The White Album

Too many amazing songs on this not to give it five stars. Sure there are some wacky tracks, but they add to the charming madcap pastiche of the thing.

One of the most creative and diverse albums of all time. A true masterpiece in every sense of the word. A creative peak for the Beatles as individual songwriters

The most overrated album in history

Wow. Have always liked the Beatles but only casually. When I saw the White Album appear, I expected greatness based on always seeing this highly ranked on “best album” lists. After listening, I feel completely let down. I only really liked a handful of songs. Felt like a lot of “filler” to me. Also didn’t seem to flow at all. Felt like a bunch of random songs thrown together. So much for my assumption that I would give every Beatles album an easy 5.

liked some of the songs but this music isn't really my style so many odd songs that i did not enjoy aka most of disc 2

It's got some hits, it's got some crap. I also have a personal disdain towards this album after building a puzzle of it's album cover

The influence this album had on what followed is undeniable.

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Four Beatles members albums for the price of one. What a great deal! Some of the Beatles greatest songs, alongside some of their weakest, but mostly very enjoyable.

I think the beatles are great but not as great as they've always wanted to make us believe they are.

I tried to listen to this critically. Could it have been a single album? At the end of the day it's still a masterpiece. No notes.

I hadn’t heard a lot of these! Easy 5.

Não é o melhor, mas é bom

Empecé odiando este almbúm cuando era muy inocente, pero con el tiempo me parece de los mejores que tienen.

Probably the most complete Beatles experience out there, a real test for listeners to see if they are true fans. You've got songs that are beautiful, weird, freaky, otherworldly, and even the blueprint for what would become metal, all representing the multiple facets that make up this legendary band. If you can't get down with the White Album, you can't get down with the Fab Four

Another seminal work by the Beatles that gets indulgent at times. The foundations of so many genres can be found here and this album includes all time great Beatles songs as well.

Wonderful

Some wonderful moments, and an enjoyable journey through where these ludicrously talented songwriters were late in their time together. It sounds like them all trying out their solo careers, which makes it fascinating but less cohesive, even compared to Abbey Road. The fizzing, unpredictable energy of their best work isn’t quite there for me, and a few of Paul’s compositions don’t really grab me. Still very good though, and essential.

The Beatles would still be great without this album, but their legacy wouldn't mean as much. It was here that they pushed the boundaries into weird, silly, experimental and transgressive places as far as they could, all wrapped together with the greatest sequencing in music history. This album gave all the musicians that followed more of a cultural license to be weird/creative than literally anything else in the mainstream, but for all its influence, has still has never really been topped. This is a god tier album, one of the pillars of what an album can be.

Weird Beatles. 🪲🪲🪲🪲🪲 / 5

Good but weird. Maybe I need to be on lsd to get it.

20/30 Best song : I will

7.0

HELTER MOTHERFUCKING SKELTER 🤘🤘🤘!!!

Love it. Could listen to it over and over

5/5. The White Album is in many ways THE double album. It represents so many of the general stereotypes of a two disc record, and you mix it in with the Beatles pretty much exploding internally during this albums recording and you get what is a very flawed album in many ways, but also the most fascinating album to dissect and think about in the Beatles career. In the 30 tracks that make up this album there is just so many ideas whether it be the weird western of “Rocky Raccoon” (featuring Paul’s hilarious attempt at a southern accent), or the almost proto-hard-rock “shelter Skelter.” It bounces between these ideas in such a rapid succession that it doesn’t make for the most cohesive record, yet it all just works together. There’s even a few weird ass songs that are absolutely filler like “Wild Honey Pie” or “why don’t we do it in the road?” Yet when I listen to this album I never skip them, and I’m never upset when they’re on in the context of the album. It even has the balls to put an eight minute musique concrète piece near the end of the album in “Revolution 9.” Does it feel extremely out of place here? Yes. Does it kinda kill the pacing of the second disc of the album? Yes. Do I still love it? Yes. It also helps that this record has a solid helping of all-time great songs like “Happiness is a Warm Gun”, “While my Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Dear Prudence”, “Blackbird”, “Helter Skelter” among others. This album is a strange, messy journey that accelerated the destruction of the already deteriorating relationships between the members of the band, it is an album with so many weird twists and turns and not all of them really fully work, yet any time I listen to this album I am just in awe, it transcends good or bad, it’s the white album.

