The White Album

Meh

"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!

A masterpiece of an album. Danceable, singalongable. Perfection. 5/5

Almost every double album would be better as a single album

Classic

Spent a lot of time listening to this album when I was younger. Good memories. Great songs. It did sound/feel like an album made by 4 distinct solo artists though.

Totally incoherent mix of random songs. This album has Blackbird, but also Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. This album has The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, but also While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Not in my top 5 Beatles albums. 5/5.

The Beatles, the band, are widely considered the greatest band of all time. If someone doesn't consider them the greatest band of all time, I would expect a passionate case for a different choice. It's surprising that there is a safe answer for greatest band of all time. I spent some time trying to understand what makes the Beatles greater than say the Stones, Radiohead, or Led Zeppelin. The answer I think is the behavior. Michael Jordan is the GOAT because when he was on the court he was the best. I think the Beatles have a similar ethos. Whatever they did was excellent, and it left all their contemporaries saying "Shit, we should've done that". I think that this album is a legacy defining moment for the Beatles, not because it's their best work, but because they're just showing off that anything they touch turns to gold. I never really understood what the white album was. I always heard of it but I didn't realize it was their longest and I didn't know why there was no artwork. This album is a coat of fresh snow. It seems like they wanted to make a debut album. They didn't know what kind of album they wanted to make now that they were so successful they were no longer bound by pop sensibilities. This is where this album segmented the band. You can tell the archetypes of the beatles here. John is the captain, John the radical, George the rocker, and Ringo the wild card. You can feel when one of the members got to do one of their songs and this whole album just gets passed around. From the poppy and energetic beginning with Ob-la-di, to more philisophical and softer tracks like black bird, to more bluesy and rhythmic tracks like yer blues and helter skelter, to experimental and out there tracks like Revolution 9. And in a really egalitarian way they sacrificed a cohesive vision of the album to make everyone's songs. I think that's really cool. And they put their all into those songs, even the stupid ones. What does it say about a band when they decide for a few tracks to be a hard rock band and put down groovy 70s hard rock before the sound was invented. These guys decided to take us on the writing process with them. They were inventing genres midway through this album and deciding 'eh, let's go back to classics'. This is a band falling apart in the most brittish way possible, and as the band fractured it exposed so many styles of music to the largest musical fanbase. These guys put heavy metal into the pop soundscape. They brought noise rock and art rock on the radio. I don't know if anyone has had the impact that the Beatles had, and I'm not sure that there will be the opportunity for anyone to have that impact again. I honestly didn't realize how big of a deal this album would be until I heard it. It's not just an epic long album full of great songs. It's a question, "What will become of the Beatles?" The answer being, that they went on to make Abbey Road, and then decided to leave the Beatles behind and follow their own roads, apart.

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.

Love the Beatles and a fair few classics on here. However, some songs haven't aged well and maybe sounded better when off your head on handpicked mushrooms...

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.

This album has some of my favorite Beatles songs of all time — "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Dear Prudence," "Blackbird," "Helter Skelter," "Happiness is a Warm Gun," "Revolution." Shockingly, not a single one made it to #1 on the charts. I also have flashbacks to high school every time I hear "Birthday," because that song would play if someone swiped in with their ID on their birthday (but that's not the Beatles' fault). This might be my favorite Beatles album — definitely top 3. And one of the few double albums I don't mind. There's really not a bad song on here, with the exception of "Revolution 9," which I could do without. And there are plenty of gems — besides the aforementioned ones, "Long, Long, Long" is another great Harrison contribution that further proves why he was the best Beatle (in my opinion). Most of the best songs are on the first disc, but the second half is pretty strong too. This album isn't as experimental as some of the others (which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing), but it's still eclectic. It has serious, heavy songs, it has quirky, humorous songs, it has orchestral songs, and it has arguably the first heavy metal song. Yet it still manages to flow pretty smoothly. 5/5

hard to hate, hard to love. not my favorite beatles album, but also isn't bad by any means. favs: blackbird

It's really groundbreaking but I seem to be on a minority in that I really only like one out of five Beatles songs?

Almost knocked it down for revolution 9 but a double album like that is so great.

Chaotic to say the least!

A double album, with a diversre set of songs. Excellent.

This album had a lot of memories related to it. Strange hearing the music from another perspective due to the passage of so much time. ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ followed by ‘Dear Prudence’, ‘Glass Onion’ and ‘Blackbird’ were my favorites. Close behind them would be ‘Revolution’ and Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Strongly tempted to give this album a 5 rating….oh let us not be rude to temptation. 5 stars it is!

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

Overrated

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

a couple of decent tracks amongst a load of toss, a VERY generous 3rd star

# 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.

Jag har inte riktigt tänkt på det förut men jag är nog inget fan av Beatles. Kul att den här tjänsten hjälpte mig att upptäcka det.

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

A lovable mess of an album, it's a slice of history--John's new fascination with Yoko and her artsy approach, the growing tensions between John and Paul, George trying to get his songs heard, really only Ringo kept his cool, and IMO delivered some of his best drumming of all their albums. There's a lot to criticize this album for, but I love it anyway. Of special note, the 2018 Stereo mix is a goddamned horror to the ears. Stick to the mono mixes.

Few albums are as recognized as this one and it deserves all the credit it gets. From classic bangers to experimental oddities, The White Album has it all.

The stretch of songs that open the album on through Happiness is a Warm Gun might be the finest sequence of songs assembled. They even have banging weirdo shit like Revolution 9. I’m frankly amazed that The Beatles are the most hyped-up band of all time, and yet I’m still being blown away again and again.

It's alright. I like a few songs. Some are just ok. Not my favorite album. High 3s.

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.

Ob la di ob la da life goes onnnn

Отлично, нестареющая классика

★★★★★★★

I mean, it’s the White album.

