The White Album

Enjoyed that.

I mean it’s the Beatles.

How dare John Lennon criticize "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" when he wrote the trash that is "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill." One star automatically deducted for that one.

Solid album.

The genre isn't my cup of tea but I still found it a pretty good listen.

Full Disclosure: I am a Beatles fan, through and through. Interestingly enough, as a Gen Xer, I didn't discover them until my 30s. Didn't fall in love until my 40s. Not that I avoided. I just...thought they were oldies. Until I didn't. This eponymous white album is one I didn't particularly prefer for years. I would have said it's my least favorite post-touring-Beatles album. Well, I'm really glad I got this album today. Yes, of course there are plenty of songs on here that sound like, and likely are, demos. Lot's of joking around. Studio noise. It's messy. Some might say bloated, but I think everyone...well, John and Paul and then, to the extent they allowed, George...was differentiating and creating their own music. I think Ringo really starts to swing here. Like, I think he and Paul, across the final two albums (which really are a de facto double album, Abbey Road and Let It Be) vaulted into the conversation of greatest rhythm sections in the history of such things. Anyway, I'm rambling and actually not doing any fact checking, lol. Let me say that I love this 90 minute, 30 song, overstuffed double album that is absolutely all over the place and yet still somehow pristinely sequenced. (It's probably still my least favorite album from Rubber Soul onwards, though. But, like, all of those albums are clustered near each other with solid A grades, at least. And technically I'd give this 4.5 stars, which is 9/10.)

Apostasy, maybe: Tommy Jones's joke in "Men in Black" about having to buy The White Album again when a new gadget replaces CDs, this is my least favorite latter-stage Beatles record. It has one sublime song ("Blackbird"), and a number of good to great tunes (e.g., "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), but a lot of it is, frankly, self-indulgent. Sorry, fanboys.

I really love rocky raccoon.

Some good songs, some not so good songs 4/5

Poor, poor Beatles. You fell into the same trap that so many other bands have found themselves in. You though, "We've got enough material for two albums, so let's just record a double album!" Unfortunately, just like nearly every other band that tried it, you did not have enough material for two good albums, at least according to the standard you set for yourselves. If you took out the filler, this album would be fucking amazing, certainly in competition for the best Beatles album. Instead, I wouldn't put it in the top 5, despite having some of my favorite Beatles songs. 4/5 What hath man wrought?

While this album is still top tier Beatles material, it feels a bit cobbled together and bloated. Definitely not as cohesive as Abby Road or Sgt. Pepper's. If this had been trimmed down from a double LP, it would have done us all a favor by giving us a good 35 minutes back in our day. With that being said, it still has some incredible tracks (Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Helter Skelter, and Good Night) and it shows the brilliance these guys had, even when they really didn't want to work with each other, but chose to anyway.

Another fine Beatles album that gets a little long in the tooth after a while. This is good, but not Abbey Road good.

Let me start this off by saying that I love the Beatles, my parents bought me up on them but this unfortunately is not my favourite Beatles album cause it seems to me like it’s a solo Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr album, all trying to out experiment each other like they were all doing their own thing with little collaboration. Is it controversial to say this could have been a single album and not a double? There are some brilliant tracks on here but also some that I feel just fill out the 2 discs.

A top listen, but I had to skip revolution 9.

Hard to know what to think. It's THE White Album. And the tunes are nearly all good. The beginnings of heavy shit are right there in Helter Skelter, and Revolution 9 is a fucking Experience. But somehow the structure of this album just feels like... there isn't one. We're the Beatles, throw everything we wrote down in a list and publish it. Maybe I just need more listens, but some spots were a chore that I don't fancy doing again. Still, can't take much away from the achievement that it is

The sheer number of songs on this album makes it a long listen, but most Beatles songs are under the 3 minute mark. The album is a bit of a hodge podge thematically. They should've given George and Ringo more writing opportunities, some of the best songs on this album were written by them, and some of the worst by Lennon-McCartney (apart from the most famous singles). The stories about the making of this album is fantastic, stories about Rishikesh and the eventual dissolution of the band. All in all, a very good album.

Didn’t realize that I was listening to a remastered edition until part way through the first song. Couldn’t say what was different but I just knew it sounded a little less familiar. Great album but it does feel a bit bloated in parts. Some songs are very forgettable.

Random, enjoyable and different.

One of the best albums of all time, but too much filler 😢.

Great album, Some absolute corkers in this one, some pretty spoony ones also

This is just amazing! And also weird and strange - I love it. And always have. Even though it is not the best Beatles album, it was and is still such an amazing tour through song/music display for others to learn from

a very long album that only became a little boring in the last 20 mins or so.. enjoyed the album overall and the diverse mix of sounds and genres 8 out of 10

Can't believe it's taken me this long to listen in full, there's amazing non single songs on here

Strange one this. Some tracks are absolute brilliance such as While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Helter Skelter. Others are comparatively low-key but beautiful such as another Nature’s Son and Long, Long, Long. There’s honestly many strong tracks on here. I even really enjoyed Revolution 9. There aren’t many pop bands that would release an album that moves between blues, folk, proto-metal and musique concrète. It’s genuinely impressive how cohesive it all feels. My only complaints would be that a few very short, basic tracks that do feel like filler, and there maybe one or two too many novelty songs. Some of the wackier songs are definitely worth their inclusion however as it wouldn’t be The Beatles without them. It’s more that it just adds to an already long runtime. All said though, The White Album is a huge achievement. Given the amount of tension within the band at the time, it’s a testament to their incredible creativity and talent as musicians that such a sweeping collection of music was produced.

If listening to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club band is like looking through a kaleidoscope and seeing all sorts of psychedelic patterns and shapes, then listening to the White Album is like looking through a kaleidoscope and seeing patterns consisting of inner-fighting and clashing views, a mishmash of genres from standard rock & roll to proto-heavy metal to a sound collage, and the number nine. The White Album is a rather interesting album. With most of the songs written while the band were at a Transcendental Meditation training course in Rishikesh, India and recorded as arguments and differences broke out among the four that would eventually lead to their break-up, this album is pretty much where the Beatles peaked creatively, with lyrics that are satirical ("Back in the U.S.S.R.", "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"), political ("Blackbird", "Revolution 1"), and informed by the trip to India and this album's troubled recording ("Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey", "Sexy Sadie"). And while you have your typical Beatles pop rock, there's plenty of songs that are different genres, whether that'd be blues rock ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "I'm So Tired"), "Paul's granny music", as John Lennon described "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", proto-heavy metal ("Helter Skelter") or a sound collage consisting of the number nine ("Revolution 9") that is definitely the Beatles at their most experimental and avant-garde and probably would have never been made had John never met and fell in love with Yoko Ono. At the same time, though, you can tell how kinda messy this album is, and that prevents me from seeing this as their masterpiece. Division between the four Beatles led to a fragmented recording session where the band rarely recorded together and instead worked separately. Thus, the mishmash of genres with each song, and you can tell that each Beatle were developing different ideas on how to craft a song, whether it'd be George Harrison's guitar-driven approach or Paul's inspiration by old-hat jazz that he grew up with (again, "Paul's granny music"), and when a filler song like "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" strikes, that's when you can tell that songs like those were recorded when they were starting to run out of ideas. While this album is good, it unfortunately marks the beginning of the end of the Beatles. Favorite Tracks: "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Happiness is a Warm Gun", "Blackbird", "Sexy Sadie", "Helter Skelter" Least Favorite Track: "Wild Honey Pie"

The White Album by The Beatles is a brilliant record, and at times close to perfect, even if it does feel a little too long. There’s an argument that if this had been trimmed down to a tight 11 or 12 tracks, it could be their very best album. As it stands, it’s more of a sprawling collection of ideas, but what a collection it is. The range on display is incredible, jumping from rock and blues to folk and experimentation, and showing just how versatile the band had become. At its best, it’s outstanding. Songs like Glass Onion, Blackbird, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps highlight the individual strengths of each member and just how strong they were creatively at this point. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da has always been a bit of a hidden favourite for me, and Back in the U.S.S.R. is a brilliant, high-energy opener that sets the tone. There are moments where it drifts and feels indulgent, which is where the length becomes an issue, but the highs are so good that it hardly matters overall. Favourite tracks: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da and Back in the U.S.S.R. Least favourite tracks: Revolution 9, Mother Nature’s Son, and Cry Baby Cry feel unnecessary Album artwork: Classic, simple, and instantly recognisable

Classic album of course! For my taste some fillers on it too…Could have been an all-time favourite 12 song album for me! Absolutely loved Revolution 9, especially with headphones on!

B+ Back In the U.S.S.R. 5 Dear Prudence 4 Glass Onion 3 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 3 Wild Honey Pie 3 The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill 4 While My Guitar Gently Weeps 5 Happiness Is a Warm Gun 4 Martha My Dear 5 I’m So Tired 5 Blackbird 4 Piggies 3 Rocky Raccoon 5 Don’t Pass Me By 3 Why Don’t We Do It In the Road? 3 I Will 3 Julia 5 Birthday 3 Yer Blues 3 Mother Nature's Son 4 Everybody's Got Something to Hid Except Me and My Monkey 3 Sexy Sadie 4 Helter Skelter 4 Long, Long , Long 3 Revolution 1 3 Honey Pie 4 Savoy Truffle 3 Cry Baby Cry 3 Revolution 9 2 Good Night 4 I was very curious how this rating would shake out. And honestly, I think it's very fitting on the cusp of a four. It's so up and down and individual. There's no flow whatsoever. But so many great songs. What an amazing album.

I think a lot of the time, people misinterpret the word overrated to mean outright bad. This is often not the case and I can think of no better band than the Beatles to exemplify this. This album is great. It's foray into psych rock is my favorite thing about it. Even the poppier tunes like Back in the U.S.S.R., Obladi oblada and Birthday are fun as hell. However, it's almost impossible to separate the music from the massive ego trips nearly every member of this band is on. The result is an album that's almost as fun to talk about as it is to listen to. Likely my favorite from the Beatles discography.

i have a hard time getting into the beatles but this album has the best songs of all the ones i have heard

Lots of genres which was fun. Beatles doing Beatles things

Once again, back to the Beatles. There is some incredible work on this album but also baffling choices that make me feel like I'm losing my grip on reality. This is a 5-star album living in a duplex home with a 2-star album - a common curse of these double albums. It's insane to me that the Beatles chose to place one of the most beautiful and poetic songs of the decade ("Blackbird") here next to "oink oink piggies." Then I guess we should thank this album for - as improbable as it sounds - inspiring the Marvel character Rocket Raccoon. The low point of the White Album is probably "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" I think sides 1 and 2 are pretty solid overall, with only a couple of real clunkers (the offenders mentioned above). I even like "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." The quality seems to dip on the other disc though, with a lot more songs on sides 3 and 4 that I marked as neutral or "thumbs down." I do like "Birthday" and "Revolution 1." I don't dislike the experimental "Revolution 9" near the end - it's a cool and enjoyable experimental piece - but it feels incongruous with the rest of the White Album.