An experimental smorgasbord. With some impeccable songs thrown in.

pre-review: (my first album review, excited however I doubt all future reviews will be this lengthy!) I know nothing about what I should expect, I’m aware there was a controversial cover, honestly pretty cool they went for a plain cover, from a marketing standpoint it makes me, the listener, want to look into the why. If it is anything like the original cover then I am intrigued. mid-review: It’s kind of hard to believe this was released in the 60s, it’s so fresh and lively. Glass Onion has great lyricism and a marvellous closing and transitions into Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, which reminds me of the sweetest days of the summer growing up. Wild Honey Pie, is really interesting and sparked my curiosity. So eccentric and introduces a completely new sound to the album. If this was someone’s favourite album of all time, completely understood. So artistic and I’m amazed. I’m usually very hesitant to give white boys their flowers, but it is undeniable. Such a… lovely album. I’m so tired is my favourite track so far. I’m not sure if it’s because the message is relatable at this point in time. But it made me pull up the lyrics and try to catch onto the melody. Blackbird is a classic, of course this album gave birth to it. There’s consistent use of a string instrument reminiscent of a sitar which is fresh in my mind as I discovered Ravi Shankar for the first time this week. Okay disc 1 complete, and I’m wowed. Lots of sounds and always a good sign if my heart skips a beat (which definitely happened more than once) The consistent Indian influences throughout the album is very interesting, fun finding out how this trip impacted the making of this record. Something about disc 2 makes me think that it didn’t do as well as disc 1 did, I personally really enjoy it however i can’t see the general public enjoying it or viewing any songs as classics. I could be very wrong. Truly a body of work. This entire album works cohesively to capture the listener, instead of grouping slow songs together, the Beatles took us on a rollercoaster. The next track is completely unpredictable. HONEY PIE! Such a lovely song, it captures the vaudeville essence and is a thoroughly enjoyable listen. I’m not sure if Lennon’s persistent references to a mother figure is endearing or if I should be concerned. review: I am very pleased with this album, truly deserving of its place on this list. I am happy I got to experience this album, in my very limited Beatles’ knowledge, I would consider this their magnum opus, the flow, sound and feel of this entire album cannot be pinpointed to one single word but each song transported me to a memory I am yet to have. Learning about the backstory and internal conflicts during the production of this album truly added to my listening experience. It made them more human and less superstar. Listening to this album is bittersweet, I enjoyed every moment and do not want it to end. Who knows? Maybe this will prompt me into diving into their catalog. What I do know is that this record is absolutely making it onto my shelf. *4.5 STARS*

UM DOS ALBUNS MAIS INFLUENTES DO ROCK MUNDIAL. TRACKS COMO BLACK BIRD MARCARAM A VIDA DE MUITA GENTE, SOU GRATO POR UMA BANDA DESSAS TER EXISTIDO. A MÚSICA COMO UM TODO AGRADECE. ACHO ESSA FASE DELES É MELHOR DO QUE A FASE DROGADA PROGRESSISTA DELES, QUE TAMBÉM FOI MUITO BOA

An album stuffed with songs - more songs than any one human could handle. Not every track is a classic, but most of them are. Favourite track: While My Guitar Gently Weeps

I have this album and must say, it is a great album. I even forgive the 1 hours 39 minutes. “Back in the USSR” is a fun and witty opening song. “Dear Prudence” grew on me as I got older. I think it’s the music on that one. Beatles are pretty much always good lyrically. Mini “Wild Honey Pie” is an exception—they decided to have some fun I guess before fun on “Bungalow Bill.” More seeming to just want have fun on “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road.” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Blackbird” are lovely. “Happiness is a Warm Gun” jumps around in an interesting way. It’s a bit odd. “So Tired” is a lot of fun to sing along to. A lot of different sounds, styles but somehow isn’t jarring to me like “Tusk” was. “Don’t Pass Me By” is another one I now like. “Helter Skelter” is just loud fun. “Revolution” holds up, and perfect for the current crazy. Favorite weird lyric is “ginger sling with a pineapple 🍍 heart” that shows up in “Savoy Truffle.” I’m not sure why “Revolution 9” brings to mind the Wizard off Oz for me, but it does. I don’t like it but I don’t hate it. It’s long for a Beatles number and isn’t their typical melodic / well written ditty. I could do without “Goodnight” also. Overall, it’s still a great album.