Masterpiece as always. I like it. Almost all songs are hits!

We bought this when it was released, and were blown away with so many amazing songs. 55 years later it is still so solid! Yes there are a few so-so efforts (like Honey Pie, Rev #9), however when you consider how many incredible songs are on this double LP: -Well my Guitar gently weeps -Helter Skelter - Obla de - Back in the USSR - I’m so tired - Dear Prudence - Sexy Sadie - Rocky Raccoon - Piggies - Julia - I will - Birthday - Revolution 1 - Mother Nature’s son Above all my favorite is Yer Blues “The eagle picks my eye The worm he licks my bone I feel so suicidal Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones Lonely Want to die If I ain't dead already Oh, girl, you know the reason why Black cloud crossed my mind Blue mist round my soul Feel so suicidal Even hate my rock and roll” This is truly one of my top 10!

Folksy classics.

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

This album is pretty amazing but I have listened to it too many times and it is too long.

Lennon vs McCartney. The epic battle for supremacy and the winner is us! I don't know why people argue about Sgt Pepper or Abbey Rd ... this is the greatest Beatles album by FAR. Banger after banger and the album doesn't let up even after 30 songs deep. This might be the greatest album of all time full stop. Can I give 6 stars? I'd give 100.

The White Album is the eighth Beatles' album, and the only double LP among their studio albums. This was later in the band's career, and Lennon, McCarthy, and Harrison were largely writing their songs independently, and this gives this album an eclectic sense. This collection of songs from some of the greatest songwriters in modern music, at the height of their powers. This incredible collection of songs has songs written by all four members: McCartney's pop, "Blackbird," Lennon's commentary, "Happiness is a Warm Gun," Harrison's introspection, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and Starr's irreverence, "Don't Pass Me By." They were all talented artists, in a rare situation where they amplified each other's strengths.

Basically The Beatles doing every genre of music flawlessly. Should have ended the album with Hey Jude or Revolution (single version) but hey still 5 stars, 9.9/10

Absolutely perfect.

5/5 Doesn't get much better than this, does it?

I mean, it's The White Album.

Another album I don’t need to listen to I know it so well. I am the proud owner of the original release. With a number embossed on front, poster and four Beatle portraits each with drawing pin holes in the corners as evidence that they were on my bedroom wall until I left home. Constant playing on a Dansette record player means that this original copy is not in the best of health but nevertheless a very cherished possession. I have since bought the album a number of times on CD and vinyl as a mark of how much I value and treasure this album. It does contain some of the best and worst Beatle songs but the good outweighs the bad. When I say bad this is probably restricted to Revolution 9 which as a teenage boy I never got. My dislike of this explains the loud click and jump at the beginning of Goodnight caused by the Dansette needle plonking down repeatedly when I skipped this track on my original disc. Nowadays I have warmed towards Revolution 9. Not as a song but more of a historical statement made at the time. Given that I have now moved on from a Dansette to higher end hifi gear I hear different things every time I sit through the track which is probably The Beatles intention from the start. As for the good Dear Prudence, While my Guitar etc, Piggies, Mother Natures Son, I’m So Tired and Yer Blues are the outstanding highlights for me. Some of the finest Beatle tunes ever. Also it is a family tradition now to play Birthday for everyone on their birthday morning. Although now older my son does not always appreciate this if celebrating his birthday the night before but admits he would miss this annual event. One of my top ten ever albums 5/5 8/11/24 Addit- just as I finished typing the last couple of minutes of Helter Skelter came on. Bloomin’ ummer’s is there ever a better ending to a song ? And then “I’ve got blisters in me fingers!!!” Followed by Long Long Long. How many times have I sang that in my head and dedicated it to a lost love? Add them to the good ‘uns above.

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

imádom a tökéletes káoszt, hogy az egyuk pillanatban gyonyorűszép, aztän full unhinged, meg hogy kurvazseniális számok után abszolűt trash következik. messze nem ez a legjobb albumuk sztem, de akkora trip hogy kap egy ötöst!

01) Back in the U.S.S.R. - 10,0 02) Dear Prudence - 9,0 03) Glass Onion - 8,5 04) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - 10,0 05) Wild Honey Pie - / 06) The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill - 9,0 07) While My Guitar Gently Weeps - 10,0 08) Happiness Is a Warm Gun - 9,0 09) Martha My Dear - 8,5 10) I'm So Tired - 8,5 11) Blackbird - 10,0 12) Piggies - 9,0 13) Rocky Raccoon - 8,0 14) Don't Pass Me By - 9,0 15) Why Don't We Do It in the Road? - 9,0 16) I Will - 9,0 17) Julia - 9,5 18) Birthday - 8,5 19) Yer Blues - 9,0 20) Mother Nature's Son - 9,0 21) Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey - 9,0 22) Sexy Sadie - 9,0 23) Helter Skelter - 9,5 24) Long, Long, Long - 9,5 25) Revolution 1 - 9,5 26) Honey Pie - 8,5 27) Savoy Truffle - 8,5 28) Cry Baby Cry - 9,0 29) Revolution 9 - / 30) Good Night - 9,0 TOTAL: 9,07 (91/100) Current ranking: 30/358 "Revolution 9" is really a piece of crap and I didn't want to rate it so it wouldn't detract from an album that deserved five stars.

mid. am i going to say something about the beatles that already hasnt been said?

Timeless classic!

Hat ein paar schöne Lieder und Melodien, aber auch Revolution 9

Half great, half shit

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.

Some good, some bland

wild honey pie is an all time classic, peak beatles

I had a hard time rating this because although there's some great tracks there's also some real experimental garbage as well but in the end I've come to the conclusion that the greatness overrides the crap so...