I’m sure I’m in the minority, but I’d not heard this album in its entirety, only the more popular tracks were the ones I’m familiar with. I have never been a huge fan of The Beatles, even though they’re undeniably the greatest rock band of all time. 4 out of 5 for me, but I’ll take The Rolling Stones over The Beatles every time.

Great album interesting to read about all of the differences in there.

Eclectic noodling from the 4 lads which is rather Fab…..

The Beatles are considered the best pop/ rock band in history. Probably the main reason for this is because they ARE! This is likely because they can put out albums like this with 30 songs and not one of them sounds the same as any other. Moods, melodies, emotions, totally different and all... amazing? How they managed to accomplish what they did is rather more surreal than sensible, but here we are. Very much because of their impossible range and just plain perfection in what they do, I can not really think of any band more deserving the best band in history title. I love to be a dragon slayer, but who can replace them at the top?

7.76

This isn’t one of my favorites ever but I know that if I was there when this dropped it would’ve blown my mind. Helter Skelter is awesome, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Revolution 9. On the cusp of rounding up to a 5.

Definitely had some iconic songs I loved, also had a lot of in between stuff..

#431. This is the fith album of theirs I've done so far, and the first one that even tries to live up to the Beatles hype. There's definitely some real good shit here, but a lot of unnecessary fluff as well. If this album was trimmed to like 45-50 minutes instead of an hour and a half, with nothing but the excellent songs and dropped a few of the less interesting songs, I feel like it could actually be the masterpiece that people act like it already is. 4/5: too long

I enjoyed listening to this a lot. It’s got some of my personal favorite Beatles songs on it. I appreciate its experimental-weirdness and generally prefer The Beatles’ later albums.

fun album

A very good Beatles album but not their best. Disc 1 is stronger than disc 2 and it's a very long album. Revolution 9 is bizarre and takes away from the album, in my opinion. 8/10 (4/5)

Lots of good songs, some clear classics. Nothing really bad, but it is a lot of music.

I wish that I had been alive when the Beatles were peaking because I want to experience first hand how groundbreaking their music contributions are. I grew up with all of their albums, so while I love them, I can’t appreciate how much of an impact these albums must have had on the music industry and culture at large. Not my fav of their albums but some absolute treasures.

I always thought that the Beatles is bad. Because their populars songs really are. But this album is nice.

9th Beatles album. Mid 60s. Clearly more on form and experienced than Hard Days Night. 30 tracks! Very varied. Lots of hits but also lots of silly songs. Some beautiful folk songs, some ggod rock. Ends with insane 8 minute cacophony and a kitschybmovie musical track. A bit all over the place, but some gorgeous songs.

"The White Album" is a sort of a mixed bag, in my opinion. There are songs that are simply marvelous, including but not limited to "Happiness Is A Warm Gun", "Sexy Sadie", and of course — "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", George Harrison's creative masterpiece. But then, there's other songs like "Wild Honey Pie" and "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill", true testaments of hallucinogens' influence on The Beatles. And who can forget the infamous "Revolution 9" (can we even call it 'music'?) I know John Lennon was trying to be "avant-garde", similar to Yoko Ono, but he should've just kept to Paul's granny music. Then there's all the numbers that are simply insignificant or downright filler. Songs like "Piggies" and "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" are prime reasons why I — despite my love for The Beatles — have only heard "The White Album" about 3 times in its entirety. Side C and D are a particular drowse (except for "Long, Long, Long", I love that song and state my claim that George Harrison was a fantastic songwriter), and frankly, unnecessary. The ambiguity of the album vexes me but it does bring about a level of charm. If you have an hour and a half to spare — I definitely recommend settling down and giving "The White Album" a spin. Who knows? You may be delightfully surprised, severely disappointed or maybe both!

Almost every double album would be better as a single album

I've never actually listened to this all the way through. In fact, I've probably played a few of these songs more than I've listened to the recordings. I was in a band where I was the youngest member at the ripe age of 34, and we played a loooot of Beatles because most of the other members grew up on this. I can say that playing some of these songs is a lot more fun than listening to them. Obla-Di was a big crowd pleaser, and it's got a really fun bassline, but man is that a goofy song. There are some seriously great tunes on here (While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Back in the USSR, Blackbird, etc) but there is the usual acid fueled 60's jingles like Wild Honey Pie, Don't Pass Me By and the aforementioned Obla-di. I imagine a lot of people include Revolution 9 on there, but I always have to laugh because I've inserted "Number 9....number 9....number 9" in to so many stupid moments of my life. I don't think this is the masterpiece so many other people say it is but for a double album it goes by surprisingly quick and there are some genuinely great songs on here, and even what I would consider the not so great ones are perfectly fine.

Sorry alvast dat het geen 5 krijgt… maar ik vind het het net niet. Album in z’n geheel is te lang en soms wat incoherent. Desondanks, veel leuke nummers en een echte Beatles classic

An absolute classic. When My Guitar Gently Weeps I can listen to anytime. Fairly long, and loses momentum at times - but it’s never a bad listen. The only ‘bad’ track is Revolution 9 (damn you Yoko). Not an intro album for any new Beatles listener but one that will satisfy for many years to come.

Closest I’d say a double album could come for a 5 so far. That Revolution 9 kind of throws it at the end, 8 minutes of whatever, that’s the part that lost the 5 for me. But fantastic album overall and it doesn’t feel its length there.

Rating: 8.5/10 It's unquestionably a great album, but also way too long. The range of styles on here is truly remarkable, but at 30 songs it's simply too long. Could easily be 5 stars if they kept the best 20 songs even.

Chaotic to say the least!

my god... for the first time, I've actually listened to this album before! but it's yet another classic double album, which is quite a time commitment. fortunately though, i'm in my second lifetime beatles phase (the first was when my college bff was obsessed with them + the movie musical 'across the universe' came out (which was mid, but the soundtrack was fun)), and am presently in the middle of watching Get Back because several friends are deep into beatles fandom as a way of escaping from the world (whereas i personally chose to do this album project instead). anyway, the beatles lore goes insanely deep, and i like that. also, the songs are poppy and short and distinct from each other, and i like that too. i do think disc 1 is much stronger than disc 2. highlights: dear prudence, ob-la-di, ob-la-da (i never know this one had rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-esque parentheticals), blackbird (#basic), piggies (legitimately one of my favorite songs; i like piggies-the-animal, harpsichords, and chamber-pop vibes), i will (on many a mushy mixtape), good night (wholesome) ironic highlight: bungalow(!) bill lowlights: glass onion (although I like that paul's name's in there), wild honey pie (i guess i've always hated songs with weird jangly noises), happiness is a warm gun (i teach at a quaker school after all), rocky raccoon (my college bff's most hated beatle song because of the accent, but it is kind of stinker in its own right. although it apparently inspired the MCU's rocket raccoon, which i like), why don't we do it in the road? (we already have the musically superior 'the bad touch' and anyway i don't want to contemplate paul as a sexual being), julia (zzz), everybody's got something to hide except me and my monkey (hate monkeys-the-animal!), midlights/misc: 'honey pie' feels like it should be on a disney sing along songs compilation. 'revolution 9' makes me lol because i first experienced it via my parents saying 'number 9' a lot when i was a wee kiddo. not much of a "song", though, is it? really even the duds are listenable, just a bit boring. a solid 4 for day 4! bonus shameful confession: i have always struggled with if it's spelled 'beatle' or 'beetle' when i'm writing (for both the bug/car and the band) and i only just realised that they're... the beat-les. yes i am a linguist

Such an eclectic mix of genres, blackbird, while my guitar softly weeps are so good, also can’t believe Helter Skelter is by them too! Not all the songs were to my taste but overall good album

This is an album so brimming with brilliance. I can’t help but feel that perhaps trimming it down would only serve to improve it. The problem there, is I could suggest a song to cut, and I’d probably have a large number of Beatles fans forming a mob. There’s no way you could get a consensus on what to keep. For example, my dad decries “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” as being nursery rhyme rubbish, but I love the silliness of the lyrics (and I think the little flub only adds to it), and the way the instruments are interwoven (was that a marimba I just heard - it was not, I clearly don’t know my instruments)? I do struggle to come to terms with the fact that “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill,” something out of a warped children’s TV show (complete with “singing” from Yoko) leads us directly into “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” which is, to me, a classic song, and that opening guitar immediately washes over me like a soothing wave. There’s also something very ballsy about starting your album with a song parodying both Chuck Perry and The Beach Boys, but “Back in the USSR” absolutely works. For me, it’s really just the bloated nature of the album that stops it from being a perfect score. Standout Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Score: 4/5

# Playlist track - While My Guitar Gently Weeps # Notes - 90 mins, 30 tracks. There are a bunch of awesome ones, yes. But the album as a whole feels kind of disjointed and not very well put together. - If you're a fan of the Beatles, and want to get this deeper dive on their musical history, this is a must-listen! Otherwise, not really.

Not as good as Abbey Road but it’s still my favorite Beatles album

Should this have been a double album? It's an impressive collection of songs, considering relationships within the band were getting very strained. But by 1968 I think more sophistication in the lyrics was expected than is shown in many songs here, especially the pastiche songs and the more twee songs. That said, there some absolute crackers in here, possibly the majority. I even like Revolution No9.

Some songs on here are 5s, but others are not that great. This album is definitely a mixed bag.

I'd never listened to the album before and it probably belongs on the list based on reputation alone. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is an absolute classic. Many of the other songs are good by themselves, and overall the album stands up to the rigours of time. Far, far better than Sgt Pepper's (of course).

My least favourite Beatles album and probably the only one I would not give a perfect score

Great album but I'm only going with 4stars as there are a couple of tracks on here that are not up to usual Beatles standards.

wild honey pie is an all time classic, peak beatles

Indrømmer meget gerne at den her plade er noget rod, lyder som en ret divers spilleliste på shuffle. Men hvor er der godt nok meget godt musik gemt i det rod, og det er for vildt at samme band står bag alle de her sange! 4 stjerner, men der gemmer sig et 5/5 mesterværk herinde hvis de havde samlet alle de bedste sange og kombineret dem på en mere meningsfyldt måde.