Schon gut aber auch ganz schön albern zwischendurch

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-beatles/the-beatles-white-album/ Has some of their best, but also some of their worst songs. A bit too overindulgent for me to claim this album as one of my favorites by them, even though I'd gladly play (the majority) at any given time. 4/5 Beatles rating is a different rating than most other 4/5 albums on here.

Quite simply one of the greatest albums of all time . . . but also proof that just about every double-LP ever laid down would actually have been better with the fat trimmed off to make it an absolutely killer one-LP effort. This one stretches that theory a bit since I would argue that there's really only one album SIDE worth of material that could have been left off without losing anything that feels like "essential" Beatles. You could make the argument, I guess, that the wildly scattered genres and musical styles present here also diminish the effectiveness of the album as a unified piece of art, and that's something you can certainly feel as you're whip-lashed through transitions from "Yer Blues" to "Mother's Nature's Son" or "Sexy Sadie" to Helter Skelter." But it never takes long to get locked into each song itself, and the overwhelming majority of these songs are so great that the transitions themselves are quickly forgotten. I could go on and on about what makes songs like "Back in the U.S.S.R.," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Blackbird," "Birthday," and "Helter Skelter" my favorites (and some of the greatest songs ever written and recorded by anyone), but it's almost easier to simply list the songs that feel like they should have been left OFF the album (or, if the group hadn't become so fractured by this point, reworked with the other members until they were turned into more than simply fragmentary, incomplete ideas for songs that never completely jelled): "Wild Honey Pie," "Piggies," "Why Don't We Do it in the Road," "Honey Pie," and, of course, "Revolution #9," which is essentially John forcing the others to let Yoko take over the album for almost eight and a half minutes. Those five songs are the 18 minutes that keep this album out of my own personal top ten albums list, but even that is a very close thing. As an experiment, think about your absolute all-time favorite album. Then look at the playlist for this album and count the number of songs you can sing by heart. I'll bet you find more on this album than on your favorite. If this is not the Beatles at their best, it is still them at the peak of their songwriting and performing power.

Great super raw album. Clearly early stages of modern music that has had a huge influence

Beatles.

So much going on, style, tone and instruments that I would never call it boring. It's not cohesive in lots of moments as one singular piece but I don't think all albums need to have an overarching through line and this is what I would call proof of that. A lot of creativity with a group of guys that have differing views on what is worth making and it shows and makes sense why they began drifting apart. On the whole I like more of the songs than not and think despite bouncing off a few other albums on the list more than I thought I would this one kept me engaged. There are certainly songs that fall flat or are too experimental but a highly rated album doesn't always mean that it's flawless.

Great album!

Great for it's time and its era.

I haven't listened to this in ages, and aside from a couple of tracks (you know which ones) it still slaps. 4/5.

The highest 4 possible it is just too long man I really held on but alas a 4 is the best I can do, it’s fucking great though

Classic. Timeless. I wish I could transport back to the time it was released to try to hear it for the first time

Sprawling and unconnected. Obviously some classic songs, but otherwise over rated.

If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all. That said, Blackbird is sweet and Birthday is kinda fun.

Hmm, a tricky one to make sense of. In this sprawling 1hr 40 double album, we get some highlights of The Beatles’ catalogue, with Back in the USSR, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and Blackbird showing their great range of bouncy and slower songs. I do feel like this needed some quality control though, with some of the little ditties not especially worthwhile for me (Wild Honey Pie, Yer Blues). And I do have a bit of a socialist bee in my bonnet about the smug Revolution 1, which perhaps shows how the band was largely limited to social radicalism instead of anything politically remarkable. This clearly is a band worthy of its legendary status, but there was too much stuff that didn’t feel worth it for 5.