I GOT BLISTAS ON ME FINGAS

Nogle af Beatles’ største bangers nogensinde, men der er relativt langt mellem dem, særligt i anden halvdel. Har både Lennon og McCartneys mest anstrengende numre (Revolution 9 og Ob La Di), men også nogen af deres bedste. While My Guitar - Blackbird run på disk 1 er uforlignelig 🤌🤌

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.

Twas alright. "Number 9" was annoying as fuck.

What's left to even say about the White Album?

5

Amazing.

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

The White Album! What more can be said? How about this: The Beatles defined a decade one album at a time. With the White Album, they went the opposite direction of the previous year’s revolutionary Sgt Pepper. The fact that the album cover contained NOTHING (besides the band's name) is the first clue that this is something very different from their previous year's musical revolution. They moved from the optimism (and "pop"-timism) of the Summer of Love to something more individualistic, varied, and untamed, and at times more overtly political. There is a wider emotional range as well, more deeply emotional and raw. So this album - like all Beatles albums - is best heard in the context of the band's history and the history of the counterculture. Also, this album - like all Beatles albums - is ridiculously amazing and still holds up nearly sixty (!!!) decades later.

This album gets five stars, but it was a bit difficult to pick between 5 and 4. I just think bands shouldn't do double LPs. They pretty much invariably drag in sections, and it gets really tiring to get through the whole thing. Every double LP I've ever heard, it always seems the band was packing in their actual filler songs to reach the double LP length. Luckily, this is The Beatles. So while the length does still make the album drag at times, and it's difficult to listen to all in one go, their filler songs still would've been one of the more popular songs of any other band. Whether that's because of actual merit, or because of Beatlemania at the time is up to you, but I feel it's the former. Anyways, so I was pretty inclined to give it four stars but like, fuckin come on, they put Ob La Di Ob La Da on this album and I'm not exaggerating when I say it's one of my favorite songs of all time. As it stands, this is already one of the most definitive albums of all time, but imagine if they stripped it back like 10-15 songs? It would practically be a requirement of basic, general elementary education to listen to it at that point to understand the context of music itself to this day.

Ja die beatles lönd bi mer immer chlii Nostalgie ufcho, da mini Eltere doch relativ vill Beatles abgloh hend. Jedoch esches ned genau das album gsii wo sie ufe und abe abgloh hend. S Album hed paar chilligi lieder. Bi paarne esch esch bim mer chlii de lagerfür-vibe ufcho. Alles in allem fendis es easy album, aber au ned überragend.

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

Es dankeschön an wunderschöni eminem bitrag vum timon. Daher au na es neduzer update. Au bi mir sind - vor allem i de junge jahre musik iflüss sehr chli gsi - da ich weder grossi gschwösteti, na musik interessierte eltere han. Natürlich kennt mer die grosse hits vo de beatles. Aber is ganze album ihtauche heds bi mir sozege nie geh. Anyway long story short. Es macht eifach verdammi spass i sones album inezlose. 30 tracks vo de beatles zemeklöpft zu eim banger album. = 90 minute spass for free (abgseh vo spotify abo). Bravo, first time maximum puntos vum Neduzen

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

Can't not give this 5 or more

All other songs could be Metallica live but if the album has My guitar gently weeps it's a 5. An elixir of life atop which Blackbird and Helter Skelter are colossal cherries.

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

No le voy a negar su importancia y que tiene unos momentos increíbles, pero confieso que no aguanto el White album. Sí, tiene canciones que me encantan, pero escuchar este disco completo me parece una tortura. Es el único disco de los Beatles que jamás pondría por gusto, sino porque tengo que escucharlo por algo en particular, como para completar la presente lista. Perfectamente podría ser un disco sencillo y sacar varios tracks que me resultan un tanto insoportables. Ni modo, hasta los Beatles, que suelo amar, tienen algo con lo que no puedo conectar. Y lo he intentado varias veces, pero nada más no puedo amarlo. Ni modo.

Solid album.

I mean its the best

One of the best ever

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

Perfect double album

Kul och annorlunda

It's not my favourite Beatles album, but it's still a classic.

FAVS: Back In The USSR, Dear Prudence, While My Guitar…, Julia LEAST FAVS: Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Yer Blues 6/10 too long

Overrated, there’s a few good songs but cmon. Really nothing special

stellar track after stellar track. For me the highlights are back in the USSR, while my guitar gently weeps and I’m so tired but almost all of these songs are just excellent. Makes me glad to have done the Beatles’ discography

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.

Two thoughts that should not be controversial but are: 1) The Beatles are my distant third favorite British Invasion band after The Who and The Kinks 2) The White album is an unimpeachable 5 star classic and an all-time great, but it can be very annoying.

4 stars

Good album. Amazing to realise just how many of the songs are familiar

how can you really rate this album?

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

Absolutely sensational

Good but simple songs

First Beatles album I heard and the first album in general to truly blow my mind.

There is a staggering breadth of artistic ability on display in this album. As someone born long after the Beatles dissolved, it's kind of shocking that this album could have been so popular, as strange and experimental as it is. Not that I am complaining- it is obvious how much this album influenced the artists I listen to even today. Favorite track: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"

How do you follow up the most important album of the 20th century? This wasn’t a bad effort. I’m 950+ albums through this list and there have been 1-2 more notable exclusions than this iconic album. Glad to see it finally show up. I won’t add any more adulation than this album surely deserves. I find it cool that this was originally released with serial numbers and album #0000001 was recently purchased at auction by Jack White for a ridiculous sum of money.

I abhor Bungalow Bill, but love everything else about this album.

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.

This record feels like a collection of moods. Each song has its own small world. There’s a looseness here that reminds me of Bob Dylan at his most freewheeling, but with a sharper edge. It swings between tender moments and pure chaos. It’s playful, yet introspective. You can tell the band was exploring new ground, and you feel that adventurous spirit in every track.