Cant go wrong with the beatles! Really loved the vibe during work! Best song: Back To The U.S.S.R

Sehr nice scho s erste Beatles Album dinne zha. Han immer Schwierigkeiten gha mich a Beatles mit ihrne 100 Albe ahznöchere aber The White Album findi en grosse Spass und While my Guitar gently weeps sowie mis (bisherige) Lieblingslied vo ihne

zum glück isch de 9 to 5 arbetsalltag so lang dasi ziit han zum s'ganze white album lose grundsätzlich sicher cinema grande aber hed hüt irgendwie scho wieder weniger ghittet als erwartet… sit mer jetzt so viel banger album nachenand gha hend muessi langsam fröge öbi mini kontextuelli notegebig chli muess ahpasse… aber ehrlich und historisch betrachtet halt scho es 4i, oder wie's de don neduzen würd säge: quattro formaggi

A bit disappointed with this one. I've heard so much about this album but never given it a full listen until now. There' a decent amount of very good songs on here, but the rest feels so unnecessary or simply songs that should not have made the cut. Probably at least 10 songs feel like filler and kind of drag out the experience of the record. 7/10

Every Beatles album took me some time to get into - since I'd never listened to one in its entirety until adulthood, I was expecting the second coming of Jesus. This was not helped by the old stereo mixes - this has now been fixed for many of their classic works now. Anyway this one took even longer, as thirty tracks I've never heard before is insane for a band that had been built up so much. Like everyone else I'm always trying to find the ideal single album here, but I'd pretty much take 80% of the first one and swap a couple around. The second half drags on so much at times. A classic, obviously belongs on the list; it's in the second tier of Beatles records and probably my fifth favourite.

Reminds me of music from pingu

Loved it! It’s right in between two styles of Beatles I feel. Sounds like they’re on their way somewhere and it also seems to have been q influential for more psychedelic rock

26/10/24 I've never listened to a Beatles album before and this was a pleasant surprise.

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What a bizarre album. Half the songs seem like they're from a subversive kids album and the other half are pretty normal Beatles songs. Definitely seems like the end was nye for the band although some amazing stuff came out of this album.

4 stars

I mean, yeah. Influential, scattered, magnificent. Nothing else new can really be said about this album. Didn't fully connect with me in parts however, and I think the Siouxsie and the Banshees version of Dear Prudence is better

The older I get, the less important this album becomes to me. Disc 1 is almost all bangers. Disc 2…well, I think it suffers from the curse of all double albums, that they would have been extraordinary single albums if the band had been more judicious about what to leave off. Obviously there is richness of material here, and richness of style, and, given that this was more of a collection of individual efforts rather than a collective effort, a very specific set of intentions. It’s clever, and creative, and simply not their best.

Some great tracks, but also some really weird tracks.

It's obviously good. I like the hits on it quite a bit. The rest is alright. Will I listen to again: 80%

Initial bangers but lost me in the second half a bit, 3.5 rounded up

their best

Exponentially creative and ground breaking, you can tell they pushed the artistry to the limits on sgt pepper and then refined their roots through this drug induced creative lens. These guy knew they were in a league of their own and this album may finally be where they started to let it get to their heads, but they didn’t forget how to right a fucking great song, they used the momentum and continued to push the envelope. The risks taken here are beautiful to experience and we really get something that expanded music. The only drawback is the length and inclusion of less strong songs.

Too long. Take the best 12-14 songs and it’s 5 stars.

It's definitely not a bad album. 4/5. But after hearing the Beatles' reputation for years, I realised that it was a very overrated album.

Luv me Beatles They made this AFTER Sgt. Peppers and MMT and that somehow feels like a step back

Classic. 1st album not so much the 2nd but overall very good

Nice

My favorite Beatles album.

Now here’s a test - I’m not a Beatles fan, but they are undeniably good on this record - a lot of dross but some absolute gems amongst them. Like a wise man said - a single album would have been better

Some of the best songs ever written mixed in with some absolute duffers. If this was a single LP with the best tracks, it would be up there with Revolver as the best album of all time. Still, for all that it's still worth a solid 4/5

What's more, is left to say about this one? The ultimate monument to musical genius and egotistical ambitions for music groups across all decades and genres. It has both some of my all-time favorite songs of all time (not just from the Beatles) and some of the most infamous and avoidable songs ever recorded. Even though, it's always great listening to this album. I rate it with four stars because, in my opinion, the second half isn't as strong as the first one, and the whole listening experience can be dragged a little bit longer than expected in the last quarter of the album.

This is probably the best start to an album I've heard yet. Disc one is nearly non-stop incredible, iconic tracks. Then disc two hits. It isn't bad, just weird, and not necessarily in a good way. If this was only disc one, it would be five stars, without a doubt.

A classic, but not my favourite Beatles album. Fav songs (in order) 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun', 'Dear Prudence', 'I Will', 'Sexy Sadie', 'Helter Skelter'

Fixed most problems I had with the earlier Beatles album. Songs felt fleshed out and had lasting power. Some songs were a bit to slow for my taste but overall good album

Great double album by one of the all time best.

It felt like a fall album walking through the city when I was listening to it. Ob li da is my favorite. Didn’t listen to the second section.

Revolution 9 prevents me from giving this album 5 stars

The Good: The BEATLES The Bad: no revolution 2 through 8 The Ugly: too much of this, not enough of that Yes, "the white album" is viewed by critics as one of, if not THE best album ever recorded. I am not a critic, I just enjoying listening to music and finding out if my head will sway left and right... more importantly, whether or not I will find myself yearning to listen to the album again for the coming days. For the moment, I have not found myself yearning too much. Though I have to say that Revolution 9 is an AWESOME recording, and will most likely be the tune I pick as selection for my 1001 album playlist. Though initially I thought I would choose While My Guitar Gently Weeps, I have to say that I was disappointed in the terrible guitar playing--Prince just raised the bar too much with his solo in this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y Anyway, yes, great songwriting, and the fab4 are/were great musicians, but this is not my favorite Beatles album. 4* stars due to the classic tunes on here, but it should be 3*

I love the Beatles and I love this album. It's not my favorite album, it's a bit all 'over the place', which is probably a reflection of how the band was during this tumultuous period, Ringo quit the band for a couple of weeks! It's WAY TO LONG! Fav's - Happiness is a Warm Gun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. I also like annoying people by claiming to like Revolution 9 lol

What a crazy album! I enjoyed this one more than the Revolver album (which could be because I listened to it while tipsy, in a hot tub, with a Beatles loving friend, who was singing along to every track!) Its pretty bizarre in places, unhinged lyrics, and I imagine it was released in a time where no one could say 'no' or edit down the track listings! Its a bit long and I didn't enjoy every track, but I'm giving it a 4 Fave Tracks: While my guitar gently weeps and Blackbird

Didn’t love this as much as I thought I would. Still pretty good though.

This album is (almost) wall to wall excellent. The percentage of songs on this double album that are iconic is hard to fathom. It pains me to have to give it four stars though, thanks solely to Revolution 9. I once jumped over a couch to shut this song off it’s so awful. To justify this one song taking away a full star, to me it is like someone who everyone knows to be a really nice guy - a friendly, shirt off his back kinda guy. Just the best guy. But then you find out he also runs a dogfighting ring. It’s just that bad of a song.

this is a groundbreaking album, but its not a perfect 5

The highs are tempered by some objectively mediocre to bad songs (even in the context of the time). Still a great album, but needed a brutal cut to 3 sides at the very most

Not my favourite favourite Beatles album but still a classic.

The monkey DEFINITELY has something to hide.

So many songs, some very trippy

Favorite Tracks: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Back In The U.S.S.R. Helter Skelter

IMO, it has all their best stuff on it. But, boy, does it need an editor.

I am ungodly excited for this. The first song kicks anything Franz Ferdinand had to say yesterday to fuckin Pluto. Back in the USSR rips. Meat and potatoes rock that is somehow thought provoking and exciting. What at time feels like an interlude is still somehow so invigorating. That lead guitar rules. Glass onion grew on me. Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Dull. Music that plays at a swinger retreat at an affordable Sandals. Possibly a cruise ship Wednesday dance lineup in an empty ballroom. Raffi for sad adults. Pass. Weird interlude makes me happy. TikTok distortion sounds were, wait, done BEFORE TikTok???? Good stuff. Bungalow bill is kids music with heartbreaking folk verses and a bunch of weird voice changes. God it’s sick. Mild applause outro is the cherry on top. Time for some guitar tears without the pomp of Yngwie Malmsteen or Steve Vai pretending they’re able to convey a single emotion via their rigidity. This is great. The riff is heavy, the guitar is soulful. This album has excellent songwriting Blues mixed with nostalgia mixed with soul. Every song is hitting for the most part. The vocals both lead and backing rule so hard. These guys aren’t overrated. I said it. I’ll have a sasparilla Mack. Oh wait, that was just the open. Violins being introduced now? A little saccharine here but there’s still such dynamism in the vocal lines. Not a highlight here, but the structures keep you waiting for what’s next. I’m so tired. Speak for yourself Beatle, I’m pretty excited still. Another nice blues-y song. Blackbird is a hit and probably plays at millennial weddings, but it is very nice. There are just such excellent songwriting ideas. Quiet and beautiful. Back to early hints of psychedelia. Kids songs with odd macabre elements. Gripping. Especially the pig sounds. Impersonating our young neighbours to the south??? I won’t have it. Yes I will. I lied. Why is this song about a gunslinger raccoon so beautiful. Despite the abhorrent practice of performing human surgery on what I can only assume is abominant anthropomorphic raccoon, this song makes me want to kick down a saloon door and reinjure this raccoon if only to hear another song. Wet circus music is the only way I can describe the next song. Distorted kids album from hell is kind of fitting this album. Mixed in with some of the best songs ever, this puppy is rolling along. Then it’s somehow a bluegrass song? Man I hate all other music now. I’m an insufferable Beatles dad. Do WHAT in the road??? Blues classic. Somehow so good. White guy blues has the potential of dipping into Hard Rock Cafe core, but this feels genuine. Of course it does. It’s their main influence. In a song title that could be a response to the last song, I will is another gentle moment following the raucous outpouring of blues power in the previous track. Although this is a little bit cheesy, the odd instrumentation keeps things gripping. End of disc 1 pretty much. Have to get past the first obnoxious chorus of the day. Ah well. Can’t all be hits. WHOA. It’s a birthday. And a recognizable riff from what feels like a 1000 movie montages. It’s not my birthday nor is it any member of the Beatles (I checked). This was mid. Now lonely and wanting to die?? That’s a sentiment people can get behind. This rules. More excellent blues with heavy guitar and PROMINENT bass. That main riff rules. This album has so many ideas that would be done worse as time went on. Sometimes with pioneering stuff, you hear rudimentary versions of what would become better. Just the opposite here which is impressive. Saying that, this song IS fairly boring, but it predates even more boring stuff that would rip this off. That monkey seems like he’s hiding something. Namely weird screaming and a bizarre interlude. Nothing much to say about this. Apparently Helter Skelter invented metal. It did not, considering the song Black Sabbath was released ONE year later. Still. The song rules. It makes me mad that people who have never listened to metal have determined this to be its birth because it’s loud. Anyway, I have blisters on my fingers from writing this poorly conceived schlock about these albums. I need a diary. This album is long long long. I’m sure this could have been like three albums or maybe had a few songs cut as there are some dragging points. This is one. Slow revolution! This song is great in all forms. The peanuts style horn is a choice. This song invented doo-wop (helter skelter callback, relax). This is certainly a less wild honey pie. 20’s nostalgia?? these are Benny Goodman hours. What a strange end to this. Kind of lurching to a finish. Still fascinating, but less musical. Yeah I’m running out of inane things to say. For now. I’m sure I’ll recharge. But this one is sort of limping to the finish. Hoping for a big final two songs. Number 9. We’re taking music to strange new places pal. I’m a pretentious nerd so I like this. Sue me. Man the mushrooms did indeed hit in the last couple tracks. A psychedelic children’s hymn closer. What else? HIGHLIGHTS: Back in the USSR, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, While my Guitar Gently Weeps, Rocky Raccoon, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, Revolution 9

The sheer volume of songs is impressive.