Perhaps only the Beatles could include the likes of 'Wild Honey Pie', 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road?' and 'Revolution 9' and still have it justifiably regarded as one of the best albums ever made. Part of the whole fun of this record, and part of the album's intrigue, is the fact that it's such a mixed bag. As for the many highlights ('Dear Prudence' 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun', 'Martha My Dear', 'Sexy Sadie'), they are some of the best moments of the Beatles' entire career.

A sprawling, 90-minutes-plus double album, the disjointed, diverse, almost dizzying effect of thirty tracks in almost as many genres is key to its appeal. That said, even I can't claim with a straight face that every track is an all-time classic (though I do enjoy nearly all of them). This album perhaps more than most highlights the subjective nature of music; despite its flaws, very few albums have given me as much pleasure. And there are plenty of incredible songs here: ‘Dear Prudence’, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, ‘Blackbird’, ‘Julia’, to name just a few. For me, undoubtedly 5 stars.

I enjoyed it more than other Beatles albums on here

The White Album is one of the most creative things ever made. Perfect album for showcasing George, John & Paul's separate songwriting skills while Lennon & McCartney still doing it best together. This album is so good I was just thinking how many potentially perfect songs there are and was just going through in my head "Dear Prudence," "Blackbird," "While my Guitar Gently Weeps," and on & on. I think a sign of a great band is a successful double album or 2 albums in the same year. This isn't exactly indie music, but it's as many ideas & creativity independently created ever imo.

When I was in 10th and 11th grades, there probably wasn't a week that went by without me listening to this album. It's near the height of the Beatles power, which means it's near the height of rock music.

I'd already listened to this, naturally. I'd give it ten stars if I could.

Would be a 5 as a single album. There's a lot of chaff on this one.

Even with the lesser known, weaker songs, this is a classic. Not "Born to Run", sorry, I'm just saying.

Beatles musical collage. The problem is that the really good songs overshadow the frivolous ditties. 4.5 rounded up. I mean it is THE White Album.

Although I don't tend to listen much due to overplay during my childhood, I do admit that these guys were very talented. This album has quite a bit of variety, and most of it is quite good (not sure about Revolution 9, but it is ... interesting). Also wondering if "Piggies" influence Pink Floyd's Animals (although maybe not, since the latter is based on Orwell's novel and already has pigs in it, but it has somewhat of the same perspective on the pigs). Not a 5 because there's a few I didn't enjoy as much.

Not sure that I've ever listened to the entire album before. A bit too long and a few too many weird ones to give it a 5. Was strange to listen to it knowing the its relationship with the Manson family murders...

FINALLY, a Beatles album, god. I got this as a present when I was around 9 or 10, and I listened to it on a daily basis (specially the first disc), so I am quite familiar to it. It's been a long time, though, so I am happy to give it an adult listening. It's 5 stars for me, before even listening.

I've been outspoken about my views about The Beatles being quite the overrated band. I still stand by that statement. However, this album is definitely a hogepodge of insanity, and I'm all here for it The common negative criticism for this album is it lacks continuity, and has no central theme, but that's exactly what I like about this album(Listening to "Revolution 9" on a dark October morning is poetic by the way). You really don't know which genre you're gonna get. A 21st Century version of this album is "Steal This Album!" by System Of A Down(which is also a white album of SOAD rejects by the way). I recommend that if you enjoy this insanity. Favorite Track: "The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill".

Is it a masterpiece or does it just contain masterpieces? Indulgent double albums maybe didn't start here but The Beatles' white album helped popularize them. As compelling as this record is at times, I'd prefer a tidy 50 minutes and a few EPs or a second album some time later. But also props to them for going big, getting messy, and unspooling in a sprawling way. I know my select 50 minutes are not the same as yours and that is its beauty and charm in many ways. My sense in dissecting this record with friends and family over the years though is that the intersection on the recognizably great songs is also high. Is this record more revolutionary than its predecessor Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? Maybe, but it also feels more musically conservative on the level of the song at times. And yet, it's almost too big to be contained in a single review from a single point of view. Even as far as I'm concerned, some of the songs I loved from this record as a kid hearing it when my POP! had put it on are no longer the ones I cherish now. In the end, it's not my top ranked record by The Beatles but it still has some of my favorite songs (a few that bring chills) and certainly gets its fair share in the rotation insofar as we ever put them on. Do I ding them each time I'm disappointed in their editorial choices and let down by a song or do I score this album overall? For instance, I know people love Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da but I find that kind of song by The Beatles extremely grating like bad children's music. A reluctant 5 stars or only 4?