2 stars for their impact on humanity or whatever. Sorry I dislike the beatles

Some really really good songs but with a double album a lot of (to me) filler

This is a record that is a great example of what an album should be. More than the sum of its parts. As an album it’s immaculate. As a double record made for radio/singles it’s got some oddballs, perhaps even some mediocre fillers. But that isn’t what this is- it’s a record. And having listened to it through a few times this weekend it still stands up.

Well, this was interesting at least. I'm not a Beatles fan, but at least half of these songs don't sound like The Beatles. It was certainly longer than I wanted it to be, but it's a double-album so I can't really ding it for that. It was all over the place, but I think that was also intentional. So what I'm left with is this: I liked a few songs. I don't think I loved any of them, but it wasn't a slog to get through (other than the overall length and "Revolution 9"). The variety helped me get through it, but also detracted from it as an album. 2.9

I can't explain why, it just is.

Jag står fast vid att Beatles är väldigt överskattade i dagens mått

Classic album from a classic band that a lot of people have at least heard about. I've listened to it before andit has some really good songs but a lot of them are in a style that I dont really like personally. A lot of the songs feel "samey" and straight up old. The Beatles contribution to music history is great but as something to listen to in 2024 when you haven't grown up with it around you it falls flat.

The White Album is sprawling, strange, beautiful, and completely essential — a double LP that refuses to be pinned down. Every track feels like a world unto itself, bursting with personality, invention, and the kind of songwriting range that only a band at the peak of their powers could pull off. There’s no filler here — just a kaleidoscope of styles and moods, each song revealing something new with every listen. Favorites shift with the wind, but certain tracks always rise to the surface. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” aches with sorrow and Eric Clapton’s searing guitar. “Blackbird” is simple and perfect, a quiet anthem of hope. “Mother Nature’s Son” feels like a soft breeze through an open window. And then there’s “Savoy Truffle” — funky, playful, and full of George Harrison’s dry wit. The White Album isn’t just a collection of songs — it’s a complete experience. Chaotic, brilliant, and endlessly replayable. One of the greatest albums ever made, and somehow still full of surprises.

Some great tracks, but also some really weird tracks.

classic album

Usual Beatles frustrations. Hits so much better than the filler songs. Enough decent songs to have made one album and without the nonsense.

Impossible not to vibe while listening. Love it.

Its's going to be very difficult for me to remain impartial for this one. White Album was one of the first albums I owned- my sister burnt it for me when I was about 11 year old. I have heard the full album a few times over, and it has long lived in my heart as a favorite album. Listening for the first time in a while with fresh ears, its been a big nostalgia trip. There are just so many hits, so many catchy tunes, and so much variation in tone/timbre/style between songs, its hard not to find ones you are immediately drawn to. The album almost feels like the Beatles wanted to take a stab at every genre that had influenced their sound in one album. Even a song like revolution number 9 is a Beatles perspective on Avant Gard music. That isnt to say the album isnt without flaws. Now that im older and listening to the album with a new perspective, there are definitely songs that dont carry as much weight and feel like they lack depth or seriousness. The instrumentation is simplistic at times (as is kind of signature for the Beatles sound). Still, the album is very strong overall. I actually feel like I am teetering at a 4.5/5, but I think the scope and accomplishment of the album, combined with my own history, push it up to a 5 star

Many, many hits. Accessible to people who like early Beatles, while still retaining the pop sensibility that their early albums were full of. Experimental, uninhibited, yet easily listenable. Even though it is a double album, it never seems too long. It always kept my attention. This album is a beautiful and raw unpolished gem.

First Beatles album I ever bought. I got it because I liked 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps', 'Happiness Is A Warm Gun', 'Blackbird' and 'Helter Skelter'... and 4 good tracks is enough to get me to buy anything. I also knew 'Ob-La-Di' but didn't want to hold that against them. It's a lot to go through, and I don't really have much time for things like 'Piggies', 'Wild Honey Pie'... even though that latter is less than a minute long. Just leave that off mate. Really enjoyed 'Martha My Dear' and 'Goodnight' on top of the ones I already knew well. Not sure I'd ever really listen to this end to end again.

To quote Bill Hicks: "The Beatles were so high, they even let Ringo sing a few tunes." This has a fabulous collection of tracks and, to me, stands out as one of their best.

Solid album, but I'm not a big Beatles fan... Enjoyed side 2 of the album better, as it is more psychedelic. Helter Skelter is by far my favorite Beatles song.

It's the White album - iconic songs w/ new ideas on sounds and lyrics - what else is there to say?

The beatles have never done it for me. It's not that i dislike them, but i also don't get specially moved by the music. This album has a few songs that i found good, the most bluesy ones, but still not enough for an album with 30 songs. Solid 3.

Finally got a song out of Ringo that didn’t involve the ocean.

I don’t care if it’s more of a collection of songs as opposed to a cohesive album. Shit is great

Never heard of it but pretty good actually

I hope the world does not need me to tell it how good this album is.