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I was surprised by how diverse this album was and how many songs I enjoyed. Still not a Beatles fan, lover, or anything close to that, but I was able to pull some fun out of it. The double album does drag near the end, but there is a good peppering of those good songs. Standouts: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Martha My Dear, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Everybody Has Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey, and shelter Skelter.

I think this is pretty easily the band's most divisive record, and that makes a lot of sense. It's proof that the double album is always a risky endeavor that in my honest opinion hardly ever pays off. Don't get me wrong, there are great double albums out there, but even The Beatles show that it's very easy to jam pack them with filler. Too much of this album feels like The Beatles' Appalachian Vacation, and if you're a familiar listener, you know exactly which tracks I'm talking about. Not to mention no one is arguing that Birthday is a generation-defining masterpiece. Even if you're a diehard fan, you have to be questioning what some songs are doing here. That said, The White Album is responsible for producing some of the most iconic songs in the catalog. Blackbird, Back in the USSR, Helter Skelter (arguably the first "metal" song), Happiness is a Warm Gun with its insane time changes, and WMGGW are undeniably great. It also almost single-handedly changed the direction rock music would go in for the next 40 years. So I guess there’s that.

Great stuff. Justifiably famous. Some silly tracks on here that could definitely have been left on the cutting room floor (e.g. the totally unnecessary "Rocky Racoon", "Revolution 9", "Everybody's Got Something..."), but overall really decent music that really showcases their creative and musical ability.

good album would be better if you trimmed off at least 10 of the filler tracks

Très longtemps que je ne l’avais pas écouté, comme si le côté « enfantin » et joyeux des Beatles ne collait plus à l’ambiance du monde actuel alors que c’est un très bon album De tres bons morceaux surtout sur le CD1, bons morceaux sur le CD2 Réel plaisir à réécouter l’ensemble Sauf Revolution 9 … au secours ! Je préfère le pourtant très décrié Obladi-Oblada à ce collage sans queue ni tête

Its the fucking Beatles White Album. If it were 45 mins shorter, it would be the best Beatles album far.

Good album with some great tracks

Again, not my favourite Beatles album, but a fascinating look into how their music changed over the decade or so they were together. I hate Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da with a passion.

Rarely do I give albums 2 listens before reviewing but I really missed the beauty of this album on the first listen. Really enjoyed this despite not have many hit songs on her.

Disc 1 is great, maybe not my style 100% but my highlights would be While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Back In The USSR Disc 2 is worse, but the highlights are; Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, Savoy Truffle

Classic, many hits. Some filler

No review needed. Great from start to finish. There are a number of songs on this album that seem like they were experiments and could have been cut. E.g. Revolution 9

I struggle to really get heavily into this album. I love the variety of sounds and experimental vision, I just don't think the songwriting is up to par with my favorite Beatles albums. A classic nonetheless, just not top tier.

I felt high

Could have been 5 stars for 'while my guitar gently weeps' alone, but then 'revolution no. 9'....!

Really really good

It's the White Album. What more needs to be said.

This is probably the weirdest mishmash of styles and tone I’ve ever known put on an album. But it all works. That’s just a massive testament to The Beatles’ songwriting abilities (collective and individual) that they were able to channel something amazing while the band was falling apart. From any other artist, a double album with so little cohesion would have been a disaster (e.g. Bob Dylan’s Self Portrait), but somehow an hour and a half of songs as varied as the proto-metal “Helter Skelter”, folksy “Mother Nature’s Son”, completely avant-garde “Revolution 9”, and borderline novelty songs like “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” and “Piggies” actually fit well together. This album is far from flawless, but its flaws help define it.

Enough variety to be interesting; too many weird ones for a full 5. Some really good ones on here, though, and I'll always have a soft spot for it. "I Will" is the lullaby I sing to my kiddo at bedtime <3 4/5

Back in the U.S.S.R, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Di, While Me Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter, Blackbird och Revolution är 5or allihop. Allt på denna skiva är inte det. Psykadelika hits hard eller olika iallfall. Bungalow Bill är inte en höjdare t ex eller Wild Honey. På Bungalow Bill hånar man tydligen en amerikan som mediterar i Indien och avbryter meditationen för att döda ett lejon och sen återvända till meditation. Kul grej att håna. Om man inte är engelsman och världsmästare i kolonisation. Lol. Och måste Yoko Ono köra? Inte bara jag som undrar. Resten av The Beatles gjorde det också. Hur som helst. The Beatles är The Beatles och det får bli en 4a för det som är bra är ju sjukt bra och det andra är en 3a så 4a blir ett medel.

Lång. Men bra. Vissa låtar är snorbra. Andra bra, en del ok. Hade med lätthet gått att släppa ett album med bara bra låtar. Men ändå kul med många låtar. While my guitar gently weeps är bäst.

Väldigt mycket bra på den här skivan, men också några bottennapp. My guitar gently weeps, som jag verkligen älskar, är dock för mig den enda absoluta fullträffen. Som helhet ändå en fyra.

A great album

Took many years to get into this, but glad I finally did. The ingenuity and innovation is extremely impressive, but the one thing holding it back is it's insistence on including songs that are too far out there and too far removed from musical reality it detracts from the rest of the album. Some songs aren't great but allow the album to push it's boundaries (Bungalow Bill, Honey Pie, etc.), but others take that too far and ruin it a bit. I think if they excluded Wild Honey Pie, Piggies, Revolution 9 etc. The latter inclusion are the only thing holding this record back from being 5*.

Good, Very sentimental

Decent early hippy rock

Dude so many bangers on this on this one. It’s a bit long and it’s hard for be to listen to but like there’s so fucking GOOD SONGS on here. Quality Beatles.

Would be 5 stars if not for Revolution Nine. Lots of good songs.

It covers a lot of sonic territory, and shows the individual visions of the Beatles as John becomes more John, Paul becomes more Paul, and George gets to spread his wings. Ringo is, classically, still Ringo. Having said that, it is a coherent piece of work, with some lovely spaces in the arrangements and harmonies.

hmmmmmmmmm. Maybe controversial but I don't think this is a 5*. Not quite. 85/100

mid ass

I think that this album is interestingly filled with hits. So many of the songs that are here are could be a classic of their own. Strong stuff.

Great album with some absolute masterpieces, but I can't give it a five because it's just so long, and on a such long album there are bound to be a couple of tracks I feel lukewarm about. There's also Revolution 9 which has got to be one of the worst things I've heard in my life... Highlights: Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, While my guitar gently weeps, I'm so tired, Back in the USSR, Yer Blues and many more 4.5 stars

Not my favorite Beatles album, but still has a lot of great songs on it. It is certainly a mix of styles of music. They do have some songs on the white album that could have been omitted.

Definitely an underrated album by the Beatles but towards the end I started to question why they did a double track. The second track was extremely subpar from the first because they were just putting stuff together and hoping it will go together

This album never really had a chance to be a 5 star because it’s a double. It’s just so long. Sure there’s some really solid songs on here. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is just incredible love Harrison’s melancholy voice it’s perfect for this song. I also really liked “Yer Blues” and “Helter Skelter” hadn’t heard those before. But it’s just so long and “Revolution 9” is not what I want to be listening to towards the end especially since I wasn’t high as a kite while listening so really didn’t like that. Overall a solid album but not necessarily a great one.

Some great & classic tracks on here. Do feel like it lags in few spots & really, really did not care for Revolution 9 at all

Ah, now that's a familiar one. If I’m being honest it's probably a little too indiscriminate for its own good, as if every Beatle became infected with Paul’s frivolous songwriting spirit. At the same time however, there is scarcely a single moment that I don't enjoy or vibe to on at least a superficial level, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da/ Piggies/Rocky Raccoon and all. (Though this applies more strongly to Disc 1. That said, even Revolution 9 has its interesting spots.) And then of course you have the highs of Back in the U.S.S.R, Dear Prudence (a previous blindspot), While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Yer Blues, Long, Long, Long (which was my favorite Beatles song for a long, long, long time). The diversity is a big strength, and the album is a rather delectable cornucopia, for the most part.

I've been critical of how the Beatles are overrated in the context of modern music, but this album was really good. Certainly it didn't have a natural flow or a cohesiveness between the different tracks, but it showed the groups ability and interest in multiple genres. Not a perfect album, but very well done. 4/5.

I haven't actually listened to any album with this many tracks before. However, this album wasn't much of a chore. Many great tracks I added to my playlist immediately. So much quality. The highlights really are great. However there is also a tangled mess of tracks in between showing the different experimental ideas each member had, and some don't work so well. I have also been hypnotised by the number 9. Highlights: Back In The U.S.S.R. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Martha My Dear Blackbird Yer Blues Revolution 1

- this album was much better than I expected - the songs are tight and well made - loved the variety in sound, especially Helter Skelter

This could have been a 5-star album based off of the greatness of Dear Prudence, Blackbird, I'm So Tired, I Will, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Sexy Sadie, but they had to add filler and knock it down a peg. The first disc is excellent outside of a couple throwaway tracks but the second disc falters. If they just moved Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, and Sexy Sadie to the first disc and didn't make it a double album, this might have been the best record of all time. Revolution 9 is one of the worst "songs" ever recorded and including it at all really takes you out of the album right at the end. I wanted to give this 5 stars but the inclusion of the nonsense that is Revolution 9 will not allow me to do so

Really solid tracks throughout, even if it was a bit long and rough around the edges

Honestly, there’s no point in me writing a long, in-depth review of this album. Everything that can be said about this iconic album has already been said. Its influence, diversity, and groundbreaking nature have been analyzed and praised countless times.