Some songs on this album were enough to inspire an entire band's direction. I fully know that there are some crumbly bits but the numbers that land will be with us until we've forgotten music.

So much depth musically and lyrically (on some songs). This is my young daughter’s favorite album to listen to!

Definitely some strong, 5-star-worthy songs in there, and this album marks a pivotal point in the Beatles' existence, but a double-album set this long is bound to also have some quirky, if not questionable, tracks.

Not my favourite Beatles album, but it's not to be missed.

Some brilliant stuff. Always struck me as the album where the boys just wanted to have fun, messing with a huge range of styles.

Did enjoy. Julia, while my guitar gently weeps

One of the best Beatles albums just by the mere fact that it is a Beatles album. Some of my favorite tracks from this album today (as it seems to change every day) are "Dear Prudence", "I Will", and "Martha My Dear". Not much needs to be said that hasn't been said already about this band so I'll say no more.

There's not much I can say about this album that hasn't already been said. My favorite album by (in my opinion) the greatest band of all time. I received the cassettes for my birthday almost exactly 40 years ago today. And it sounds just as amazing to me now as it did back then.

yeah no I mean its the Beatles! theyre a cultural touchstone! I've heard a lot of this before because they're just THAT FAMOUS. I liked it! I hadn't heard the racoon song before so that was a bit of a shock. didn't like dear prudence but then I never have. a good album! of course it is- it's the beatles.

i mean cmon

If I had to pick a Beatles album, it would probably be this one? I mean 30 songs, most of them are really good, there's no denying it, honestly. There are some legendary tracks on this album, and some of the most well put together Beatles moments. I can't argue with that. It's probably a 5/5, it's somewhere around a 9.5/10 for me, but I can't deny that I didn't have fun listening to it. Moreso than some of their earlier stuff.

This album is still relevant today, in its tunes, lyrics and topics, timeless voice of Paul McCartney, would listen again 10/10.. after all, these guys invented music 🎶🎧

A couple of bangers like blackbird and dear prudence but not my favorite (3.6/5)

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Its a coincidence that I got this album on John Lennon's birthday. Such an Iconic album. Every song is different and unique. 5/5

Ok fine

Great. Gotta take a point off because its over 90 minutes.

That was a really fun album. Yes it had some lulls. But overall, I enjoyed most of the songs. It was a really good workday album. Blackbird, of course, was a banger, and the Birthday song as well.

Beatles are prolific… this album shows how wild the quality of their music is. Banger after banger after banger. 5

This one is tough to rate. There is an incredible amount of good here. But there’s *way* too much filler. Long, Long, Long is awful as mixed, and I actually skipped Revolution 9, which was actively annoying. It’s very uneven. Take this 93-minute album and trim it down to a tight 45-minute album, and it might be an all-timer. As it is, I’m going to remove a star for the roller coaster. 8/10 Most Excellent

Yeah this rips mostly

do I even have to explain myself

Even acknowledging how profoundly subjective musical taste is, there are some works of art that are objectively extraordinary. This is among them. It's long been one of my personal favorite Beatles' albums. I love the focus of the songwriting and the intimacy of the recordings. They clearly have nothing else to prove to anyone and they're no longer "competing" with Brian Wilson for the title of Grand Studio Wizard. The whole thing has such a relaxed, honest feel about it. What this project has given me is the context of having recently listened to both John and Paul's first solo albums. I'm struck by how much better both are, even when they're largely working independently of one another, when their songs have to stand up against one another's. (George delivers here, as well. But I think his debut solo album is better than either John's or Paul's; so he's kind of on a different trajectory.) Maybe it's the fraternal competition. Maybe it's a fear of looking silly by going full-on self-indulgent as they soon will. Who knows? What's clear is that it is absolutely bonkers brilliant.