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

October 4, 2024 Perhaps I should’ve saved this after I got caught up on the Metallica double album, but it’s the friggin’ The Beatles (The White Album) [2009 Stereo Remaster]. When it calls, I answer Matter of fact, I’ll tier-list the whole thing: C Tier: “Wild Honey Pie”, “Cry Baby Cry”, “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road”, “Savoy Truffle” B Tier: “Bungalow Bill”, “Rocky Raccoon”, “Don’t Pass Me By”, “Birthday”, “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide”, “Sexy Sadie”, “Honey Pie” A Tier: “Back in the USSR”, “Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da”, “I’m So Tired”, “Blackbird”, “Piggies”, “I Will”, “Yer Blues”, “Helter Skelter”, “Revolution 1”, “Revolution 9”, “Good Night” S Tier: “Dear Prudence”, “Glass Onion”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Happiness is a Warm Gun”, “Martha My Dear”, “Julia”, “Mother Nature’s Son”, “Long Long Long” I might find this ranking laughable in a couple years, since as a teen I would’ve ranked “Glass Onion”, “I Will” & “Julia” much lower, and perhaps “Monkey” and “Birthday” a bit higher. It is telling that a lot of my favourite moments are among the album’s loneliest & quietest moments, like Paul’s “Mother Nature’s Son”; considering the White Album’s indulgent length & jarring genre shifts, it has provided a comfort listen many, many times. It’s not even the best of the Beatles, but it may be my favourite album, period. Blame me in the late aughts for choosing the least accessible one to start my Beatles journey with. Everybody wanna be demons / til they play Revolution 9 at night with the lights off

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

Another classic from the boys. So experimental and all over the place. I won't lie that every track on here is a banger (Bungalo Bill, Honey Pie, longlonglong, and even revolution 9 are just a little much for me). However, this is such a great shift from their summer of love psychedelics to incorporating all aspects of their songwriting talent and influences up to this point. You can definitely hear the distinct styles of each member (except Ringo sorry you only wrote one track on here even though it's good). Definitely just listen to it every other track on here is great.

their best

Obviously a classic

An unmitigated triumph

Gear: Abyss DIANA MR (vegan) Artwork: 🤍 Produktion (Remaster 2009): 🤍 Musik: 🤍 Wertung: 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍/5

Some gems here and there, but I just really wish this album had more cohesion in it.

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.

Is it REALLY a five star album? No. The indulgences of tracks like Wild Honey Pie and the much-maligned Revolution 9 honestly rob this album of its full potential. That said, focusing on the low points is exactly the wrong way of going about this album. It is otherwise a phenomenally consistent album; in fact, is we could do away with Wild Honey Pie, side one album one might be the best side of any album I've ever heard. That said, you can't reward nonsense, so this comes in at a very secure 4.5

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

This album has everything.

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.

Part of the furniture

the most disjointed album of all of them. you can tell they are minutes from breaking up. but they still make great music. So may of these songs have been copied. panic at the disco, ELO, just unbelievable how many people have been influenced by this group. While it may not be their best in my opinion, it is an awesome album.

It's so good. All the way through. Also learned some songs that should be more popular than they are.

- Ein weiteres absolutes 12/10 Album von den Männern - Quasi jeder Song ein Hit oder mindestens ein geiler Track, daher macht es wenig Sinn die jetzt alle aufzuzählen - Abermals extrem vielfältig: Psychedelia, Rock ’n’ Roll, Blues, Progressive Rock, Country, Folk, Ragtime, Reggae, Hard Rock, Balladen alles auf einem Album - Der erste Hard Rock Song der Geschichte (und damit ein Grundstein für die spätere Wntwicklung des Heavy Metal) ist mit Helter Skelter auf diesem Album zu finden - Klingt in der Remastered immer noch top! Rating: 5/5

The mind blowing thing about this album, it's their 9th record and the quality of songwriting is ridiculously high. The amount of killer, all time classic tracks is astounding. The Beatles might be the best band ever. Helter Skelter is heavy heavy. Side note, this is my 420th album. It's 133 minutes long, yesterday's album was 16 minutes long. Man I love the variety of music on this list. The generator keeps giving me great albums. I'm thoroughly enjoying my experience with this project.

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 album. everything good with music and 60s

Great album

First 15 songs I knew all of the words and loved them and the second 15 songs I only really knew a few songs really well.

My favorite Beatles album.

First of all, albums shouldn't be this long! There are some fun tracks here but also a lot of weird filler. It's still the Beatles though, how bad can it be?

classic--but not my fave beatles

This album has some of the bands best songs. Written during a time of friction for the band it really showcases the talent of these artists.

Amazing

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.

Usually when I'm listening to a album for this project, I am forming opinions and things to write for this comments section. However very little of that happened while re-listening to the White Album, and the reasons are twofold. One is obvious: its The Beatles and its so familiar and so much is known and has already been said. As a fan since I was around 4 being played "I Want to Hold Your Hand by my older sibs, probably the 1st song I can remember, it is difficult to have any original take. Second, this album is famously more of a collection of songs than a unified album. The band was fragmenting at the time and it is reflected in the album. Thus commenting on each individual song is the best approach here, but I will not be doing that. However it became clear to me as I attempted, mostly unsuccessfully, to listen with fresh ears, that the bands' friction led to the double album in which some songs were included that could easily have been cut to make a single, better album. However I did listen to a podcast of about 6 people discussing this album and it is clear to me that everyone has songs they like that others would not include. The most consensus for songs that should have been left off was Obladi-Oblada and Honey Pie and possibly Piggies, Rocky Racoon, Wild Honey Pie, Birthday, and the controversial Revolution 9. I find it interesting that despite the album selling well and being critically well received for the most part, there was no big single from it. Revolution 1 was a good single but a different faster version than on the album. I like most of the songs but my favorites are Back in the USSR, Glass Onion, Blackbird, Yer Blues ( despite being billed as a parody of white British blues, Lennon sells it so well and I really feel it when he sings the line "Feel so suicidal, Even hate my rock and roll"), Helter Skelter, and Savoy Truffle. As for Revolution 9, I can't say I like it but its impact, and creepiness is important for me and apparently as a gateway for similar (shorter) interludes in rock music to come. As for a rating, I find it hard to give this, a Beatles album anything less than a 5 unless perhaps I use a Beatles scale and compare it to Sgt Pepper, Abby Road, Revolver, Rubber Soul, Help, and Let It Be.