1st half great, 2nd half ok.

I almost gave this a 5, but it could have been trimmed a bit. There are some great songs, though.

A bloated mess of an album with all time greats and Revolution 9

Maybe their 6th or 7th best album - odd filler tracks.

Noteworthy songs - 808080808 Magical Dream - Kinda catchy synth, but the rest is bland. Ancodia - Good background noise. Cobra Bora - Actually kind of cool, reminds me of Bomberman Hero. Pacific 202 - N64 vibes, but melody isn't great. Donkey Doctor - Nothing too special, weird ending. 808080808 - Really cool beginning. A little slow in the middle but stays interesting enough. Sunrise - Nothing remarkable. The Fat Shadow - Eerie. Very short.

Great album

One of the most influential and enduring albums of all time. Still prefer Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

So. Obviously huge album. And as a result the point I'm going to make has been made about a million times before. But if you took 2/3 of disc 1 and 1/3 of disc 2 you'd have one of the greatest albums of all time. The rest could have been red meat for b-sides and cash in compilations in the 90s. Or some of the weaker solo albums. Can you complain that there's a perfect album tucked in amongst the less good stuff? Yes. Yes you can

This album is so. Bloody. Long. I thought most of the songs were not all that interesting — not rubbish or technically incompetent, simple not very memorable and lyrically bizarre. However, I recognise the wide and disparate experimentation in virtually all genres and thus the influence this album has exhibited on all of popular music. I will not revisit this. ‘Revolution 9’ is the best track.

Not my favorite Beatles album but some of my favorite Beatles songs.

I think this music would scare the girls obsessing over them in their early days

A good chunk of this album was unfamiliar to me prior to listening, so its was refreshing being able to fill in these "listening gaps" per se. Long gone is the LSD-fueled psychedelic rock and now enters a wide array of musical genres and styles. This almost feels like a compilation album as a result and add in the fact that the group was largely at odds throughout the duration of the album's recording, then things start to connect. Tough to say if this hurts or strengthens the album, as each Beatle was able to feature their own musical creativity. However, it is hard to ignore just how much this album zig-zags as a result of the aforementioned infighting. I do appreciate the different sounds offered ("Helter Skelter" among others) but there were a few tracks that felt like filler or had a completely asinine premise (See: "Wild Honey Pie" or even "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?", inspired by Paul seeing two monkeys porking in the street). An uneven, roller coaster of an album...but it's still the Beatles at the end of the day. The signature songwriting and composition is still there. Some of their greatest works and personal favorites of mine are also found here (i.e. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" & "Blackbird"). Maybe this would've worked better compacted into a single album, who knows? Reading about the background and production of this album was very enlightening, though. (Side note: that's the first and only time I'll ever listen to "Revolution 9". I neither gained nor lost from that experience.)

This has a flawless 45 minutes on it but about half of this is not very exciting folk ballads. I will rate it higher because some of the best songs I've heard are on here. A

Enjoyed this very much. A few strange little tunes especially the last song, which quite frankly I couldn’t listen to but overall enjoyed the album a lot. So much talent, creativity…and a lot of mind expanding drugs were had in the creation of this album.

What's with the part where he goes "Happiness is a warm, yes it is, gun" What is pretty amazing about this is how short yet iconic countless songs on this record, and their other records, are - they feel like snippets, don't overstay their welcome, and yet they are long-remembered as significant works... very cool! And impressively modern, I almost can’t believe Helter Skelter is a Beatles song! I probably prefer the first disc but overall a truly great album. Revolution is also a very catchy song but it sounds like Bill Maher wrote the lyrics

The White Album is an absolute freakfest. Especially compared to the beatles preceding album Sgt. Pepper's which is so sunny and schmaltzy that it sounds like children's music... Listening to the The White Album to me has always felt like you can hear the seams of the 60s unraveling and the hippie movement collapsing in upon itself. It's very raw and frantic at points, it veers into a psychedelica that borders schizophrenic and Revolution 9 will always stick with me for what it meant for the most popular band on earth to put out a Fluxus-esque piece of music concrete at the height of their fame... it would be the equivalent of like if one direction made a collab album with merzbow in 2014.

Coulda definitely trimmed the fat

Opinions seem to differ over this more than over any other Beatles album. It's many people's favourite. I'd put it behind Hard Day's Night, Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour and Abbey Road. But it's still by The Beatles and some of it is beautiful.

This is the album I've probably re-listened to the most since starting this. There's a lot going on here! As a cohesive album of tunes, it's pretty bad - it feels more like a collection of B-sides with a few A-sides thrown in but the A-sides are so good it's worth the wait, and the B-sides are all very diverse and interesting. There's some they should probably have left off however, so it's hard to give it a 5, but it's a solid 4.

The high points are high, but man I didn’t realize the amount of filler on this album. But I can’t go lower than a four, despite Rocky Raccoon and Bungalow Bill tempting me.

It was good. I have knew a lot of the songs.

Some of The Beatles best work is on this album and there are patches where it's amongst the finest works ever committed to vinyl/CD/mp3, but there are some bad tracks on here, too. It just seems criminal to have tracks like Ob-la-di on the same album as Happiness is a Warm Gun etc.

You know what? This doesn't hit the way it used to. Don't get me wrong...it's a great album -- a great SINGLE album. I mean, it's kinda fun to hear the lads basically given carte blanche to do whatever they want sonically. The hits are there, but there's a lot of filler to wade through as they explore the studio space. They could have trimmed this, but they were the fucking Beatles. Anyway, it belongs on all the lists. Yer Blues is still one of the most underrated Beatles tunes, and it was fun being stoned and listening to the album on headphones -- which really is the medium of choice.

Remembering this one from my childhood as something epic, but listening to it now i realize it's not that epic. Maybe a song named "Why don't we do it in the road" was too inspiring for a boy.

The Beatles are amazing and The White Album has some of my favorite tracks. There are moments where I easily can imagine their music coming out in more recent years and others where their sound is squarely in the sound of their time. I think there are more experimental efforts here and, in particular, Revolution 9 sounds like a fever dream. Overall this is a great album and I would give a 5 without a few of the skips.

didnt know a good chunk of the songs on here but definitely knew most

It's been a really long time since I listened to the White Album. It's a combination of some of my favorite Beatles songs and some songs I had completely forgotten existed. It feels like the perfect culmination of all the experimentation they did in the preceding albums. They still play around with different sounds and genres across the double album, but each song has a clear, consistent identity.

Of course I had heard a lot of the songs on this album, but I don’t think I had ever listened through it as an album. I’m honestly not sure how much sense the songs make as an album—side one is a lot of fun, short songs (some with a little social commentary) that are great to listen to as one offs. Side two gets a little more experimental and psychedelic and overall seems more cohesive. Worth a listen, but I think most people are familiar with at least a handful of the tracks on this album as singles.

The Beatles make such excellent music for children. The variety is enough to teach while keeping interest and relating to higher themes that are learned later. Listening to this in its' entirety reminds me of that. The diversity is especially notable with the double album, as are the influences of both India and Yoko. Not the top 2, but an important step of the Beatles journey. Not every tack is perfect: many are great, but mom always used to skip Revolution 9

The hippies must have lost their minds when this came out

Great album with some Of the Beatles best songs on it, but it’s just too long for me to give this full marks. Half the album of the best songs and it’s arguably the Beatles best album, but that’s maybe just my bias against double albums.

George: "Hey, I was wondering if a couple more of my songs could be put on the album?" John: "Nah, sorry mate. We gotta have room for Yoko and I's 8-minute noise session."

Well it would be the best Beatles album if you cut it down to a single album...some brilliance (Ussr, Guitar Weepss)and some chaff.(Rocky Raccoon, Bungalow Bill etc) Its gonna be a 4 obviously.

Not my favorite of their work but still a good album all around

Lots of their big hits in this one. A bit long and repetitive but the bangers saved it.

I know the beatles are beyond classic but this double album is a lot of music to swallow. Some of these tracks are catchy but so dated in ways I don't really care to appreciate. Other songs like dear prudence are incredible to this day. Songs like wild honey pie could've done better on the cutting room floor. At least to me, it feels like this album is loaded with filler songs. Best songs: dear prudence, while my guitar gently weeps, blackbird,

Classic

Pretty good. Shows its age, but stands well against rime. Back in the USSR is a banger

USSR- Groovy track, cool opener Glass Onion - BANGER Really interesting instrumentals (sounds very experimental for the 60s) When My Guitar Gentley Weeps - Loveeee the transition into this song. This song is CHEFS KISS MWAH

The Beatles... trying to keep an open mind. JMW While my guitar gently weeps is a banger I forgot about. RIP George Harrison Talk about an album you won't get bored of. It's impressive to have such a variety of music. KW

maybe it would be a five if it was shorter and more tight... great album but suffers from some not so great tracks. not a big beatles fan but this album lives up to the name

Very chill album, would listen to it for a beach trip or something to relax too

ask charles manson to rate this instead

A really great album. I’ve never heard the White Album in its entirety. Abbey Road and Sergeant Pepper are still my favorites, but this one is great too! 4/5!

This is actually one of my least favorite Beatles albums, though Yellow Submarine takes that cake. I feel like it runs a little long and there are some fillers like Revolution 9. I really dislike Why Don't We Do It In The Road? Relevance for this list: 5/5 Personal enjoyment: 4/5

Oh boy. There is a lot to say about this album, mainly because of how much there is in this album. This is my first 90+ minute-long album for this project. I've gotta say, I'm pretty happy this was the first one. If my first one had been something I was unfamiliar with, it may not have been an easy listen. Fortunately, this is my fourth Beatles album, so I'm very familiar with the Beatles at this point. I've also thoroughly enjoyed all of their albums until now, and the White Album is no different. This is a great album, but it's not perfect. First off, let's get the obvious out of the way. This thing is really REALLY long and a lot of the tracks are kind of filler songs. Between that and the cultural impact, this is kind of the One Piece of albums. Now I'd much rather listen to 90 minutes of the Beatles than most other artists, but a 90 minute album is still very long and many tracks could've been cut. Anyways, the musical contents are great as always. You can't really go wrong with a late Beatles album. There are some truly amazing songs on here. From beautiful thought-provoking tracks like "Blackbird" to fun and heavy tracks like "Helter Skelter." There are definitely some weaker tracks though. Fortunately, most of them are short and fairly insignificant like "Wild Honey Pie" and "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" Even then, those songs aren't really confusing or anything, just kind of there. The same can not be said for "Revolution 9." Back in my OK Computer review, I brought up the idea of "weird songs" like that album's "Fitter Happier" or "The Murder Mystery" from The Velvet Underground. "Revolution 9" might just be the most infamous "weird track" of them all. I didn't care for it, but I somewhat respect it in a similar vein to the latter of those two earlier examples. While I'm talking about the "weak tracks," some of you might be wondering, "What about Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da?" You know what, I don't get the hate for that song. It's perfectly fine. Anyways, the sound of this album is great, the writing is good, and the best songs are masterpieces. This is a Beatles album. I don't think I need to explain anything else. The White Album is a great, albeit needlessly long and bloated album. High 4/5.