Despite having lots of filler this album still contains some of the bands best work.

Honestly not as enthralling as I thought I would be. There feels like a lot of silly songs they just through in with verb noun alliteration, like some Nickelodeon hits. No doubt there are some fantastic songs on here and you can’t deny the effect they had on the industry. A good listen nonetheless.

Someone once said about this album, if you want popular music, here it is - all of it. Pop to rock to folk to experimental to ska to country to proto metal to big band to sentimental ballad and back again with the greatest band of all time. 10/10

Where my #9 heads at? Good, long listen. Had to split it up into 2 separate sessions. White strikes a chords with me but maybe it's just too long for me listen to it that often enough to enjoy it more. The lack of continuity between tracks kinda rocks but can be jarring when going between songs like Helter Skelter and Long Long Long. Imagine shuffling this album. Favorite(s): Happiness is a warm gun I'm so tired Sexy Sadie Least: Maybe Bungalo Bill? 4/5

Fav: Most of them L: The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Why Don't We Do It In The Road, Revolution 1, 5 What a legend of an album. It's got such a variety in it and while only like 2 or 3 make it into what I think are the most popular Beatles songs I find almost all of them to be pretty great. Long, long, long is one of my favorite songs (although you have to turn the volume up for it) and Cry Baby Cry is another one of my favorite Beatles songs. Happiness is a Warm Gun, Mother Nature's Son, I'm So Tired are amazing but I think to most are just kind of there on the album. Revolution 9 and Wild Honey Pie are out there. This would maybe be the Beatles album I would take on a desert island. On Youtube music Savoy Truffle has the fewest listens, that should not be the case. Cover: 4 kind of a boss move Name: 3 Minecraft Parody: PvP is a Punch Bow (Happiness is a Warm Gun) or While My Tunnel Gently Leaks

I listened to this like 2 weeks ago but half of the tracks have remained stuck in my head. Lots of great musicianship here. There are a few that are a little weak. I don't care much for glass onion. Maybe if trimmed a bit it would be the obvious best Beatles album. As it stands now it is probably not. Or idk, maybe. W: ussr, dear prudence, obladi, bungalow bill, sad guitar song, happy gun song, martha my dear, im so tired, blackbird, rocky raccoon, I will, julia, mother nature's son, honest monkey song, sexy sadie, helter skelter, revolution 9, L: glass onion, honey pie and wild honey pie maybe?, why don't we do it in the road, birthday 5/5

Some classics. Some not.

Har egentligen aldrig lyssnat aktivt på beatles, men det är ju bra grejer. Visst har man hört många av låtarna förut, men att lyssna på hela albumet gör låtarna mer rättvisa. Stark 4 av 5 Favoriter: * While my guitar gently weeps * Back in the U.S.S.R * Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da * Blackbird (Såklart)

Double albums are long for one session. Blackbird though…

This is full of great songs but I don't like it as an album. Eclectic but nothing to tie it together. A band but an album made by four solo artists. Another commenter wrote, the stories behind many of the individual songs are more interesting then the songs themselves, which I fully support.

I don’t know how to say this but it sounds Australian and not in a good way. So many songs about animals ? Okay, still while my guitar gently weeps is sick as fuck

Number: 275 Familiarity: Well-versed (4) Rating: 4 Before: ======= Nice selection today. I do like the Beatles but they're not my favorite artists from that era, that would probably be The Doors. After : ======= Well, that is the first time I've ever listened to the whole album. There are for sure some head scratcher's but overall I give it a 4.

100% masterful. The end.

Repeat listen

Obviously this is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I'm not a heathen.

5 stars. It's the Beatles.

It's so good. Despite the ridiculously all over the place track list it has a very nice flow and it has some of my favourite beatles songs. I respect putting Rev 9 on the album but I wish it was a little shorter, at least they had the decency to put it at the end. It makes it feel like an achievement to get to Good Night.

It’s quite something to risk making an album with such a scattershot approach to styles. Most bands would fail miserably, but The Beatles pull it off. Nearly everything on here is a treat and it’s anyone’s guess what is next on the playlist. Fully enjoyable, even that weird one.