This album was too long. While there were a couple bops, there weren’t enough to really elevate this album for me.

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'

Familiar with a lot of these tracks already like happiness and ussr. Revolution 9 was an interesting track. I like how the Beatles sound like they’re just having fun, goofin around in the stu. An iconic album for sure glad to have listened all the way through.

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

I’ve never gotten into the Beatles, but I quite enjoyed this album, 3.5.

Good album but some songs are they they pressed every button on a sound board

Great double album by one of the all time best.

Absolutely sensational. Loved the stripped back feel to this which the title and album cover encapsulates. Superb, but it IS The Beatles. No one can top them

Honestly probably doesn't break my top 3 favorite Beatles albums.

Sounds like a greatest hits volume now.

Some good songs, some meh songs. I do not get the hype for the Beatles, I feel like I'm missing something. They're a good band and even a revolutionary band for the 60's, but the best rock n roll band of all time?

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.

Don't threaten me with a good time... I mean, its the goddamn White Album by The Beatles... A band being torn apart never sounded so good, so many killer songs on this double album. "Dear Prudence", "Glass Onion", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Blackbird", "Birthday", "Helter Skelter", "Revolution", "Savoy Truffle".... Just typing that list out gave me blisters on me fingers. But it also has "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" so lets not say it's perfect by any means. Honestly, a lot of it sounds like throwing shit at a wall to see what sticks, but when it sticks its so so good that you can forgive the mediocre (or way below in Ob-La-Fucking-Di's case) efforts.

First listen. Enjoyed the first part more than the second. Ok.

Classic album…

A favorite

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*

Better than I thought

Go back and read my reviews of “Revolver” and “Sgt. Pepper’s” to know how I feel about the Beatles (spoiler: I love them and know a stupid amount of trivia about them). So instead of gushing about them here, I instead will just write about my experience with this album through the years, and then what I think about it now. I’ve gone back and forth on “The White Album” for a long time. I used to think it was an album with some of their best tracks, diluted by a bunch of filler crap they never would’ve released otherwise. I then evolved and came to believe that it was something different - an incredible creative endeavor that pushed them to their limits as artists. I now think the truth lies in the middle. The band was contracted for a double album and so HAD to produce 30 songs to make that work. So while there were some great songs here that wouldn’t have ever been released on a mainline Beatles album, there is also some real crap here. But that crap is so vastly outweighed by some of each of these writer’s best songs (well, maybe not Ringo) that this is actually one of their best works. I don’t think it’s their absolute best. But damn if it isn’t really up there. The range displayed here is incredible. Paul’s classic granny music, John’s dark side, John’s soft side, John’s classic cynicism. George’s absolute masterpiece, George’s song about truffles. Huge, soaring orchestral arrangements, loud builds of swelling guitars and drums, contrasted by quiet acoustic songs and songs about a cowboy named Rocky Raccoon. There’s something for everyone here. People complain about its length. They argue (as I have in the past) that it should’ve been a single album, that it would’ve been better. But I think Paul said it best when he said, “It’s great, it sold, it’s the bloody Beatles White Album. Shut up!” Five stars. Standout Tracks: Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It In the Road, I Will, Yer Blues, Mother Nature’s Son, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Revolution 1, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Goodnight

Beatles third best album. Would be completely flawless if not for the last two tracks. Try as I might, I just cannot sit through Revolution #9 and Goodnight is just too much dreariness, especially following the aforementioned track. Both discs start off brilliantly though, Birthday has been a family tradition, played as loud as possible to whichever family member it may happen to be their day! Its also the album where George Harrison finally got to shine properly, While My Guitar Gently Weeps is stunning.

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.

My second favorite Beats

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

Iconic beatles album, want the record.

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

Music for gods, by gods.

Not my favourite favourite Beatles album but still a classic.

5ieme album des Beatles généré. Quelques bons morceaux connus : "Back in the U.S.S.R." "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "Helter Skelter" Et beaucoup de remplissage. =>2/5

They're high on their own supply at this point in their career, but it's pretty good supply so there're lots of good songs on here. My god, the hype is out of control, though - get a grip, people!

The monkey DEFINITELY has something to hide.

This album consists of a large variety of soft songs and energetic rock songs. I was able to enjoy the album although I do find it to be too long at 1 hour and 33 minutes in length. I did not like the song Revolution 9 at all. Standout tracks: Back In The U.S.S.R, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Julia, Birthday, Helter Skelter, Good Night

It's the White Album it's great congraguritos

So many songs, some very trippy

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

Meh. Ok but tired of listening to old sounds

there are no bad songs or sound mosaics on this album. if you disagree with me you are wrong

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

No words

It's the white album.

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.

An hour and a half of proof that The Beatles are the greatest band ever. So many ideas, so many jarring cuts between completely different feeling songs, and it all works. And yes even Revolution 9 is a favorite, what an insane work. Ringo shines on his 2 songs and is sorely missed on the first 2 tracks (though Paul actually does really well on drums). Love this album. Even though I was sleep-hallucinating near the end due to being tired as hell

Some great, classic tracks but like most double albums too long...

There's so much variety in this album that for me personally I never get bored with it (even with the insane 31 songs on this). A rollercoaster if you will. With that being said falling asleep to Good Night on repeat while being fried off a penjamin was one of the more comforting experiences I'll cherish (the piano version is a tad bit better imo). The Beatles shall always reign supreme. Best - Dear Prudence (2nd), While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1st), Blackbird, Julia, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter (3rd), and Good Night Worst - Revolution 9 (it's a given if we're keepin it a buck) 4.75/5

люблю пару песен с альбома, но в целом больше Дон Дрейпер в его отношении

Standout Tracks- All

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.