Long album! Really loved some, others not so much. A very mixed bag, but overall I liked it.

There are some truly amazing songs on here, but it's weighted down by some pretty dismal stuff (at least by Beatles standards). The sequencing of tracks is questionable as well; why are we going from Bungalow Bill straight into While My Guitar Gently Weeps?

Exceptional songs. Only reason not 5 stars - Revolution 9

Even though I am a huge Beatles fan, the absolute best I can give this album is a four. There are terrific songs including While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Cry Baby Cry and Blackbird, there is just too much filler and too much in the way of studio shenanigans going on. There are also just some terrible songs (Bungalow Bill, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Wild Honey Pie , Why Don't We Do It On The Road and Revolution 9. There is a single great album here and at best a fair double album.

The Beatles were so advanced that "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" predicted everything Electric Six did

One of the Beatles best efforts. Some misses, but mostly hits. 'While my Guitar', 'Helter-skelter', 'Back in the USSR' are some of their finest efforts. But there is some trash. So only a 4.

fun pop hits, not “old sounding” like I halfway expected. really long, a couple tracks that I don’t get yet. I can see how each song became so iconic and meaningful, but I think I’m still getting there.

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Some absolutely terrific tracks! Probably let down slightly by being a bit too long. Splitting hairs, i know!

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Well it’s a classic album - I know it but also - not as much as other Beatles records. It’s rather mature and feels like the pinnacle of their career and while it has some their best songs, it’s not my favourite. Still awesome but not a 5 to me.

Plenty of gems but also a bit of experimental filler. Perhaps would have not been a great loss if it were a single album.

I like the odd listen to the White Album, not too often, as it gets a bit dull, but once in a while it's a bit of fun. I even like "number 9", "number 9". It's not a 5 star album in my opinion, but a pretty strong 4 star one.

is it... crazy to say there's like, quite a bit of filler on here?? feels insane to say about the Beatles but there were definitely a few kills in the hits for me. full of a bajillion other iconic tracks though, so this is super hard to rate. don't be mad at me!

Listened Before? Y What can I say about this one that hasn't been said? It's the Beatles at the top of their game. Maybe a little long, but otherwise awesome. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Blackbird

This is my first time actually listening to the Beatles, and I got to say I'm confused. As of right now, I don't get what the hype is about with their music. The album has some good tracks, but the whole thing is really longwinded. Many songs don't feel like they fit with the rest of them or as if they were a part of separate projects that got merged into one really long album. Objectively, I don't feel comfortable giving this album higher than an 8/10.

Does it deserve to be a double album? Certainly not in 2025. In 68? Very possibly. Anyways. There are a lot of great songs in here, but I have to remove a star because there are so many songs that I just do not care for (Revolution 9, Wild Honey Pie, Rocky Raccoon to name a few), but there are some of the greatest songs of all time (Blackbird, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter).

Good music but didn’t seem cohesive as an album

The Beatles are not particularly important to me personally, however the influence and the popularity of the Beatles can not be denied. This record has some really great songs on it. Like most double albums there is a fair amount of filler. I seem to gravitate to the quirky tracks. My favorite song is "Rocky Raccoon" which is due to it being a song that my friends and I would often break into singing together. Somewhere in the world is a cassette tape that has several acapella arrangements of us having a great time taking it on. The making of that tape is one of my favorite teenage memories.

Can't beat something as iconic as this. However, in my opinion, there are a lot of skips on this and stuff that kinda gets tuned out.

13/1001 This was the first album from The Beatles i've ever heard and i was a pretty good experience. I understand that the idea of this album is be a double album but in a point it feel pretty long and repetitive. I liked almost all the songs but like I said before it was so long without a purpose. I think that if a couple songs where put apart from this album and made them its own album could've been good overall, a pretty good album. I hope i like the others albums of them that are gonna appear in this list

Who doesn't like the white album? It's got some of their best songs on it although I feel like there is a lot of filler. I've always loved this album and while I don't think it would really merit 5/5 it's definitely one of their best. Truth be told, I don't know if the Beatles really had a single album that would be 5/5 - lots of great songs but each album they made always had some slow spots.

Dit is het Beatles album dat het dichts bij 5 sterren komt. Het is wat mij betreft te veel opvul muziek (die hier een soort van kinderliedjes zijn), naast de soms wat schaarse top nummers. Daardoor nooit vervelend om naar te luisteren, maar ook geen 5 sterren.

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Didn't love it as much as Abbey Road but it was still excellent

Again some great songs but as an album it’s got room to grow on me

Great album! Loved how experimental they started to get in the later years. I liked almost every song.

Losing one star purely because while this is a masterpiece it's not the Beatles BEST album

Part classic. Not for me.

One of the most important records in the history of music, no doubt. Would also be a sure Five star record with ten songs less. Why anyone would think it was a good idea to put Revolution 9 on the same record as While my guitar gently weeps and Blackbird, two of the most beautiful songs ever written, is beyond me.

Always very enjoyable

My first thought was how disjointed everything was, some songs were good, some pretty terrible (bungalow bill, piggies?) but then after listening to everything it kind of makes sense cohesively as a collection with some nonsense thrown in there. One or two of the songs are just arctic monkeys songs so shows you the influence. I really like savoy truffle. Also, while I like the song for its insanity, if I were a good Christian parent in 1968 who heard my kids listening to Revolution 9 I would also be concerned.

Starts off super hot with back in the USSR. Followed by simple the most insane song ordering of all time. Not one smooth transition between songs and I respect that. Lots of bangers on this one but blackbird is probably my favorite

At the height of their commercial power and influence, the Beatles could not be bothered to exhibit restraint. It appears for this showing they set to dive into the depths of their subconscious for every snippet or half-baked idea for a song and record it. What that gets you is some moments of transcendent songwriting alongside some of their more esoteric bullshit (a ragtime tune, a Ringo Star lullaby, 9 min of unintelligible incantations and sounds, and a freakin Happy Birthday remix, really?!). True Beatlesheads will lap up every second, while the casual fans might find this 90 minute runtime a little bloated. For me, the White Album is not the paragon of a rock and roll album or a truly revolutionary force in the way your boomer uncle might describe it, but the Beatles know how to write good songs and on this album they are numerous. Solid 4. Fav songs: Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, Blackbird, I Will, Helter Skelter

The whiplash on this album is insane (Blackbird to Piggies to Rocky Raccoon…)?! However, I enjoyed the disjointed insanity. Some songs on this album hold a certain nostalgia for me because 1. my dad is a Beatles fan, 2. I’m a gleek, 3. my sister had an intense Across the Universe phase growing up. I FaceTimed my parents yesterday and it was nice to be able to discuss this album with my dad. He showed me his original White Album vinyl with the artwork inside and said that he put the picture of John Lennon that came with the album in his window the day he died. 🫶🏻 Overall, some songs on this album were ahead of their time (Revolution 9) and others make complete sense for the time (random Birthday song) and I liked it.

I find this album hard to listen to, mostly because of all the memories. It was among the first couple of albums I purchased and I listened to it quite a lot, though even then I remembered struggling to some of the songs (now I struggle with even more!). Mother Nature's Son is a favorite and it inspired in me a deepening of my own love for nature as a boy. Overall, an incredibly important masterpiece of music. Certainly groundbreaking and important.

Great album with all time songs but they should have cut 6 or 7 songs from the second half as it becomes a slog.

felt very experimental, as in many different styles. it didn't feel cohesive but is still impressive

A lot of good songs on here and I wouldn't say I disliked any of them. Did it need to be an hour and a half though? C'mon now Paul & John. Other than the length, though, this album was solid.

This band has incredible range. They live up to the hype. Rock, swing, folk, blues, this album has all of it. With such a long album, a handful of the songs feel like throwaways. It's nonetheless impressive that they're able to write and perform in so many different genres. I would give us five stars, but the album as a whole felt disjointed because of the huge shift in style and mood between tracks. There are also some weird ones that not sure why they were included.

A classic album with some absolutely bonkers tracks, and then beautiful, simple pieces like Blackbird. Shows the real range the Beatles were capable of producing.

This is a great album and an undeniable classic. Still, it feels disconnected and forced together, much like a band that's about to break up (fittingly). But it's an album only the Beatles could have made popular - different genres and concepts that somehow work as a whole even if some of the songs don't stand on their own. They could have cut some of the fluff and made it tighter, but part of its charm is its disparate nature. It's great, but maybe not my favorite Beatles album. 4.4

As an album, it's a four, but it definitely has five star songs. All double albums struggle to be perfect.

I had never listened to the White Album before. Iconic. But I’m still not a Beatles fan.

Classic

It's wild to think how much their music changed over the 10 years of albums.

There were some great songs on here, but there were also plenty of songs that probably should’ve been cut from the album. I think the issues I had with this album stemmed from the fact that there was nobody who would say no to their ideas.

Sure, 90 minutes of Beatles is a lot. But the front half is full of bangers. The Revolution variants are weird. The rest is fine.

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Pretty standard.

It's good, but inevitably I anticipate a way will be found to not STFU about it even come heat death of the universe, which stops it being a 5.

Takes me back to when I first started smoking weed. Lots of really good songs on here although it’s longer than it needs

Already well known to me, great album

4.5 / 5 A Classic. The White Album. Some regard this as their best album, and this would be regarded as a correct answer. For me, it's not, but it's still a gorgeous album including some of their best work. Way beyond their time and pillars in the music world. Although there are some skips. For example 'Back In The USSR' or 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da' are filler songs. While they do have some charming aspects they are overshadowed by a lot of songs & not their best stuff. A personal favorite is 'Helter Skelter'. Absolute genius in the highest degree. A pioneer for 'heavier rock' tunes. Just classic Beatles paving the way for other generations to come. Not to mention the Manson controversy makes it more interesting. Pure brilliance, impeccable musicianship, and very catchy lyrics.

