studio to begin crafting what would become their greatest record.
It is spring 1966, and the Beatles are ensconced in London’s EMI Studios, where they have embarked upon their latest manipulation of time. The Christmas season just passed had seen the release of the band’s sixth album, Rubber Soul, a game-changer of a disc that wedded American rhythm and blues to English folk music, as if the two genres were meant to go together all along. The Beatles, as the popsmiths-cum-pied pipers for teenyboppers, the lovable lads behind A Hard Day’s Night, were no more. Their middle-career era of high-toned, big boy art had commenced.
Rubber Soul continued to dominate the charts that spring. It featured organic sounds sourced from the streets of the city and countryside fields where one might have pictured John Clare wandering, but the Beatles, being the Beatles, were now moving entirely beyond Rubber Soul’s rustic-tinged soundscapes, as if such a masterwork were a mere digression in their journey towards something bigger, something better, something more “next,” if you will.
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Rock? No.
I preferred “Rubber Soul”
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Just my opinion, but I enjoy Rubber Soul more.
It has been suggested that Rubber Soul and Revolver should’ve been released as a double album. Don’t know why, but that’s what I’ve read here & there.
I think I have 99% of what the Beatles recorded (studio stuff) on my iPod. They are, to me, the greatest band of all time.
Others will disagree.
Others’ disagreement is most welcome, but it won’t change my mind.
The 3 middle period Beatle albums Help, Rubber Soul and Revolver are the group at their peak. They moved beyond their Beatlemania days and started to push pop and rock in new directions.
Rock?....no
Definitely my favorite Beatles’ record.
Abbey Road
The best studio produced album of that era was Abbey Road. Makes sense that the Beatles had tons of cash and could afford it. From a technical standpoint it was groundbreaking.
Simply....no
Ditto.
Rubber Soul - no question it’s better than Revolver.
Nope. Dark Side of the Moon.
Pop...maybe.
Rock...absolutely NO.
It’s a great album but I hold Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper higher.
That the wheels were coming off, that they were fighting each other, fighting to stay together, fighting to break up, and were still able to make such incredible music, is a tribute to their talent.
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