Already one of my favorites- 5/5

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.

I’m trying to be softer, so I’ll simply use this space to state that this is my favorite person’s favorite Beatles album.

To no one's surprise, Manson's taste in music was shit. 2/5

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.

Goat album

Mag ich im Vergleich zu anderen Beatles-Alben gar nichg

Erm, loads of good stuff in here but it’s so long. I didn’t like it as much as other beatles albums so far tho.

Awesome, magical, melodic, impactful, beautiful… Don’t have the words to express just how good this is! The first Beatles album that I truly LOVED and remains one of my favourites of all time!

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

While Beatles are a easy 5 stars, the shite album is my least favorite so it’s going to be 5 stars

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

The album that changed my life. I would quite literally not be the person I am without it. These days, it’s only my third favorite Beatles album, but still likely my fifth favorite of all-time by anyone. Just massively important, personally and otherwise. I love every single second of it and wouldn’t change a thing about it. Eternally grateful. I’m so lucky to live in a world where this exists. 5+/5

it turns out the beatles made pretty good music? is anyone talking about this? though I don't know if it's gotta be 90 minutes long

Probably the most over rated album of all time. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's a bad album, just that it doesn't deserve the hype and praise that it receives. It has some good songs, some mediocre songs, and some crap songs. As an album it's bloated and directionless.

Great listen

Ich habe mir das Album noch einmal ganz bewusst angehört, um besonders kritisch zu sein. Nicht wieder 5 Sterne zu vergeben. Die Beatles sind ja fast abonniert auf diese Bewertung. Also: Es ist sehr unterschiedlich von poppig, psychedelische bis experimentell. Aber gerade das machte es aus, es ist mutig, akustisch und Klasse. Was soll ich machen? 5 Sterne

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.

The best

🎵 Blackbird stinking in the debt of night 🎵

Pop Rock, Rock

Loved it

10/10. Rolled out a new scale today and this sits on “iconic” levels. It runs a bit long, but the variety is so good.

I’m afraid that in the most part I just really don’t get the Beatles and I can only assume that you needed to be there. There are some good songs on here - USSR, Glass Onions, Guitar Gently Weeps, Helter Skelter. But it’s the filler that irks me. I mean, Why don’t we do it in the road? No thanks, and at my age the thought of seeing anyone else doing it in the road would just be ikky and a bit embarrassing. Basically so much of this is just tosh, which perhaps they had enough capital at the time to get away with.

Context: I generally like the Beatles, but have never really listened to many albums. Don’t know why, guess I just thought I knew their many hits so was happy with that. So this list I’m sure will rectify the situation. 100 albums in and this is the first one up, and supposedly a classic, which somehow I’ve never listens to before.. Review: Well, to cut a very long double album short, it’s not a classic. Yeah there’s a smattering of great/good songs on here. But it just veers across styles at a great rate with a lot of average tunes. I just found myself listening and wishing the next tune was gonna be a banger, which invariably it wasn’t, so in the end I was just wishing it to end, by which point Revolution no.9 just kicks you in the bollox painfully before rubbing your nose in it by ending on an absolute dud. Seriously, whoever classes this as a great album needs to really needs to listen to it properly without the rose tinted spectacles (I’m Very confident I will prefer other albums). It’s pretty boring, and when George Harrison writes probably the best song on the album I think you have the evidence. I rest my case.

The album is in two discs on Spotify so I'm going to listen to them separately. A-side: fairly good soft rock. I think my expectations were a bit high, given The Beatles reputation. 3.5/5 B-side: Didn't like it as much, Revolution 9 was really cool though, whatever it was. 3/5 Total: 3/5

За те песни, которые прям вау. А так мне немного много 2 диска

Relajante supongo?

I had low expectations but I actually liked it

mega vibik będę do niego wracał mega mega 9.5/10

Un clasico

Of course the White Album is great. It could have been even greater if some songs of Paul were dropped (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Wild Honey Pie)

A few hits but mostly weirdness.

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.

Classic

So many great Beatles songs.

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.

Didn't do it for me. 1/5

As usual a masterpiece of songwriting and music from the fab 4

The range of revolutionary sound, vast influences, instruments, span of styles, and uniqueness is epic. I can’t imagine the world without them. They really pushed way beyond any boundaries and truly created from the heart, mind and soul.

This one is tricky. If they are they to blame for the many ill advised double albums released in its wake then perhaps the White Album deserves to be docked a star. But upon relistening it is a clear - most people didn't really listen - or at least they didn't take notes ok what make a great double album. It's not just more songs. It's the diversity of the songwriting. The genres. The throw aways that become meaningful because it is a double album. There are clearly 10-12 standouts here that are classics (aka a full album). Of the remaining songs they swerve all over the place. But every attempt/experiment/exercise has something to offer. From Don't Pass Me By to Savoy Truffle to Everyone's For Something...maybe not perfectly crafted songs but offer a unique flavor. And when Dear Prudence returns you are reminded just how good music can be.

This takes me back to the Beatles phase I went through in high school. The one fun fact I feel obligated to share is that “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road?” was written by Paul during the band’s trip to India. He wrote the song after seeing two monkeys having sex in the middle of the street This album was made when tensions in the group were at an all time high, and it shows in how scattered the songs feel. Some of their best work is on this album, as well as their worst. But somehow, they manage to make it work.

What????? Two albums in a row that are absolutely perfection??? I’m in heaven!