7/10 would listen again

If I had a time machine, I would go back to any time when a band or artist was contemplating making a double album and force them at ray gun point (because I assume if I have a time machine I also have a ray gun) to just make a really good single album instead. The only exceptions being Songs in the Key of Life, Exile on Mainstreet, The Basement Tapes and maybe Blonde on Blonde. The White Album is great, but you know what would have been better? Back in the U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is A Warm Gun I'm So Tired Blackbird I Will Julia Birthday Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Helter Skelter Long, Long, Long That album would be up there with Abbey Road as a near perfect Beatles album. Instead you've got this giant sprawling mess of a double album that includes a bunch of songs that nobody needs or wants. I get it, they were super famous and nobody could tell them no, they had fried their brains on acid, they had all just had a bad three-month-long weird cult vacation and they weren't getting along. Still, if you watch that Apple TV special where they recorded them for forty-something hours while they made Let it Be, Paul says something about how the band had been off its game since "Mr. Epstein" died because Brian Epstein kept them in line. I have to agree. These chuckleheads needed a grown up. The White Album isn't bad (I know, hot take) but it suffers from the classic double-album curse. It could have been an amazing single album.

post-modern fragments joined. Lyrics don't have to make sense particularly if they have a good sound hook. One finds nonsense, humor, and bits of what are probably political commentary spread throughout. Some beautiful pieces of music. Some bits of showing what you can do with new sound equipment on revolution 9--a pastiche with intent of some sort. To me, this is very much a turning point where art overtakes commercialism but still manages to be commercial. The album cover is interesting in its absence of everything except the band name embossed. In both the world of art and commercialism, the "signature"/band name/branding is, in one sense, more important than any content. And in another sense, the recording is more more important regardless of who created it.

Waar begin je met zo'n megalomaan album die van hot naar her gaat, en het ene naar het andere proto-genre introduceert. Ik heb deze plaat altijd gezien als de speeltuin van één van de creatiefste bands ooit, en dan krijg je als resultaat een onalledaagse wirwar aan ludieke meezingers en songs die de loop van de muziekgeschiedenis voor eeuwig zouden veranderden. Om een beetje grip te krijgen op ''The White Album'', ga ik side 1/2 en side 3/4 beiden apart reviewen, om vervolgens tot een eindoordeel te komen. Een geschikte methode, gezien de absentie van een duidelijke verhaallijn/concept. De eerste helft van het album opent met 'Back In The U.S.S.R.', die de luisteraar enigszins op het verkeerde been zet door terug te grijpen naar de stijl die de band had in de tijd dat ze nog optraden. Het is rock & roll in 'the vein of' Chuck Berry, met Beach Boys-achtige achtergrondvocalen. Het is een lekkere inkomer, maar bereidt je weinig voor op wat komen gaat. 'Dear Prudence' volgt, en geeft een beter kijkje in de wereld waarin de band zich op dat moment van de carrière bevond. De psychedelische ondertoon, en de hypnotiserende progressie die het goed gedaan zou hebben tijdens één van hun meditatiesessies in India, creëren een ambiance die haaks staat op het openingsnummer. Het album staat bol van deze tegenstrijdigheden. Want lang tijd om te bivakkeren in een staat van Nirwana is er niet, gezien de carnavalsnummers 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' en 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill' voor de deur staan. Het klinkt alsof Ringo zich bovengemiddeld veel met de nummers op dit album heeft bemoeid, maar hij heeft tot dit moment verrassend genoeg nog geen credits gekregen. Speelse nummers als deze zijn ook toonaangevend in de speeltuin die 'White Album' heet, en geven een onserieuze draai aan een album die wel degelijk serieus genomen dient te worden. 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' herinnert ons daaraan, een hoeksteen in de grandioze discografie van The Beatles, en mijn favoriete nummer uit de pen van George. En dan in combinatie met 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun', veel betere back to back tracks ga je niet vinden in de 60s. Dit is het eerste nummer waar de band echt de experimentele lade opent; ze strooien met onorthodoxe ritmes, extravagante vocalen, en vreemde lyrics. En het werkt fantastisch, verveelt nooit, en verdient voor mij de ietwat problematische titel 'beste song van het album'. Wat bijna niet te voorkomen is, is dat ze daarna een beetje op de rem trappen, en voor hun doen ietwat saai werk afleveren. 'I'm So Tired' verdient nog wel een s/o, typisch werk van John, waarin hij oprecht doodmoe klinkt. 'Rocky Raccoon' is één van de band's weinige pogingen om echt Amerikaans te klinken, en het resultaat is enigszins sullig. Toch moet ik bekennen dat het voor mij echt de 'guilty pleasure' van het album is. Het nummer introduceert de honky-tonk piano die veelvoudig te horen is op de plaat, en symbool staat voor het Beatles-genre 'grandma rock', geopperd door John Lennon. Toch staan er net iets te veel ludieke, en bijna kolderieke, songs op de eerste helft van het album, en had ik wel iets langer in de stroomversnelling van 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun' willen blijven hangen. Alhoewel, 'Julia' de spirituele tegenhanger van 'Dear Prudence', geeft een fijn slotakkoord. 8,5/10 Highlights: While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is A Warm Gun Rocky Raccoon De tweede helft van de plaat laat de psychedelic-folk invalshoek van de eerste grotendeels achterwege, waarschijnlijk omdat Donovan weer terug naar Schotland was gevlogen. Deze zijde jaagt hun garage rock roots achterna, en het wordt allemaal wat losbandiger. Ringo ontwaakte uit zijn zen, nam een lijntje coke, en molesteerde bij tijd en wijle zijn drumstel. 'Yer Blues' staat symbool voor een belangrijke drijfveer van dit album, de cynische benadering van een tal aan muziekstijlen, en het doel om die genres als parodie neer te zetten. Als er dan toch een rode draad aangewezen moet worden, dan is dat er eentje. Echter is het effect vaak met The Beatles dat de parodie piekfijn wordt uitgevoerd, en nieuwe elementen integreert, dat het juist een verrijking is van het bestaande genre, en bedoeld of onbedoeld een 'ode wordt aan' in plaats van een 'parodie op'. 'Song 2' van Blur, maar dan met een artistieke twist. 'Helter Skelter' sluit de vermakelijkste zijde (side 3) af, en is misschien wel het beste voorbeeld van een nummer die de gek aansteekt met rock muziek, maar vervolgens 'onbedoeld' een moederplaat wordt voor vele hardrock/metal genres. Waanzinnig nummer. Helaas was de heilige energie van de Indiase guru's daarna opgebrand, en vinden we alleen nog het lichtpuntje 'Cry Baby Cry' terug op het laatste kantje. De mannen hebben een creatieve explosie weten om te zetten in één van de belangrijkste albums in de jaren 60, en deze uitspatting komt uiteindelijk tot een implosie op de koortsdroom die 'Revolution 9' heet. Deze bad trip heeft in plaats van een hoop toekomstige bands, vooral Charles Manson beïnvloed. Je krijgt het er gratis bij denk ik.. als je wil genieten van de tomeloze inventiviteit van een band, dan moet je ook af en toe de maniakale episodes slikken. 8/10 Highlights: 'Yer Blues' 'Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey' 'Helter Skelter' Alles in ogenschouw nemend is de dichtheid aan buitengewone songs op dit album ongekend hoog. Iets te vaak levert de ietwat frivole en lichtzinnige insteek van het album nummers op die me weinig kunnen bekoren, maar op het zelfde moment zorgt het ervoor dat weinig albums van ruim anderhalf uur zo snel voorbij vliegen, en na al die jaren nog steeds niet vervelen. De mix aan ruige bangers, introverte psych-folk klassiekers, jolige grandma rock, en meeslepende blues, zorgt er in ieder geval voor dat dit album hoog staat op het compleet nutteloze lijstje 'albums die je mee zou nemen naar een onbewoond eiland'. Eindcijfer: 8,5/10

Ja en dan moet je ineens één van de Beatles albums gaan recenseren. En misschien is the White Album dan nog wel de meest ingewikkelde. Het album begint ijzersterk met U.S.S.R. en Dear Prudence. De serie kinderlijke liedjes daarna vallen altijd een beetje rouw op mijn dak. Ja, McCartney is een koning van simpele melodieën een mee-fluit-liedjes. Maar het is zo lastig schakelen als na Ob-La-Di, Honey Pie en Bungalow Bill ineens While My Guitar Gently Wheeps instart. En zo gaat het de rest van de plaat door. Daarmee lijkt het meer de stapel van alle beschikbare liedjes, zonder na te denken wat nu echt een album maakt. En dat na Sgt. Peppers, waar dát juist zo goed is. Dat zal hier dan waarschijnlijk het idee zijn geweest. Want één ding op the White Album stijgt boven alles uit: het iedje. De liedjes zijn zo ontzettend goed. Ze zijn kort, lijken soms niet eens af en worden daardoor nooit een volledig nummer. Maar in dit alles zijn ze prachtig en ijzersterk. En het zijn er ook veel. Te veel. En een ook dit album is echt te lang. Daardoor wel veel highlights: Back in the U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence Happiness is a Warm Gun Yer Blues Helter Skelter

Det er the beatles det er bra men så kommer obla-di obla da takk skal du faenmeg ha. Den låten kan drite og dra.

Pretty good album. I think these lads are going places.

First half of the album is incredibly polished, the second half is rudder but has some real beautiful moments. One of the Beatles more ambitious works. 4.5/5 Will definitely listen again

Nice

My first beatles album! It was a really interesting listen and there were so many songs I really liked. It was interesting to see how versatile they were, and honestly I can 100% see the influence other bands got from them 3.5 maybe 4/5

This album is influential and iconic enough for 5 stars but it is ultimately a 4.5 due to a few songs that are just downright awful. You have an otherworldy song like While My Guitar Gently Weeps (the bassbline alone is an eargasm) and Helter Skelter (the godfather of hard rock) but then you have Wild Honey Pie (pretty sure this song would be used as elevator music in hell)

I don’t really want to list all my thoughts on the mf white album. Just call me if you want to talk about it

I feel awkward admitting that I am not a super fan of this. Obviously lots of nice songs though.

Uneven, but influential nonetheless. Condense the great songs into a single album and this might have been the Beatles’ greatest LP.

Let's talk about William Babinski's "The Disintegration Loops" album instead for a moment. The Disintegration Loops album https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Disintegration_Loops# (actually 4 albums spanning nearly 300 minutes) are a museum piece, not necessarily music. Babinsky is a sound artist who used tape loops a lot in his work to evoke feelings that traditional recordings do not. The disintegration loops are recordings of some of these sound loops - recordings of voices, old music, found tapes, etc. - literally disintegrating as they pass across the tape heads. Each time they pass through the machine, a little more gets worn off. It's really interesting ambient music. There is a haunting beauty hearing the music itself completely fall apart. The falling apart is the music. The rhythm comes from the loop repeating, the sound changing ever so slightly as it goes on. Certain sections are beautiful, others nasty. When I listened to this, as more and more of it goes away, the more I found myself wanting it to remain in the world even though the whole point was it's own destruction. Listening to something disintegrate works as a museum piece. As a rock album, especially from The Beatles, it just hurts a little. Three stars was a bit harsh - many of these songs are in the "Dark Side of the Moon" range, like Dear Prudence, While My Guitar, and others. What I'm referring to above is that it just doesn't hold together, it's more of a couple solo albums, and Ringo gets short shrift.

fully fine. it was good, yeah, but i listened to sgt peppers lonely hearts club right after and it definitely made the white album less sparkly 5/7

I was never a Beatles fan. But this really is fantastic.

There are a lot of really great songs on this album. Only complaint is some of it seems either disjointed from the rest of the album or just like filler. I'd give it 4 1/2 stars if I could.

•Owned •Massive effort of experimentation in genre and production. The differing voices of a band falling apart are all here: as a result, the album sprawls in emotion, tone. Even still, it's hard to imagine where "Helter Skelter" came from but it still burns as it plays. •4/4

Very diverse and partially ahead of it‘s time

Good album? For sure. One of best of all time? I disagree

Some of the best songs they ever made, along with a bunch more. Revolution 9 is interesting, but isn’t something I would choose to put on. Favorites are While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Black Bird, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Helter Skelter, and Back In The USSR.

I like it there's alot of songs on here I know and like but had no idea this was the album thay were on so im going to be on the look out for it on vinyl

A classic for a reason. So many great songs, and a few weird ones

This one is hard to rate. It is a 5 in the context of music history, but a 4 when considered with Revolver, Sg. Pepper, and Abby Road. Are The Beatles the greatest band of all? Probably.

The Beatles' eponymous album, also referred to as the White Album, is a legendary piece of work which really needs no review. This album is well regarded as being a critical factor in the development of music across the globe for the past several decades. Songs such as "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Blackbird", and "Helter Skelter" are incredible and hugely influential in music and pop culture. However, it should also be noted that, while the album has great writing and instrumentation, the tracks are disjointed and do not flow together very well. This is due to the fracturing of the band members and each member writing and recording separately. With this many songwriters, there is an overabundance of songs, some of which really do not fit the bill. This album's greatest weakness may be quantity and great variation in quality - for every success, there's another song which probably should have been left off the album.

Total classic! Nothing else to say

This list must know we are trying to finish this year, that we sped up the queue, because it is throwing classics at us, begging us not to go. Another great Beatles album, one I hadn't listened to prior. Obviously there are singles on hear I have heard, but this is that reminder why I love this list. Not a big Beatles fan but I respect them, and especially this album. 1968? Two LP? And I think this was during their experimentation phase. How cool to get such a unique album at this time in history. I'd have expected this from a lesser band in the 80's. Not every song is a banger, and there's ones I skipped, but overall this was great. I didn't know they were the ones who sang "They say it's your birthday!" that was cool. Keepers: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Birthday, Revolution 1

Stoked to get another Beatles album, it seems the list has been rewarding us for making the switch to generate on the weekend. This is number four for us, and it's near the end of the Beatles' catalog, falling between the exceptional Revolver and the excellent (but not quite as tight) Abbey Road. This album is long; it's a double album at least, at 30 songs. As such, there's a lot of what I would describe as filler. Lots of whimsical, experimental little tracks that fall flat for me. No coherent voice, which is actually similar to Abbey Road - my impression is that post-Sgt. Peppers, these guys were just firing on their own cylinders and struggling to weave their styles without just doing their own tracks. So yeah, this one has a lot of one-offs that don't really accomplish much. On the other hand, some really excellent songs, classics like "Blackbird," "Revolution 1," and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and some deeper cuts I'd never heard. "Revolution 9" is really awesome "plunderphonics" sort of stuff, "Dear Prudence" is really great, and "Good Night" is an absolutely welcome surprise from Ringo. I can't give it more than 4 stars because of how many duds this thing harbored, I shouldn't have to skip my way through a 90 minute album from the Beatles. But overall, and duds aside, it's pretty great. These guys really were once in a lifetime, huh? Favorite tracks: Blackbird, Dear Prudence, Revolution 9, Good Night, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Revolution 1, Everybody's Got Something to Hide, Long Long Long (you got that right). Album art: White. Well, this one's techinically called "The Beatles," so it's self-titled, but guess what: we call it the White Album. That's what it is. White. 4/5

Good but not there best effort.

The highs of this album are so high, but it needed some cuts. I appreciate its importance for the amount of musical experimentation underway, but it lacks cohesion

A little overrated out the Beatles catalog, too long, a lot of good songs but a lot of forgettable songs and some of the Beatles worst songs, Revolution nine should never had been made.

Classic Beatles

Some lovely songs and the scope of song, instrument, and tone is remarkable. But it’s got some pretty forgettable songs too over the 31 songs. It’s hard to even judge albums this seminal, because the ideas have permeated everything we listen to. But I’d listen to 5-10 of these songs before I just put the whole album on.

I enjoyed this album. It's by far NOT their best. But I had fun with it. It's their only double album but I truly think they could've trimmed the fat and made a really long album. And saved the rest for B sides. There are classics on this record that we all know and love. And some under rated songs that perhaps only fans would say are superior than the more popularized songs. I've listened to this record before but never "studied it" - that's a stretch to what I just went through.... But I thought I'd do a play by play, and share my thoughts track by track. If you don't care about that... Stop reading here. This album gets 4 Beatles out of 5. Back in ussr: Beach Boys vibe Dear prudence: guitar sounds dark, nice simple but complimenting bass riff, lyrics and vocal melody over top is great Glass onion: is this where the movie got the name from? Curious to see if there is a deeper meaning or correlation between the two. Lyrics referencing previous songs. Kind of a cool idea. Unsure of timeline for this idea, they probably came up with that idea, as they innovated a lot. - love the string part at the end. ob la di ob la da - is garbage. It's filler to me. I know a lot of people love it... And it's sung at weddings and group functions... It's just not good. Catchy, yes. Bleh? double yes.... Life goes On. Wild Honey Pie is filler and is stupid. Counting story of Buffalo bill: sick guitar intro followed by a mediocre song. Vocals are great. But falls off in the end. the refrain reminds me of work from John Lennon and Yoko ono.. Bad. Sounds like they didn't know how to end the song. While my guitar gently weeps: probably the best song on the record. Harrison was under utilized in the band. Lars and Hetfield ran the show... I mean McCartney and Lennon and it shows that their ego prevented a lot of good work. Happiness Is A Warm Gun - is it Lennon? Is it? How ironic this song tuned out to be. Martha My Dear: piano is great in this. Has a barber shop quartet feel to it. Vocals are on point. Horns and strings are well placed. I'm so tired - great song. Nothing stood out. Blackbird: McCartney doing what McCartney does best. Beautiful, timeless song. Piggies - another stupid filler song. Next. I get it's about greed... But maybe this is why Harrison's songs weren't taken more seriously? I don't know. Rocky Racoon - great story telling and great music to accompany. I quite loved this song. The nickelodeon piano was cool! I love McCartney's piano playing.. Also with his scat abilities. Haha if you want to call it that. Don't pass me by - the repetitive music in the background sounds very familiar... From a more contemporary artist.... Big Sugar. The ending to Turn The Lights On is this same melody. Crazy. Why don't we do it in the road? - repetitive. Good vocal delivery. Reminds me of Little Richard. Old school rock and roll. I will - back to that boy wonder romantic McCartney. Beautiful vocals and guitar work. Simple song. Pleasing to the ear. Julia - sounds like a Lennon written song. Guitar is great. Vocals are haunting. Looks like not a lot of thought put into lyrics. As there's not much substance there. Just a bunch of Julia's... Birthday - not a great song. Guitar work is awesome. Good ol' rock and roll. Lyrics were phoned in. I guess you can't write constant lyrical masterpieces. Yer Blues - this sounds like a cool dive bar hit. Well done. Shows how diverse they can be. To be honest, this whole album is quite diverse. This is one of the better ones for sure. I hear some Jack White in this. Mother Nature's Son - love the guitar work in this song. McCartney is one of the best. I can only imagine how much Lennon hated that these songs of McCartney's made albums. Ego vs ego. Everybody's Got something to hide: I used to love Lennon over McCartney... I guess I can blame his death on that. Lennon's death sort of popularized him.. I hate to say that. I could be wrong but that was sort of my take when I was in high school. It wasn't until I started liking the Beatles that I knew the true talent was Paul. This song backs my claims up. Sexy Sadie is just awful. Sorry John. Next. Helter Skelter: ok, this is my favorite. This is probably the first punk rock or metal songs. I'm probably wrong but it's grit. It's raw. It's in your face. Goodbye pretty boy Paul, and Welcome angry and angsty Paul. Love the I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON MY Fingers! From Ringo. Crazy how this song influenced Charles Manson and drove him even more crazy. Music is powerful. Long, long, long: just like this sad attempt of a track by track review. Harrison at his finest. Quite the change up from Helter Skelter. Revolution 1: great way to start the next side of the record. Classic Beatles song. Timeless. We all love it. Honey pie: at first, I get some sad undertones on this song... And then it's get kind happy with the music.. 1920s style. Savoy Truffle: is this song about chocolate? Cool music. Cry baby cry: loved the harmonium. Pretty good song. Lennon sounds great. Vocal delivery is awesome. One of my favourite Lennon songs. Revolution 9: I personally found it funny when the repeating "number 9. Number... Number ni... Nine" was happening. Some really cool effects and ideas in this song. It's random. Experimental. Quite disconnected from the album. Good night: We made it. The last song. Now it's time to say good night. Sleep tight. Ringo sings us to sleep with this lullaby. String arrangements are pretty.

Not their best work but it’s the Beatles White Album. A piece of art. A collage of songs. Brilliant, mundane, weird, rocking, wild, folky, freaky and unpredictable. The Beatles. White Album.

Première partie de l'album est incroyable, par contre la seconde partie c'est vraiment de la branlette intellectuelle

It was fine

A massive, fraught, fascinating album. Not necessarily any filler, but not all of it is stellar. You can hear that it’s a band going through it.

Some great songs and some absolutely unnecessary songs

There enough grade A songs in this album to make a 5 start album. But there’s also enough general fucking around by the Beatles with songs that sound like they should be on a kids album that it knocks it back just a tiny bit. 4.75