Ok, can I pass out like a giddy schoolgirl at a Taylor Swift concert with this album popping up as today’s pick? So many emotions come rising up with this one, which isn’t a surprise since The Beatles are easily one of my “Mount Rushmore” musical artists. To admit my love/lunacy as a Beatles Stan: I’m not entirely sure they’re humans…their story is too epic and almost mythical in scope, and the amount of amazing music they gave us…I can’t describe it fully. When I found them as a young teenager, I remember thinking maybe they’re aliens, sent here to spread love and knowledge to humankind through music. Silly, sure…🤔🤔🤔 but even at 55 I can still listen to one of their masterpieces and be brought to tears, so who knows!?!? 🤷🏽Nutty childhood remembrances aside, the BEST artists to me are ones that create art, and their next artistic statement suggests they just don’t give a shit about what they just made, they’re going to follow their creative muse, commercial benefits of “staying safe” be damned. The Beatles were THE kings of that, thirteen albums and not one of them is the same except maybe their first two releases. They were aggressively focused on musical change, which I love… Every time I walk past my guitar I think about picking it up and starting to practice and play again. Maybe this album being today’s selection is an omen to move passing thought into concrete action. So many of the songs here were the reason I wanted to play in the first place, and I adore every single song which is saying something considering it’s a double album. It’s schizophrenic nature makes sense as the personal tensions that would soon end them were percolating but I love it did that; it’s like four mini solo albums with all of the Fleetwood Mac-level interpersonal drama too. C’mon, any album with “Dear Prudence”, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Happiness Is a Warm Gun”, and “Blackbird” is gonna be killer, but the deep cuts are nearly as good as the classics. So happy to have this and all the Beatles on vinyl too; they sound amazing. And yes, “Revolution 9” absolutely does suck but I just think that’s John’s alien nature fucking with us after giving us an album filled with so much beauty.

I felt high

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

The White Album, one of their many masterpieces!

I can see how influential this album was to the genre and time. I might have to listen a few more times to get into it, but it has some good tunes. Long albums take long to digest so I'll need a few more days, maybe weeks. General personal and subjective rating is like a 3 for now, not a lot REALLY CATCHES me but maybe I just need to train my ear to 60ies music..

Awesomeness!!!

One of their most complete album, it has everything

Really really good

3.5

NO SKIPS OMFGGGGG

I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said. This album like many other Beatles albums is a masterpiece, you couldn't take away one song without hurting the album. Every single song tries something new and absolutely perfects it. 10/10

3.5

My favorite Beatles album, and just a fantastic album all around. Number 9 Number 9 Number 9

Ok

Already listened.

Best album of all time

From Disc 1 I'd say only 'While my Guitar Gently Weeps' is really 4+ stars song, 'Blackbird' is okayish and the rest is mediocre at best. 'Ob-la-Di Ob-la-Da' is exactly what I have in mind when I think of The Beatles: silly songs that make me question the sanity of people around me. 'Helter Skelter' is nice as well, and overall I'd say Disc 2 is more interesting, even though it has some shitty songs in there. The album deserves 2 stars, but I will give it another one because having one song that I like a lot is already quite a feat.

Probably the most I’ve enjoyed a Beatles album and I’ve listened to most of the highly praised ones. Not really sure what it was about this one specifically though. Maybe I was just in the right mood or something. Regardless, it was really just one lovely instrumentation and great vocal performance after another. The narratives from a songwriting perspective were also quite interesting on a lot of the tracks here too. I wasn’t super crazy about some of the more “rocky” moments but that’s just me. It was also a pretty draining listen which I suppose is to be expected given the length. Still, it was super consistent and enjoyable pretty much all the way through.

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

Just noticed that the text is on a slight angle and that bothers me. Still 5 stars

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.

The first half of the album is actually very good and arguably sets the foundation for the next half century's worth of pop and rock music. The second half of the album is very experimental and the quality of the music experiences a steep drop off. Because of that. This album is average at best despite being foundational to many genres of music within modern western civilization

Famously the soundtrack of the Beatles starting to break up. The White Album always felt to me like a sketchbook of musical ideas from all four Beatles that they were too tense and fed up of each other to agree on and properly produce. Had they not been breaking up by this point, they could conceivably have trimmed half of the album down, polished the chosen tracks and made another tight, 35-minute album. But luckily for us, we got to see the full workings of their minds and hear them play around with a whole smorgasbord of genres and styles. And astonishingly, they rarely miss. It’s a brilliant, if at times bonkers and confusing, absolute masterpiece.

Probably my favorite by them.

Never been a fan of the beatles sound but this one was ok I guess. Lots of variety in the style of the songs but a bit too polished/poppy for my taste.

What a behemoth of an album with 30 or so songs. There are some Beatles classics here like ‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Ada’, ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’, and ‘Blackbird’ for example, but also some real low points like ‘Piggies’ that felt like some Victorian court jester’s theme. ‘Rocky Racoon’ is a quirky little tale which was quite fun, and ‘Revolution 1’ was a song that I’ve never heard before but I really liked! Other than that it was… pretty bland honestly. And how are you supposed to knock out 30 bangers in an album? I find this pretty hard to rate. Should you credit the album for its highs, or give it a score for the complete experience? I think I’ll have to go with the latter, and since there are so many subpar songs I can’t really stretch any further than 3. It just ain’t that good in my opinion, no matter how well renowned The Beatles are.

I mean it's the white album, there are so many great songs here. It feels experimental, interesting and fresh. There are so many hits but also so many weird songs that is surprising to find on the album. Like how is "Ob-La-DI, Ob-La-Da", "Helter Skelter" on the same album. I think this is not a perfect album though, the second half really drags and has not as many iconic songs as the first. I realised I never really listen to end and couldn't mention all the songs on it. Still, with "Blackbird", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" and many more on this album it must be a 5, although it could've been nearly half its running time. With so many hits and so many different styles, there are bound to be some duds, even if you ar "The Beatles".

A great album

to me the weakest beatles 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

There’s a reason they’re the GOAT. Great album with a lot of genre variations. Maybe not my favorite Beatles album but amazing non the less.